**Michael M ¨uhlberger**

Michael Muhlberger is Senior Scientist in the Functional Surfaces and Nanostructures ¨ department at PROFACTOR. He studied physics and received his PhD in semiconductor physics from the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria in 2003. He soon joined PROFACTOR, where he initiated activities related to nanoimprinting. From 2011 to 2013, he was the Head of the Functional Surfaces and Nanostructures department, and since 2013 he holds a Senior Scientist postition. Michael Muhlberger has coordinated several national and international research projects, among ¨ them the NILaustria research project cluster in the Austrian Nanoinitiative. His research interests cover the nanoimprinting process itself, as well as applications of nanoimprinting ranging from optics to life sciences.
