Dr. Elisabeth Gruber
Curriculum Vitae
Current and Previous Positions
- since 2020 Principal investigator (FWF - Hertha-Firnberg), Institute of Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of Innsbruck, Austria
- 2017-2020 Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Denmark
- 2013-2017 University Assistant, Institute of Applied Physics, TU Wien, Austria
Education
- 2017: Ph.D. Technical Physics (with distinction), TU Wien
- 2012: M.Sc. Technical Physics (with distinction), TU Wien
- 2009: B.Sc. Technical Physics (with distinction), TU Wien
Fellowships and Grants
- 2023: Tiroler Wissenschaftsförderung
- 2020: FWF-Hertha-Firnberg Grant, 3-year Early-Stage-Programme
- 2017: Hannspeter-Winter Award 2017 (doctoral dissertation award), TU Wien
- 2017: Loschmidt-Prize 2017 (doctoral dissertation award), Austrian Chemical-Physical Society
- 2015, 2016: Scholarship grant of TU Wien for conference participation
- 2013: Scholarship grant of TU Wien for academic research
- 2010: Proexcellentia II: Honour for academic performance, South Tyrol, Italy
- 2007, 2010: Scholarship for academic excellence, South Tyrol, Italy
- 2006: Proexcellentia I: Honour of the 10 best high-school graduates of South Tyrol, Italy
Teaching experience
- since 2012: (Co)-Supervision of Bachelor (8), Master (5) and PhD (2) students
- WS2015/16: Laboratory Course Physics II at TU Wien (Laborpraktikum Physik)
- SS2022: Laboratory Course at Universität Innsbruck (Fortgeschrittenen-Praktikum 1)
- WS2022/23: Lecture at Universität Innsbruck: "Einführung in die Material- und Nanowissenschaften"
Scientific stays abroad
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Germany, in total 10 weeks (2013-2016);
Research: charge exchange and energy loss of highly charged ions interacting with 2D materials - Grand Accélérateur National D’Ions Lourds (Ganil) Caen, France, in total 6 weeks (2013- 2015);
Research: Surface nanostructuring by swift heavy and highly charged ions - University Duisburg-Essen, Germany (09/2014);
Research: Surface nanostructuring by highly charged ions; UHV-AFM measurements - University Bielefeld, Germany (02/2013);
Research: HIM (helium ion microscopy) measurements of irradiated carbon nanomembranes
Academic achievements and activities
- 39 publications in peer-reviewed journals (among them 2 Nat. Comm., 1 JACS, 2 PRL)
- 20 talks at international conferences (13 invited)
- Refereeing work for international scientific journals
- Outreach activities: Invited participant of the panel discussion: Graphen - der neue Wunderstoff in der Wissenschaft, TU Wien (March 16, 2017); Invited Talk at the Science Night 2019: Das Wunder des Sehens und der Fotosynthese - Wie die Physik Licht in die Biologie bringt, Algund, South Tyrol, (April 16, 2019); Evaluation and Awarding of the Dr. Hans Riegel Fachpreise 2022 for the discipline Physics at the Universität Innsbruck (2022)
Ten representative publications
- S. Kollotzek, F. Izadi, M. Meyer, S. Bergmeister, F. Zappa, S. Denifl, O. Echt, P. Scheier, E. Gruber, Stabilization of phenanthrene anions in helium nanodroplets, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 24, 11662 (2022). DOI:10.1039/D2CP00991A
- S. Albertini, S. Bergmeister, F. Laimer, P. Martini, E. Gruber, F. Zappa, M. Onc´ak, P. Scheier, O. Echt, SF6+: Stabilizing transient ions in helium nanodroplets, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 12, 4112 (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01024
- S. Albertini, E. Gruber, F. Zappa, S. Krasnokutski, F. Laimer, P. Scheier, Chemistry and physics of dopants embedded in helium droplets, Mass Spectrom. Rev., 1-39 (2021). DOI: 10.1002/mas.21699
- E. Gruber, A. M. Kabylda, M. B. Nielsen, A. P. Rasmussen, R. Teiwes, P. A. Kusochek, A. V. Bochenkova, L. H. Andersen, Light Driven Ultrafast Bioinspired Molecular Motors: Steering and Accelerating Photoisomerization Dynamics of Retinal, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144, 69 (2022). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c10752
- E. Gruber, R. Teiwes, C. Kjær, S. Brøndsted Nielsen, L. H. Andersen, Tuning fast excited-state decay by ligand attachment in isolated chlorophyll a, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 24, 149 (2022). DOI: 10.1039/D1CP04356K
- H. V. Kiefer, E. Gruber, J. Langeland, P. A. Kusochek, A. V. Bochenkova, L. H. Andersen, Intrinsic photoisomerization dynamics of protonated Schiff-base retinal, Nat. Commun. 10, 1210 (2019). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09225-7
- E. Gruber, C. Kjær, S. Brøndsted Nielsen, L. H. Andersen, Intrinsic Photophysics of the Lightharvesting Chlorophyll a and b Pigments, Chem. Eur. J. 25, 39 (2019). DOI: 10.1002/chem.201901786
- R. Wilhelm, E. Gruber, J. Schwestka, R. Kozubek, T. Madeira, J. Marques, J. Kobus, A. Krasheninnikov, M. Schleberger, F. Aumayr, Interatomic Coulombic Decay - the mechanism for rapid deexcitation of hollow atoms, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 103401 (2017). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.103401
- E. Gruber, R. A. Wilhelm, R. P´etuya, V. Smejkal, R. Kozubek, A. Hierzenberger, B. C. Bayer, I. Aldazabal, A. K. Kazansky, F. Libisch, A. V. Krasheninnikov, M. Schleberger, S. Facsko, A. G. Borisov, A. Arnau, F. Aumayr, Ultrafast electronic response of graphene to a strong and localized electric field, Nat. Commun. 7, 13948 (2016). DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13948
- E. Gruber, P. Salou, L. Bergen, M. El Kharrazi, E. Lattouf, C. Grygiel, Y. Wang, A. Benyagoub, D. Levavasseur, J. Rangama, H. Lebius, B. Ban-D’ Etat, M. Schleberger, F. Aumayr, Swift heavy ion irradiation of CaF2 – from grooves to hillocks in a single ion track, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 28, 405001 (2016). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/28/40/405001