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Dr. Axel Enders

 

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