Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Höfer
Philipps-Universität Marburg
Department of Physics
Renthof 5, 35032 Marburg/Germany
Phone: +49 6421-2824215
Fax: +49 6421-2824218
hoefer@physik.uni-marburg.de
http://www.physik.uni-marburg.de/of/
Education
1996
Habilitation (Dr. rer. nat. habil.) in Experimental Physics, TU München, „Nonlinear
optical spectroscopy of silicon surfaces“
1989
Doctoral degree in Physics (Dr. rer. nat.) at TU München, Dissertation on „High
resolution photoelectron spectroscopy at surfaces: lineshapes, loss processes and
applications“, thesis advisors: Profs. D. Menzel and E. Umbach
1985
Diploma in Physics (Dipl. Phys.), Technische Universität (TU) München
Academic Career
2007-date
Dean of the Physics Department, Philipps-Universität Marburg
2003-2007
Managing Director, Material Sciences Center, Philipps-Universität Marburg
1999-date
Professor for Experimental Physics, Philipps-Universität Marburg
1996-1999
Lehrbeauftragter/lecturer, Physik-Department, TU München
1994
Visiting Scientist, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York
(USA)
1992-1999
Group Leader, Surface Dynamics, Laser Chemistry Department (Prof. K.-L. Kompa),
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching/München
1990-1991
Post-doc fellow, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York
(USA), Department of Physical Sciences, Laser Science (Dr. T. F. Heinz)
1987-1989
Research Assistant, Physik-Department E20 (Prof. D. Menzel), TU München
Honours
2006
Fellow of the American Physical Society (USA)
1995
Arnold-Sommerfeld Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
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Research Interests
Experimental surface science, dynamics of electron transfer processes at surfaces and interfaces,
coherent and ultrafast phenomena at semiconductor and metal surfaces, elementary chemical reactions
of adsorbates, surface diffusion, laser spectroscopy of surfaces and interfaces, photoelectron
spectroscopy, nonlinear optics.
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Selected Publications
1. J. Güdde, M. Rohleder, T. Meier, S. W. Koch, U. Höfer, “Time-resolved observation of coherently
controlled electric currents at a metal surface, Science 318 (2007, in press).
2. M. Dürr, U. Höfer, “Dissociative adsorption of molecular hydrogen on silicon surfaces”, Surf.
Sci. Rep. 61, 465-526 (2006).
3. K. Stépán, J. Güdde, U. Höfer, “Time-resolved measurement of surface diffusion induced by
femtosecond laser pulses”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 236103 (2005).
4. M. Rohleder, W. Berthold, J. Güdde, and U. Höfer, “Time-resolved two-photon photoemission
from buried interface states in Ar/Cu(100)”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 017401 (2005).
5. C. Voelkmann, M. Reichelt, T. Meier, S. W. Koch, and U. Höfer, “Five-wave-mixing
spectroscopy of ultrafast electron dynamics at a Si(001) surface”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 127405
(2004).
6. M. Dürr, A. Biedermann, Z. Hu, U. Höfer, and T. F. Heinz, “Probing high-barrier pathways of
surface reactions by scanning tunneling microscopy”, Science 296, 1838-41 (2002).
7. W. Berthold, U. Höfer, P. Feulner, E. V. Chulkov, V. M. Silkin, and P. M. Echenique,
“Momentum-resolved lifetimes of image-potential states on Cu(100)”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88,
056805 (2002).
8. M. Dürr, Z. Hu, A. Biedermann, U. Höfer, and T. F. Heinz, “Real-space study of the pathway for
dissociative adsorption of H2 on Si(001)”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 046104 (2002).
9. M. Dürr, M. B. Raschke, E. Pehlke, and U. Höfer, „Structure sensitive reaction channels of
molecular hydrogen on silicon surfaces“, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 123-26 (2001).
10. Ch. Reuß, I. L. Shumay, U. Thomann, M. Kutschera, M. Weinelt, Th. Fauster, and U. Höfer,
“Control of the dephasing of image-potential states by adsorption of CO on Cu(100)”, Phys. Rev.
Lett. 82, 153-156 (1999).
11. P. Kratzer, E. Pehlke, M. Scheffler, M. B. Raschke, U. Höfer, “Highly site-specific H2 adsorption
on vicinal Si(001) surfaces”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 5596-99 (1998).
12. U. Höfer, I. L. Shumay, Ch. Reuß, U. Thomann, W. Wallauer, and Th. Fauster, “Time-resolved
coherent photoelectron spectroscopy of quantized electronic states at metal surfaces”, Science 277,
1480-82 (1997).
13. P. Bratu and U. Höfer, “Phonon-assisted sticking of molecular hydrogen on Si(111)77”, Phys.
Rev. Lett. 74, 1625-28 (1995).
14. G. A. Reider, U. Höfer, and T. F. Heinz, „Surface diffusion of hydrogen on Si(111)77”, Phys.
Rev. Lett. 66, 1994-97 (1991).
15. U. Höfer, P. Morgen, W. Wurth, and E. Umbach, “Metastable molecular precursor for the
dissociative adsorption of oxygen on Si(111)”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 2979-82 (1985).
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