Walter Neu is a Full Professor of Laser Technology, University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer and speaker of the DPG Working Group on Universities of Applied Sciences.He is director of the Institute for Laser and Optics in Emden, and Co-Founder and member of steering committee of Research network “Medical technology”. He is also heading the Institute of Hyperloop Technology (IHT), founded 2021 and focused on Hyperloop development and applications both in fundamental and engineering sciences. Walter Neu received his Ph.D. degree in Physics from the University of Mainz being a research fellow at CERN/Geneva.