Prof. Jörg Weber is Chair of Semiconductor Physics at TU Dresden since December 1999. He is engaged in the study of impurities and defects in various semiconductors. His present area of specialization is the study of hydrogen in various hosts and its importance in device technology.

Prof. Jörg Weber was dean and vice rector, coeditor of several special issues of "Applied Physics", and chaired and co-chaired several meeting symposia. Since 1984 he organizes the annual workshop on "Point Defects in Semiconductors."