Frank H. Laukien (born 1960 in Stuttgart, Germany) is a German-American scientist and entrepreneur, and president and CEO of

Bruker Bruker Corporation is an American manufacturer of scientific instruments for molecular and materials research, as well as for industrial and applied analysis. It is headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts, and is the publicly traded parent compa ...

Corporation since 2008.

Early life

Frank Laukien is the son of

Günther Laukien Günther Laukien (23 May 1923, in Eschringen (Saarland) – 29 April 1997, in Karlsruhe) was a German physicist and entrepreneur. He is known for his pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and for his role in the Bruker company. ...

, the founder of Bruker. His mother Dr. Rose Laukien was a German high-school (Gymnasium) teacher in German literature, English and History. In 1984 he earned a bachelor's degree from

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

, and a Ph.D. in chemical physics from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

in 1988.

Career

In the 1990s, Laukien was a lecturer in

NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a physical phenomenon in which nuclei in a strong constant magnetic field are perturbed by a weak oscillating magnetic field (in the near field) and respond by producing an electromagnetic signal with ...

and

mass spectrometry Mass spectrometry (MS) is an analytical technique that is used to measure the mass-to-charge ratio of ions. The results are presented as a ''mass spectrum'', a plot of intensity as a function of the mass-to-charge ratio. Mass spectrometry is use ...

at the

University of Bremen The University of Bremen (German: ''Universität Bremen'') is a public university in Bremen, Germany, with approximately 23,500 people from 115 countries. It is one of 11 institutions which were successful in the category "Institutional Strategi ...

, Germany, and a part-time professor at the Institute of Mass Spectrometry of the

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, nl, Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The UvA is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being ...

, NL. He has previously served on the Dean’s Advisory Committee of the School of Science of

MIT The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the m ...

, and on the Board of the Analytical, Life Science & Diagnostics Association (ALDA), including one year as chairman. In 2017, he has been elected a senator of ''acatech'', the German natural science and engineering academy. Laukien owns 24% of Bruker. As of October 2020, ''

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'' estimated his net worth at US$1.5 billion.

Cancer Evolution

Laukien was the lead organizer of the Cancer & Evolution Symposium in Boston MA in October 2020. This led to the formation of the AACR Cancer Evolution Working Group, of which Laukien is joint co-chair with Charles Swanton.

Publications

''Active Biological Evolution'', Frank H. Laukien, 2022 .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Laukien, Frank Living people American people of German descent American billionaires American chief executives Year of birth uncertain Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Harvard University alumni 1960 births