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| since July 2005 | Research Staff and Project Manager, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge, TN, USA |
| since April 2007 | Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA |
| June 2002 – June 2005 | Research Associate, Teaching Assistant, and Laboratory Manager, Materials Science Department, Chair of Functional Materials (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Mücklich), Saarland University |
| since Feb. 2000 | Joint Founder of the internet platform www.New-Materials-Online.com |
| Feb. 1998 – June 2005 | Scientific co-worker at the internetplatform www.Materialography.net
2002 – 2005: substitutional scientific head |
Scientific awards and honors | |
| 2007 | Werner Köster Prize from the German Society for Materials Science (DGM) and the Carl Hanser Publishing Company together with Frank Mücklich and Andres Lasagni |
| 2006 | Dr. Eduard Martin Prize from the Saarland University |
| 2005 - 2007 | Eugene P. Wigner Fellowship from Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| 2003 | Carl-Eduard-Schulte-Prize from the Association of German Engineers (VDI) |
| 1997 – 2000 | Scholarship from the Rheinstahl-Foundation of ThyssenKrupp, Germany |
Professional activities | |
| May 2008 | Session Chair "B1 - Batteries General Session / Cells - lithium and lithium-ion", 213th Electrochemical Society Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, May 18 - 22, 2008 |
| Nov. 2007 | Co-Chair Symposium “Mechanics of Nanofabrication and Nanostructure Growth”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Seattle, WA, U.S.A., November 12 to 15, 2007 |
| Sept.2007 | Session Chair "Nanotubes, Nanorods, Nanowires, and Other 1-D Structures", Materials Science & Technology 2007 Conference and Exhibit (MS&T '07), Detroit, Michigan, September 16-20, 2007 |
| 2005 - 2008 | Chair of the discussion forum “Mechanical and Functional Properties of Thin Films” at Materialsclub.com from the DGM |
| 2005 - 2008 | Chair of the discussion forum “Advanced Laser Treatment of Surfaces, Coatings, and Thin Films” at Materialsclub.com from the DGM |
| 2002 - 2005 | Member in the expert committee “Materialography in Internet” from the DGM |
Professional Societies | |
| Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde e.V. (DGM), Materials Research Society (MRS), European Materials Research Society (E-MRS), American Ceramic Society (ACerS), Electrochemical Society (ECS), German Scholars Organization (GSO) | |
Academic studies | |
| June 2005 | Ph.D. 'summa cum laude' from the Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany Ph.D. Thesis: Stiffness scaling of thin films by Laser Interference Metallurgy (ISBN 3-8322-4034-9) |
| 2002 | M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Lorraine National Polytechnic Institute, France |
| 2002 | M.S. in Materials Science from the Saarland University, Germany |
| 1999 – 2001 | Studies of Materials Science and Engineering at the European School of Materials Engineering, Nancy, France a Joint-School of Lorraine National Polytechnic Institute (France), Saarland University (Germany), Technical University Barcelone (Spain), and Technical University of Lulea (Sweden) |
| 1997 – 1999 | Studies of Materials Science at the Saarland University, Saarbruecken Germany |
Other qualifications | |
| Languages | German, English, French |
| Others | Laser Safety Instructor according to German law BGV B2 (VBG 93) |