Director Prof. Dr. Philip Leistner

Prof. Dr. Philip Leistner

1964	Born in Storkow
1985 to 1990	Degree in information technology at TU Dresden
1990	Development ingenieur at ELPRO AG Berlin
1990 to 1994	Research scientist at TU Berlin
1994	Doctorate at TU Berlin Title of the thesis: "Anwendung des piezoelektrischen Effekts in Gestein zur Analyse von Belastungsreaktionen" (Applying the piezoelectric effect in rock to analyze stress reactions)
1995 to 2001	Head of the Acoustic Signal Processing working group at the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP, Stuttgart
2001 to 2004	Head of the Building Acoustics Department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP, Stuttgart
2005 to 2015	Head of the Acoustics Department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP, Stuttgart
Since 2007	Visiting Professorship, Chinese Academy of Science, Peking
2009 to 2015	Deputy Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP, Stuttgart
Since 2011	Professor at the Department of Building Physics at the University of Stuttgart
Since 2016	Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP
Since 2017	Director of the Institute for Acoustics and Building Physics IABP at the University of Stuttgart

Member of the Presidial Board at DIN, the German Institute for Standardization,
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences (HFT Stuttgart),
Member of the Board of directors of the International Center for Cultural and Technological Studies at the University of Stuttgart,
Member of the Management Board of the Centre for Innovation & Sustainability in Tourism C.I.S.T.