Curriculum Vitae - The Munich-Centre for Advanced Photonics
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Curriculum Vitae - The Munich-Centre for Advanced Photonics
FRANZ PFEIFFER _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Curriculum Vitae Name Franz Pfeiffer Age 36, born 25th of November 1972 in Kösching, Germany Nationality German Marital status married, one child Education 1993 – 1999 Student at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich Diploma thesis X-ray and neutron waveguides at the ILL, Grenoble 1999 Diploma in Physics (very good, 1.1) 2000 – 2002 Ph.D. thesis X-ray and neutron waveguides at the Center of Nanoscience (Munich), the Institut Laue-Langevin (Grenoble), and the University of Saarbrücken Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Tim Salditt 2002 Ph.D. in Physics (summa cum laude) Professional Career 2003 Visiting scientist (6 months) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA 2003 – 2005 Scientist (tenure track) at the Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland Research and design of a beamline for coherent x-ray scattering 2005 – 2007 Group leader (tenured) at the Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland Research and scientific coordination of the coherent x-ray scattering group 2007 – 2008 Assistant Professor for Physics (tenure track), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne & Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland 2008 - 2009 Associate Professor for Physics (tenured), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne & Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland 2009 - Full Professor (Chair for Biomedical Physics), Technical University Munich, Germany Awards 2003 Dr. Eduard-Martin-Award (Ph.D.) from the University of Saarbrücken 2008 National Latsis Award of Switzerland (100.000 CHF) 2009 ERC Starting Grant Award (2.0 Mill. Euro) HARDTWEG. 8, 85748 GARCHING BEI MUENCHEN, GERMANY, TEL.: +49 89 289 12551 (OFFICE), EMAIL: [email protected] FRANZ PFEIFFER _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Publications Statistics (Source: ISI Web of Science) Total number of publications (as first/last author): Number of high-profile publications (as first/last author): Patent applications: Review articles: Book chapters: Invited talks: 69 (25/23) 15 (8/4) 8 2 1 45 (+10) Publications in high-profile journals (impact factor > 5) 1. Quantitative biological imaging by ptychographic X-ray diffraction microscopy, K. Giewekemeyer, P. Thibault, S. Kalbfleisch, A. Beerlink, C.M. Kewish, M. Dierolf, F. Pfeiffer, and T. Salditt, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, accepted (2009) 2. Region-of-interest tomography for grating-based x-ray differential phase-contrast imaging, F. Pfeiffer, C. David, O. Bunk, T. Donath, M. Bech, G. Le Duc, A. Bravin, and P. Cloetens, Physical Review Letters 101, 16810 (2008). 3. High-Resolution Scanning X-ray Diffraction Microscopy, Pierre Thibault, Martin Dierolf, Andreas Menzel, Oliver Bunk, Christian David, and Franz Pfeiffer, Science 321, 379-382 (2008). 4. Hard-X-ray dark-field imaging using a grating interferometer, F. Pfeiffer, M. Bech, O. Bunk, P. Kraft, E.F. Eikenberry, C. Brönnimann, C. Grünzweig, and C. David, Nature Materials 7, 134-137 (2008). 5. Colloidal monolayer trapped near a charged wall: A synchrotron x-ray diffraction study, D. K. Satapathy, O. Bunk, K. Jefimovs, K. Nygard, H. Guo, A. Diaz, E. Perret, F. Pfeiffer, C. David, G. H. Wegdam, and J. F. van der Veen, Physical Review Letters 101, 136103 (2008). 6. Neutron Dark-Field Tomography, M. Strobl, C. Grünzweig, A. Hilger, I. Manke, N. Kardjilov, C. David, and F. Pfeiffer, Physical Review Letters 101, 123902 (2008). 7. Neutron Decoherence Imaging for Visualizing Bulk Magnetic Domain Structures, C. Gruenzweig, C. David, O. Bunk, M. Dierolf, G. Frei, G. Kuehne, J. Kohlbrecher, R. Schaefer, P. Lejcek, H.M.R. Rønnow, and F. Pfeiffer, Physical Review Letters 101, 025504 (2008). 