Matthias Pelkner received the Diploma and Ph.D. degrees in physics from the Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany, in 2008 and 2014, respectively. He specialized in semiconductor physics and magnetism.
Afterward, he has started to work with the Federal Institute for Materials Testing and Research (BAM), Berlin, Germany, in 2009. Since 2014, he has been part of the Division 8.4 Acoustic and Electromagnetic Methods, Eddy Current Testing Group, BAM. He is responsible for electromagnetic testing and magnetic material characterization. His research work interests include sensor development, simulation, and data analysis for electromagnetic nondestructive evaluation.