Alexander Szameit
Alexander Szameit | |
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| Born | January 10, 1979 Halle (Saale), Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Jena |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions | University of Rostock |
Alexander Szameit (born 10 January 1979 in Halle (Saale), Germany) is a German physicist working in experimental solid-state optics [1].
Biography
Szameit studied physics at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg and the University of Jena, graduating in 2004 [1]. Following that, from 2004 to 2007 he pursued a doctoral degree at the University of Jena, graduating with the highest honor of "summa cum laude" [2]. From 2009 he worked at the Technion in Haifa as a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Mordechai Segev [3]. In 2011 he returned to the University of Jena as a junior professor. Since 2016, he is a professor at the University of Rostock, where he leads the experimental solid-state optics group [1].
Research
Szameit's work focuses on the investigation of optical wave phenomena in artificial, structured media such as lattices of coupled optical waveguides written into glass chips by ultrashort laser pulses. Research directions include topological photonics, integrated quantum optics as well as the emulation of relativistic physics [4].
Awards and honors
- 2009: Doctoral prize of the DPG (German Physical Society)
- 2014: Adolph Lomb Medal of the Optical Society
- 2015: Rudolf Kaiser award for experimental physics [5]
- 2017: Alfried Krupp prize of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation [2]
- 2020: Tomassoni award
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Entry for Szameit in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Press release of the Krupp foundation regarding award for Szameit.
- ↑ List of alumni of the group of Mordechai Segev.
- ↑ Szameit group website at the University of Rostock.
- ↑ Rudolf Kaiser award for Szameit, Deutsches Stiftungszentrum
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