o.schmidt's profile

Institute Director
Address:	IFW Dresden
	Helmholtzstraße 20 01069 Dresden
	Germany
Secretariat:	+49 (0) 351 4659 810
Email:	o.schmidt@ifw-dresden.de

Curriculum vitae

	Personal:
	Name:	Oliver G. SCHMIDT
	Date of Birth:	4th July, 1971
	Place of Birth:	Kiel, Germany

	Education:
	1990	“Abitur” at the German School London, England
	1990 – 1992	Studies of Physics at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany
	1992 – 1993	Studies of Physics at the King’s College London, England
	1993	Bachelor of Science in Physics
	1993 – 1996	Studies of Physics at the Berlin University of Technology, Germany
	1996	Diploma in Physics
	1999	Graduation to Dr. rer. nat. at the Berlin University of Technology, Germany
	2003	Habilitation (postdoctoral lecture qualification) at the University of Hamburg, Germany

	Professional career:
	1996 – 1999	Research assistant at the Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart
	1999 – 2001	Research associate at the Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart
	2001 – 2002	Research associate at the University of Southern California
	2002 – 2007	Head of research group at the Max-Planck-institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart
	2004 – 2007	Private lecturer at the University of Stuttgart
	2007 –	Full Professorship, Material Systems for Nanoelectronics, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
	2007 –	Director, Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, IFW Dresden, Germany

	Awards and Honours:
	1993	Perkin-Elmar-Prize, King’s College London
	1999	Summa cum laude for PhD thesis, Berlin University of Technology
	2000	Otto-Hahn Medal, Max-Planck-Society
	2002	Philip-Morris Research Award, Philip-Morris GmbH
	2003	Laureate of the Young Scientist competition “Nanotechnology”, German Federal Ministry for education and research
	2004	Heinrich-Düker-Prize, Foundation for promotion of education and handicapped people
	2004	Laureate of the competition “Images of Science”, Max-Planck-Society
	2005	Carus-Medal, German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina
	2006	Carus-Prize, City Schweinfurt

	Special tasks:
	2006 –	Regional editor (Europe) for „Nanoscale Research Letters“
	2007 –	Editorial board member of „Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics“

	Referee activities:
	Review services for foundations:
	German Research Society
	European Union
	Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
	United States Department of Energy (DoE)
	United States National Science Foundation
	Science Foundation Ireland
	Suiss National Fonds

	Review services for journals and magazines:
	Nature
	Nature Materials
	Nature Nanotechnology
	Nature Photonics
	Advanced Materials
	Physical Review Letters
	Applied Physics Letters
	Nano Letters
	Nanoscale Research Letters