8. Coherent diffractive imaging using phase front modifications, I. Johnson, K. Jefimovs, O. Bunk, C. David, M. Dierolf, J. Gray, D. Renker, and F. Pfeiffer, Physical Review Letters 100, 155503 (2008). HARDTWEG. 8, 85748 GARCHING BEI MUENCHEN, GERMANY, TEL.: +49 89 289 12551 (OFFICE), EMAIL: [email protected] FRANZ PFEIFFER _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Hard X-ray phase tomography with low-brilliance sources, F. Pfeiffer, C. Kottler, O. Bunk, and C. David, Physical Review Letters 98(10), 108105 (2007). 10. Hard-x-ray lensless imaging of extended objects, J.M. Rodenburg, A.C. Hurst, A.G. Cullis, B.R. Dobson, F. Pfeiffer, O. Bunk, C. David, K. Jefimovs, and I. Johnson, Physical Review Letters 98(3), 034801 (2007). 11. Phase retrieval and differential phase-contrast imaging with low-brilliance X-ray sources, F. Pfeiffer, T. Weitkamp, O. Bunk, and C. David, Nature Physics 2(4), 258-261 (2006). 12. Neutron phase imaging and tomography, F. Pfeiffer, C. Grunzweig, O. Bunk, G. Frei, E. Lehmann, and C. David, Physical Review Letters 96, 215505 (2006). 13. Shearing interferometer for quantifying the coherence of hard x-ray beams, F. Pfeiffer, O. Bunk, C. Schulze-Briese, A. Diaz, T. Weitkamp, C. David, J.F. van der Veen, I. Vartanyants, and I.K. Robinson, Physical Review Letters 94(16), 164801 (2005). 14. Two-dimensional x-ray waveguides and point sources, F. Pfeiffer, C. David, M. Burghammer, C. Riekel, and T. Salditt, Science 297(5579), 230-234 (2002). 15. Submicrometer coherent neutron beam production using a thin-film waveguide, F. Pfeiffer, V. Leiner, P. Hoghoj, and I. Anderson, Physical Review Letters 88(5), 055507 (2002). Other publications in refereed journals 1. Quantitative phase-contrast tomography of a liquid phantom using a conventional x-ray tube source, J. Herzen, T. Donath, F. Pfeiffer, O. Bunk, C. Padeste, F. Beckmann, A. Schreyer, and C. David, Optics Express 17, 10010-10018 (2009). 2. Phase-contrast imaging and tomography at 60 keV using a conventional x-ray tube source, T. Donath, F. Pfeiffer, O. Bunk, W. Groot, M. Bednarzik, C. Grünzweig, E. Hempel, S. Popescu, M. Hoheisel, and C. David, Review of Scientific Instruments 80, 053701 (2009). 3. X-ray dark-field and phase-contrast imaging using a grating interferometer, F. Pfeiffer, M. Bech, O. Bunk, T. Donath, B. Henrich, P. Kraft, and C. David, Journal of Applied Physics 105, 102006 (2009). 4. Soft-tissue phase-contrast tomography with an x-ray tube source, M. Bech, T.H. Jensen, R. Feidenhans'l, O. Bunk, C. David, and F. Pfeiffer, Phys. Med. Biol. 54, 2747–2753 (2009). HARDTWEG. 8, 85748 GARCHING BEI MUENCHEN, GERMANY, TEL.: +49 89 289 12551 (OFFICE), EMAIL: [email protected] FRANZ PFEIFFER _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Probe retrieval in ptychographic coherent diffractive imaging, P. Thibault, M. Dierolf, O. Bunk, A. Menzel, and Franz Pfeiffer, Ultramicroscopy, in print (2009). 6. A Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode array for X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy, I. Johnson, Z. Sadygov, O. Bunk, A. Menzel, F. Pfeiffer, and D. Renker, J. Synchrotron Rad. 16, 105-109 (2009). 7. Hard X-ray phase-contrast imaging with the Compact Light Source based on inverse Compton X-rays M. Bech, O. Bunk, C. David, R. Ruth, J. Rifkin, R. Loewen, R. Feidenhans'l and F. Pfeiffer, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 16, 43-47 (2009). 8. State of the Art and Perspectives of Biomedical Imaging at the ESRF, Jose Baruchel, Pierre Bleuet, Sylvain Bohic, Alberto Bravin, Paola Coan, Christian David, Helene Elleaume, Francois Esteve, Francoise Peyrin, Franz Pfeiffer, Pekka Suortti, Oliver Bunk, and Timm Weitkamp, Synchrotron Radiation News 21, 30-41 (2008). 