DR. AXEL ENDERS
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Postdoctoral Research:
2001 - 2007: Staff scientist and group leader at the Max Planck Institut für Festkörperforschung Stuttgart, Nanoscale Science Dept. (Director: Prof. Kern)
2004: Research collaboration with Prof. B. Heinrich at the Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
1999 - 2001: Feodor Lynen Scholar of the Alexander v. Humboldt foundation at the Simon Fraser University Burnaby / Canada, (host scientist: Prof. Bret Heinrich)
2000: Research at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Theory Dept., Metal & Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge, TN, U.S.A. (Dr. W.H. Butler)
1998 - 1999: Postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute in Halle/Germany (Prof. J. Kirschner)
Doctoral Research
1995 - 1998: Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics Halle, Germany (research advisor: Prof. J. Kirschner)
- Setup and accomplishment of experiments conditions on the epitaxial stress in ultrathin films during growth using a bending beam method under ultrahigh vacuum
- Measurement of the magnetoelastic properties of atomically thin films
- Structural exploration of epitaxially grown, atomically thin films
Undergraduate Research:
1994 - 1995: Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics and Physics Department of the Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany (research advisor: Prof. J. Kirschner)
- Stress measurements on epitaxial films in the monolayer and sub-monolayer limit
- Structural exploration of epitaxially grown films using in-situ electron diffraction methods
1993 - 1994: student assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics; Halle, Germany
- Computer programming, development of software for data analysis and image processing
- Set-up of the data acquisition for electron coincidence spectroscopy measurements
EDUCATION
1995 - 1998: Max-Planck-Institute for Microstructure Physics and Physics Department of the Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany
Ph.D. in Physics (Dr. rer. nat.), 1999
Area of Specialization: Magnetism of Nanostructures
Title of the Ph.D. thesis: "Mechanical stress and ferromagnetism in ultra thin films"
1990 - 1995: Martin-Luther-University Halle / Wittenberg, Germany,
Diploma Physicist, 1995
Area of Specialization: Surface Science
Title of the Diploma thesis: "Stress measurements on epitaxial films in the monolayer and sub-monolayer limit"
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2000: Luther Award of the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg / Germany; for outstanding results achieved during the Ph.D. studies (Best student award)
1999: "Otto Hahn" medal of the Max Planck society; for excellent research on Mechanical and magnetostrictive stress in ultrathin films
1999: selection for a Feodor - Lynen - scholarship of the Alexander von Humboldt foundation; used for postdoctoral research at the Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada; Sept. 1999 - March 2001