Andreas Stierle

Structure and properties of nanoscale systems

Andreas Stierle is Professor for Nanoscience at the University of Hamburg and Lead Scientist at DESY. He is also responsible for the organisation of the DESY Nanolab as a user facility. His main focus is on investigating the structure and physical-chemical properties of nanoscale systems, ranging from ultrahigh-vacuum to application-related environmental conditions, with the help of synchrotron-radiation-based methods. In addition, complementary laboratory examination methods of the DESY Nanolab are used. The results gained deepen our fundamental understanding of gas–solid or liquid–solid interfaces in nanomaterials used in heterogeneous catalysis, corrosion protection or energy conversion processes.

 

Academic career

Since 2012 Lead Scientist at DESY and Professor at the University of Hamburg
2009-2012 Professor for Solid-State Physics, University of Siegen
1998-2009 Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart
1996-1998 Postdoc, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble, France
1992-1996 PhD, University of Bochum
1986-1992 Study of Physics, University of Bochum