Prof. Dr. Helmut Zacharias
Current affiliations
- Center for Nonlinear Science
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Reaction dynamics
- spatially aligned functional organic systems
- electron dynamics at surfaces
- free-electron lasers
Academic Education | |
| 1984 | Habilitation and Privatdozent, University of Bielefeld |
| 1978 | Dr. rer. nat. in Experimental Physics, University of Bielefeld (Prof. K.H. Welge) |
| 1969 - 1974 | Studies of Physics and Biophysics at the TU Hannover (Prof. A. Steudel) |
Work Experience | |
| since 2013 | Co-founder of the Center for Soft Nanoscience |
| since 1996 | Professor for Experimental Physics (C4), WWU Münster |
| 2006 - 2009 | Managing Director of the Physical Institute, WWU Münster |
| 2002 - 2005 | Dean of the Department of Physics, WWU Münster |
| 2002 | Vice-Dean of the Department of Physics, WWU Münster |
| 2000 - 2002 | Managing Director of the Physical Institute, WWU Münster |
| 2000 | Co-founder of the Center for Nanotechnology (CeNTech), Münster |
| 1999 | Guest Professor at the TU Wien, Institut für Angewandte Elektronik und Quantumelektronik |
| 1994 - 1996 | Vice-Dean of the Physics Department, University of Essen |
| 1989 - 1996 | Professor for Experimental Physics, University of Essen |
| 1995 | Visiting Scientist, University of California at Berkeley, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
| 1986 - 1989 | Heisenberg - Professor of the Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft |
| 1988 | IBM, Department of Physical Sciences, Quantum Optics group, Yorktown Heights, New York |
| 1983 - 1986 | Research Assistant at the Faculty for Physics, University of Bielefeld |
| 1984 | IBM, Department of Physical Sciences, Quantum Optics group, Yorktown Heights |
| 1981 - 1983 | Visiting Scientist, IBM Watson Research Center, Yorktown, New York Heights |
| 1978 - 1981 | Postdoc at the Faculty for Physics, University of Bielefeld |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 1977 | Member of the Optical Society of America |
| since 1975 | Member of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft |
| 2011 - 2018 | Member of the ERC Starting Grant Panel PE 4 |
| 2000 - 2006 | Scientific Coordinator of the Priority programme SPP 1093 “Dynamics of Electron Transfer Processes at Interfaces” of the DFG |
| 1998 - 2002 | Deputy Member of the Senate, WWU Münster |
| 2000 | Director of the UNESCO conference “Lasers in Surface Science” in the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy |
| 1992 - 2000 | “Bejzondere Hoogleraar” of the Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen (Chair with all responsibilities and rights) |
| 1996 | Organizer of the “2nd European Conference on Lasers in Surface Science” in Kerkrade, Netherlands |
| 1994 | Director of the UNESCO conference “Lasers in Surface Science” in the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy |
| 1992 | Founding organizer of the conference series “Ultrafast Surface Dynamics” of the European Science Foundation, Rhöndorf / Bonn |
Publications
Möllers, Paul V.; Urban, Adrian J.; De Feyter, Steven; Yamamoto, Hiroshi M.; Zacharias, Helmut (2024) In: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 15(38), 9620-9629. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c02209 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Dreimann, Matthias; Wahlert, Frank; Eckermann, Dennis; Rosenthal, Felix; Roling, Sebastian; Reiker, Tobias; Kuhlmann, Marion; Toleikis, Sven ; Brachmanski, Maciej ; Treusch, Rolf ; Plönjes, Elke ; Siemer, Björn ; Zacharias, Helmut (2023) In: Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 30(2), 479-489. doi:10.1107/S1600577523000395 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Schneidmiller, Evgeny; Dreimann, Matthias; Kuhlmann, Marion; Rönsch-Schulenburg, Juliane; Zacharias, Helmut (2023) In: Photonics, 10(6), 653. doi:10.3390/photonics10060653 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Paul V. Möllers, Jimeng Wei, Soma Salamon, Manfred Bartsch, Heiko Wende, David H. Waldeck, and Helmut Zacharias (2022) In: ACS Nano, 2022(16), 12145-12155. doi:10.1021/acsnano.2c02709?ref=PDF Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Bhowmick, DB; Urban, AJ; Bartsch, M; Braunschweig, B; Zacharias, H; (2022) In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 126, 19978-19986. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c03335 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published |
Projects
Duration: 01/09/2021 - 30/09/2025 Funded by: DFG - NSF-DFG Lead Agency Opportunity Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/07/2019 - 31/12/2023 Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space Type of project: Participation in federally funded joint project | |
Duration: 01/01/2018 - 31/12/2020 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/01/2018 - 31/12/2020 | 2nd Funding period Funded by: VolkswagenStiftung Type of project: Participation in other joint projects | |
Duration: 01/07/2017 - 30/06/2020 Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project |
Talks
| Spintronic components based on chiral molecules Zacharias, H. (03/05/2016) 3rd International Statussymposium on “Integration of Molecular Components in Functional Macroscopic Systems, Hannover Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Dynamical processes in molecular ices studied by two temporally correlated FEL pulses Zacharias, H. (07/10/2015) Symposium on “VUV FELs in Molecular, Cluster and Surface Science: Perspectives at the Dalian Coherent Light Source” , Dalian, China Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Organized helical molecules as effective electron spin filters Zacharias, H. (30/09/2015) Nanonet Workshop, Lohmen/Pirna Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Competing reaction channels in ultrafast desorption of H atoms from graphene Zacharias, H. (27/05/2015) Ultrafast Surface Dynamics-9, Laforet Biwako, Shiga, Japan Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Spintronic components based on chiral molecules Zacharias, H. (10/11/2014) Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot Type of talk: scientific talk |
Prizes
| Habilitation Prize Awarded by: Westfälisch-Lippische Universitätsgesellschaft Bielefeld Award given to: Zacharias, Helmut Announced at: 01/01/1984 | Date of awarding: 01/01/1984 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Heisenberg Fellowship Awarded by: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Award given to: Zacharias, Helmut Announced at: 01/01/1986 Type of distinction: Scholarship |
Doctorates
| Spektroskopische Untersuchung unbesetzter elektronischer Zustände von atomar präzisen Nanostreifen und organischen Filmen Candidate: Kleimeier, Nils Fabian | Supervisors: Zacharias, Helmut Period of time: until 09/07/2018 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Investigations of the thermal and non-thermal processing of astrophysically relevant pure and doped ices on interstellar grain analogues Candidate: Suhasaria, Tushar | Supervisors: Zacharias, Helmut Period of time: until 27/02/2018 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Elektronenspinfilterung durch selbstorganisierte Schichten chiraler Moleküle auf Metall- und Halbleierteroberflächen Candidate: Kettner, Matthias | Supervisors: Zacharias, Helmut Period of time: until 20/11/2017 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Desorption of molecular hydrogen from HOPG (0001) induced by femtosecond laser pulses Candidate: Frigge, Robert | Supervisors: Zacharias, Helmut Period of time: until 08/06/2017 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Preparation of Organic-inorganic Interface Systems and Investigation of Their Optical and Electronic Properties Candidate: Bhowmick, Deb Kumar | Supervisors: Zacharias, Helmut Period of time: until 15/09/2016 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |