Former members and guests of the interface spectroscopy group at MPIE
Paul Schneider, Germany. PhD student 07/2009-01/2013: Phosphating. Currently working with a company on Ni plating.
Ganesh Vasan, India. PhD student 10/2008-09/2012: Simulation of surface enhanced infrared absorption spectra using the finite element method.
Ying Chen, China. Postdoc 01/2010-09/2012: Electrochemical spectroscopic ellipsometry. Currently postdoc at Physics Department, Technische Universität München, Germany.
Nina Buller, Germany. Master student 02/2012-08/2012: Desorption of SAMs. Currently PhD student at Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Münster, Germany.
Chethana Gadiyar, India. National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India. Internship 05/2012-07/2012: Electrochemical phosphating of Al/Si containing steels.
Stephanie Sandy Schweiker, Australia. Postdoc 07/2011-12/2011: IR spectroscopy/electrochemistry of lipid bilayers and redox proteins. Currently Assistant Professor at Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Queensland, Australia.
Martina Reithmeier, Bavaria. PhD student 09/2008-10/2011: Antireflecting interlayers for enhancing transparency of metal layers in internal reflection infrared spectroscopy. Currently working as a consultant in Bavaria.
Ashwin Anthony Fernandes, India. National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India. Internship 05/2011-07/2011: Synthesis and LB transfer of gold colloids.
Hanchun Wang, China. Postdoc 04/2011-08/2011. IR imaging of diffusion processes. Currently with Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom.
Wataru Murakami, Japan. Ecole Hokudai University Sapporo, Japan. Internship 08/2011-11/2011: Electrochemistry of the phosphating process
Marie Dumerval, France. Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille, France. Internship 06/2010-07/2010: Surfaces of aluminium oxide in the electric field.
Sophia Eddellali, France. Polytech Montpellier, France. Internship 05/2010-07/2010: Phosphating studies.
Marcus Richter, Germany. Lab technician, 06/2009-05/2010: Reactions in solid salts. Currently student at Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Krefeld, Germany.
Philip Niehoff, Germany. Master Thesis, 10/2009-03/2010: Modification of semiconductor surfaces with bifunctional polymerizable silanes. Currently with University of Münster, Germany.
Steffen Büning, Germany. Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Internship 12/2009-01/2010: Angular-dependent ATR-IR spectroscopy of salt solutions.
Juan Zuo, China. Postdoc 02/2009-10/2009. Optical and electronic properties of thin oxide films. Currently with Xiamen University of Technology, China.
Isil Yöndem, Middle East Technical University Ankara, Turkey. Internship 07/2008-08/2008: ATR-IR spectroscopy on salt solutions in contact with polymer films.