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Prof. Roland Kröger
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Address: Department of Physics University of York Heslington YO10 5DD York United Kingdom roland.kroger@york.ac.uk |
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Biography
| Oct
2019 - |
Chair in Physics |
| Oct
2013 - Oct 2019 |
Associate Professor - Reader |
| Oct 2008 - Oct 2013 | Associate Professor - Lecturer |
| Sep 2007 - Sep 2008 | Visiting
Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Max-Kade Fellow) |
| Jan 2001 - Sep 2007 | Research
Fellow at the University of Bremen · Institute for Solid State Physics |
| Jan 1998 - Oct 2000 | Research
Fellow at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (Minerva Fellow) |
| Oct 1993 - Oct 1997 | PhD
student at the Fraunhofer Institute IST in Hamburg and Braunschweig |
| Mar 1993 | Diplomphysiker
(University of Hamburg) |
Research Background
| My research expertise covers Material Science and Materials Physics on a broad scale including thin film growth, Raman microscopy, X-ray diffraction and particularly electron microscopy. The research areas comprise diamond thin films, semiconductors, metal/semiconductor interfaces, optical active semiconductors such as II-VI semiconductors and nitrides for LEDs and Laser diodes as well as biominerals and composite biomaterials. |
Teaching Activities
| Solid
State Physics (2006) Transmission Electron Microscopy (2005) Electrons in Solids (2008 - 2014) Physics and Applications of Semiconductors (2012 -) Advanced Laboratory (2009 -) |
Lecture Course Lecture Course 3rd year lecture course 4th year lecture course 3rd year laboratory |
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Administrative Departmental Roles
| Oct 2008 - present | International
Students Exchange Coordinator |
| Oct 2014 - present | Chair of the Departmental Teaching Committee |
| Oct 2011 - July 2014 |
Coordinator of the Physics Colloquium |
| Oct 2013 - July 2014 |
4th Year Tutor |
Other Roles
| Dec 2014 - present | Secretary to the Engineering and Physical Sciences Section of the Royal Microscopy Society |
Interesting and Useful Links
| Simulation
of Electron Microscopy |
Java
based Electron Microscopy Simulation (JEMS) software |
| Crystallography
Databases |
Inorganic Crystal Structure Database, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database, Mineralogy Database |