Hans-Peter Steinrück - Curriculum Vitae#
Professional Address
Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie, Department Chemie und Pharmazie
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg
Egerlandstraße 3, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
Tel: +49 9131 85 27343, Email: hans-peter.steinrueck@fau.de
Scientific Career
- 1959 born in Salzburg, Austria
- 1965-1977 Elementary school and high school in Radstadt, Austria
- 1977-1978 Military Service with Austrian Army
- 1978-1983 Physics studies at the Technische Universität (TU) Graz, Austria
- 1983 Diploma in Technical Physics (Dipl.-Ing.), Dept. of Physics, TU Graz, with Prof. K. D. Rendulic
- 1985 PhD (Dr. techn.) in Physics, Dept. of Physics, TU Graz, Austria, with Prof. K. D. Rendulic
- 1985-1986 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, USA, with Prof. R. J. Madix
- 1986-1994 Assistant, Dept. of Physics, Technische Universität (TU) München, Germany, with Prof. D. Menzel
- 1992 Habilitation in Experimental Physics (Dr. rer.nat.habil.)
- 1993 Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Physics, Rutgers University, USA (3 months), with Prof. T. E. Madey
- 1994-1998 Associate Professor (C3) of Experimental Physics, Dept. of Physics, Universität Würzburg, Germany
- Since 1998 Full Professor (C4/W3) of Physical Chemistry, Dept. of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Honors, Awards and Declined Offers
- 1980-1985 Scholarship for Outstanding Students (Begabtenstipendium, 5x), Technische Universität (TU) Graz
- 1983 Young Researcher Award, Federation of Austrian Industry (Österreichische Industriellenvereinigung)
- 1983-1985 Scholarship by the Austrian sponsorship organisation PRO SCIENTIA
- 1986 Fritz Kohlrausch Award, Austrian Physical Society
- 1994 Associate Professor (C3) position of Experimental Physics rejected at the Universität of Stuttgart, Germany
- 1998 Director position (C4) rejected at the Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
- 2002 Full Professor (C4) position of Physical Chemistry rejected at the Technische Universität (TU) München, Germany
- 2007-2018 Principal investigator, Cluster of Excellence "Engineering of Advanced Materials", Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
- 2009-2015 Guest Professor, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China
- 2012 Full member of Academia Europaea – The Academy of Europe
- 2013 Fellow of the American Physical Society
- 2014 Lu Jiaxi Lectureship, Xiamen, China
- 2015 Corresponding Member of the Mathematics and Science Class of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)
- 2015 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Szeged, Hungary
- 2016 ERC Advanced Grant 2015
- 2016 Full Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Halle, Germany
- 2016 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), USA
- 2017 Medard W. Welch Award, AVS, USA
- 2018 Member, European Academy of Sciences (EurASc)
- 2018/19 Morino Lectureship, Morino Foundation for Molecular Science, Japan
- 2020 Forum of Great Minds Lectureship, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China
- 2021 Henriette Herz Scout, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Professional Service in Academia
- 2002-2003 Senator, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- 2003-2005 Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences (Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy), Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- 2006-2011 Vice-President, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Professional Service in Science
- 2000-2002 Chairman, Surface Science Division of the German Physical Society (DPG)
- 1996-2004 Beam Time Review Panels at BESSY (1996-2002) and ESRF (2003-2004)
- 2003-2005 Scientific Advisory Committee, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), France
- 2004-2008 Scientific Advisory Committee, BESSY II, Berlin
- 2005-2008 Chairman, German Committee for Research with Synchrotron Radiation
- 2007-2011 International Advisory Board, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Partner Group, University of Science and Technology (USTC), Hefei, China
- 2008-2009 Vicechair, Advisory Committee for Research with Photons (AFP), BMBF
- 2008-2015 Scientific Advisory Board, ANKA, Karlsruhe Institute of Technolgy (KIT)
- 2009-2011 Scientific Council (SC), Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB)
- 2010-2019 Fachbeirat, Fritz-Haber-Institut, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin
- 2011-2015 Member, DFG Fachkollegium 302 „Chemische Festkörperforschung“ (Evaluation Committee 302 of the German Science Foundation)
- 2012-2013 Member, ERC Review Panel: ERC Synergy Grants
