Personal Information

Name Hege, Hans-Christian

Place of Birth Kapellen-Deutschhof, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Nationality German

Civil status Married, 2 children

Education

Graduate Studies in Theoretical Physics

(Computational Physics, Quantum Field Theory, Lattice
Gauge Theory),
1984 – 1989 Freie Universität Berlin

Diploma Studies in Physics (major), Mathematics, and

Philosophy,
1977 – 1984 Freie Universität Berlin

Further Education (Abitur),

1974 – 1977 Speyer-Kolleg, Speyer a. Rh.

Professional Development

Appointment as Honorary Professor

for Scientific Visualization at the Hochschule für digitale
2003 Medienproduktion (“German Film School”)

Guest Professor (PhD program in Computer Science),

2001 – 2006 Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona

Head of the Research Department

Visual Data Analysis at ZIB (1994 start of development
of the visual data analysis framework Amira within the
since 1991 DFG SFB 273, Hyperthermia: Methodics and Clinics)

Researcher in High Performance Computing

1989 – 1991 and Computational Physics, ZIB
 Research Associate in Computational Physics,
1984 – 1989 Freie Universität Berlin

Research Fields

Data Visualization, Data and Image Analysis

with applications (sorted according to length scale) in:
 Quantum Chemistry (quantum reaction dynamics,
electronic properties, molecular orbitals)
 Biochemistry (conformation analysis, drug design)
 Biology (neurobiology, developmental biology, plant
biology, cell biology, molecular biology)
 Biophysics (molecular surfaces, molecular paths,
cavity dynamics, membrane transport)
 Materials Science (biological materials, porous
media, composites, metals)
 Medicine (oncology, angiology, orthopedics and
biomechanics, gastroenterology, cardiology)
 Flow Dynamics (flow control, turbulence, coherent
structures)
 Archaeology (landscape and urban reconstruction,
museum didactics, virtual unfolding of papyri)
 Landscape and Urban Modeling (vegetation
modeling, landscape planning, visualization for
exhibitions)
 Climate Research (climate visualization, ensemble
visualization, cloud tracking)
 Astrophysics (numerical relativity, collision of black
1991 holes and neutron stars, star formation, cometary
– present plasma and dust)

1989 – 1994 High Performance Computing, Computational Physics

Quantum Field Theory, Lattice Gauge Theory,

1984 – 1989 Computational Physics

Stochastic Geometry, Computational Geometry,

1982 – 1984 Statistical Physics, Computational Physics
 Professional Services

Co-Chair IEEE Vis 2018 – including IEEE Visual

Analytics Science and Technology (VAST), IEEE
Information Visualization (InfoVis), and IEEE Scientific
2018 Visualization (SciVis)

Co-Chair Challenges in the Computational Modeling of

2018 Beijing’s Air Pollution and Traffic

Co-Chair International Geometry Summit (incl.

Symposium on Geometry Processing (SGP), Shape
Modeling International (SMI) and Solid and Physical
2016 Modeling (SPM))

2016, 2008 Co-Chair MathFilm Festival

Co-Chair Eurographics Medical Prize Competition –

2015, 2013 MedPrize

Co-Chair Visualization in Medicine and Life Sciences –

2013, 2009 VMLS

Co-Chair Eurographics/IEEE Symposium on

2009 Visualization – EuroVis

Co-Chair IEEE/Eurographics International Symposia on

2008, 2007 Volume Graphics

Co-Chair Topology-Based Methods in Visualization –

2007 TopoInVis

2002, 1997, Co-Chair International Conferences on Visualization

1995 and Mathematics – VisMath

Co-Chair VideoMath Festival at International Congress

1998 of Mathematicians (ICM)

Member of Editorial Board of Book Series Mathematics

1998 – + Visualization, Springer

1991 – Member of about 70 International Program Committees

 Teaching Activities

Piano Teacher, Pfälzisches Konservatorium für Musik,

1975 – 1977 Kaiserslautern

Student Tutor, Computer Programming and Numerical

1981 – 1984 Physics, Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin

Research Assistant, Tutorials in Theoretical Physics

and Computational Physics, Department of Physics,
1984 – 1989 Freie Universität Berlin

Lecturer “Numerical Methods and Programming”,

1985 – 1986 Technische Fachhochschule Berlin

Lecturer at International Summer Schools for Graduate

Students on topics of Scientific Visualization,
since 1996 Mathematical Visualization and Image Processing

Guest Professor, Advanced Computer Graphics and

Data Visualization (PhD course in computer science),
2001 – 2006 Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona

Honorary Professor for Scientific Visualization, German

Film School – University for Digital Media Production,
2001 – 2007 Elstal

Lectureships in Scientific Visualization, Department of

Mathematics and Computer Science, Freie Universität
since 2003 Berlin

Industrial Experience

Co-founder and Scientific Advisor,

2005 – 2009 Lenné3D GmbH, Berlin

Co-founder and CEO,

Indeed – Visual Concepts GmbH, Berlin
1999 – 2004 (now: Visage Imaging)
 Co-Founder and Senior Scientist,
Mental Images GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin
1986 – 1989 (now: NVIDIA Advanced Rendering Center)

Memberships

ACM Association for Computing Machinery

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Eurographics European Association for Computer Graphics

GI Gesellschaft für Informatik

DPG Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Computer- und

CURAC Roboterassistierte Chirurgie