Wolf-Dieter Schneider
Nationality: German and Swiss
- Dipl.Phys., University of Bonn, 1971
- PhD (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Bonn, 1975
- Ass. Prof., University of Campinas 1976
- Ass. Prof., Free University of Berlin, 1977
- Privat-docent, Free University of Berlin 1982
- Privat-docent, University of Neuchâtel 1985
- Full Prof., Université de Lausanne, 1989
- Full Prof., EPFL, 2003
He worked at the Universities of Bonn (Germany), Uppsala (Sweden), Campinas(Brasil), Free University of Berlin (Germany), Wisconsin, Madison (USA), Neuchatel (Switzerland), Manoa, Honululu, Hawaii (USA) and Lausanne (Switzerland). Since 2003 he is full professor at the EPFL (Switzerland) in Lausanne.
Research group established at the University of Lausanne in 1989
Research activity:
Nanoscience – Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy – supported nanostructures
Curriculum vitae
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Wolf-Dieter SCHNEIDER
Address : Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Institute of Physics
CH - 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
e-mail: wolf-dieter.schneider@epfl.ch
Military Service (Bundeswehr) : 1963 – 1965 Zeitsoldat (Z2), Abschluss: Leutnant der Reserve
Education: Diplom Physicist University of Bonn, Germany, 1971
PhD (Dr. rer. nat): University of Bonn, Germany, 1975
Privat-Docent: Free University of Berlin, Germany, 1982
University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 1985
Thesis title: E2-transition probabilities in the Zr-region measured with
an orange-type iron free spectrometer at the Bonn
isochron-cyclotron. Supervisor Prof. Dr. E. Bodenstedt
Fellowship and prizes - DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), Jan. – April 1972
Physics Department, University of Uppsala, Sweden, Prof. Dr. K. Siegbahn
- Rudolf-Jaeckel-Preis der Deutschen Vakuum Gesellschaft (DVG),
October 2014
- Award of the 141 Committee of the Japanese Society for the Promotion
of Sciences, December 2017
- Peter Varga 3S-Poster Prize 3S’22
Employment and Career: - Teaching and Research Assistant:
University of Bonn, Germany, 1971 - 1975
- Assistant Professor:
University of Campinas, Brasil, 1976 - 1977
- Assistant Professor:
Free University of Berlin, Germany, 1977 - 1983
- Senior Scientist (Chef de Travaux):
University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 1983 - 1989
- Full Professor:
University of Lausanne, Switzerland, 1989 - 2003
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland 2003 - 2009
- Honorary professor :
University of Lausanne, Switzerland 2004 - present
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland 2010 - present
- Scientific Consultant, Fritz-Haber-Institute
of the Max-Planck-Society, Berlin, Germany 2012 – 2023
- Scientific Consultant, Center for Quantum NanoScience,
Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2022 – present
Short Term Appointments, Sabbaticals:
- Invited guest researcher (IBM), Synchrotron Radiation Center
(Tantalus) Madison, Wisconsin, USA, August/September 1981
- Invited guest professor, Department of Physics and
Astronomy of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
September 1, 1997 – February 28, 1998
- Invited guest, Stiftung Dr. Robert und Lina Thyll-Dürr,
Casa Zia Lina, Capoliveri, Elba, August 18 – Sept. 3, 2008
- Invited guest professor, Center for Quantum NanoScience, Ewha Womans
University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 22.10. - 18.11.2022,
1.09. -16.10.2023, and 4.11. - 30.11.2025
Interest and Experience: Surface Physics at the atomic scale, Solid State Physics, Nuclear Physics,
Experimental Methods: Scanning Tunneling Probes, Electron Spectroscopies,
Production of size selected clusters with Laser vaporization and
high-energy Xe ion-gun sources, on-surface-deposition and characterization
Professional Activities: - ≥ 200 publications, 22080 cit., h=76 (Google-scholar: 25.08.25)
- Referee for Science, Nature, Nature Materials, Phys. Rev. Lett.,
Phys. Rev. B, Surf. Sci., and numerous other scientific journals
- Referee for grant applications for the National Science Foundations in Switzerland, Austria, France, Denmark, The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, UK, USA.
- Member of the ESF College of Expert Reviewers
- Editorial Advisory Board :
Progress in Surface Science
Materials Science Forum, Trans Tech Publ. Ltd. Zürich
e-Journal of Surface Science and NanoTechnology
(e-JSSNT), Japan
- Guest Editor:
J. Electron Spectrosc. Rel. Phen., Appl. Phys. A, Springer,
New J. Phys. (NJP) « Focus issue surface science ».
(with M. Scheffler)
- Chairman and Co-Chairman, Int. Conferences
- Chairman of the Physics Section:
University of Lausanne, Switzerland, 1999 – 2003
- Chairman of the Surface Physics Division of the DPG,
(Deutsche Physik. Gesellschaft): April 2002 – April 2004
- Member of the directorate of the Faculty of Basic Sciences:
EPFL 2003 – 2007
- Director of the Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, EPFL:
September 2008 – December 2011
- Panel member (panel 4) of the European Research Council
(ERC), 2008 – 2013
- Member of the International Award Committee,
Heinrich-Rohrer-Medal, Surface Science Society, Japan (SSSJ)
Society Memberships: Swiss Physical Society, German Physical Society,
Teaching Experience: - General Physics for undergraduate students in physics and
medicine
- Solid State Physics for undergraduate and graduate students in physics
- Surface Physics for graduate and PhD students in physics
- Diploma (Master) and doctoral thesis supervision
Languages: German, English, French, Latin, Portuguese (basic notions)
Other activities: Jazz-Guitar, Golf
Teaching & PhD
Past EPFL PhD Students
Elizabeta Cavar, Marie-Christine Buluschek, Markus Ternes, Hans-Christoph Ploigt, Frédéric Rossel, I-Po Hong