- 2014-2014 Special working group of the RIKEN Advisory Council, Japan
- 2015- Advisory Board, Materials Science and Physics Division, Universität Salzburg, Austria
- 2015&2020 Chair, Chemical Sciences Panel, Evaluation of the Institutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences
- 2016-2021 Member, DFG Senate Commission for Collaborative Research Centers (SFB), German Science Foundation
- 2019 Cluster for Pioneering Research Advisory Council, RIKEN, Japan
- 2019-2023 Scientific Advisory Board, Research Field “Matter”, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Helmholtz-Center
Scientific Contributions
- > 375 publications in peer-reviewed journals, > 600 contributions at national and international conferences
- > 245 invited lectures at scientific institutions and conferences
Conferences organized
- 1996 Chair, "International Symposium on II-VI Compounds", Würzburg
- 1998 Program-Committee, BESSY-User-Meeting 1998, Berlin
- 1996 Chair, Workshop "New Developments in Low Energy Electron Diffraction", Erlangen (with Dr. G. Held)
- 1999 International Program Committee "European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS 18)", Wien, Austria
- 2000 Vicechair, Workshop "New Developments in Low Energy Electron Diffraction", in Cambridge, UK (with Prof. D.A. King and Dr. G. Held)
- 2001 Chair, Surface Science Division, "Spring Meeting of the Germany Physical Society" (DPG), Hamburg
- 2002 Chair, Surface Science Division, "Spring Meeting of the Germany Physical Society" (DPG), Regensburg
- 2002 Scientific Advisory Committee, German Vacuum Society (DVG) Meeting, Magdeburg
- 2002 International Program Committee, "European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS 21)", Malmö, Sweden
- 2003 Advisory Board "European Vacuum Congress", Berlin
- 2005 Chair, Symposium "Highlights in Synchrotron Radiation Research", Spring Meeting of the Germany Physical Society (DPG), Berlin
- 2006 Chair, General Assembly of the German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry (Bunsentagung), Erlangen
- 2009 Chair, COST D-41 Workshop "Oxide Nanostructures", Erlangen
- 2009 International Program Committee, "European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS 26)", Parma, Italy
- 2010 Local Organizing Committee, 3rd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress, Nürnberg, Germany
- 2010 Program Committee, 10th European Conference on Surface Crystallography and Dynamics, Reading, UK
- 2011 Organizing Committee, 7th Brazilian-German Workshop, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 2012 Program Committee, 11th European Conference on Surface Crystallography and Dynamics (ECSCD-11), Edinburgh, UK
- 2012 Scientific Committee, APCIL’12 (The 3rd Asian-Pacific Conference on Ionic Liquids and Green Processes), Beijing, China
- 2013 Vice Chair, Gordon Research Conference "Chemical Reactions on Surfaces", Les Diablerets, Switzerland
- 2013 Chair, 8th Brazilian-German Workshop, Bamberg, Germany
- 2015 Chair, Gordon Research Conference "Chemical Reactions on Surfaces", Ventura, CA, USA
- 2015 International Committee, 12th European Conference on Surface Crystallography and Dynamics (ECSCD-12), Trieste, Italy
- 2016 Vice Chair, Brazilian-German Workshop, Maresias, Sao Paolo, Brazil
- 2017 Program Commitee, 13th European Conference on Surface Crystallography and Dynamics (ECSCD-13), San Sebastian, Spain
- 2017 International Program Committee, 33th European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS-33), Szeged, Hungary
- 2017 Scientific Committee, International Congress "Engineering of Advanced Materials", 10-12.10.2017, Erlangen, Germany
- 2017 Chair, 655. WE-Heraeus-Seminar „Ionic Liquids and their Interfaces“, 3.-6.12.2017, Bad Honnef, Germany
- 2018 Organizing Committee, 10th Brazilian-German Workshop, Bad Dürkheim, Germany
Editorship / Advisory Boards
- 2002 Guest Editor, Applied Physics A 75/1, Special Issue on "Solid surfaces: Microscopic insight from experimental and theoretical investigations"
- 2002 Guest Editor, New J. Phys. 4, Focus Issue on “Clusters at Surfaces”,
- 2003 Guest Editor, Applied Physics A 76/5, Special Issue on "Structure and properties of complex surfaces at an atomic level”
- 2008 Guest Editor, Chem. Soc. Rev. 37, Special Issue on "Surface Reactions" in honour of the Nobel Price to Prof. Dr. Gerhard Ertl
- 2008–2010 Editorial Advisory Board of Surface Science
- 2015 Guest Editor, Accounts of Chemical Research, Special Issue on "Microscopic Insights into Surface Catalyzed Chemical Reactions"
- 2015 Guest Editor, Special Issue of Surface Science on “Present challenges in surface science”, in honour of the 80th birthday of Dietrich Menzel
- Since 2014 Editorial Board of Progress in Surface Science
- Since 2014 Editor of Surface Science
