Prof. Dr. Franz J. Gießibl

Curriculum Vitae

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Education:

• 1981 - 1982:

  • University of Applied Sciences Munich, Microengineering, Prediploma

• 1982 - 1988:

  • Technical University Munich and Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Physics, Diploma thesis with Prof. Dr. Gerhard Abstreiter in experimental semiconductor physics

• 1988 - 1992:

  • Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich / IBM Research Group Munich Dr. rer. nat. in experimental physics with Prof. Dr. Gerd Binnig in Atomic Force Microscopy

• 2001:

  • Universität Augsburg, Habilitation, Habilitation-thesis "Progress in Atomic Force Microscopy" (2000)

Professional experience:

1981 - 1988:

• Numerous summer jobs with International Business Machines Corporation, Max Planck Institut and others

1992:

• Postdoctoral Fellow IBM

1992 - 1994:

• Park Scientific Instruments Inc., Sunnyvale, California: UHV R&D Scientist, Senior Scientist and Director of UHV Products

1995 - 1996:

• McKinsey&Company, Inc.: Senior Associate

1996 - 2006:

• Universität Augsburg, Experimentalphysik VI: Leader scanning probe microscopy group and lecturer

2005:

• Offer for a Chair in Experimental Physics at University of Bristol (England)
• Offer for a Chair in Experimental Physics at University of Regensburg

2006 - today:

• Full Professor at Universität Regensburg, Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät II - Physik, Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik

Awards:

1994:             R&D 100 Award    

2000:             Deutscher Nanowissenschaftspreis

2001:             Rudolf-Kaiser-Preis

2009:             Karl Heinz Beckurts-Preis

2014:             Joseph F. Keithley Award for Advances in Measurement Science

2015:             Rudolf-Jaeckel-Preis

2016:             Feynman-Prize

2023:             Innovation in Materials Characterization Award (MRS)

2024:             Heinrich Rohrer Grand Medal