The team behind NeoMovis
Physicists, engineers and students at TU Wien turning sub-nanometer stabilization into a product for precision equipment.
WHO WE ARE
Built by people who like to build.
NeoMovis started in a lab at the TU Wien Institute of Applied Physics – with a few physicists who wanted a stage that simply does not drift.
Today we are researchers, engineers and students who bring optics, electronics, software and applications together – and who still enjoy the moment a measurement curve finally goes flat.
Founding team
Dr. Michael Hollerer
CEO
Physicist (University of Graz), postdoctoral researcher at the TU Wien Institute of Applied Physics. Start-up experience at Cellectric – from lab prototype to product development. Leads NeoMovis: strategy, partners and the spin-off.
Dr. Kai Schwenzfeier
CTO
Doctorate at TU Wien (2022) on interferometric measurement, at the Institute of Applied Physics since 2017. Electronics, IT and physics in one person – prototyper and tech specialist who turns ideas into working systems. Leads the optical and system design.
Prof. Markus Valtiner
Advisor
Head of the TU Wien Institute of Applied Physics and of its Applied Interface Physics group – an expert in interfaces, adhesion and interfacial forces. Provides network and infrastructure access.
Development team
Grouped by the work streams of the demonstrator.
REAL-TIME SAMPLE STABILIZATION
Richard van Nieuwenhoven, MSc
Software lead
PhD candidate at the Institute of Applied Physics with a master’s in biomedical engineering from TU Wien. Architect of the real-time software.
REAL-TIME SAMPLE STABILIZATION
Viktoria Rotheneder
FPGA & Control Systems
MSc student and student researcher in Applied Interface Physics. Responsible for FPGA development and control system design, including low-level hardware testing for real-time sample stabilization.
REAL-TIME SAMPLE STABILIZATION
Lirik Rugova
Infrastructure & IT
MSc student. Runs infrastructure and IT and supports front-end and back-end development.
HIGH-SPEED 3D GRID
Johannes Prisslan
Data interface & protocol
BSc student and student researcher in Applied Interface Physics. Builds the data interface and communication protocol.
INTERFEROMETRY & VALIDATION
Dr. Martin Buessler
Laser & setup specialist
Postdoctoral researcher who joined from the University of Vienna, where he worked on photocatalytic water splitting. Responsible for lasers and optical setup.
ELECTRONICS
Mathias Schidlo
Electronics
BSc student and trained electronics technician. Designs and builds the electronics.
APPLICATION
Max Freimueller
Application & prototyping
Works on applications, metrology and prototyping.
Background & support
NeoMovis is a research and commercialization project at TU Wien, Institute of Applied Physics. The technology is protected by TU Wien patents; a spin-off is being prepared for 2028.
Funded by the Christian Doppler Research Association (CDG Transfer.S2S, 2026–2028); earlier prototype funding by aws.