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Uwe Bergmann

distinguished Staff SCIENTIST
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory  
                             
Principal INvestigator                                                 
Stanford Pulse institute

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Short Bio

Uwe Bergmann got his PhD in Physics from Stony Brook University and is a Distinguished Staff Scientist at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Principle Investigator at the Stanford PULSE Institute. His research activities focus on the development and application of novel synchrotron, X-ray laser and ultrafast electron techniques. His scientific interests include studies of the structure of water and aqueous solution, active centers in metalloproteins in particular the photosynthetic splitting of water, hydrocarbons and fossil fuels, functional 2D materials, and imaging of ancient documents and fossils. Bergmann has done his graduate research at the National Synchrotron Light Source and since worked at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, and the Linac Coherent Light Source, the world's first X-ray free electron laser.
 
For CV click top right and for citations and h-index see: 
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1ksjPSoAAAAJ&hl=en 

Education

  
1986: 'Pre-Diplom'
Physics University of Karlsruhe, Germany

1990:

 'Diplom'
Physics University of Hamburg, Germany
1994: Ph.D. Physics
State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY
 

Professional Experience

  
1994-1996 Postdoc at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France
1994-1996 Postdoc at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France
1996-1999 Postdoctoral Fellow Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA
1999-2003 Scientist Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA
2000-2003 Assistant Researcher at Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis
2001-2003 Chair Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory Users' Organization Executive Committee
2003-2007 Staff scientist at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), SLAC, Stanford
2007-2015 Senior Staff scientist, SLAC, Stanford
2009-2012 Member of the California Executive Committee of the American Physical Society
2009 Head of Chemical & Materials Science & User Support Department, SSRL, SLAC, Stanford
2009-2013 Deputy Director, Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC, Stanford
2010-2012 Consulting with Kirkland & Ellis LLP
2013-2014 Director (Interim), Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC, Stanford, CA
2015- Distinguished Staff Scientist, SLAC, Stanford, CA
2015- Principle Investigator, Stanford PULSE Institute, Stanford, CA
2016-
 
2016-2017
Associate Director, DOE Center ‘Materials Genome Innovation for Computational Software’
Visiting Professor, European Research Platform on Ancient Materials (IPANEMA), Foundation of Heritage Science, FSP, France
   
 

Research Interest

Development and application of novel synchrotron, X-ray free electron laser and ultrafast electron techniques including:
 
  • X-ray emission spectroscopy
  • Resonant and non-resonant inelastic X-ray scattering
  • X-ray Raman scattering
  • X-ray fluorescence imaging
  • Combined X-ray emission and diffraction
  • Stimulated X-ray emission spectroscopy
  • Nuclear resonant scattering
  • Ultrafast electron diffraction
Applications of X-ray spectroscopy and scattering to:
  • Metalloproteins in bio-catalysis
  • 3d transition metal compounds
  • Water and aqueous solutions
  • Hydrocarbons and fossil fuels
  • 2d layered materials
 
Applications for X-ray fluorescence imaging to:
  • Ancient parchment writings including the The Archimedes Palimpsest
  • Medical studies of brain tissue
  • Fossils including the Archaeopteryx and Confuciusornis Sanctus
 
Application of ultrafast electron diffraction to:
  • 2d layered materials

Synergisc Activities

Co-founding of Berkeley Spectroscopy Club, a lecture series that ran for two years until my departure from LBNL, see http://spectroscopy.lbl.gov/
Co-founding of the SLAC Public Lecture Series, see http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/lectures/

Fellowships, Awards and Honors

SLAC Employee Recognition Award, 2004
Proposal Review Panel member at National Synchrotron Light Source, 2005-2007
Member of the California Executive Committee of the American Physical Society, 2009-2012

Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, 2017

Advisors

Diplom:  Erich Gerdau, Hamburg University

Ph.D.:  Peter Stephens, Stony Brook University, Jerry Hastings, NSLS, D. Peter Siddons, NSLS

Postdoctoral:  Francesco Sette, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility   Stephen P. Cramer, UC Davis and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Students Advised

High school students:
Jessica Lee, Bryce Cronkite-Ratcliff

Undergraduate students (SULI program):
Kevin Reynolds, Isabella Griffin, Manisha Turner

Niclas Zeller  

Stanford Freshman Students Advised

(2011/12) Charles C Cox, Darren Hau, Michael A Lublin, Delaney M Sztraicher, Justine Y Zhang

(2012/13) 
Hashim Ali AlAwami, Asli Kimya, Michael P McKenna, Ines Lizaur

Postdocs/Research Asociates Advised

Xuena Zhang (2009-10)
Roberto Alonso-Mori (2010-13)
Jan Florian Kern (2010-12), supervision shared with Vittal Yachandra, LBNL Thomas Kroll (2013-15), supervision shared with Junko Yano, LBNL 
Clemens Weninger (2016-), supervision shared with David Fritz, SLAC
Ming-Fu Lin (2016-), supervision shared with David Fritz, SLAC
Thomas Fransson (2016-), supervision shared with Junko Yano, LBNL
Yu Zhang (2017-)            
Contact Information
Name: Uwe Bergmann
Title: Distinguished Scientist
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Phone: (650) 926-3048
Fax: (650) 926-7975
Email:
Curriculum Vitae 
Curriculum Vitae
 

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