Prof. Dr. Alexey Chernikov
Prof. Dr. Alexey Chernikov was appointed to TU Dresden in 2021 and conducts research at the Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat at the Chair of Ultrafast Microscopy and Photonics.
He obtained his doctoral degree at the University of Marburg (Germany) for the work on the optical properties of semiconducting materials and external cavity semiconducting lasers in 2012. In 2013, he was granted a Feodor-Lynen Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to conduct his postdoctoral research on Coulomb phenomena in atomically-thin 2D systems in the group of Tony F. Heinz at Columbia University (New York, USA). Alexey was granted further awards and prizes:
- 2016 – Emmy-Noether (DFG) research group leader at the University of Regensburg
- 2018 – Heinz-Maier Leibnitz award of the DFG
- 2020 – ERC Consolidator Grant in 2020
Further information: Google Scholar, Research Gate, Publons.
Relevant Links:
- Prof. Alexey Chernikov – University-wide inaugural lecture:
- Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Preis für Dr. Alexey Chernikov
- Ctqmat Principle investigators
Academic Career
| since 2021 | |
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| University Professor (W3) | |
| Chair of Ultrafast Microscopy and Photonics | |
| ct.qmat and IAP, Technical University Dresden |
| 2016 – 2021 | |
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| Emmy-Noether Research Group Leader | |
| Institute of Applied and Experimental Physics | |
| University of Regensburg |
| 2013 – 2016 | |
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| Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Associate | |
| Columbia University in the City of New York, USA | |
| Host: Prof. Tony F. Heinz |
Education
| 2008 – 2012 | |
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| PhD in Physics | |
| Philipps-University Marburg | |
| Supervisors: Prof. Martin M. Koch, Prof. Sangam Chatterjee |
| 2003 – 2012 | |
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| Diploma in Physics | |
| Philipps-University Marburg | |
| Supervisors: Prof. Wolfgang Rühle, Prof. Sangam Chatterjee |
Awards and honours
2020 - ERC Consolidator Grant
2018 - Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
2016 - Emmy-Noether Research Group Grant of the DFG
2013 - Feodor-Lynen Fellowship Grant of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2012 - Summa Cum Laude – PhD thesis
2008 - Summa Cum Laude – Diploma thesis