education |
| 2004 |
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Doctor scientiae naturalium (Dr. sc. nat.)
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
Zürich, Switzerland —
Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences
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| 1999 |
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Diplomphysiker (Dipl. Phys.)
Universität Konstanz, Germany
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Physics Department
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Research |
| 2008– |
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Assistant Professor —
College of William and Mary,
Department of Applied Science
"BIO-INSPIRED NANO-MATERIALS"
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| 2004–2008 |
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Postdoctoral position —
Princeton University, Chemical Engineering Department
Supervisors: Prof. Ilhan Aksay and Prof. Dudley Saville
"BIO-INSPIRED NANO-MATERIALS"
A) Self-assembly and self-healing at the molecular scale
B) Graphene-based nano-materials
C) Nanoscopic building blocks of bio-materials
D) Advancement of scanning probe techniques
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| 1999–2004 |
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Ph.D. thesis —
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland
Supervisor:
Prof. Vahid Sandoghdar
"FROM NANO-OPTICS TO BIOPHYSICS"
A) Optical investigation and spectroscopy of single nanoparticles
B) Developing combined optical and scanning probe tools
C) Application of optical and scanning probe tools in biophysics
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| 1998–1999 |
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Diploma thesis —
Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Mlynek
"EXPERIMENTAL QUANTUM OPTICS WITH NANOSTRUCTURES"
A) Light–Matter interaction at the nanoscale
B) Tools for optical investigation of single particles
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| 1997 |
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Summer scholarship —
Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Mlynek
Topic: "Nano-structuring of WO3 coated glass surfaces" with hydrogen gas by
means of pulled micro-/nano-pipettes.
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