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Prof. Dr. Sabine Maier
Department of Physics Publications: Google Scholar |
Education
| Postdoc | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA (2007-2010) |
| Ph.D. (Physics) | University of Basel, Switzerland (2007) |
| M.Sc. (Physics) | University of Basel, Switzerland (2003) |
Research Experience
| 9/2016 – | Professor for Experimental Physics University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Department of Physics |
| 10/2010 – 9/2016 | Assistant Professor (W1 tenure track) University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Department of Physics Rising Star Grant of the Excellence Cluster: Engineering of Advanced Materials |
| 03/2007-09/2010 | Postdoctoral Fellow at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, CA, USA with Prof. Dr. M. Salmeron |
| 09/2004-09/2005 | Visiting scientist at the McGill University, Montreal, Canada with Prof. Dr. R. Bennewitz |
| 08/2003-03/2007 | PhD student at the University of Basel, Switzerland with Prof. Dr. E. Meyer |
Awards, Fellowships and Honors
| 11/2014 | ERC Starting Grant 2014 |
| 05/2013 | EAM Starting Grant, Cluster of Excellence EAM, University of Erlangen (100 kEuro) |
| 02/2012 | Member of the Junges Kolleg of the Bavarian Academy of Science |
| 01/2007 | Summa cum laude PhD , University of Basel, Switzerland |
Professional Service in Academia and Science
| since 2015 | Women’s representative, Department of Physics, FAU |
| 2013-2022 | Vice spokeswoman of the DFG Research Training Group GRK 1896 “In-Situ Microscopy with Electrons, X-rays and Scanning probes”, FAU |
| 2012-2019 | Board Member of the DFG Collaborative Research Center SFB953 “Synthetic carbon allotropes”, FAU |
| 2011-2012 | Executive Board Member of the Cluster of Excellence “Engineering of Advanced Materials”, FAU |
Editorship / Advisory Boards
| since 2024 | Divisional Associate Editor, Physical Review Letters |
| 2020 | Guest Editor, Special Issue “Molecular assemblies on surfaces – towards physical and electronic decoupling of organic molecules” Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology |
| since 2019 | Advisory Board, Cell Reports Physical Science |
Participation in Collaborative Reseach Projects and Centers at FAU
- Principle investigator, DFG Research Training Group RTG2861 “Planar Carbon Lattices
- Principle investigator, DFG Collaborative Research Center SFB953 “Synthetic Carbon Allotropes”
- Principle investigator, DFG Research Group FOR1878 – FUNCOS “Functional Molecular Structures on Oxide Surfaces”
- Principle investigator, DFG Research Training Group GRK 1896 “In-Situ Microscopy with Electrons, X-rays and Scanning probes”
- Member of the Excellence Cluster of Engineering of Advanced Materials (EAM)
- Member of the Graduate School Molecular Science (GSMS)
- Member of the Interdiscilinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM)
- Member of the Erlangen Center for Interface Research and Catalysis (ERCR)