8th International Conference on Nanomaterials - Research & Application
October 19th - 21st 2016 / Hotel Voronez I, Brno, Czech Republic, EU
University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, EU
Position: Full Professor for experimental physics at the II. Physics Institute, University of Cologne, Germany, EU
Specialization: Surfaces and Nanostructures, graphene hybrid materials, 2D layer materials
At the NANOCON´16 conference Prof. Thomas Michely will present the plenary lecture:
"With 2D Layers to New Compound Materials"
Personal and professional background
Thomas Michely was born in 1961, studied physics and philosophy at the University Bonn. He received his diploma in physics in 1988, for which he developed a combination of field ion and scanning tunneling microscope. At the Research Center Jülich he developed the first variable temperature scanning tunneling microscope, with which he started to investigate the temperature dependence of the sputtering morphology of metal surfaces.
Education:
| 1997 | Habilitation in experimental physics, University of Bonn |
| 1991 | Ph.D. in experimental physics, University of Bonn (George Comsa, advisor) |
| 1988 | Diploma in physics, University of Bonn |
Employment:
| 2006 - present | Full Professor, University of Cologne |
| 2003 - 2006 | Associate Professor, RWTH Aachen University |
| 2001 - 2003 | Principal Investigator, RWTH Aachen University |
| 1997 - 2001 | Heisenberg-Fellow, RWTH Aachen University and Research Center Jülich |
| 1995 - 1997 | Principal Investigator, Research Center Jülich |
| 1994 | Feodor-Lynen Fellow, IBM Yorktown Heights |
| 1991 - 1994 | Principal Investigator, Research Center Jülich |
Research interests:
His current research interests are graphene hybrid materials and cluster superlattices, 2D layer materials, growth and epitaxy (oxides, metals, organics), pattern formation, interaction of energetic particles with surfaces; atomic scale investigations of surface processes and reactions, electronic and magnetic surface structure, as well as adsorption on surfaces (water, organic molecules). Key methods of his research are scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy, as well as a variety of synchrotron based electron spectroscopies.
Summary of publication activity:
His research has been outlined in journal covers and his publications include many most cited papers; jointly with Joachim Krug he published a monography on crystal growth far from equilibrium (Springer, Berlin 2004). He is author of more than 140 publications (>6000 citations), he holds 2 patents. H-Index: 42.
Main Awards and Honors:
| 2007 | Visiting Professorship, Zhejiang University, China |
| 2000 | Gaede Prize, German Vacuum Society |
| 1997 - 2001 | Heisenberg Fellowship, German Science Foundation (DFG) |