
1979-1984
University education in Physics and Engineering at the National Insitut for Applied Sciences (INSA) in Toulouse - France
June 1984
Engineering degree - INSA Toulouse - France
1983-1984
Solid state physics (DEA Physique du solide) - Université Paul Sabatier
July 1984
Physics master degree (major in Solid State Physics) - French DEA
1984-1987
Research period toward a Doctoral degree, at the High Magnetic field laboratory of the Centre National de la recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and Max Planck in Grenoble under the direction of Prof. Gerard Martinez.
Oct. 1987
Doctoral degree: Far infrared magnetospectroscopy of III-V low dimensional semiconducting structures -Universite Joseph Fourier Grenoble - France
Nov.1987- Aug. 1990
"Post doc." Research associate at the department of physics and astronomy of the university of Maryland -USA in the group of Prof. H. Dennis Drew.
Aug.1990 - Nov. 1992
non-tenure track assistant professor (Assistant research scientist ) at the department of physics and astronomy of the university of Maryland - USA.
Jan. 1993- Aug. 1994
von Humboldt research fellowship at the technical university of Munich - Germany. Groups of Prof. G. Abstreiter and Prof. F. Koch.
Aug.1994 - Dec. 1995
Assistant research scientist at the Walter Schottky Institut of the technical university of Munich - Germany.
Since Dec. 1995
Tenured Associate Professor at the Physics department of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Jan. 1999
Founding member of the "Center for NanoScience" (CeNS) in Munich
Dec. 2001
Co-Founder of AttoCube Systems AG, manufacturing cryogenic scanning probe microscopes.
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