Materialsysteme der Nanoelektronik






Curriculum Vitae


Personal:  
Name: Oliver G. SCHMIDT
Date of Birth: 4th July, 1971
Place of Birth: Kiel, Germany
   
Education:  
1990 “Abitur” at the German School London, England
1990 – 1992 Studies of Physics at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany
1992 – 1993 Studies of Physics at the King’s College London, England
1993 Bachelor of Science in Physics
1993 – 1996 Studies of Physics at the Berlin University of Technology, Germany
1996 Diploma in Physics
1999 Graduation to Dr. rer. nat. at the Berlin University of Technology, Germany
2003 Habilitation (postdoctoral lecture qualification) at the University of Hamburg, Germany
   
Professional career:  
1996 – 1999 Research assistant at the Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart
1999 – 2001 Research associate at the Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart
2001 – 2002 Research associate at the University of Southern California
2002 – 2007 Head of research group at the Max-Planck-institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart
2004 – 2007 Private lecturer at the University of Stuttgart
2007 – Full Professorship, Material Systems for Nanoelectronics, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
2007 – Director, Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, IFW Dresden, Germany
2010 Executive Board Member of Institute of Physics, TU Chemnitz
   
Awards and Honours:  
1993 Perkin-Elmar-Prize, King’s College London
1999 Summa cum laude for PhD thesis, Berlin University of Technology
2000 Otto-Hahn Medal, Max-Planck-Society
2002 Philip-Morris Research Award, Philip-Morris GmbH
2003 Laureate of the Young Scientist competition “Nanotechnology”, German Federal Ministry for education and research
2004 Heinrich-Düker-Prize, Foundation for promotion of education and handicapped people
2004 Laureate of the competition “Images of Science”, Max-Planck-Society
2005 Carus-Medal, German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina
2006 Carus-Prize, City Schweinfurt
2010 Selected as Nanotechnology Thought Leader, AzoNano
2010 Ace of Saxony, Free State of Saxony
2010 Guinness World Record® for the Smallest Man-Made Jet Engine
2011 Honorary Professor, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
   
Special tasks:  
2006 – Regional editor (Europe) for „Nanoscale Research Letters“
2007 – 2009 Editorial board member of „Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics“
   
Referee activities:  
Review services for foundations:  
German Research Society  
European Union  
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation  
United States Department of Energy (DoE)  
United States National Science Foundation  
Science Foundation Ireland  
Suiss National Fonds  
   
Review services for journals and magazines:  
Nature  
Nature Materials  
Nature Nanotechnology  
Nature Photonics  
Advanced Materials  
Physical Review Letters  
Applied Physics Letters  
Nano Letters  
Nanoscale Research Letters

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