Background
Schmidt, Helmut was born in 1941 in Haunstetten, Germany.
Schmidt, Helmut was born in 1941 in Haunstetten, Germany.
Diploma in Chemistry, Technology University Munich, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, Technology University Munich, 1973. Postdoctorate, Free University Berlin and Northwestern University, 1974—1975.
With Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Institute fuer Silicatforschung, 1975—1990. Deputy director Fraunhofer Institute fuer Silicatforschung, 1981, member senate, 1983—1986. Head division new materials and processes, 1984.
Director Fraunhoefer Institute fuer Silicatforschung, 1986. Professor materials science University Saarbrucken, 1990. Chief Executive Officer EPG, Inc., Saarbrucken, since 2006.
Sabbatical Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1984, L.I.E.S., Grenoble, France, 1986. Chairman European Materials Research Consortium. Head EJIPAC; managing director leibniz Institute Neue Materilien, Saarbruecken, Germany, 1990—2005, chair, 2005—2006.
Member of German National Scholarship Foundation, German Society Glass Technology (board directors).