Professor Kaschke currently holds several positions both in industry (President of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft /Association for the Promotion of Science and Humanities in Germany/, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Honorary Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, a company listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange /MDax/, as well as Member of the Governing Board of Deutsches Museum München, of the Supervisory Boards of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Deutsche Telekom AG, Robert Bosch GmbH and of the Governing Board of Ottobock Management SE) and in academia (Adjunct Professor at the Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering of the Medical University of Vienna, Member of Leopoldina, German National Academy of Sciences). Thanks to his long-standing experience in both fields, he will surely provide valuable insight into how to navigate the world of science and business.
Milestones of his career:
2022 – President, Association for the Promotion of Science and Humanities in Germany (Stifterverband)
2019 – Chairman of the Board, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
2011 – 2020 President and CEO of the ZEISS Group
2008 – 2010 President and CEO of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
2000 Appointment to the Board of Management of Carl Zeiss AG
1999 Executive Vice President & General Manager, Medical Technology business group
1998 Vice President & General Manager, Surgical Products division
1995 Vice President & General Manager, Surveying Instruments division
1992 Joins ZEISS as a research scientist and R&D Director, Surgical Microscopes
1990 Invited Visiting Scientist at the IBM Research Center, Yorktown Heights (USA)
1989 Research Laboratory Head at the Max Born Institute, Berlin
1988 Doctorate (Dr. sc. nat.)
1986 Research scientist at Friedrich Schiller University, Jena
1983 Degree in Physics at Friedrich Schiller University, Jena