David Pommerenke received his diploma in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University in Berlin emphasizing on the area of microwave engineering. In 1995 he received his Ph.D. also from the Technical University Berlin in the area of High Voltage Engineering with emphasis on pulsed effects such as electrostatic discharge. In 2001 he joined the faculty of the electrical engineering department of the Missouri University of Science and Technology (at that time named University Missouri Rolla). As member of the EMC laboratory (emclab.mst.edu) he focused on electrostatic discharge, near field scanning, and a wide range of EMC problems ranging from automobile to IC design.