PhD Student

Nanoscience Laboratory
Bio21 Institute and School of Chemistry
Bio21 Institute
30 Flemington Road
The University of Melbourne
Victoria, 3010
Australia

Band gap engineering in complex nanocrystal heterostructures

Semiconductor Quantum Dot Quantum Well structures

Single particle spectroscopy

Z-contrast Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy

Oct. 2006 - Feb. 2007
Scientific Assistant

Group of Prof. Hans-Peter Steinrück, Chair of Physical Chemistry,  Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Project: “Ionic Liquid Surfaces” (in collaboration wit the Chair of Chemical Engenieering of Prof. Wasserscheid, University of Erlangen)

Project involved preparation of Ionic Liquid thin films and characterization via X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (ESCA).

2004 – 2006           
Master of Science Degree (Molecular NanoScience) at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Master Thesis

“Polyelectrolyte Multilayers on Micro- and Nanostructured Polyelectrolyte Brushes” (Laboratory for Micro- and Nanotechnology at the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland)

Project involved preparation of micro- and nanostructured poly-GMA brushes, using a radiation grafting method, and their chemical modification. Development and construction of a dipping-robot to conduct layer-by-layer deposition experiments. The deposition behaviour of polyelectrolyte multilayers on the prepared brush structures was examined.

2001 – 2004           
Bachelor of Science Degree (Molecular Science) at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Bachelor Thesis

“Untersuchungen zur Struktur von Membranproteinen: Die Rückfaltung des Rezeptors Tyro3 und der allgemeine Aufbau von b–Barrel Proteinen” (Chair of Bioengineering, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Project involved expression and isolation of the human Tyro3-D1D2 fragment from E.coli and characterization via SDS-Gel electrophoresis. Development of an algorithm to calculate the general structure of β–barrel proteins on the basis of distinct feature parameters.

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