Prof. Karlheinz Blankenbach
Full Professor at the University of Pforzheim, and the founder of the University's Display Lab

Karlheinz Blankenbach is a full professor at the University of Pforzheim, Germany, and the founder of the university's Display Lab. His main R&D activities are in the field of displays and LEDs, with most projects being automotive related. The competencies of the Display Lab are optical metrology, display systems and evaluation. He and his team have successfully completed numerous R&D projects (government and industry funded). Karlheinz has published more than 200 papers and book chapters and holds several patents. He is a senior member of the Society for Information Display (SID), a member of the Automotive/Vehicle Displays and HMI Technologies subcommittee, and Chairman of SID’s International Committee on Display Metrology (ICDM) for automotive activities (IDMS standard). He has been on the board of the Displayforum (DFF) since 2001 and, after nine years as chairman, has been appointed honorary chairman in 2020. Furthermore he is member of the ISELED alliance since its foundation.