9. X-ray phase radiography and tomography of soft tissue using grating interferometry, Timm Weitkamp, Christian David, Oliver Bunk, Jens Bruder, Peter Cloetens, and Franz Pfeiffer, European Journal of Radiology 68S, 13-17 (2008). 10. Structure of confined fluids by x-ray interferometry using diffraction gratings, K. Nygard, D. K. Satapathy, O. Bunk, A. Diaz, E. Perret, J. Buitenhuis, F. Pfeiffer, C. David, and F. van der Veen, Optics Express 16, 20522-20529 (2008). 11. Concentration Profiles of Colloidal Fluids in One-Dimensional Confinement, O. Bunk, D. K. Satapathy, F. Pfeiffer, A. Diaz, C. David, K. Nygård, E. Perreta, C. Padeste, P. R. Willmott, B. D. Patterson, B. Schmitt, and J. Friso van der Veen, Chimia 62, 789-792 (2008). 12. Advances in the visualization of unstained brain tumors using grating-based x-ray phasecontrast tomography, Franz Pfeiffer, Oliver Bunk, Christian David, Martin Bech, Geraldine Le Duc, Alberto Bravin, and Peter Cloetens, Proc. SPIE 7078, 707815 (2008). 13. The fractional Talbot effect in differential x-ray phase-contrast imaging for extended and polychromatic x-ray sources, M. Engelhardt, C. Kottler, O. Bunk, C. David, C. Schroer, J. Baumann, M. Schuster, and F. Pfeiffer, Journal of Microscopy 232, 145-157 (2008). 14. Bulk magnetic domain structures visualized by neutron dark-field imaging, C. Grünzweig, C. David, O. Bunk, M. Dierolf, G. Frei, G. Kühne, R. Schäfer, S. Pofahl, H.M.R. Rønnow, and F. Pfeiffer, Applied Physics Letters 93, 112504 (2008). 15. Advances in ptychographical coherent diffractive imaging, HARDTWEG. 8, 85748 GARCHING BEI MUENCHEN, GERMANY, TEL.: +49 89 289 12551 (OFFICE), EMAIL: [email protected] FRANZ PFEIFFER _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Andreas Menzel, Pierre Thibault, Martin Dierolf, Cameron M. Kewish, Oliver Bunk, Christian David, Wolfram Leitenberger, and Franz Pfeiffer, Proc. SPIE 7076, 707609 (2008). 16. High-resolution tomographic imaging of microvessels, Bert Müller, Sabrina Lang, Marco Dominietto, Markus Rudin, Georg Schulz, Hans Deyhle, Marco Germann, Franz Pfeiffer, Christian David, and Timm Weitkamp, Proc. SPIE 7078, 70780B (2008). 17. Dynamical theory for diffractive x-ray imaging of one-dimensional periodic objects, K. Nygård, D.K. Satapathy, O. Bunk, F. Pfeiffer, C. David, and J.F. van der Veen, Applied Physics Letters 92, 214105 (2008). 18. Design, fabrication, and characterization of diffraction gratings for neutron phase contrast imaging C. Grünzweig, F. Pfeiffer, O. Bunk, T. Donath, G. Kühne, G. Frei, M. Dierolf, and C. David, Review of Scientific Instruments 79, 053703 (2008). 19. Influence of the overlap parameter on the convergence of the ptychographical iterative engine, O. Bunk, M. Dierolf, S. Kynde, I. Johnson, O. Marti, and F. Pfeiffer, Ultramicroscopy 108, 481–487 (2008). 20. X-ray imaging with the PILATUS 100k detector, M. Bech, O. Bunk, C. David, P. Kraft, C. Brönnimann, E.F. Eikenberry, and F. Pfeiffer, Appl. Rad. Isot. 66, 474-478 (2008). 21. High-resolution brain tumor visualization using three-dimensional x-ray phase contrast tomography, F. Pfeiffer, O. Bunk, C. David, M. Bech, G. Le Duc, A. Bravin, and P. Cloetens, Physics in Medicine and Biology 52(23), 6923-6930 (2007). 22. Inspection of refractive x-ray lenses using high-resolution differential phase contrast imaging with a microfocus x-ray source, M. Engelhardt, J. Baumann, M. Schuster, C. Kottler, F. Pfeiffer, O. Bunk and C. David, Review of Scientific Instruments 78, 093707 (2007). 23. A two-directional approach for grating based differential phase contrast imaging using hard x-rays, C. Kottler, C. David, F. Pfeiffer, and O. Bunk, Optics Express 15(3), 1175-1181 (2007). 24. Tomographic reconstruction of three-dimensional objects from hard X-ray differential phase contrast projection images, F. Pfeiffer, O. Bunk, C. Kottler, and C. David, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research 580(2), 925-928 (2007). 