Prof. Dr. Ursula Wurstbauer
Current affiliations
- Professorship of experimental physics
- Center for Soft Nanoscience
Academic Education | |
| 05/2014 - 06/2019 | Habilitation in experimental physics; Faculty of Physics, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany; (mentor: Prof. Dr. Alexander Holleitner) |
| 01/2006 - 05/2008 | Doctorate at University of Rgensburg, Germany (advisor: Prof. Dr. Werner Wegscheider) |
| 10/1999 - 06/2006 | Study of Physics and Mathematics, Diploma in Physics and Erstes Staatsexamen für das Lehramt an Gymnasien,, University of Regensburg, Germany |
Work Experience | |
| since 11/2024 | Executive Director, Institute of Physics, University of Münster |
| since 01/2019 | Full professor (tenured, W3) for Experimental Solid State Physics, Institute of Physics, University of Münster, Germany; Head of the nanoelectronics group |
| 02/2013 - 12/2018 | Senior researcher and group leader, Walter Schottky Institute (WSI), Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany |
| 04/2018 - 09/2018 | Guest professorship (W3), Augsburg University,Germany |
| 04/2010 - 12/2012 | Postdoctoral scholar and Alexander von Humboldt fellowship at Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, USA; ( (host: Prof. Dr. A. Pinczuk; co-host: Prof. Dr. B. Altshuler) |
| 03/2008 - 03/2010 | Scientific member of staff (tenured), Institute of Applied Physics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; |
| 01/2006 - 02/2008 | Scientific member of staff (PhD student), Institute for Experimental and Applied Physics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany; |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 04/2024 | Elected member, Fachkollegium 3.21, Fach 3.21-01 “Experimentelle Physik der kondensierten Materie“, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) |
| since 02/2024 | Jury Member, Validierungsfonds , University of Münster |
| since 11/2023 | Editor, Solid State Communications |
| since 01/2023 | Member and Chair (since 2025), Scientific Advisory Board, Paul-Drude-Institute (PDI), Leibniz Gemeinschaft, Berlin, Germany |
| since 04/2022 | (Co-)Organizer, (Co-)Host, Member of Programm Committee / International Advisory Board, Internationale und interdisziplinäre Konferenzen, Workshops und Schulen |
| since 06/2021 | Member, Copernicus-Prize Jury, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) |
| since 01/2021 | Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley (USA) |
| since 01/2019 | Member, Steering Committee, DFG Priority Program 2244 “2D Materials – Physics of van der Waals [hetero]structures (2DMP)” |
| since 04/2015 | Member, Proposal Review Committee (PRC), Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA |
| 01/2019 - 12/2022 | Principal Investigator, "e-conversion", cluster of excellence |
| 01/2016 - 07/2022 | Participant, Organizer, German Host (at differnt rontiers of science symposia), Bilateral and Trilateral Frontier of Science Symposia (e.g. Sino-German; Japanese - American-German; German-American), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) |
| 05/2014 - 12/2018 | Principal Investigator, “Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM)”, Cluster of Excellence |
Publications
Nysten, Emeline D. S.; Weiß, Matthias; Mayer, Benjamin; Petzak, Tobias M.; Wurstbauer, U.; Krenner, Hubert J. (2024) In: Advanced Materials, 36(49) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Bankwitz R; Wolff M; Abazi A; Piel P; Jin L; Pernice W; Wurstbauer U; Schuck C (2023) In: Optics Letters, 48(21) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Synnatschke, Kevin; van Dinter, Jonas; Müller, Alina; Tiede, David; Spillecke, Lena; Shao, Shouqui; Kelly, Daniel; Konecny, Jan; Konkena, Bharathi; McCrystall, Mark; Saigal, Nihit; Wurstbauer, Ursula; Bensch, Wolfgang; Sofer, Zdeněk; Coleman, Jonathan N.; Klingeler, Rüdiger; Haigh, Sarah J.; and Backes, Claudia (2023) In: 2D Materials, 10(2) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Klein, Julian; Pingault, Benjamin; Florian, Matthias; Heißenbüttel, Marie-Christin; Steoinhoff, Alexander; Song, Zhigang; Torres, Kierstin; Dirnberger, Florian; Curtis, Jonathan B.; Weile, Mads; Penn, Aubrey; Deilmann, Thorsten; Dana, Rami; Bushati, Rezlind; Quan, Jiamin; Luxa, Jan; Sofer, Zdeněk; Alù, Andrea; Menon, Vinod M.; Wurstbauer, Ursula; Rohlfing, Michael; Narang, Prineha; and Ross, Frances M. (2023) In: ACS Nano, 17(6) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Yang, Zihao; Liu, Ziyu; Liang, Jiehui; Wang, Yifan; Wurstbauer, Ursula; Dean, Cory R.; West, Ken W.; Pfeiffer, Loren N.; Du, Lingjie (2023) In: Solid State Communications, 371 Type of Publication: Research article (journal) |
Projects
Duration: 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2027 | 2nd Funding period Funded by: DFG - Priority Programme Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted outside University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/05/2024 - 30/04/2028 Funded by: EC Horizon Europe - EIC Pathfinder Type of project: EU-project hosted outside University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/08/2023 - 31/07/2027 Funded by: Uni Münster-internal funding - Collaboration Grant for Young Researchers Type of project: Internally at the University of Münster funded project | |
Duration: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2024 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Major Instrumentation Initiatives Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/02/2021 - 31/10/2024 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project |