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01.06.2010

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lucht

The newly appointed Alexander von Humboldt professor in Sustainability Science at the Department of Geography at the Humboldt University:

The special professorship has been established in co-operation with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). Thereabout the scientist is in charge of one of the four fields of research, “Climate…

01.06.2010

Dr. Klaus Lips

Deputy director of the Institut Silizium-Photovoltaik in the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie:

Klaus Lips, born in 1962 in the Huguenot's village of Carlsdorf-Hofgeismar (Northern Hessen) and grown up in the Netherlands, studied physics in Leiden (NL) as well as in Marburg / Lahn. He did a doctorate in 1994…

31.05.2010

Dr. Renate Brechel

The educator directed the UniLab Adlershof:

Renate Brechel (born 1947) studied at Humboldt University in Berlin from 1965 to 1970 and completed her studies with a degree in pedagogy for mathematics and physics. From 1970 to 1974 she worked as a teacher at …

31.05.2010

Dr. rer. nat. Karsten Holldack

The physicist at BESSY works with THz radiation developing new concepts and applications:

After studying physics from 1980-1985 at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Karsten Holldack finished his PhD on ion implantation in semiconductors in 1987. Gaining experience for one year in semiconductor industry he …

31.05.2010

Dr. Atoosa Meseck

The member of BESSY staff works on accelerator physics:

Atoosa Meseck, born in Teheran (Iran), studied Physics at Hamburg University. She completed her PhD thesis (Dr. rer. nat) at “Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron” (DESY) in the year 2000 in the area of accelerator…

31.05.2010

Dr. rer. nat. Ingo Will

The physicist at the Max Born Institute works towards the development of various diode-pumped lasers:

Ingo Will studied Physics at Warsaw University and at the Humboldt University Berlin. He wrote his doctoral thesis at the former Central Institute of Optics and Spectroscopy Berlin on the optimization oft Nd:Glass…

31.05.2010

Dr. rer. nat. Philippe Wernet

The physicist works as a project and group leader at the electron storage ring BESSY II at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin:

Philippe Wernet was born in 1971 in Strasbourg (France) and grew up in Freiburg. He studied physics at the Technical University of Berlin, in Lyon (France) and at the University of Hamburg. Since his Diplom and …

31.05.2010

Dr. Olga Smirnova

The atomic physicist is working on developing Attosecond Science at the Max-Born-Institut:

Olga Smirnova was born in Moscow and has graduated from the Moscow State University. After completing her PhD in 2000, she worked as an Assistant Professor at the Moscow State University. At this time she became…

31.05.2010

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Mathias Richter

The physicist is head of the department of X-ray metrology using synchrotron radiation at PTB in Berlin-Adlershof.:

Mathias Richter, born in 1959 in Marburg, studied physics in his home town from 1978 and graduated later from Hamburg University. Since his diploma thesis carried out in 1983/84 at the Hamburger …

31.05.2010

Professor Stefan Hecht, PhD

Professor for Organic Chemistry and functional Materials at the Department of Chemistry of Humboldt University of Berlin:

Since October 2006 Stefan Hecht holds the Chair of Organic Chemistry and functional Materials at the Department of Chemistry of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. After his undergraduate studies in chemistry at…

31.05.2010

Dr. Chafik Meliani

Head of the “power amplifiers” group at the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik:

Chafik Meliani, born 1974 in Algeria, studied semiconductor physics for electronic devices at the University of Blida (Algeria). He received his PhD degree from the Université Denis-Diderot Paris, France. In this …

31.05.2010

Dr. rer. nat. Rudolf J. Schneider

In his working group „Immunochemical Methods“ at BAM everything spins around antibodies:

Rudolf Schneider (born in 1963) studied chemistry at the Technical University Munich. By chance, while looking for an interesting topic for his diploma thesis, he stumbled into his present working area: …

31.05.2010

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Janina Kneipp

Her research interest lies in the utilization of sensitive spectroscopic methods for analytical chemistry:

Janina Kneipp received her diploma and doctorate from the Free University Berlin. In her dissertation work she studied brain tissue by means of infrared-microspectroscopy and applied this method successfully to the…

31.05.2010

Dr. rer. nat. Franziska Emmerling

The chemist at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) works on crystallization and aggregation phenomena by means of synchrotron radiation:

Born in Bad Dürkheim in 1975 Franziska Emmerling finished her PhD thesis in inorganic solid state chemistry at the Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg in 2003. Her work dealt with the synthesis and structural …

31.05.2010

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Katja Werheid

Assistant professor for Clinical Gerontopsychology at the Department of Psychology at the Humboldt University of Berlin:

Since October 2008, Katja Werheid holds an assistant professorship for Clinical Gerontopsychology at the Department of Psychology at the Humboldt University of Berlin. After studying Psychology in Muenster, …

31.05.2010

Prof. Dr. Julia Lossau

Assistant Professor for Cultural Geography at the Department of Geography at Humboldt University:

Julia Lossau studied geography at the Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg and gained a first degree (diploma) from the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn in 1997. After having completed…

Crystal of germanium IKZ
31.05.2010

Prof. Dr. Peter Rudolph

Coordinator of the competence area “Crystal Growth Technology” at the Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth (IKZ):

Peter Rudolph is the coordinator of the competence area “Crystal Growth Technology” at the Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth (IKZ) in Berlin-Adlershof. Peter Rudolph (who got his degree as Electrical Engineer at…

31.05.2010

Dr. rer. nat. Sebastian Heinz

The mathematician works at the Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS) in Berlin:

Sebastian Heinz was born on September 26, 1977 in Berlin and studied mathematics at the Humboldt University of Berlin from 1998 till 2004. He received the Humboldt award of his university for his diploma thesis. He…

31.05.2010

Dr. rer. nat. Moshe Weizman

For his Ph.D thesis the physicist explored the properties of laser-crystallized polycrystalline silicon-germanium (SiGe) layers for thin film solar cells:

Born on Febuary 9, 1976 in Jerusalem he received his B.Sc in physics from the Hebrew University at Jerusalem, and wrote his Diploma thesis at the TU Berlin. A scholarship from the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt …

28.05.2010

Dr. rer. nat. Tom Großmann

The chemist developed a signal amplifying method for molecular gene diagnostics at the Humboldt University of Berlin:

He was born in 1978 in Merseburg and studied Chemistry from October 1999 until September 2003 at the Humboldt University of Berlin. He moved to the University of California, Berkeley where he performed studies…