Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Höfer
born 07..07.1957
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/
Academic Career
2007-2009
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
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. Dr. D. Menzel and E. Umbach
1985
Diploma in Physics (Dipl. Phys.), Technische Universität (TU) München
Honours
2009
Offer of a chair for experimental physics, University of Würzburg (declined)
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 and Scientific Profile
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Laser spectroscopy of surfaces and interfaces, particularly coherent nonlinear optical
spectroscopy and time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy
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Dynamics of electronic excitations on surfaces and interfaces, especially ultrafast and coherent
phenomena
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Dynamics of simple adsorbate reactions, in particular diffusion processes and adsorption on
semiconductor surfaces
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Author or co-author of more than 90 publications in scientific journals with in total more than
3200 citations
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Selected Publications*
1. C. H. Schwalb, S. Sachs, M. Marks, A. Schöll, F. Reinert, E. Umbach, and U. Höfer.
„Electron Lifetime in a Shockley-Type Metal-Organic Interface State”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101,
146801 (2008).
2. 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, 1287-1291 (2007).
3. M. Dürr, U. Höfer, “Dissociative adsorption of molecular hydrogen on silicon surfaces”, Surf.
Sci. Rep. 61, 465-526 (2006).
4. K. Stépán, J. Güdde, U. Höfer, “Time-resolved measurement of surface diffusion induced by
femtosecond laser pulses”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 236103 (2005).
5. 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).
6. P. M. Echenique, R. Berndt, E. V. Chulkov, Th. Fauster, A. Goldmann and U. Höfer, “Decay
of electronic excitations at metal surfaces”, Surf. Sci. Rep. 52, 219-317 (2004).
7. 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).
8. 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).
9. 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).
10. U. Höfer, I. L. Shumay, Ch. Reuß, U. Thomann, W. Wallauer, and Th. Fauster, “Timeresolved coherent photoelectron spectroscopy of quantized electronic states at metal surfaces”,
Science 277, 1480-82 (1997).
* Out of a total of more than 90 publications in scientific journals with together more than 3200
citations.
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