Stephanie Reich is a German physicist and Professor at the

Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...

. Her research considers the physics of nanostructures, which she studies using experimental characterisation techniques and computational simulations.

Early life and education

Reich attended the

Technical University of Berlin The Technical University of Berlin (official name both in English and german: link=no, Technische Universität Berlin, also known as TU Berlin and Berlin Institute of Technology) is a public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It was ...

where she studied physics. She earned her undergraduate and master's diplomas in 1998, before embarking on a doctoral programme. After a year as a research assistant, Reich moved to the Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona. In 2002 she was made a Fellow of the

Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (german: Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften), abbreviated BBAW, is the official academic society for the natural sciences and humanities for the States of Germany, German ...

Research and career

In 2003 Reich moved to the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

as an Oppenheimer Research Fellow. Whilst at Cambridge she held a joint position at

Newnham College, Cambridge Newnham College is a women's Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1871 by a group organising Lectures for Ladies, members of which included philosopher Henry Sid ...

. She started to work on the characterisation of graphene, In 2007 Reich was appointed Professor of the Physics of Nanostructures at the

. When she arrived at the

she was awarded a

European Research Council The European Research Council (ERC) is a public body for funding of scientific and technological research conducted within the European Union (EU). Established by the European Commission in 2007, the ERC is composed of an independent Scientific ...

(ERC) starting grant, which was later upgraded to a Consolidator Grant. Reich focusses on one dimensional nanostructures, including

graphene Graphene () is an allotrope of carbon consisting of a single layer of atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice nanostructure.

, semiconductor nanowires and

carbon nanotube A scanning tunneling microscopy image of a single-walled carbon nanotube Rotating single-walled zigzag carbon nanotube A carbon nanotube (CNT) is a tube made of carbon with diameters typically measured in nanometers. ''Single-wall carbon na ...

Awards and honours

* 2007

Starting Grant * 2012 Dahlem Research School ''Award for Excellent Supervision'' * 2015 Elected to AcademiaNet * 2017

Consolidator Grant

Select publications

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reich, Stephanie Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century German physicists Technical University of Berlin alumni Academic staff of the Free University of Berlin European Research Council grantees