Current Position

• Member of Directorate
• Head of Department "Advanced Materials and Surfaces"

Area of Expertise

Nanotechnology, additive manufacturing, scanning probe microscopy, industrial energy technology, materials in electrical engineering

Curriculum Vitae

• Professional Carreer
  • 2022 – present Empa, Head of Departement "Advanced Materials and Surfaces"
  • 2018 - 2022 Head of Department "Energy & Materials" and later "Energy Technologies" at the ABB Corporate Research Center, Baden-Dättwil
  • 2013 – 2018 Group manager "Materials, Design & Testing" at the ABB Corporate Research Center, Baden-Dättwil
  • 2010 – 2013 Scientist/Senior Scientist at the ABB Corporate Research Center, Baden-Dättwil
• Education
  • 2007 - 2010 Dissertation (Co-tutelle de thèse) at the University of Regensburg and the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, Title: "Carbon Nanotubes as Cooper-Pair Beam Splitters"
  • 2002 - 2007 Studies of Physics at the University of Regensburg and the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris