Dr. Mierk Schwabe

EDUCATION & POSITIONS


PostdocUniversity of California, Berkeley
Department of Chemical Engineering, 2012 - today
Simulating collective effects in dusty plasmas
Prof. David Graves
PostdocMax Planck Institute for extraterrestrial Physics, Germany
Complex plasma group, 2009 - 2011
Science management of the PK-3 Plus Laboratory
on board the International Space Station; Investigation
of fluid effects in complex plasmas in the ground laboratory

Prof. Gregor Morfill, Dr. Hubertus Thomas
Ph.D.Max Planck Institute for extraterrestrial Physics, Germany
Ludwig-Maximilians Universtität, Munich, Germany

Complex plasma group, 2006 - 2009
Dynamical effects in fluid complex plasmas
Planning and participating in a parabolic flight campaign
Prof. Gregor Morfill, Dr. Hubertus Thomas
summa cum laude
Diploma thesisMax Planck Institute for extraterrestrial Physics, Germany
Complex plasma group, 2005 - 2006
Microparticles as Probes in a Highly Magnetized Plasma
Dr. Uwe Konopka
DiplomaUniversity of Technology, Munich, Germany
Physics, 2000 - 2006
ExchangeUniversite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
Physics, Computer Science, 2003 - 2004


AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
EU Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship, 2012 - 2014
Three-year research fellowship for studies abroad, acceptance rate ~20%
Young Scientist Award
International Conference on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas, Germany, 2011
Awarded to one outstanding young scientist in the field of dusty plasmas every 3 years
PhD Research Award of the Plasma Physics Division of the European Physical Society, 2011
Awarded to the three outstanding PhD theses in the field of plasma physics every year
Best student poster presentation
EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Greece, 2008
One of four prizes awarded to the best poster presentations by students
Best student poster presentation
IPELS Conference, Australia, 2007
One of two prizes awarded to the best poster presentations by students


REFEREE SERVICE
  • IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (repeatedly)
  • Physics of Plasmas (repeatedly)
  • Journal of Physics A
  • Journal of Plasma Physics
  • Physica Scripta
  • Physical Review E

TEACHING & OUTREACH
Freshmen Seminar at UC Berkeley: Physics in Weightlessness
Spring 2013
Writing an outreach science blog
http://www.wissenslogs.de/wblogs/blog/zundspannung/
2008 - today
Supervision of lab experiment on plasma crystals
University of Technology, Munich, 2007 - 2011