CV Steinrück
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Steinrück
Physical Chemistry, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Scientific Career
| 1959 | born in Salzburg, Austria |
| 1965-1977 | Elementary school and high school in Radstadt, Austria |
| 1977-1978 | Military Service with Austrian Army |
| 1978-1983 | Physics studies at the Technical University (TU) Graz / Austria |
| 1983 | Diploma in Technical Physics (Dipl.-Ing.) at TU Graz / Austria, with Prof. K. D. Rendulic |
| 1985 | PhD (Dr. techn.) in Physics at the TU Graz / Austria, with Prof. K. D. Rendulic |
| 1985-1986 | Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University / USA, with Prof. R. J. Madix |
| 1986-1994 | Assistant at the Technical University (TU) Munich / Germany, with Prof. D. Menzel |
| 1992 | Habilitation in Experimental Physics (Dr. rer. nat. habil.) |
| 1993 | Visiting Scientist at Rutgers University / USA (3 months), with Prof. T. E. Madey |
| 1994-1998 | Associate Professor (C3) of Experimental Physics at the University Würzburg |
| since 1998 | Full professor (C4/W3) of Physical Chemistry at the University Erlangen-Nürnberg |
Honors, Awards and Declined Offers
| 1980-1985 | Scholarship (5x) for Outstanding Students (Begabtenstipendium), Technical University (TU) Graz |
| 1983 | “Young Researcher”-Award, Federation of Austrian Industry (Österreichische Industriellenvereinigung) |
| 1983-1985 | Scholarship by the Austrian sponsorship organisation PRO SCIENTIA |
| 1986 | “Kohlrausch”-Award, Austrian Physical Society |
| 1994 | Associate Professor (C3) position of Experimental Physics rejected at the University of Stuttgart |
| 1998 | Director position (C4) rejected at the Forschungszentrum Jülich |
| 2002 | Full Professor (C4) position of Physical Chemistry rejected at the TU Munich |
| 2007-2018 | Principal Investigator, Cluster of Excellence “Engineering of Advanced Materials” |
| 2009-2012 | Guest Professor, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China |
| 2012-2015 | Guest Professor, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China |
| 2012 | Member of Academia Europaea – The Academy of Europe |
| 2013 | Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) |
| 2014 | Lu Jiaxi Lectureship, Xiamen, China |
| 2015 | Corresponding Member of Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) |
| 2015 | Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Szeged, Hungary |
| 2016 | ERC Advanced Grant 2015 |
| 2016 | Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Halle, Germany |
| 2016 | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
| 2017 | AVS Medard W. Welch Award, USA |
| 2018 | Member, European Academy of Sciences (EURASC) |
| 2019 | Morino Lectureship, Japan |
| 2020 | Forum of Great Minds Lectureship, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China |
| 2021 | Alexander-von-Humboldt Henriette Herz Scout (3 two-year postdoc fellowships), Germany |
| 2023 | Distinguished Scientist, CAS President’s International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI), Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
Scientific Contributions
| > 440 publications in peer-reviewed journals |
| > 270 invited lectures at scientific institutions and conferences |
Professional Service in Academia
| 1996-1998 | Examinations Board for Physics, University Würzburg |
| 1996-1998 | Convention, University Würzburg |
| 1998-1999 | Chairman, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Faculty of Science II, University Erlangen-Nürnberg |
| 1998-2006 | Faculty Council, Faculty of Science II, University Erlangen-Nürnberg |
| 2001-2003 | Vice Dean, Faculty of Science II, University Erlangen-Nürnberg |
| 2002-2003 | Senator, University Erlangen-Nürnberg |
| 2003-2005 | Dean, Faculty of Science II, University Erlangen-Nürnberg |
| 2004 | Taskforce “Chemistry“, University Bayern e.V. (Bayerische Rektorenkonferenz) |
| 2005-2006 | Chairman, Conference of Deans of the Departments of Chemistry in Bavaria |
| 2005-2006 | Vice Dean, Faculty of Science II, University Erlangen-Nürnberg |
| 2006-2011 | Vice President, University Erlangen-Nürnberg |
Professional Service in Science
| 1996-2002 | Beam Time Review Panel, Berlin Synchrotron Radiation Facility (BESSY II) (Vice Chairman: 1999-2002) |
