Public Lectures and Public Science
The transfer of science to the public is an important task - and who knows exactly, how crystals are grown and what they can be used for? I give talks and presentations for the open public about crystal growth and applications of crystalline materials, e.g.
- "The Miraculous World of Crystals" at the Long Night of Sciences ("Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften") in Berlin
- Podcast "Kristalle" (in German) at "Welt der Physik" ("World of Physics", German science portal)
- "Crystals - the pillars of modern technology" - guided tours and lectures at the IKZ for visitors (students, pensioners, associations, politics)
- "Jan Czochralski and the Decisive Impact of His Invention on Modern Technology" (2019, htw Berlin)
- Lectures for pupils and scholars, e.g. in the phaeno event series "After dark" (2012, Wolfsburg) or during the "Tag der Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft (TWW)" at Humboldt-Gymnasium Eichwalde (2023)
- Offers for decision makers, e.g. "Leibniz in the Bundestag" on the topic of "Material sovereignty and technological leadership in crystals, the raw material of the semiconductor and photonics industry"
Feel free to request me for a presentation at your event!
Conferences and expert workshops at IKZ
Many events for scientists are held at the IKZ. We invite internationally renowned scientists to presentations and annually present an "IKZ International Guest Fellowship Award". I myself are also involved in the organisation of conferences, workshops and schools, which we hold at the IKZ or in Berlin (most recent first):
- 12. German-French Workshop on Oxide, Dielectric, and Laser Crystals (WODIL 2023), 21.-22. September 2023
- 8. International Workshop on Crystal Growth Technology (IWCGT-8), 29. Mai-2. Juni 2022
- Annual conference of the DGKK (DKT 2021), 6.-8. Oktober 2021
- 9. German-French Workshop on Oxide, Dielectric, and Laser Crystals (WODIL 2020), 17.-18. September 2020
- DGKK workshop on "Bulk Semiconductor Crystals", 9.-10. Oktober 2019
- 18. International Conference on Defects - Recognition, Imaging and Physics in Semiconductors (DRIP-18), 8.-12. September 2019 (jointly with Anna Mogalitenko, FBH Berlin)
- 7. International Workshop on Crystal Growth Technology (IWCGT-7), 2.-6. Juli 2017
- 5. German-French Workshop on Oxide, Dielectric, and Laser Crystals (WODIL 2016), 15.-16. September 2016
- German-Japanese Gallium Oxide Technology Meeting 2016 (GAO 2016), 7.-9. September 2016
- DGKK workshop on "Bulk Semiconductor Crystals", 7.-8. Oktober 2015
- 6. International Workshop on Crystal Growth Technology (IWCGT-6), 15.-19. Juni 2014
At these workshops we organize everything ourselves (including the website), so that there is a family atmosphere! I also provide a list of my worldwide assistance in organizing workshops and conferences.
Commitment in Adlershof
I am thrilled by the possibilities and networking on the Adlershof campus, which has been shaped by WISTA. The research institutions in Adlershof have networked at IGAFA e.V. and maintain close relations with the local faculty of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the Technologiekreis Adlershof e.V. and the htw Berlin. The IGAFA was also significantly involved in the founding of Berlin Research 50 (BR50 e.V.), the representation of the interests of non-university research institutions in Berlin.
I have been working on the board of IGAFA e.V. since 2015. I am pictured as one of the Adlershofer Köpfe and as one of the "Brains of Berlin". I am also visible through the following activities:
- in the "Adlershofer Journal" of WISTA and in the "FVB Journal" of the Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.
- as a representative of the IGAFA, for example at the "Adlershofer Academic Lunch" with guests from science and politics
- as a jury member and visitor at the IGAFA Dissertation Prize
- as a visitor and in the poster prize jury of the Adlershof Research Forum
- at events of the "Forum Adlershof e.V."
- as a reviewer for the Marthe Vogt Prize of the Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.
IKZ Summer schools
I had organized the annual IKZ summer school in 2012-2016. For one week, 4-5 lectures by a renowned expert on crystal growth or related topics are held. The lectures are open to the public.
- In 2012 we had Prof. Dr. habil. Dr. h.c. Georg Müller (formerly the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) visited, it was about "Basics of crystal growth from the melt".
- In 2013 Prof. Dr. Jörg Weber from the Technical University of Dresden competently showed us the world of "(point) departments in crystals".
- In 2015 Prof. Dr. Peter Rudolph reported on "Structural defects in single crystals during crystal growth".
- In 2016, Elias Vlieg from Radboud University in Nijmegen (Netherlands) lectured on "Towards understanding crystal growth at the atomic scale"
- In 2023, the IKZ Summer School is organised together with the DFG Research Unit 5044, and I am the local organizer on site.