Curriculum Vitae
Academic Experience
Since 10/2018
Universidad de Zaragoza, Laboratorio de Microscopías Avanzadas (LMA), Dr. Arenal
Postdoc
- Investigation of nanomaterials by electron microscopy and spectroscopy and related techniques
- In-situ studies concerned with electrical currents
- High-resolution phase contrast transmission electron microscopy by combination of Zach phase plates and aberration correction (DFG Research Fellow), Link to DFG project page
- PROMISES: Properties of nanomaterials made from misfit-layered compounds revealed by electron
microscopy and simulations (EU Horizon 2020-MSCA-Individual Fellowship Call 2019), link to project page
05/2015 - 09/2018
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Electron Microscopy (Prof. Gerthsen)
Postdoc
From 01/10/2016 funded by the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
- Independently developed and
conducted research project:
Diffraction-free electron beams for scanning transmission electron microscopy - Working on additional research projects of the institute
- Co-lector in Electron Microscopy WS 17/18 and SS 18, tutoring practical courses
- (Co-)Supervision of PhD, Master- and Bachelor theses
National Institute for Nanotechnology, Edmonton, Canada, NRC (Dr. Malac)
- 04/2016 - 07/2016 Visiting scientist funded by a research travel grant of the Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (KHYS) on research project: Charging and contamination of thin films under intense electron-beam illumination
- 01/2018 - 03/2018 Postdoctoral fellow (5 weeks), research travel for electron-microscopy studies within the Postdoc project
Scientific education
01/2012 - 05/2015
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Electron Microscopy (Prof. Gerthsen)
- PhD thesis
Transmission electron microscopy with electrostatic Zach phase plates
Referees: Prof. D. Gerthsen (KIT)
Prof. R. Schröder (University Heidelberg)
May 8, 2015 Defense, Grade: "Mit Auszeichnung" (Summa cum laude)
10/2006 - 10/2011
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- Diploma (Master) thesis at the Laboratory for Electron Microscopy (Prof. Gerthsen) October 11, 2011 Grade: 1.1
Highlights
- 12/2023 Winner in Video
Contest at II Encuentro INMA, Zaragoza, Spain (Link to video)
- 09/2023 1. Prize for Best Image in Material Sciences, MFS 2023, Braga, Portugal
- 01/2023 2nd Poster Price at HeteroNanoCarb Conference in Benasque
- 09/2018 Young Scientist Assembly of the IMC19, Sydney, Australia
- 10/2017 Best Poster Award, Carl-Zeiss fellow meeting, Oberkochen, Germany
- 08/2017 Invited talk,Microscopy & Microanalysis 2017, St. Louis, USA
- 04 - 07/2016 Research stay at NINT, Edmonton, Canada funded by a scholarship of the Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (KHYS)
- 01/2016 2nd Place Young Researcher Idea Competition of SwissLitho AG
- 09/2011 Best Poster Award on Microscopy conference MC2011, Kiel, Germany
Grants and Funding
- Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, EU Horizon 2020
PROMISES: "Properties of nanomaterials made from misfit-layered compounds revealed by electron microscopy and simulations", Budget: 173 k€, Start 9/2021 - Research fellowship of the German Research
Foundation (DFG)
"Phase-contrast transmission electron microscopy at high resolution by combination of physical phase plates with correction of aberrations", Start: 10/2019 - Postdoc scholarship in Young Researcher program
of the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
"3D phase masks for diffraction-free electron beams in scanning transmission electron microscopy", Budget: 200 k€. - Research travel grant from Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists
"Investigation of charging and contamination of thin films under intense electron-beam illumination", Budget: 4.5 k€.
Teaching, supervision, mentoring
- Since 02/2023 Mentoring of PhD student
- 02-06/2019 Mentoring of Master student
- SS 2012 - 2018 Tutor practical course for annual lecture EM
I
"Convergent beam electron diffraction" - 02/2013 - 02/2014 Supervision of Master student
- WS 2013/14 Tutor Modern Experimental Physics 2 "Solid State Physics"
- SS 2014 Tutor Modern Experimental physics 3 "Particles and Cores"
- 03-06/2017 Supervision of Bachelor student
- WS 2017/2018 Co-lector
(5/13) in lecture Electron Microscopy II
"Scanning electron microscopy and analytics" - 02/2017 - 02/2018 Supervision of Master student
- SS 2018 Co-lector
(5/13) in lecture Electron Microscopy I
"Transmission electron microscopy"
Foto by Markus Breig, KIT