| 1997-1998 | Trust lecturer (Vertrauensdozent), Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Würzburg |
| 2000-2002 | Chairman, Surface Science Division of the German Physical Society (DPG) |
| 2000-2002 | Extended Board of Management, German Physical Society (DPG) |
| 2000-2002 | Advisory Board, German Vacuum Society (DVG) |
| 2001-2002 | 5. German Committee for Research with Synchrotron Radiation (KFS) |
| 2001-2004 | Surface Science Division Committee of the International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique, and Applications (IUVSTA) |
| 2002-2005 | Vice Chair, 6. German Committee for Research with Synchrotron Radiation (KFS) |
| 2003-2005 | Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, (ESRF) |
| 2003-2004 | Beam time review panel “Surfaces and Interfaces“, ESRF |
| 2003-2008 | Arbeitsausschuss “Katalyse” der Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie |
| 2004-2008 | Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), Berlin Synchrotron Radiation Facility (BESSY II) |
| 2005-2008 | Chairman, 7. German Committee for Research with Synchrotron Radiation (KFS) |
| 2005-2008 | Commission for Research on Condensed Matter at Large Scale Facilities in Germany (KEKM) |
| 2006-2024 | Trust lecturer (Vertrauensdozent), Deutsche Bunsengesellschaft, Erlangen |
| 2007-2011 | International Advisory Board, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft – Chinese Academy of Sciences (MPG-CAS) Partner Group, University of Science and Technology (USTC), Hefei, China |
| 2008-2009 | Vice Chair, Advisory Committee for Research with Photons (AFP), BMBF |
| 2008-2015 | Scientific Advisory Board, ANKA, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) |
| 2009-2011 | Scientific Council (SC), Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB) |
| 2010-2019 | Fachbeirat des Fritz-Haber-Institutes der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Berlin |
| 2011-2015 | Member of the DFG Fachkollegium 302 “Chemische Festkörperforschung” (Evaluation Committee 302 of the German Science Foundation) |
| 2012-2013 | Member, ERC Review Panel: ERC Synergy Grants |
| 2014-2016 | Special working group of the RIKEN Advisory Council, Japan |
| 2015 | Advisory Board, Materials Science and Physics Division, University Salzburg, Austria |
| 2015&2020 | Chair, Chemical Sciences Panel, Evaluation of the Institutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences |
| 2016-2021 | Member, DFG Senate Commission for Collaborative Research Centers (SFB), German Science Foundation |
| 2018-2023 | Member, VILLUM Experiment Panel, Denmark |
| 2018- | Steering Committee HZB Photon School |
| 2019-2025 | Cluster for Pioneering Research Advisory Council, RIKEN, Japan |
| 2019-2026 | Scientific Advisory Board, Research Field “Matter”, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Helmholtz-Center |
| 2019- | Member, Scientific Council – Materials Foundry Institute CNR-IOM, Trieste, Italy |
| 2020-2025 | Forschungsrat, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen |
| 2021- | Scientific Advisory Board, SFB 1415 “Chemistry of Synthetic Two-Dimensional Materials”, TU Dresden |
| 2021-2024 | Trust lecturer (Vertrauensdozent) der DFG an der FAU |
| 2021-2025 | Kuratorium, Otto-Hahn-Award of the German Physical Society (DPG) & the German Chemical Society (GDCh) |
| 2022- | Externer Beirat für Tenure-Track-Verfahren at Goethe University Frankfurt |
Organization of conferences
| 1996 | Chairman, “International Symposium on II-VI Compounds”, Würzburg, Germany |
| 1998 | Program Committee, “BESSY-User-Meeting 1998”, Berlin, Germany |
| 1996 | Chairman, Workshop “New Developments in Low Energy Electron Diffraction”, Erlangen, Germany (with Dr. G. Held) |
| 1999 | International Program Committee, “European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS 18)”, Wien |
| 2000 | Coorganizer of the Workshop “New Developments in Low Energy Electron Diffraction”, Cambridge / UK (with Profs. D. A. King and Dr. G. Held) |
| 2001 | Chairman, Surface Science Division, “Spring Meeting of the Germany Physical Society (DPG)”, Hamburg, Germany (~500 contributions) |
| 2002 | Chairman, Surface Science Division, “Spring Meeting of the Germany Physical Society (DPG)”, Regensburg, Germany (~500 contributions) |
