Materialsysteme der Nanoelektronik






Curriculum Vitae

SCHOOL EDUCATION


1978 – 1988        Primary School in Dresden-Südvorstadt

1988 – 1990        Extended School in Dresden-Plauen 

1990                   Abitur

 

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION


1990 – 1995        Study of Physics, University of Leipzig

1995                   Diploma in Physics

Topic: Spectral ellipsometry on monoatomic semiconductor layers in GaAs

 

DOCTORAL THESIS


1995 – 1999       Doctoral Thesis at the Institute of Experimental Physics II of the University Leipzig

1999                  Promotion

Topic: Bandstructure of ultrathin layers and ternary periodic domains in III-V semiconductors

 

HABILITATION


1999 – 2008       Habilitation work at the Institute of Experimental Physics II of the University Leipzig

2010                  Habilitation

Topic: Semiconductor-based spintronics using ZnO thin films

 

AWARDS


2002                  Junior Group Grant, BMBF-Nachwuchswettbewerb Nanotechnologie (2003 – 2008)

2011                  Heisenberg-Fellowship

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


1999 – 2003       Institute of Experimental Physics II at University Leipzig

Head of pseudopotential theory development

Topic: Bandstructure of transparent semiconductors

 

2003 – 2007       Institute of Experimental Physics II at University Leipzig

Research group leader, Nano-Spintronics

Topic: Zinc-oxide based spintronics

 

2003 – 2007       Institute of Experimental Physics II at University Leipzig

Lecturer “Physics of semiconductors”, “Optoelectronics”, “Ferromagnetism in metals and

Semiconductors”, “Low-dimensional semiconductors” (facultative)

 

2007 – 2012       Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, HZDR

Research group leader, Nano-Spintronics

Topic: New materials for energy efficient devices: magnetic semiconductors and memristive oxides

 

2012 - present    Department of Materials for Nanoelectronics, TU Chemnitz

Heisenberg-Fellow & Research group leader, Nano-Spintronics

Topic: Optical and transport properties of new energy efficient materials

 

since WS 2010/2011 Institute of Applied Photophysics, Technical University Dresden

Lecturer “Physik I und II im Grundstudium für Elektrotechniker und Mechatroniker“ (obligatory)