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PhD Student in task D.2.a. - Observations in Exp w/Variable Bunch (Siegmann, Stohr).
PhD Student in task D.2.c. - UFC Imaging Magnetization Dynamics (Stohr).
PhD Student in task D.2.d. - Magnetic Material Research (Stohr);

My research focuses on X-Ray Microscopy, mostly using the Fourier Transform Holography approach. The analysis of the trade-off between spatial x-ray coherence and available intensity allows minimization of the x-ray fluence required for microscopy images. This becomes important in advancing the x-ray microscopy resolution barrier towards 10 nanometers in order to compete with electron microscopy.
Furthermore I am studying the demagnetization of magnetic thin films on femtosecond timescales, after exposure to a femtosecond optical laser pulse. I am interested in the mechanism of ultrafast demagnetization, whether it is band structure enhanced Elliot-Yafet type scattering or purely temperature dependent spin-orbit relaxation.

MS, Applied Physics, Stanford University, 2006
BS, Electrical Engineering, Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University, 2004