Prof. Oliver G. Schmidt
Institute Director
Address:
IFW Dresden
Helmholtzstraße 20
01069 Dresden
Germany
Secretariat:
Tel.: +49 (0) 351 4659 810
Email: o.schmidt@ifw-dresden.de
Curriculum vitae
| Personal: | |
| Name: | Oliver G. SCHMIDT |
| Date of Birth: | 4th July, 1971 |
| Place of Birth: | Kiel, Germany |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2012 – | Speaker of Center for Materials, Architectures and Integration of Nanomembranes (MAIN) |
| 2012 | Principal Investigator within Cluster of Excellence “Center for Advanced Electronics Dresden (CfAED)”, TU Dresden |
| 2012 | Principal Investigator within Cluster of Excellence “Merge Technologies for Multifunctional Lightweight Structures (MERGE)”, TU Chemnitz |
| 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 |
| 2012 | 43.6 Mio Eur for Research Building “Materials, Architectures and Integration of Nanomembranes (MAIN), Federal state and Free State of Saxony |
| Special tasks: | |
| 2006 – | Regional editor (Europe) for „Nanoscale Research Letters“ |
| 2007 – 2009 | Editorial board member of „Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics“ |
| 2012 – | Editorial board member of „Particle“ |
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
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