Dr. Philipp Gruene – Combustion & Catalysis Laboratory | The City College of New York, Grove School of Engineerin

Academic Qualifications:
- Research associate, Fritz-Haber-Institut of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin(Since Jan 2006)
- Research project: titania doped vanadium oxide catalystsSupervisor: Prof. Dr. Robert Schlögl
  (Since June 2009)
- Ph.D. thesis:
  “Structure and Reactivity of Clusters of the Late Transition Metals”Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Gerard Meijer,
  Prof. Dr. Drs. h. c. Helmut Schwarz
  (Jan 2006-Feb 2009)
  Use of combination of mass spectrometry (laser vaporization TOF-MS) with various spectroscopic techniques (FT-IR, IR, UV-Vis); new molecular-beam setup has been designed, constructed, assembled, and characterized;

Continuous research stays (~6 times per year for ~2 weeks) at the FOMInstitute for Plasma Physics Rhijnhuizen, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

Overall grade: with distinction (summa cum laude)

Civil National Service:
- Educational work with young challanged persons at the Loic Francis Lee Association, Capena, Italy(Dec 1998-March 2000)

School:
- Abitur (equivalent to A levels / high school diploma) from the städtische Gymnasium, Haan, Germany
  overall grade: 1.6(June 1998)
- High school studies at the Colorado Rocky Mountain School, Carbondale, USA(Aug 1995-July 1996)

Scholarships and Awards:
- Klaus-Koch Award of the Technische Universität Berlin for outstanding course achievements(Dec 2001)
- Scholarship holder of the “Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes”(Oct 2002-Dec 2005)
- Travel scholarship of the “Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes”(Oct 2003-March 2004)
- Fellow of the International Max-Planck Research School Complex Surfaces in Material Science(Jan 2006-Feb2009)
- Travel scholarship of the Karl-Ziegler-Foundation(March 2008)

Work, Organization, and Industry Experience:
- Working student at the Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany(July 1998-Sept 1998)
- Tutor for the university lecture “Mathmatics for chemists III”(April 2002-Sept 2002)
- Tutor for the university lecture “Mathmatics for chemists I”(Oct 2002-March 2003)
- Student assistant in the research group of Prof. Dr. Drs. h. c. Helmut Schwarz (organic synthesis and use of modern mass spectrometric techniques: ESI, EI/CI, quadrupole, FT-ICR, MS/MS)(April 2003-Dec 2005)
- Member of the organization committee of the confrerence “1st IMPRS Workshop on Surface Science”, Ringberg Castle, Germany(Aug 2006-Feb 2007)
- Participant of the 115th International BASF Summer Course, Ludwigshafen, Germany(July 2008)

Publications and Conference Contributions:
- 22 contributions at 15 conferences in Germany and Europe including 3 oral presentations
- Referee for Journal of Chemical Physics

List of Publications:
- Book Articles:
  - (3) New tools for structure elucidation in the gas phase: IR spectroscopy ofbare and doped silicon nanoparticles
    P. Gruene, J. T. Lyon, G. Meijer, P. Lievens, A. Fielicke
    -in: Ideas in Chemistry and Molecular Sciences. Advances in Nanotechnology, Materials and Devices (Vol.3); Ed. Bruno Pignataro, Wiley 2009;
    submitted.
  - (2) Vibrational spectroscopy of strongly bound clustersP. Gruene, J. T. Lyon, A. Fielicke
    -in: Handbook of Nanophysics; Ed. Klaus Sattler, Taylor & Francis 2009,
    submitted.
  - (1) Endohedrally Doped Silicon ClustersN. Veldeman, P. Gruene, A. Fielicke, P. Claes, V. T. Ngan, M. T. Nguyen, P. Lievens
    -in: Handbook of Nanophysics; Ed. Klaus Sattler, Taylor & Francis 2009,
    submitted.