Dr. Thomas Bosselmann studied physics and electrical engineering. He has been active the field of optical sensing for more than 30 years. He is with the Siemens Corporate Technology as a project manager for the fiber optics group. His work is focusing on sensing in all areas of the energy sector as power transmission, fossile power generation, renewables and fuel cells. He was a TPC member of the OFS and EWOFS conferences and is currently a HC member of the OFS. He has filed more than 150 patents and authored, coauthored more than 100 papers.