Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 677 - Function by Switching
Subproject Leaders
Dr. Bridget Murphy
Contact Information
Dr. Bridget Murphy
Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik
Christian Albrechts Universität
Leibnizstraße 19
D-24118 Kiel
Tel.: +49 (0)431 880-5558
e-mail: murphy [at] physik.uni-kiel.de
Curriculum Vitae
- Studium: 09/1987 – 06/1991 BSc (Honours) in applied physics. Dublin City University, Ireland. Thesis with Dr. Mike Hopkins.
- MSc: 09/1991 – 12/1994, MSc in surface physics. Dublin City University, Ireland. Thesis with Prof. Greg Hughes
- Promotion: physics 2004 / Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel / Prof. Werner Press, thesis: „An X-ray diffraction investigation of the charge density wave transition at the NbSe2 surface“
- 1991-1993: physics lecturer, Meath Hospital, Dublin, Irland
- 1991-1993: lecturer, Dublin City University, Irland
- 1994-1997: scientific officer - Second Beamline Scientist at SRS-Beamlines 9.4 (surface X-ray scattering) and 6.3 (X-ray Standing Waves). Synchrotron Radiation Source, Daresbury Laboratory, CCLRC, Cheshire, UK
- 1995: visiting scientist at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory; Oxford, UK
- 1997-2000: higher scientific officer - First Beamline Scientist at SRS-Beamline 16.2 (high-resolution X-ray diffraction). Synchrotron Radiation Source, Daresbury Laboratory, CCLRC, Großbritannien
- 1999: visiting scientist at ESRF, Grenoble, Frankreich
- 2000-2004: scientific employee (doctoral researcher), CAU Kiel, with Prof. Werner Press
- 2004: visiting scientist at ILL, Grenoble, France
- 2004-2006: postdoc research associate, Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, CAU Kiel, with Prof. Lutz Kipp
- 2004-2007: scientific employee, Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, CAU Kiel, with Prof. Richard Berndt
- 2007-2012: academic staff / graduate admitted for habilitation (fixed-term position) Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, CAU Kiel, with Prof. Olaf Magnussen.
- 2010: visiting scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island, USA
- since 2012: academic staff (tenure) / graduate admitted for habilitation, Ruprecht Haensel Laboratory of the faculty for mathematics and natural sciences at CAU Kiel
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Awards and Functions:
1991 - 1993: Enterprise Ireland: Optronics Ireland MSc scholarship
1999: CCLRC Excellence Award
1998 - 2000: EPSRC network for residual stress
1999 - 2002: INTAS 99-0585 project: UK co-ordinator
1999: DIAMOND Synchrotron: concept paper
2002 – 2004: member of the workgroup „high resolution diffraction“ for the development of the synchrotron radiation source PETRA, HASYLAB, DESY, Hamburg
2002: Neutron Scattering Society of America: Achievement Award
2003 - 2011: equal opportunities commissioner of the faculty for mathematics and natural sciences
2011: member in the Fakultätskonvent of the faculty for mathematics and natural sciences at CAU
2011: chosen for the CAU mentoring program „Via Mento“
2009 - 2013: elected member of the academic senate at CAU Kiel
2013: referee, National Science Foundation, USA
2013: elected member „Users Organisation European Synchrotron Radiation Facility”
2014: deputy chair „Committee for Research with Synchrotron Radiation“