Curriculum Vitae (March 2014)

Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Florian Hausen (Dipl.-Chem.)
33 Stanley Road
OX4 1QY Oxford (United Kingdom)
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Marital Status
+ 44 7460 954905
[email protected]
married, two children
Birthday
Nationality
19/03/1980
German
Professional Experience
since 07/2013
University of Oxford, Oxford (United Kingdom)
Department: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Postdoctoral Research Associate,
Tribological characterization of ionic liquid films using an electrochemical
surface force balance
(Supervisor: Dr. Susan Perkin)
02/2013
INM Leibniz-Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken (Germany) and
University of Saarland, Saarbrücken (Germany)
PhD Thesis “Electrochemical Control of Friction on Gold Surfaces in Aqueous
Electrolytes and Ionic Liquids” (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Roland Bennewitz)
08/2008 – 06/2013
INM-Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken (Germany)
Program Division: Nanotribology (Leader: Prof. Dr. Roland Bennewitz)
06/2011 – 07/2011
parental leave
11/2007 – 07/2008
University of Vienna, Vienna (Austria)
Department: Bioinorganic Chemistry (Leader: Prof. Dr. Dr. Bernhard Keppler)
Research Associate
Member in the project: Bioinorganic Nanoparticles as Transport Vehicles for Iron
(Leader: Ao. Uni-Prof. Mag. Dr. Regina Krachler)
12/2006 – 09/2007
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn, Bonn (Germany)
Student Research Assistant
 In three research internships for advanced students in the field of Physical
Chemistry and Electrochemistry at the Institute of Physical and Theoretical
Chemistry
 In three ground internships at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, the Institute
of Organic Chemistry and the Institute of Plant Nutrition
Main objective: Leading the accompanying seminars and supporting the students in the
lab and answering their questions as well as organizing the equipment for experiments.
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Education
12/2006 – 07/2007
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn, Bonn (Germany)
Diploma-Thesis at the Institute for Theoretical and Physical Chemistry,
Division: Electrochemistry (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Helmut Baltruschat)
“Studies of the frictional behavior of modified Au(111) single crystal electrodes”
Florian Hausen | 33 Stanley Road, OX4 1QY Oxford (United Kingdom) | + 44 (0) 7460954905 | [email protected]
10/2001 – 07/2007
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn, Bonn (Germany)
Study of Chemistry, Focus on Electrochemistry, final mark: sehr gut (A – excellent)
10/2000 – 03/2001
Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Study of Food Chemistry
08/1990 – 06/1999
Gymnasium Rheinkamp, Moers (Germany)
Higher education entrance qualification, Abitur (A-level), final mark: 2.8
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Qualifications and Scholarships
07/2013 – 06/2015
Research Fellowship of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
02/2011
“Workshop – Science Writing”, Graduate program of the University of Saarland
02/2010
“LabView for PhD-Students”, Graduate program of the University of Saarland
04/2008 – 05/2008
“Writing Scientific Texts in English – B1”, Department of personnel development,
University of Vienna
07/2010 – 06/2012
Research Scholarship of the Max-Buchner foundation
07/2010
Grant of the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus foundation
09/2008
nd
Scholarship of the Karl-Ziegler foundation to attend the 2 EuCheMS Congress in
Torino, Italy
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Skills
Physical-Chemical
Analysis
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM), both in
ambient and electrochemical environments,
Cyclic Voltammetry (CV), IR- and UV/Vis-Spectroscopy, Raman-Spectroscopy, MALDIMass Spectrometry, Differential Electrochemical Mass Spectroscopy (DEMS),
Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA), Contact Angle Measurement, Optical Microscopy
EDP
MS Office: Word, PowerPoint and Outlook, LaTeX Typesetting
Origin, EndNote, ISI Web of Knowledge, LabView and Matlab
Languages
German: Mother Tongue
English: Fluent
Italian: Basic User
Swedish: Basic User
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Referee Details
Dr. Susan Perkin, University of Oxford, Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Supervisor during
my postdoctoral research, [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Roland Bennewitz, INM-Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Head of the Nanotribology group,
Supervisor of my PhD-Thesis, [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Helmut Baltruschat, University of Bonn, Institute for Theoretical and Physical Chemistry, Supervisor of
my Diploma-thesis, [email protected]
Oxford, March, 2014
Florian Hausen | 33 Stanley Road, OX4 1QY Oxford (United Kingdom) | + 44 (0) 7460954905 | [email protected]