Niels Benson received the Dipl. Ing. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Stuttgart in 2004, and the Dr. Ing. degree in materials science from Technische Universität Darmstadt in 2009. Since 2008, he has been a Senior Scientist for Polymer Vision on rollable active matrix displays. In 2010, he joined the University of Duisburg-Essen as a Research Group Leader on thin film photovoltaics and electronics. Since 2018 he is an appointed Professor with the University of Duisburg-Essen on printable materials for signal processing systems. Since 2019 he is co-founder and CEO of airCode.