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- Technical Assistant in Chemistry, 1977 ( Chemisch-Technischer Assistent (CTA))
- Chemical Engineer, TFH Berlin, 1982 (Chemie-Ingenieur (grad.))
- Dipl. Chem., 1986, FU Berlin
- Dr. rer. nat. 1990, FU Berlin
- Postdoctoral Student 1990/91 Univ. of Washington (Charles T. Campbell)
- Privat Docent, 2007, Univ. of Zurich
- Adjunct Professor, 2010 (Titularprofessor)
- Distinguisher Senior Researcher, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Science and Technology (1992-2024)
- Senior Researcher Czech Academy of Sciences, Institut of Physics (Dr. Pavel Jelinek) (2019-2027)
Empa's Molecular Surface Science Group established 1996
Visiting Scientist at Empa Laboratory for Coating Technologies 2025
Visiting Scientist 1999/2000 Univ. of California, Berkeley (Yuen-Ron Shen)
Visiting Scientist 2003/2004 Univ. of Washington (Viola Vogel/Henry Hess)
Visiting Scientist 2009 Chinese Academy of Sciences, Inst. of Physics Beijing (Hong-Jun Gao)
Visiting Scientist 2012 IBM Almaden Research Laboratory (Andreas Heinrich)
Visiting Scientist 2017 Université Angers, France (Narcis Avarvari)
Visiting Scientist 2023 Center of Quantum Nanoscience, Seoul, Korea
European Union Mobility Professor 2018 Czech Academy of Sciences, Institut of Physics (Dr. Pavel Jelinek)
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Research Affiliate 2018-2020
Prizes
SASP Schrödinger Gold Medal 2024
Microbeam Analysis Award of the Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science (JVSS) 2022
Peiyang Nobel Symposium Lecture 2017
Funtionalized Nano-Materials Award for outstanding achievements in nano materials science 2016
Distinguished Senior Researcher 2014
Großes Naturwissenschaftliches Kolloquium, Universität Duisburg-Essen 2014
Zhongguancun Forum Lecture, Beijing, China 2009
Empa Research Prize 2003
Bürgenstock Stereochemistry Conference Invited Lecture 2009
Habilitation Fellowship of the German National Science Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG 1992
Postdoctoral Fellowship of the German National Science Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) 1990
183 Publication (146 peer reviewed)
H-index 46, ≈ 8000 citations
>300 invited oral presentations
Organizer of 40Nano Conference, 15. – 20. 10. 2023, Ascona, CH
Organizer of Chirality at the Nanoscale Symposium, 13. – 17. 10. 2019, Ascona, CH
Organizer of Symposium of Atomic and Surface Physics (SASP), 2.–7. 02. 2020, St. Moritz, CH
Organizer of the Annual Swiss Working Group for Surface and Interface Science (SAOG) Meeting in Fribourg, CH (President since 2009, member of organizing committee since 1998)
Organizer of the Symposium ‘Chirality at Surfaces’, ECOSS 2014, Antalya, TR
Organizer of two symposia at National Meetings of the American Chemical Society (ACS) 2008
Co-organizer of the 22nd and 30th Symposium of Surface Science 3S in St. Moritz, 2009 & 2017
Co-organizer of the PIREECCI Workshop on heterogeneous catalysis, Dalian, China2009
Lecturer at the Department of Chemistry, University Zurich (since 2007)
Lecturer at the Materials Science Department, ETH) Zurich (since 2005)
Lecturer at the Chemistry Department, ETH Zurich (2005–2014)
Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, University of Applied Sciences (TFH) Berlin (1988–1990)
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of CCS Chemistry (since 2024)
Member of the editorial board of the Wiley journal Chirality (since 2019)
Member of the editorial board of the Swiss Chemical Society Journal CHIMIA (2012 – 2016)
Member of the editorial board of the Elsevier journal Surface Science (2012 – 2014)
Member of the International Editorial Advisory Board of the Wiley journal Helvetica Chimica Acta (since 2016)
Member of the Deutsche Bunsengesellschaft (DBG) for Physical Chemistry (since 1987)
Member of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG, since 1986)
Member of the Swiss Chemical Society (SCG, since 2010)
Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS, since 2019)
Member oft the Swiss SSSTC Delegation to Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, Sept. 2010
Reviewer for international scientific journals like Angewandte Chemie, Nature, Nature Chemistry, Nature Nanotechnology, etc.
Referee and examiner for diploma and PhD theses at EPF Lausanne and University Zurich
Reviewer of PhD theses and official opponent at PhD defenses at Aarhus and Aalborg University, DK; University Groningen, NL; University Leuven, B
Reviewer of promotions to full and associate professorships at universities world-wide (>10)
Panel Member for the European Research Council (ERC), consolidator grants, 2013 – 2017
Reviewing expert for the European Research Council (ERC), startup, consolidator and advanced grants, for the Swiss-Korean Science & Technology programme, for NWO, the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), for appointments of professorships at Universities, world wide.
Guest editor for Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter – Karl-Heinz Rieder Festschrift
Guest editor for the Swiss Chemical Society Journal CHIMIA
Guest editor for the Journal of ChemicalPhysics (IOP)
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