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Parabolic Mirror Nanooptics Group

Welcome to the parabolic mirror nano optics group website. As a subgroup of the Nanospectroscopy research group of Prof. Alfred J. Meixner, we are dedicated in developing novel optical microscopic techniques and in applying them to study the light-matter interactions in the fields of fundamental as well as application-oriented science.

Group leader: Professor Dai Zhang

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Room: VG 1.109
Phone:+49-7071-29-77639
E-mail:dai.zhang-at-uni-tuebingen.de

Short CV

1994-1998	Bachelor degree, Chemistry, Henan Normal University, P. R. China
1998-2001	Master degree, Chemistry, Henan Normal University, P. R. China (Supervisor: Prof. Zhenhui Wang)
2001-2004	Doctor degree, Chemistry, Nanjing University, P. R. China (Supervisors: Prof. Xinghua Xia and Prof. Hongyuan Chen)
2004-2006	Postdoc, Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institute, Max-Planck-Institute, Germany, (Advisors: Dr. Bruno Pettinger and Prof. Gehard Ertl)
2006-2007	Senior Research Fellow, Chemistry, University Southampton, UK
2007-2012	Habilitation & Junior research group leader, Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (Advisor: Prof. Alfred J. Meixner)
2010	Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Universitäts-Professoren für Chemie (ADUC) Jahrespreis für Habilitanden und Habilitandinnen, Germany
2011	Helene-Lange-Preis, Germany
2011	Permanent position, Sub-research group leader for ‚Parabolic Mirror Nanooptics‘, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
2016-2018	Akademische Rätin, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
2018	Akademische Oberrätin, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
2023	apl. Professor, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

Team member

Felix Schneider

PhD student
Project: Enhanced Raman and fluorescence microscopy: back focal plane imaging and angular resolved emission
Room: VG 1.110
Phone:+49-7071-29-77637
E-mail: felix.schneider-at-uni-tuebingen.de

Yang Zhao

Ph D student
Project: Crystalline domains and defects of transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers at the nanometer scale
Room: VG 1.110
Phone:+49-7071-29-77637
E-mail:yang.zhao-at-student.uni-tuebingen.de

Tim Parker

PhD student
Project: Tuning the electronic structure of transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers via dipole engineering
Room: VG 1.110
Phone:+49-7071-29-77637
E-mail: tim-maikel.parker-at-student.uni-tuebingen.de

David Baschnagel

PhD student
Project: Electromagnetic and chemical enhancements of organic molecules on SERS active surfaces
Room: VG 0.119
Phone:+49-7071-29-78657

Aylin Ceylan

Vertiefungspraktikum
Project: Construct a confocal optical microscope
Room: VG 0.119
Phone:+49-7071-29-78657

Aisha Soraya Ahmad

Bachelor thesis
Project: Three dimensional fluorescence lifetime imaging in biological environment
Room: VG 0.119
Phone:+49-7071-29-78657

Amrinder Kaur Grewal

Vertiefungspraktikum
Project: Test an optical microscope with ultralow Raman filters
Room: VG 0.119
Phone:+49-7071-29-78657

Former Team members

2024: Manami Komatsu, Bachelor thesis
2024: Laura Maerz, Bachelor thesis
2024: David Baschnagel, Master thesis
2024: Bianca Marcia, Master thesis
2023: Johannes Busch, Master Praktikum Independent Study
2023: Gianluca Wieth, Vertiefungspraktikum M. Ed.
2023: Noah Buth, Bachelor thesis
2023: Philipp Pohlmann, Master thesis
2023: Teresa Mose, Vertiefungspraktikum M.Ed.
2023: Janosch Unseld, Master-Modulepraktikum
2023: Simon Baral, Bachelor thesis
2023: Dr.rer.nat Lin Pan, PhD thesis 'Linear and nonlinear optical microscopy of layered materials at nanoscale'
2023: Quan Liu, Postdoc
2023: Yang Li, Visiting Scholar
2022: Ann-Kristin Hackbarth, Master thesis
2022: Tim Parker, Master thesis
2022: Alexander Krauth, Master thesis
2022: Bianca Marcia, PC Praktikum
2022: Dr.rer.nat Yu-Ting Chen PhD - Tip-Enhanced Optical Spectroscopy: A Fundamental Research
2021: Philipp Pohlmann, PC Praktikum
2021: Felix Schneider, PC Praktikum
2021: Tobias Köninger, PC Praktikum
2021: Mieke Buckley (ERASMUS student from University Durham, UK), Master thesis
2021: Lukas Lang, Independent study
2020: Dr. rer. nat Anke Horneber, Postdoc
2020: Alexander Huber, PC Praktikum
2020: Jonas Hummler, PC Praktikum
2019: Msc. Peng Miao, PhD thesis
2019: Irini Grigoriadou, Internship
2019: Jacqueline Händel, Internship
2019: Arthur Galbacs, Internship
2019: Heiko Schmidt, Internship
2018: Tim Parker Bachelor thesis - The influences of current and ion doses on the geometry of HIM fabricated nanopillars
2018: Tobias Köninger Bachelor thesis - Optical characterization of nanostructures fabricated by helium ion microscopy
2018: Christopher Dobler Master thesis - Raman spectroscopy of Si nanowires
2018: Dr.rer.nat Marius van den Berg PhD - Optical microscopy and spectroscopy of alternative solar cell components
2017: Dr.rer.nat Jiyong Wang PhD - Plasmonic nanostructures
Dr.rer.nat Laura Hennemann PhD - TERS and SERS on biological samples
Jellian Jamin Master internship - Implementing higher order lasermodes to a confocal setup
Martin Meixner Master internship - Angle resolved spectroscopy on PCPDTBT polymers
Domenik Schauppel Bachelor thesis - Polarized emission of CdSe/CdS nanorods
Nils Merten Bachelor thesis - Development of a new confcal microscope
Kathrin Swider Diplom arbeit - Characterisation of boundary morphologies
Thorsten Hummel Master internship - Implementation of an electrochemical cell
Vincent Mehrmann Master internship - Lifetime measurements of CdSe/CdS nanorods