Main Focus
- Electrochemistry, Corrosion, Oxidation and oxide formation
- Charged point defects, Ions in water, Liquid metal embrittlement
- Ab initio thermodynamics, Defect phase diagrams, Ab initio based multi-scale modelling
- Methods: Elektronic structure theory, Density functional theory, Ab initio molecular dynamics
- Systems: Metals, Alloys, Semiconductors, Water
Curriculum Vitae
- 10/2015 - present: Head of Group "Electrochemistry and Corrosion" at MPIE
- 11/2006 - 10/2015: Project Leader, Max-Planck-Insitut für Eisenforschung
- 10/2004 - 11/2006: Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Physics, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia (Group of Prof. Dr. C. Stampfl)
- 05/2000 - 10/2004: Research Assistant, Fritz-Haber-Institute, Berlin (Department of Prof. Dr. M. Scheffler, Group of Dr. K. Reuter)
- March 2004: Dr. rer. nat., Technical University Berlin, Thesis: "Oxidation of Palladium surfaces"
- 1994 - 2000: Studying Physics at the Technical University Darmstadt
- Feb. 2000: Dipl. - Phys., Technical University Darmstadt, Thesis: "Berechnung der Stromdichte und orbitalen Magnetisierung in der Dichtefunctionaltheorie" (advisor: Prof. Dr. J. Kübler)