Rupert Huber (physicist)

Rupert Huber (born 1973, in Traunstein) is a German physicist and university professor. Huber is known for his research in terahertz technology and semiconductor physics.

Career
Huber attended the Technical University of Munich where he majored in physics. He was awarded a PhD in 2003 from University of California, Berkeley. In 2010 he became a professor at the University of Regensburg.

Awards

 * 2004: Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
 * 2007: Emmy-Noether grant and DFG junior research group
 * 2008: European THz Young Investigator Award from the European Optical Society
 * 2009: Rudolf Kaiser Prize of the Donors' Association for German Science
 * 2012: ERC Starting Grant (European Research Council)
 * 2016: Prize for good teaching at the state universities in Bavaria
 * 2019: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
 * 2019: Appointment as Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA)