Dr. Dirk D. Laukien, Ph.D.

Overview

Dr. Dirk Laukien is a Senior Vice President of the Company and has served in this capacity since July 1, 2006. Dr. Dirk Laukien also serves as the President of Bruker Optics and had served in this capacity for more than five years prior to July 1, 2006, the date we acquired our Bruker Optics subsidiary. Dirk Laukien also serves as co-CEO of the Bruker BioSpin Group and, since 1989, has served as co-President and director of Bruker BioSpin Corporation and as a director of Bruker AG. Dirk Laukien is the brother of Frank Laukien, a director of the Company as well as the Company's President and CEO, and Joerg Laukien, a director of the Company and an executive officer of the Bruker BioSpin Group. Dirk Laukien received his B.A. in Physics from Brandeis University and a Ph.D. in Physics from Tufts University.