Dr. Thomas Fischer is a senior scientist at the Chair of Inorganic and Materials Chemistry, led by Prof. Sanjay Mathur, at the University of Cologne (https://mathur.uni-koeln.de), specializing in precursor based materials processing, using gas phase deposition techniques and advanced materials characterization (incl. SEM, TEM, XRD). He is also co-founder of the technology transfer center "Materials Alliance Cologne" (https://materialsalliance.com) and supporting the sustainability activities of the university (https://sustainability.uni-koeln.de), as well as local chapter activities of the American Ceramic Society (https://ceramics.uni-koeln.de) and Materials Research Society (https://mrs.uni-koeln.de).