basic education |
| till 1980 |
High school in Grimma |
| 1980 - 1983 |
vocational training as mechanical engineer |
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education (University) |
| 1985 - 1990 |
Study of physics at the Technical
University Dresden , Germany
special training in the area of surface physics and electron microscopy |
| Aug. 1990 |
Diploma in
Physics
at TU Dresden
''AES / SIMS - investigation of the deposition of Ni on Si and of
the formation of Ni-silicids'' (in german) |
| 1990 - 1992 |
Research assistent at the Physical Institute of the College of
Transportation Dresden (refounded as University of Applied Sciences,
HTW Dresden)
Advisor: Prof. V. Christoph
investigation of magnetization reversal in hard magnets
teaching of students
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Oct. 1992 -
Oct. 1995 |
Research fellow at the Institute for Solid State and Materials Research
Dresden (IFW Dresden)
Advisors: Dr. K.-H. Müller, Prof. L. Schultz
investigation of reversible and irreversible magnetization processes
intrinsic properties,
coercive mechanisms and
magnetic viscosity in hard magnets
administration of PC, HP-
and DEC-workstations, software and
computer network
|
| Oct. 1995 |
PhD in Physics
at TU Dresden
''Magnetization processes in polycrystalline hard magnets''
(in german) |
| May 2009 |
German post doctoral lecturing qualification (Habilitation) in
Physics and Reader
at TU Dresden
''Tunneling and Magnetotransport Properties of Strongly Correlated
Electron Systems'' |
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important visits and awards |
Jan. - April
1992 |
work with Prof. J.M.D. Coey,
Dept. of Physics at
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland,
investigation of the structure and formation of interstitially modified
rare-earth transition metal compounds
(scholarship by CEAM, the Concerted European Action on Magnets) |
Jan. - March
1993 |
work with Dr. D. Givord
at CNRS ''L. Néel'' Grenoble,
France
investigation of magnetic viscosity in hardmagnetic materials
(scholarship by CEAM) |
April '97 -
July '99 |
Feodor Lynen fellowship by the
Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation, Germany
to support work with Dr. S. von Molnár
at MARTECH,
Florida State University |
| 2015 |
Outstanding Referee of the
American Physical Society |
| 2017 |
Fellow of the
American Physical Society |
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employment history |
Oct. 1995 -
April 1996 |
post-doc with Prof. J.M.D. Coey
(magnetism) at
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
(TMR-grant
within the framework of HCM of the EC)
design and construction of a VSM using permanent magnets for field generation
hydrogenation of rare-earth transition-metal compounds
investigation of magnetocrystalline anisotropy
phase transitions in ferromagnetic Heusler-alloys
|
May 1996 -
Oct. 1996 |
Research fellow at the Institute for Solid State and Materials Research
Dresden
(IMW at
IFW Dresden)
magnetic properties and texture in rare-earth transition-metal compounds
anomalous magnetic aftereffect
|
Nov. 1996 -
April 2000 |
post-doc with Dr. S. von Molnár
at MARTECH,
Florida State University
fabrication and investigation of nanometerscale magnetic particles
micro- and nanofabrication on thin films
transport and noise measurements on manganites and chromium dioxide
magnetization studies of manganites in high magnetic fields
STM, AFM, MFM, Hall magnetometry, photo- and e-beam lithography
|
May 2000 -
presently |
research fellow at the Max Planck-Institute
for the Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden,
Germany |
Oct. 2009 -
Mar. 2010 |
visiting professor at the 1.
Physics Institute of the Georg-August-University
Göttingen, Germany
lecture: Experimental Physics I |
| since 2010 |
W2 position the Max Planck-Institute for the Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden, Germany |
