Title, Name Prof. Dr. Dr. hc Nikolaus Stolterfoht
Business Address: Helmholtz-Zentrum für Materialien und Energie
former: Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin GmbH
14109 Berlin, Germany
Email: nico@stolterfoht.com
Personal site:
www.stolterfoht.com
Date of Birth:
19 March 1940 in Stuttgart (Germany)
Education:
- Diplom 1967, Freie Universität Berlin
- Dissertation 1970, Freie Universität Berlin
- Habilitation 1978, Freie Universität Berlin
- Full Professor 1989, Université de Caen (France)
Professional Experience:
- Scientific assistant From 1967 to 1971
- Senior physicist
- Leader of the atomic physics group at Hahn-Meitner
- Institut Berlin from 1972-1988 with pauses
- Private Docent at Freie Universität Berlin) from 1978 till present
- Full professor at the University of Caen ( France) from 1989-1993
- Adjunct Professor at the Western Michigan University from 1999
- Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida from 2006
- Project leader ECR at the Hahn-Meitner-Institut from 1993
- Retired from Hahn-Meitner-Institut 2005, research continuation in USA
Field of Specialty:
- Atomic collision physics based on high-energy accelerators,
- Electron spectroscopy of highly ionized atoms,
- Excitation mechanisms and atomic structure,
- Ion collisions in solids and at surfaces. Nanostructures.
Teaching Experience:
- Lecturer at Freie Universität Berlin from 1978 with pauses
- Lecturer at Université de Caen from 1989 – 1993
- Lecturer at the Western Michigan University in fall 2005
- Lecturer at the Xi’an University in spring 2016
- Supervisor of 28 PhD Thesis at Freie Universität Berlin
- Supervisor of 11 Diplom Thesis at Freie Universität Berlin
- Supervisor of 3 PhD Thesis at Université de Caen
- Member of 37 Committees for foreign PhD students
Foreign Experience:
- University of Washington, Seattle (Winter 1973)
- University of Kansas (Summer 1975)
- University at Orsay (Winter 1976)
- Centro Atomico Bariloche (1979 and 1980)
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Winter1985/86)
- CENGB in Bordeaux (Summer 1986)
- JAERI in Tokai/Japan (Winter 1988)
- University of Tokyo (Winter 1989)
- University of Caen (from 1989 to 1993)
- University of Rosario (Summer 1996)
- Western Michigan University (Fall 2005)
- University of Florida (All Springs from 2006- 2012)
- Institute of Modern Physics, Lanzhou (all Summers from 2013)
Publications:
- 284 Publications in journals with referee system
- 297 Contributions at conferences
- 145 invited talks at conferences
- 8 large scale reviews in books
- 1 Book at Springer Verlag
Languages:
- German, English, French: fluent; Spanish, Italian: good
Awards:
- Max-Scheel Prize from theDeutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (1974)
- Nato Research Award (1987)
- Docteur honoris causa from University of Caen (2017)