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Franz Pfeiffer
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SPH - Teaching
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BIOGRAPHY
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1993–1999 Student at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University (Munich, Germany)
1999 Diploma thesis at the Institut Laue-Langevin (Grenoble, France)
2000–2002 PhD thesis at the Center of Nanoscience (Munich, Germany), the
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (Grenoble, France), and the University of Saarbrücken (Germany)
2003 Visiting scientist at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (USA)
2003–2005 Staff Scientist at the Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut (Switzerland)
2005–2007 Group leader at the Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut (Switzerland)
2007- Assistant Professor of Physics at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne & the Paul Scherrer Institut (Switzerland)
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PUBLICATION STATISTICS
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Total number of reviewed publications (as first/last author): 55 (17/10)
Number of high-profile* publications (as first/last author): 14 (8/4)
Patent applications: 8
Review articles: 2
Invited talks: 44
*impact factor > 5 (Source: ISI Web of Science)
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MAIN PUBLICATIONS
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MEDIA RESPONSE - PRESS RELEASES (SELECTION)
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Ein Super-Mikroskop aus Schweizer Hand
broadcasted on SF1, 19:30 (18. Juli 2008)
[ interview ]
Dark-field imaging is demonstrated with a conventional hard-x-ray source
B. Schwarzschild
Physics Today, 12-16 (2008)
[ online article ]
Des images rayons X nouvelle génération
Isabelle Ruchet
Tribune Médicale, Nr. 6, 2 (08.02.2008)
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Kontrastreichere Aufnahmenmit Röntgenlicht
Veronika Winkler
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Vol. 24, B2 (30.01.2008)
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Röntgenbilder mit mehr Details
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Vol. 25, N2 (30.01.2008)
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Scanner Darkly: Tiny venetian blinds enhance radiography
Davide Castelvecchi
Science News Magazine, Vol. 173, No. 4, p. 53 (26.01.2008)
New technique lifts x-ray fog
Scott Capper
www.swissinfo.ch (26.01.2008)
[ online article ]
Schärfere Röntgenbilder helfen, Brustkrebs und Alzheimer zu entdecken
Jan Oliver Löfken
Welt der Physik (21.01.2008)
[ online article ]
New Technology Sharpens X-ray Vision
Science Daily (23.01.2008)
[ online article ]
New x-ray technology designed by Swiss reseachers
Amy Wong, Nicki Chadwick and Franz Pfeiffer
WorldRadio.CH (21.01.2008)
[ interview ]
Dark field X-rays reveal bodies in new detail
Tom Simonite
New Scientist (21.01.2008)
Doorlichten met diffractie
Arno Schrauwers
De Ingenieur, Vol. 17, 54-55 (02.11.2007)
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A discerning view - A new way of processing X-rays gives much clearer images
Alison Goddard
The Economist, Vol. 379, Nr. 8471, 73-74 (01.04.2006)
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Soft Focus
Ed Gerstner
Nature 440, 619 (2006)
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Neutron Vision
David Lindley
Physical Review Focus 17, story 20 (2006)
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Sharp Set
Stuart Nathan
The Engineer, April issue (13.04.2006)
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Blick in die Weichteile
Ulf von Rauchhaupt
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Nr. 13, S. 68 (02.04.2006)
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Medizinische Anwendung von Roentgenstrahlen
Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau 9, 510-511 (2006)
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Ein Phasenkontrast-Mikroskop für Neutronen
Franz Pfeiffer
Physik in unserer Zeit 5 (37), 210-211 (2006)
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Des images rayons X nouvelle génération
Isabelle Ruchet
Tribune Médicale, Nr. 6, 2 (08.02.2008)
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Kontrastreichere Aufnahmenmit Röntgenlicht
Veronika Winkler
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Vol. 24, B2 (30.01.2008)
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Röntgenbilder mit mehr Details
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Vol. 25, N2 (30.01.2008)
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Scanner Darkly: Tiny venetian blinds enhance radiography
Davide Castelvecchi
Science News Magazine, Vol. 173, No. 4, p. 53 (26.01.2008)
New technique lifts x-ray fog
Scott Capper
www.swissinfo.ch (26.01.2008)
[ online article ]
Schärfere Röntgenbilder helfen, Brustkrebs und Alzheimer zu entdecken
Jan Oliver Löfken
Welt der Physik (21.01.2008)
[ online article ]
New Technology Sharpens X-ray Vision
Science Daily (23.01.2008)
[ online article ]
New x-ray technology designed by Swiss reseachers
Amy Wong, Nicki Chadwick and Franz Pfeiffer
WorldRadio.CH (21.01.2008)
[ interview ]
Dark field X-rays reveal bodies in new detail
Tom Simonite
New Scientist (21.01.2008)
Doorlichten met diffractie
Arno Schrauwers
De Ingenieur, Vol. 17, 54-55 (02.11.2007)
[ pdf file ]
