| | Curriculum vitae | |
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| | Personal: | |
| | Name: | Oliver G. SCHMIDT |
| | Date of Birth: | 4th July, 1971 |
| | Place of Birth: | Kiel, Germany |
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| | Education: | |
| | 1990 | “Abitur” at the German School London, England |
| | 1990 – 1992 | Studies of Physics at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany |
| | 1992 – 1993 | Studies of Physics at the King’s College London, England |
| | 1993 | Bachelor of Science in Physics |
| | 1993 – 1996 | Studies of Physics at the Berlin University of Technology, Germany |
| | 1996 | Diploma in Physics |
| | 1999 | Graduation to Dr. rer. nat. at the Berlin University of Technology, Germany |
| | 2003 | Habilitation (postdoctoral lecture qualification) at the University of Hamburg, Germany |
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| | Professional career: | |
| | 1996 – 1999 | Research assistant at the Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart |
| | 1999 – 2001 | Research associate at the Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart |
| | 2001 – 2002 | Research associate at the University of Southern California |
| | 2002 – 2007 | Head of research group at the Max-Planck-institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart |
| | 2004 – 2007 | Private lecturer at the University of Stuttgart |
| | 2007 – | Full Professorship, Material Systems for Nanoelectronics, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany |
| | 2007 – | Director, Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, IFW Dresden, Germany |
| | 2010- | Executive Board Member of Institute of Physics, TU Chemnitz |
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| | Awards and Honours: | |
| | 1993 | Perkin-Elmar-Prize, King’s College London |
| | 1999 | Summa cum laude for PhD thesis, Berlin University of Technology |
| | 2000 | Otto-Hahn Medal, Max-Planck-Society |
| | 2002 | Philip-Morris Research Award, Philip-Morris GmbH |
| | 2003 | Laureate of the Young Scientist competition “Nanotechnology”, German Federal Ministry for education and research |
| | 2004 | Heinrich-Düker-Prize, Foundation for promotion of education and handicapped people |
| | 2004 | Laureate of the competition “Images of Science”, Max-Planck-Society |
| | 2005 | Carus-Medal, German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina |
| | 2006 | Carus-Prize, City Schweinfurt |
| | 2010 | Selected as Nanotechnology Thought Leader, AzoNano |
| | 2010 | Ace of Saxony, Free State of Saxony |
| | 2010 | Guinness World Record® for the Smallest Man-Made Jet Engine |
| | 2011 | Honorary Professor, Fudan University, Shanghai, China |
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| | Special tasks: | |
| | 2006 – | Regional editor (Europe) for „Nanoscale Research Letters“ |
| | 2007 – 2009
| Editorial board member of „Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics“ |
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| | Referee activities: | |
| | Review services for foundations: | |
| | German Research Society | |
| | European Union | |
| | Alexander von Humboldt Foundation | |
| | United States Department of Energy (DoE) | |
| | United States National Science Foundation | |
| | Science Foundation Ireland | |
| | Suiss National Fonds | |
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| | Review services for journals and magazines: | |
| | Nature | |
| | Nature Materials | |
| | Nature Nanotechnology | |
| | Nature Photonics | |
| | Advanced Materials | |
| | Physical Review Letters | |
| | Applied Physics Letters | |
| | Nano Letters | |
| | Nanoscale Research Letters | |
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