Dr.-Ing. Christoph Lotz

Current tasks

• Head of research area "Production under Space Conditions" (since 02.2019)
• Management of the Einstein-Elevator (science, finances, personnel, maintenance)
• Coordination of LUH internal and external research projects
• Head of the topical group QOSMIC within the QuantumFrontiers Cluster of Excellence
• Head of the PV3 Exploring New Parameter Spaces for Production within the PhoenixD Cluster of Excellence

Research focus

• Manufacturing technology under space conditions (e.g., additive manufacturing)
• Material handling under extreme conditions (e.g., vacuum and microgravity)
• Non-contact particle handling (levitation)
• Substrate-free additive manufacturing
• Gravity as a production parameter
• Conducting experiments on the fundamentals of quantum physics in microgravity
• Testing and implementing novel quantum sensors for different gravitational conditions
• Simulation of comet/asteroid surfaces
• Development of space-qualified infrastructure
• Measurement systems and evaluation methods for cross-platform assessment of microgravity facilities

Previous tasks/topics

• Development of a next generation drop tower system (10.2011 to 10.2019)
• Head of transport technology group (11.2014 to 10.2018)
• Conveyor technology: tests according to DIN 22110 Part 2
• Lecturer LabVIEW Tutorial (2012 to 2016)
• Research associate at the Institute of Transport and Automation Technology and the QUEST Leibniz Research School (10.2011 to 2021)

Memberships

• QuantumFrontiers - Light and Matter at the Quantum Frontier (EXC 2123, menber since 01.2019)
• PhoenixD: Photonics, Optics, and Engineering – Innovation Across Disciplines (EXC 2122, member since 07.2024)

Paper Reviews

• ScienceDirect - Advances in Space Research
• ASME - Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering
• IOPscience - Engineering Research Express
• IOPscience - Measurement Science and Technology
• SpringerNature - Microgravity Science and Technology
• npj Advanced Manufacturing
• SpringerNature - Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Lectures

• Lecture series as part of the joint project "European Research Institute for Space Resources"
• Space and Space Technologies
• Space Production Technologies