Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWSProfile
Dr. rer. nat. Christian Patzig, Group leader microstructure of optical materials
Areas of research
Determination of microstructure-property relations of optical materials with a focus on the micro- and nanostructural characterization of glasses and glass-ceramic systems, optical thin film and ultra-thin film systems, and pigment particles and pigment paint systems.
Academic/professional resume
01/2019-today
Group Leader for Microstructure of Optical Materials at the Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS, Halle (Saale)
11/2016-12/2018
Team Leader for Oxide Functional Materials at the Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS, Halle (Saale)
12/2010-11/2016
Research associate at the Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS, Halle (Saale)
10/2009-12/2010
Research associate at Layertec GmbH, Mellingen
07/2006-09/2009
Research associate and doctoral candidate at the Leibniz Institute of Surface Modification in Leipzig
Doctorate on the topic “Glancing Angle Deposition of Si Nanostructures by Ion Beam Sputtering” at the University of Leipzig
04/2001 - 06/2006
Studies in Physics at the University of Jena
Awards
12/2009
2009 Doctoral Award
awarded by the Graduate Center for Mathematics/Informatics and Natural Sciences of the Research Academy Leipzig of the University of Leipzig
12/2008
2008 BuildMoNa Award
Award of the Leipzig Graduate School of Natural Sciences - BuildMoNa of the University of Leipzig