Michael Farle received his Diploma in experimental physics, Doctorate, and Habilitation degrees from Freie Universität Berlin in 1984, 1989, and 1998, respectively. During this time he spent three and a half years as a senior researcher at Stanford University, California, and Université de Strasbourg, France. In 1999, he moved to Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany, where he became a full professor. Since 2002, he has been working as a professor at the Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany, where he has served as Vice-Rector for Research and Junior Scientific Staff. In 2016 he became, in addition, an adjunct professor at Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Russia.

Prof. Farle has published over 220 technical articles in peer-reviewed journals, including book chapters and review articles, and has given more than 60 invited presentations. He coordinated two European Research Networks and served as the vice-spokesman of Collaborative Research Center: Magnetic Heterostructures (SFB 491). Since 2014 he is chairman of the Magnetism Section of the German Physical Society. For many years he has been active on the program committees of several international conferences on magnetism. He is a member of the IEEE Magnetics Society, the German Physical Society, and is a co-editor of Materials Research Letters and Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials.Prof. Farle has published over 220 technical articles in peer-reviewed journals, including book chapters and review articles, and has given more than 60 invited presentations. He coordinated two European Research Networks and served as the vice-spokesman of Collaborative Research Center: Magnetic Heterostructures (SFB 491). Since 2014 he is chairman of the Magnetism Section of the German Physical Society. For many years he has been active on the program committees of several international conferences on magnetism. He is a member of the IEEE Magnetics Society, the German Physical Society, and is a co-editor of Materials Research Letters and Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials.