Curriculum Vitae of Bernd Winter
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Appointments
since 01/2017 Group Leader at the Fritz-Haber-Institut, Molecular Physics Department Liquid-Jet photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) research
2008 - 2016 Staff Research Scientist - Deputy Head of Institute Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin at the Electron Storage Ring BESSY II, Berlin, Germany
1994 - 2008 Staff Research Scientist Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Berlin, Germany
1991 - 1994 Postdoctoral Researcher Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP), Garching, Germany
1989 - 1991 Postdoctoral Researcher Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
1988 Dr. rer. nat. (Physics) Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Scientific Employment
since 01/2017 Group Leader at the Fritz-Haber-Institut, Molecular Physics Department Liquid-Jet photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) research
- Chemical reactions at the gas-aqueous solution interface
- Aqueous-phase metal-oxide nanoparticles and their early-stage formation
- Photoelectron circular dichroism from biological molecules in water
- Aqueous microjets at low temperature
2008 - 2016 Staff Research Scientist - Deputy Head of Institute Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin at the Electron Storage Ring BESSY II, Berlin, Germany
- Pioneering work on photoelectron spectroscopy on highly volatile liquid solutions using the Liquid-Jet technique
- Investigating bulk and interfacial solvation and solute interfacial distributions important for both
biological systems and atmospheric chemistry - Assessing the electron mean free path, electron probing depths into solution,
and electron angular-emission distributions - Studies on the electronic relaxation dynamics and hydration structure as well as energy and
charge transfers in aqueous solution
1994 - 2008 Staff Research Scientist Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Berlin, Germany
- Construct and operate the MBI User Facility at BESSY
- Studying photon-induced dynamical processes in condensed matter, e.g., fullerene thin films
and adsorbed organic molecules, using a combination of short pulse lasers with VUV synchrotron radiation - Investigating the electronic structure of the surface and bulk of liquid water, aqueous salt, acid and base solutions
1991 - 1994 Postdoctoral Researcher Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany
- Probing fundamental interactions of hydrocarbons adsorbed on single crystal metals
with atomic thermal hydrogen - Investigations of plasma-wall interactions, and elementary processes
of diamond synthesis
1989 - 1991 Postdoctoral Researcher Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
- Investigation of reaction and structure of transition-metal clusters
1985 - 1989 Graduated Research Assistant Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany
- Experimental work on optical properties and stability of multiply charged clusters of metal clusters
Education
1988 Dr. rer. nat. (Physics) Doctoral thesis: Generation and Properties of Metal Clusters Advisor: Prof. H. Gerischer
1985 Diploma (M.S.) thesis in Physics Diploma (Masters) thesis: Optical Properties of Metal Clusters Advisor: Prof. H. Gerischer
1983 - 1985 Studies in Physics (B.S.) Diploma (Masters) thesis: Optical Properties of Metal Clusters