In 1985 Reinhard Noll was a member of the founding team of the new Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT) in Aachen, Germany. His research interests have been directed to pulsed-power generation, plasma physics, laser measurement technology and laser spectroscopy with fundamental research and developments of industrial applications based on these methods. In 2012 he became Professor at the RWTH Aachen University, teaching Laser Measurement Technology. Until mid 2021 he was manager of the competence area "measurement technology and EUV sources" at ILT and member of the executive commitee of Fraunhofer ILT. In April 2021 he reached his regular retirement age.