Former Director of TUM-IAS
Prof. Gerhard Abstreiter
Director of TUM-IAS (2013-2015)
Email abstreiter@tum.de
Personal
Professional Address:
Technische Universität München
Institute for Advanced Study
Lichtenbergstraße 2 a
85748 Garching Germany
Email: abstreiter@tum.de
Education
| 1968-1973 | Physics studies, TUM |
| April 1973 | Physics diploma degree, TUM |
| May 1975 | Physics doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat.), TUM |
| July 1984 | Experimental Physics habilitation (Dr. rer. nat. habil.), TUM |
Professional Experience
| 2013-2015 | Director of the TUM Institute for Advanced Study |
| 1987-2013 | C4 Professor (Chair) at the Physics Department and Walter Schottky Institute of TUM (Experimental Semiconductor Physics I) |
| 2010-2013 | Carl von Linde Senior Fellow, TUM-IAS |
| 2009, 2011 | Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo |
| since 2006 | Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara (Materials Science Department) |
| 2004 | Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo |
| 2000 | Visiting Professor at Columbia University, New York and the University of Tokyo (JSPS Fellowship) |
| 1995 | Visiting Professor at University of California, Santa Barbara |
| 1979-1987 | Research Group Leader, Physics Department, TUM |
| 1975-1979 | Staff Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart and Grenoble |
Awards / Honours
| 2014 | Stern-Gerlach-Medal of the German Physical Society |
| 2010 | Carl von Linde Senior Fellow of TUM Institute for Advanced Study |
| 2009 | Elected Member of acatech |
| 2007 | Elected Member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences |
| 2006 | Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Medal (TUM) |
| 2006 | Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling Prize (Bavarian Academy of Sciences) |
| 2000 | JSPS Fellowship, Japan |
| 1998 | Max Born Prize and Medal (DPG and IOP) |
| 1992 | Fellow of the American Physical Society |
| 1987 | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (DFG) |
| 1986 | Walter Schottky Prize (DPG) |
Publications
According to ISI web of science, Prof. Abstreiter is the author or coauthor of more than 600 scientific publications which have been cited about 18000 times (status as of March 2015).
Scientific Interests
- Experimental Physics / Semiconductor Physics
- Structural, Electronic and Optical Properties of Nanostructures
- Molecular Beam Epitaxy for High Purity Hetero- and Nanostructures
- Semiconductor Quantum Wires and Dots
- Development of Novel Devices for Nano-Electronics, Optoelectronics Quantum Information Technology, and Bio-Sensing