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

July 2013 – present

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

May 2010 - present

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

July 2012 - present

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

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 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. Gero 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 ultra-thin Fe films.

Awards and Honours

2017 – 2027

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

2019; 2021

Member of the International Advisory Committee of the International Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect ICAME2021: 05-10 September 2021, Brasov, Romania and ICAME2019: 01-06 September 2019, Dalian, China.

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.