A discerning view - A new way of processing X-rays gives much clearer images
Alison Goddard
The Economist, Vol. 379, Nr. 8471, 73-74 (01.04.2006)
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Soft Focus
Ed Gerstner
Nature 440, 619 (2006)
[ online article ]
Neutron Vision
David Lindley
Physical Review Focus 17, story 20 (2006)
[ online article ]
Sharp Set
Stuart Nathan
The Engineer, April issue (13.04.2006)
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Blick in die Weichteile
Ulf von Rauchhaupt
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Nr. 13, S. 68 (02.04.2006)
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Medizinische Anwendung von Roentgenstrahlen
Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau 9, 510-511 (2006)
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Ein Phasenkontrast-Mikroskop für Neutronen
Franz Pfeiffer
Physik in unserer Zeit 5 (37), 210-211 (2006)
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X-ray phase contrast imaging using a grating interferometer
Franz Pfeiffer
Europhysics News 5 (37), 13-15 (2006)
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PSI's imaging takes X-rays to the next level
Victoria Gill
Science Business Net (24.05.2006)
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X Ray Excels: Technique brings a new image to medicine
Naila Moreira
Science News Online, Vol. 168, No. 8 (20.08.2005)
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Phase Sensitive X-Ray: A new wave of imaging
Bill Wine
RT Image 18, 14-16 (2005)
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Der feinste Röntgenstrahl
Rainer Scharf
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Nr. 159, S. 40 (12.07.2002)
Squeezing X-ray Photons
Till H. Metzger
Science 297, 205 (2002)
[ online article ]
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REVIEW ARTICLES
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Ptychography & lensless X-ray imaging
M. Dierolf, O. Bunk, S. Kynde, P. Thibault, I. Johnson, A. Menzel, K. Jefimovs, C. David, O. Marti, and F. Pfeiffer
Europhysics News, 39, 22-24 (2008)
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X-ray phase contrast imaging using a grating interferometer
Franz Pfeiffer
Europhysics News 5 (37), 13-15 (2006)
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INVITED TALKS (SELECTION)
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International Interdisciplinary Conference on Biomedical Mathematics, Anshun City, Guizhou Province, China (2008)
International Workshop: Application of Coherent X-rays at the LCLS, Stanford University, USA (2008)
9th Binannual Conference on High Resolution X-Ray Diffraction and Imaging (XTOP 2008), Linz, Austria (2008)
Congress of the International Union of Crystallography, Osaka, Japan (2008)
SPIE International Symposium on Optical Engineering + Applications, San Diego, USA (2008)
404. Wilhelm and Else Heraeus-Seminar “Matter in Coherent Light”, Bad Honnef, Germany (2008)
2nd European X-ray Free-Elektron Laser Users' Meeting, DESY, Hamburg, Germany (2008)
Biomedical Imaging Symposium, Niels-Bohr-Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark (2007)
EU conference Eastern European Synchrotron Sources, Brno, Czech Republic (2007)
Gordon Research Conference for X-ray Physics, New Haven, USA (2007)
4th International Conference on X-ray Coherence 2007, Monterey, USA (2007)
Symposium for Modern X-Ray Physics, Niels-Bohr-Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark (2007)
Users Meeting of the Advanced Photon Source, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA (2007)
Symposium for Free Electron Laser Studies, DESY, Hamburg, Germany (2006)
MedX workshop, London Center for Nanotechnology & University College London, London, UK (2006)
International Conference on Imaging Techniques, Stockholm, Sweden (2006)
Medical Imaging Workshop, Niels-Bohr-Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark (2006)
Workshop on Imaging and Neutrons (IAN2006), Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge, USA (2006)
International X-ray Coherence Workshop, DESY, Hamburg, Germany (2006)
Annual Meeting of European Physical Society EPS-13, Bern, Switzerland (2005)
Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Crystallography, Lausanne, Switzerland (2005)
Coherent X-Ray Workshop PETRA III, Hamburg, Germany (2005)
Coherence workshop, BESSY, Berlin, Germany (2004)
Coherence Workshop, Centre national de la recherché scientifique, Grenoble, France (2004)
8th International Conference on X-Ray and Neutron Surface Scattering, Bad Honnef (2004)
Workshop on X-Ray Coherence & Imaging, DIAMOND Light Source, Oxfordshire, U.K. (2004)
APS lunchtime seminar, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne, Illinois, USA (2004)
Solid State and Optics Seminar, Yale University, USA (2003)
Institute Seminar, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA (2003)
Institute Seminar, Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, Ithaca, USA (2003)
International Conference on X-ray and Neutron Capillary Optics, Zvenigorod, Russia (2001)
Annual Meeting of the International Society of Optical Engineering, San Diego, USA (2001)
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Coherent X-ray Scattering Group
Swiss Light Source (SLS)
Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI)
franz.pfeiffer@psi.ch
office: WLGA 223
phone: +41 56 310 5262
fax: +41 56 310 3171
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