Born in 1952

1972 - 1977

Student at the faculty for electrical engineering of Technische Universität Braunschweig (Braunschweig Technical University, Germany).

1978 - 1982

Researcher and principal engineer at "Institut für Nachrichtentechnik" (Institute for Communications Technology) of Braunschweig, Technical University.

1982 - 1989

Employed by "Robert Bosch GmbH - Geschäftsbereich Fernsehanlagen" (business division television equipment) at Darmstadt, Germany.

1989 - 1993

Director of Engineering at "Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)" (the public broadcaster in the four northern states of Germany) at Hamburg, Germany.

April 1993 until today

Professor at the Technical University at Braunschweig, Germany and Managing Director of "Institut für Nachrichtentechnik (IfN)" (see above).

June 1995

Award of the "Montreux Achievement Gold Medal" for the contributions to the development of digital television (Digital Video Broadcasting -DVB).

April 1998

Nomination as "Ordentliches Mitglied" (full member) of the "Braunschweigische Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft" (scientific society of Braunschweig).

September 1998

Award of the "IBC John Tucker Award" for the development of DVB.

November 1998

Nomination as "Honorary Fellow" of the Royal Television Society (U.K.).

July 1999

Award of the J.J. Thomson Medal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE). For Distinguished Contribution to Electronic Engineering.

July 2000

Award of the 1st class Cross of Merit of the Lower Saxony Order of Merit.

October 2000

Grant of a "Certificate of Honour" by the NAT (National Association of Teleradiobroadcasters) in Moscow "for the outstanding personal contribution to the development of digital broadcasting in Europe".

14 June 2001

Award of the "Leibniz-Ring-Hannover" by the Presse Club Hannover.

20 June 2001

Recipient of the 2001 Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award during the IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics in Los Angeles, CA.

25 September 2002

Award of the IEEE Consumer Electronics Engineering Excellence Award 2002.

25 May 2004

Award of the Richard-Theile-Medaille by FKTG.

18 June 2004

Nomination as Full Member of acatech - the Council for Technical Sciences of the Union of German Academies of Sciences and Humanities .

15 March 2006

Admission into the "Hall of Fame" of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on the occasion of its 100th anniversary (www.iec.ch).

13 October 2005

Nomination as "Fellow" of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

22 October 2006

Award of the Technology-Prize of the Eduard-Rhein-Foundation.

Since 17 January 2007

1st Vice President of the Consumer Electronics Society of the IEEE.

12 September 2010

IBC Innovation Award Content Distribution to the BBC and Prof. Reimers as representative of the DVB-Project.

08 November 2010

Ring of Honor for Prof. Ulrich Reimers.