About the person:
Professor Kratzsch completed his studies in electrical engineering/automation technology at the HSZG in 2003. In 2009, he completed his doctorate in engineering at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg. In March 2011, he was appointed Professor of Measurement Technology/Process Automation at the HSZG.
Prof. Kratzsch has been very active in research right from the start. From 2004 to 2011, he worked as a project collaborator in BMBF-funded projects at the HSZG or as head of research projects. In 2011, he became head of the "Metrology/Process Automation" department at the Institute of Process Engineering, Process Automation and Metrology (IPM). From 2009 to 2016 he was project manager at the IPM and from 2016 to 2020 he was director of the IPM. From January 2019 to February 2020, he headed the "Lightweight Construction and Energy Technology" research group at the Fraunhofer IWU, Plastics Center Oberlausitz.
In addition to research, he was also involved in academic self-administration. In 2015, he took over the management of the "Automation and Mechatronics" course at the HSZG, was a core team advisor for the Mechatronics department of the German-Mexican University and responsible for the study exchange program in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science with Mexico as well as a member of the permanent Engineering Sciences Commission of the HSZG.
