Apl. Prof. Dr. Achim Kittel
Apl. Prof. Dr. Achim Kittel
Curriculum Vitae
| 2007 - today | Apl. Professor of Experimental Physics at the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg |
| 2010 - 2011 | Substitute Professor for Experimental Polymer Physics (Prof. Dr. Reiter) at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg |
| 2007 | Research stay at the University of Wisconsin at Madison in the group of Prof. Dr. Robert F. McDermott with the topic of magnetic field measurements using SQUIDs |
| 2001 - 2007 | Privatdozent at the Insitute of Physics at the University of Oldenburg |
| 2001 | Habilitation at the University of Oldenburg with the following topics: low temperature physics, solid state physics, nonlinear dynamics, chaos control, and heat transfer at the nanometer scale |
| 1998 - 2001 | PostDoc at the Insitute of Physics of the University of Oldenburg |
| 1997 - 1998 | PostDoc at the University of California, Berkley under Prof. Dr. John Clarke, work on Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) |
| 1993 - 1997 | PostDoc at the Physical Institute of the Universität Bayreuth |
| 1990 - 1993 | PhD-Thesis at the Physical Institute of the University of Tübingen under Prof. Dr. Hübener, topic: "Experimente zum kritischen Verhalten beim bi- und multistabilen Ladungstransport in p-Germanium" |
| 1983 - 1990 | Studies of Physics at the Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Diplomathesis under Prof. Dr. Hübener, topic: "Dynamisches Verhalten des Stoßionisationsdurchbruchs in p-Germanium" |
Teaching
Lectures
Summer term 2024
5.04.002
Physikalisches Kolloquium
5.04.4043
Tieftemperaturphysik und Supraleitung
5.04.4045
Experimente der nichtlinearen Dynamik
5.04.4750
Electron Dynamics in Nanostructures
Publications
5 Selected Publications in chronological order:
- Kloppstech, K. & Könne, N. & Biehs, S.-A. & Rodriguez, A. & Worbes, L. & Hellmann, D. & Kittel, A. (2017). Giant heat transfer in the crossover regime between conduction and radiation. Nature Communications. 8.
- Engels, S. & Schneider, N.-L. & Lefeldt, N. & Hein, C. & Zapka, M. & Michalik, A. & Elbers, D. & Kittel, A. & Hore, P & Mouritsen, H.. (2014). Anthropogenic electromagnetic noise disrupts magnetic compass orientation in a migratory bird. Nature. 509.
- Sendelbach, S. & Hover, D. & Kittel, A. & Mück, M. & Martinis, J. & McDermott, R. (2008). Magnetism in SQUIDs at Millikelvin Temperatures. Physical Review Letters. 100. 227006.
- Kittel, A. & Mueller-Hirsch, W. & Parisi, J. & Biehs, S.-A. & Reddig, D. & Holthaus, M. (2005). Near-Field Heat Transfer in a Scanning Thermal Microscope. Physical Review Letters. 95. 224301
- Kittel, A. & Kouznetsov, KA & McDermott, R. & Oh, B.i & Clarke, J. (1998). High Tc superconducting second-order gradiometer. Applied Physics Letters. 73. 2197-2199.