| 2002 | Scientific Advisory Committee, “German Vacuum Society (DVG) Meeting”, Magdeburg, Germany |
| 2002 | International Program Committee, “European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS 21)”, Malmö, Sweden |
| 2003 | Advisory Board, “European Vacuum Congress”, Berlin, Germany |
| 2005 | Chairman, Symposium “Highlights in Synchrotron Radiation Research”, Spring Meeting of the Germany Physical Society (DPG), Berlin, Germany |
| 2006 | Chairman, German Conference of Physical Chemistry (“Bunsentagung der Deutschen Bunsengesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie”), Erlangen, Germany (~700 participants) |
| 2009 | COST D-41 Workshop “Oxide Nanostructures”, Erlangen, Germany (~30 participants from 8 countries) |
| 2009 | International Program Committee, “European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS 26)”, Parma, Italy |
| 2010 | Local Organizing Committee, “3rd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress”, Nürnberg, Germany |
| 2010 | Program Committee, “10th European Conference on Surface Crystallography and Dynamics (ECSCD-10)”, Reading, UK |
| 2011 | Organizing Committee, “7. Brazilian-German Workshop on Applied Surface Science”, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 2012 | Program Committee, “11th European Conference on Surface Crystallography and Dynamics (ECSCD-11)”, Edinburgh, UK |
| 2012 | Scientific Committee, “APCIL’12 (The 3rd Asian-Pacific Conference on Ionic Liquids and Green Processes)”, Beijing, China |
| 2013 | Vice Chair, Gordon Research Conferences “Chemical Reactions on Surfaces”, Les Diablerets, Switzerland |
| 2013 | Chair, “8. Brazilian-German Workshop on Applied Surface Science”, Bamberg, Germany |
| 2015 | Chair, Gordon Research Conferences “Chemical Reactions on Surfaces”, Ventura / California, USA |
| 2015 | Program Committee, “12th European Conference on Surface Crystallography and Dynamics (ECSCD-12)”, Trieste, Italy |
| 2016 | Vice Chair, “9. Brazilian-German Workshop on Applied Surface Science”, São Sebastião (São Paulo), Brazil |
| 2017 | Program Committee, “13th European Conference on Surface Crystallography and Dynamics (ECSCD-13)”, San Sebastián, Spain |
| 2017 | International Program Committee, “European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS 33)”, Szeged, Hungary |
| 2017 | Scientific Committee, International Congress “Engineering of Advanced Materials”, Erlangen, Germany |
| 2017 | Chair, 655. WE-Heraeus-Seminar “Ionic Liquids and their Interfaces”, Bad Honnef, Germany |
| 2018 | Organizing Committee, “10. Brazilian-German Workshop on Applied Surface Science”, Bad Dürkheim, Germany |
| 2022 | Chair, ACS Symposium “Surface Science Young Investigators”, (with Profs. S. Tait, J. Batteas), San Diego, USA |
| 2022 | Organizing Committee, “11. Brazilian-German Workshop on Applied Surface Science”, Manaus, Brazil |
Editorship / Advisory Boards
| 2001/2002 | Guest Editor, Applied Physics A (Issue 75/1, Special issue on “Solid surfaces: Microscopic insight from experimental and theoretical investigations“, 2002) |
| 2002 | Guest Editor, Focus Issue on “Clusters at Surfaces“, New Journal of Physics 4 (2002) |
| 2002/2003 | Guest Editor, Applied Physics A (Band 76/5, Special issue on “Structure and properties of complex surfaces at an atomic level“, 2003) |
| 2007/2008 | Guest Editor, Special Issue of Chemical Society Reviews (CSR) on “Surface Reactions” in honour of the Nobel Price to Prof. Dr. Gerhard Ertl; together with Profs. J. Libuda and Sir D. A. King |
| 2008-2010 | Editorial Advisory Board of Surface Science |
| 2014-2015 | Guest Editor, Special Issue of Accounts of Chemical Research on “Microscopic Insights into Surface Catalyzed Chemical Reactions“ |
| since 2014 | Editorial Board of Progress in Surface Science |
| since 2014 | Editor of Surface Science |
Membership in Research Centers at the University Erlangen-Nürnberg
| 2004- | Interdisciplinary Center for Interface-controlled Processes (ICICP) |
| 2007- | Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular materials (ICMM – Board of Directors) |
| 2007- | Erlangen Catalysis Resource Center (ECRC) |
| 2008-2012 | PI in the Graduate School “Molecular Science“, supported by BayernExcellent |
| 2007-2018 | PI in the Cluster of Excellence “Engineering of Advanced Materials“ |