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)