Prof. Dr. Armin Bolz is a physicist. He completed his doctorate and habilitated at the University of Erlangen on physical issues of implant development. His results led to novel coating technologies, which he implemented commercially in 1991 and are still used worldwide in the field of stent and pacemaker production. From 1995-1999, Prof. Bolz was head of development at Biotronik. In 1999, he accepted a calling as Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). From 1999 to 2001 he was chairman of the German Society for Biomedical Engineering, in 2001 also a member of the VDE board. In 2001 he founded CORSCIENCE GmbH & Co KG, which he led very successfully until the end of 2016.

He has made a name for himself at home and abroad with numerous patents, awards and publications on biophysical and biomedical engineering topics.