Curriculum Vitae

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Education

Jan. 1999 - Feb. 2003

PhD student at the University of Sofia, Bulgaria
"Investigation of the polarization and photochromatic effects in nitroprusside complexes by angle-dependent Mössbauer spectroscopy" - graduated with distinction
Supervisor-Prof. Dr. V. Rusanov

Oct. 2001 - July 2002

Visiting PhD student in the group of Prof. Dr. A. X. Trautwein at the University of Lübeck, Germany. One-year research grant by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Sep. 1991 - July 1996

MSc engineer-physicist in "nuclear technique and nuclear power engineering" at the University of Sofia, Bulgaria

Professional experience

Jan. 2026

Habilitation in Experimental Physics (Faculty of Physics, KIT)

July 2013 – June 2021

KIT Associate Fellow (participation in promotion of Bachelor, Master and PhD students at KIT)

July 2012 - present

Group leader of the Nano Characterization group at the Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation (IPS), KIT

May 2010 - present

Group leader of NANODYNAMICS – a Helmholtz-University Young Investigators Group

June 2009 - June 2012

Group leader of Nanolabs at ISS/ANKA, KIT – a group comprising three research laboratories: UHV Analysis lab, MOVPE lab, KNMF-ANKA materials for energy lab

Oct. 2008 - May 2009

Scientist at the Institute for Synchrotron Radiation (ISS), KIT

March 2006 - Sep. 2008

Postdoctoral scientist at the Nuclear Resonance Group (ID18/22N) of the ESRF, Grenoble, France

• Investigation of magnetic and dynamic properties of thin films and nanostructures by in situ nuclear resonant scattering

March 2003 - Feb. 2006

Postdoctoral scientist at the University of Vienna (group of Prof. G. Vogl), permanently working at the Nuclear Resonance Group (ID18/22N) of the ESRF

• Design, setup, and commissioning of a complex UHV system for sample preparation (MBE) and in situ characterisation (AES, LEED, RHEED, XRD, XRR)
• Application of synchrotron radiation based scattering and spectroscopic techniques to study magnetism and dynamics in ultrathin Fe films

Awards and Honours

2017 – 2027

Elected member of the International Board on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (IBAME)

since 2019

Member of the International Advisory Committee of the International Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (ICAME)

2018; 2024

Member of the Scientific Program Committee (SPC) of the International Conference on Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation SRI2024: 26-30 August 2024, Hamburg, Germany and SRI2018: 10-15 June 2018, Taipei, Taiwan

May 2010

Helmholtz-University Young Investigator Prize

Oct. 2001

Research fellow of the German Academic Exchange Service