Tim Mewes

since October 2005
Assistant Professor at The University of Alabama

2003-2005
Post-Doc in the group of Prof. P.C. Hammel at The Ohio State University
Design and construction of a low temperature magnetic resonance force microscope for ESR and FMR experiments.

2002 PhD in Physics
Thesis Title: Systematics of epitaxial exchange bias systems.
University of Kaiserslautern, Physics Department
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. B. Hillebrands

1999 Physics Diploma
Title: The epitaxial exchange bias system NiFe/FeMn: preparation and magnetic characterization.
University of Kaiserslautern, Physics Department
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. B. Hillebrands

Study of physics and computer science since 1993.


Honors:

Kreissparkassenstiftungs Prize, University of Kaiserslautern 2000.

Scholarship for doctoral students of the German National Academic Foundation 1999-2002.

Student-scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation 1993-1999.


Experience:

Research visits

Theoretical studies of phase diagrams and microscopic model simulations of exchange-bias systems in the group of Prof. Dr. R. L. Stamps, UWA Perth, Australia (2001).

Kerr-microscopy in the group of Dr. R. Schäfer, IFW Dresden, Germany (2002).

Teaching

Teaching Assistant for undergraduate students. 
Development of web-based teaching materials. 
Advisor for advanced practical courses (Magnetooptics, Photovoltaic, X-ray diffraction).

Patent:

Patent wheatstonebridge, containing bridgeelements, consisting of a spin-valve-system, and procedures for their manufacturing, T. Mewes, J. Fassbender, B. Hillebrands, D. Engel, A. Ehresmann, R. Mattheis, DE 100 28 640.2, submitted 09.06.2000.

Publications

Presentations

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