Research Experience
- 2016 - current
Staff, Institute of Materials Physics, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany - 2016 - 2017
Research Affiliate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Cambridge,USA - 2015
Senior Postdoctoral Associate, Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA - 2014
Postdoctoral Associate, Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA - 2012 - 2013
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA - 2008 - 2011
Research Assistant, Department of Experimental Physics, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany - 2006 - 2008
Research Assistant, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Education
- 2009 - 2012
PhD Fellow, International Graduate School BIG NSE within DFG Cluster of Excellence Unicat, Berlin,Germany - 2008 - 2011
PhD studies, Department of Experimental Physics, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Thesis: Structure-function relations in water-oxidizing cobalt oxides investigated by X-ray absorption spectroscopy - 2006 - 2008
MSc studies, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Thesis: The Promise of Nitrogen Plasma Implanted Gallium Arsenide for Band Gap Engineering - 2005 - 2006
Student exchange, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada - 2003 - 2006
BSc studies, Department of Physics, Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
Awards
- 2015
Hans-Jürgen Engell Prize of the International Society of Electrochemistry for contributions in the development of earth-abundant catalyst materials for water oxidation and oxygen reduction - 2012
Carl-Ramsauer Award of the Physical Society of Berlin - 2007
Gerhard Herzberg Memorial Scholarship jointly awarded by the Chemistry and Physics Departments at University of Saskatchewan
Research Interests
I am interested in unraveling fundamental relationships between oxide physics and catalytic mechanisms that are relevant to both energy storage and conversion. I am especially interested in the reactions of oxygen evolution and reduction that are important both for improving technology and understanding nature. To achieve insight into these reactions, I combine concepts from physics and chemistry.