Anna Hayer, PhD
Senior Scientist Material Innovation
Merck KGaA
Darmstadt, Germany
Dr. Anna Hayer is a Senior Scientist in the OLED business field at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
She has been working on OLEDs ever since 2002 and her diploma thesis at the university of Marburg, Germany. A chemist by training, she received a PhD in Physics in 2006 from the University of Cambridge, UK, where she worked under the supervision of Prof. Richard Friend, focussing on the role of excited states in polymer light-emitting diodes.
She joined Merck KGaA in 2006 as a post-doctoral fellow and continued there as a head of laboratory and later senior scientist.
Her main focus is on developing novel materials, material concepts and mixtures for OLEDs. While her work was initially based on solution-processable devices and materials (first polymers, later small molecules), her focus in recent years has shifted to evaporated OLEDs. She has developed materials for all layers and functions within OLEDs, with special emphasis on emissive layer materials.
She has been working on OLEDs ever since 2002 and her diploma thesis at the university of Marburg, Germany. A chemist by training, she received a PhD in Physics in 2006 from the University of Cambridge, UK, where she worked under the supervision of Prof. Richard Friend, focussing on the role of excited states in polymer light-emitting diodes.
She joined Merck KGaA in 2006 as a post-doctoral fellow and continued there as a head of laboratory and later senior scientist.
Her main focus is on developing novel materials, material concepts and mixtures for OLEDs. While her work was initially based on solution-processable devices and materials (first polymers, later small molecules), her focus in recent years has shifted to evaporated OLEDs. She has developed materials for all layers and functions within OLEDs, with special emphasis on emissive layer materials.