2012|13 Annual Report Fraunhofer IGB

13 Personnel At the end of 2012, the Fraunhofer IGB had a staff of 292 of which some 90 percent were scientiﬁc or technical employees. Women made up 58 percent of the total. The Project Group at the Fraunhofer CBP in Leuna was able to expand its staff once more, giving a year-end headcount of 21. The Institute for Interfacial Engineering IGVT at the University of Stuttgart (as of January 2013 the joint Institute of Interfacial Process Engineering and Plasma Technology IGVP) counted a staff of 54 as at December 31, 2012, predominantly scientists and Ph.D. students as well as technical staff and student re- search assistants. Women constituted 53 percent of the total. The Fraunhofer IGB and IGVT employees work closely togeth- er and have remarkably culturally diverse backgrounds, with 46 members of staff coming from 26 different nations outside Germany. Stuttgart University’s Institute for Plasma Research IPF, where Professor Hirth was acting head from July to December 2012, and which was integrated into the IGVT in January 2013, em- ployed a total of 30 staff as at December 31, 2012. Staff compostion as at December 31, 2012 Fraunhofer IGB Fraunhofer CBP IGVT IPF Scientists 75 4 451 161 Technical staff 65 13 5 11 Work students/masters students/student apprentices 17 4 Student research assistants 99 3 1 Administrative and secretarial staff 28 1 2 Apprentices 8 292 21 54 30 1 incl. Ph.D. students Development of staff members 0 numberofstaffmembers 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 44 59 72 60 54 184 245 268 281 292 Fraunhofer IGB IGVT

2012|13 Annual Report Fraunhofer IGB

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