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Uwe Bergmann

Professor at University of wisconsin-madison  
                             
user at slac national accelerator laboratory

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Short Bio

Uwe Bergmann got his PhD in Physics from Stony Brook University and is the Martin L. Perl Endowed Professor in Ultrafast X-ray Science in the Physics Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 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, where he has been Deputy and Interim Director, and the Stanford PULSE Institute.
 
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
2015-2020 Distinguished Staff Scientist, SLAC, Stanford, CA
2015-2020 Principal Investigator, Stanford PULSE Institute, Stanford, CA
2016-2020
 
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
 2020- Professor, Physics Department, UW-Madison, Madison, WI 
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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

Moossa J. Arman Award for Innovation in Physics, UCLA College of Physics & Astronomy, April 16, 2018

Member of the California Executive Committee of the American Physical Society, 2009-2012

Proposal Review Panel member at National Synchrotron Light Source, 2005 – 2007

SLAC Employee Recognition Award, 2004

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

Niclas Zeller, Luis Matheis, José Enriquo Corado

Graduate Intern: Katalina Kimball-Linares


Stanford Freshman Students Advised

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

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


​Postdocs/Research Asociates Advised


Andrew Attar (2018-2020), supervision shared with Mike Minitti, SLAC
Alexander Britz (2018-20), supervision shared with Sebstien Boutet, SLAC
Yu Zhang (2017-19)
Thomas Fransson (2016-17), supervision shared with Junko Yano, LBNL
Ming-Fu Lin (2016-18), supervision shared with David Fritz, SLAC
Clemens Weninger (2016-17), supervision shared with David Fritz, SLAC
Thomas Kroll (2013-15), supervision shared with Junko Yano, LBNL
Jan Florian Kern (2010-12), supervision shared with Vittal Yachandra, LBNL
Roberto Alonso-Mori (2010-12)​
Dimosthenis Sokaras (2010-13)     
Xuena Zhang (2009-10)




         
Contact Information
Name: Uwe Bergmann
Title: Professor
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Phone: (650) 387 4135
Email: u
Curriculum Vitae 
Curriculum Vitae
 

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