25. Phase contrast X-ray imaging of large samples using an incoherent laboratory source, C. Kottler, F. Pfeiffer, O. Bunk, C. Grünzweig, J. Bruder, R. Kaufmann, T. Tlustos, H. Walt, I. Briod, T. Weitkamp, and C. David, Physica Status Solidi A 204, 2728-2733 (2007). HARDTWEG. 8, 85748 GARCHING BEI MUENCHEN, GERMANY, TEL.: +49 89 289 12551 (OFFICE), EMAIL: [email protected] FRANZ PFEIFFER _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 26. Measurement of the x-ray dose-dependent glass transition temperature of structured polymer films by x-ray diffraction, H.R. Keymeulen, A. Diaz, H.H. Solak, C. David, F. Pfeiffer, B.D. Patterson, and J.F. van der Veen, Journal of Applied Physics 102(1), 013528 (2007). 27. High-resolution differential phase contrast imaging using a magnifying projection geometry with a microfocus x-ray source, M. Engelhardt, J. Baumann, M. Schuster, C. Kottler, F. Pfeiffer, O. Bunk, and C. David, Applied Physics Letters 90(22), 224101 (2007). 28. Hard X-ray phase imaging and tomography using a grating interferometer, C. David, T. Weitkamp, F. Pfeiffer, A. Diaz, J. Bruder, T. Rohbeck, A. Groso, O. Bunk, M. Stampanoni, and P. Cloetens, Spectrochimica Acta B 62(6-7), 626-630 (2007). 29. Grating interferometer based scanning setup for hard x-ray phase contrast imaging, C. Kottler, F. Pfeiffer, O. Bunk, C. Grunzweig, and C. David, Review of Scientific Instruments 78(4), 043710 (2007). 30. Fabrication of Fresnel zone plates for hard X-rays, K. Jefimovs, O. Bunk, F. Pfeiffer, D. Grolimund, J.F. van der Veen, and C. David, Microelectronic Engineering 84(5-8), 1467-1470 (2007). 31. Fabrication of diffraction gratings for hard X-ray phase contrast imaging, C. David, J. Bruder, T. Rohbeck, C. Grunzweig, C. Kottler, A. Diaz, O. Bunk, and F. Pfeiffer, Microelectronic Engineering 84(5-8), 1172-1177 (2007). 32. Diffractive imaging for periodic samples: retrieving one-dimensional concentration profiles across microfluidic channels, O. Bunk, A. Diaz, F. Pfeiffer, C. David, B. Schmitt, D.K. Satapathy, and J.F. van der Veen, Acta Crystallographica Section A 63, 306-314 (2007). 33. Confinement-induced liquid ordering investigated by x-ray phase retrieval, O. Bunk, A. Diaz, F. Pfeiffer, C. David, C. Padeste, H. Keymeulen, P.R. Willmott, B.D. Patterson, B. Schmitt, D.K. Satapathy, J.F. van der Veen, H. Guo, and G.H. Wegdam, Physical Review E 75(2), 021501 (2007). 34. Nanometer focusing properties of Fresnel zone plates described by dynamical diffraction theory, F. Pfeiffer, C. David, J.F. van der Veen, and C. Bergemann, Physical Review B 73(24), 245331 (2006). 35. Tomography with grating interferometers at low-brilliance sources, Timm Weitkamp, Christian David, Christian Kottler, Oliver Bunk, and Franz Pfeiffer, Proc. SPIE 6318, 63180S (2006). 36. X-ray phase imaging with a grating interferometer, T. Weitkamp, A. Diaz, C. David, F. Pfeiffer, M. Stampanoni, P. Cloetens, and E. Ziegler, Optics Express 13(16), 6296-6304 (2005). 37. X-ray beam-position monitoring in the sub-micrometre and sub-second regime, HARDTWEG. 8, 85748 GARCHING BEI MUENCHEN, GERMANY, TEL.: +49 89 289 12551 (OFFICE), EMAIL: [email protected] FRANZ PFEIFFER _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ O. Bunk, F. Pfeiffer, M. Stampanoni, B.D. Patterson, C. Schulze-Briese, and C. David, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 12(6), 795-799 (2005). 38. Substrate morphology repetition in "thick" polymer films, U. Pietsch, T. Panzner, F. Pfeiffer, and I.K. Robinson, Physica B-Condensed Matter 357(1-2), 136-140 (2005). 39. Microcavity arrays for X-ray diffraction studies of ordering phenomena in confined colloid solutions, A. Diaz, C. David, H. Guo, H. Keymeulen, F. Pfeiffer, G. Wegdam, T. Weitkamp, and J.F. van der Veen, Physica B : Condensed Matter 357(1-2), 199-203 (2005). 40. Coherent x-ray diffraction from quantum dots, I.A. Vartanyants, I.K. Robinson, J.D. Onken, M.A. Pfeifer, G.J. Williams, F. Pfeiffer, H. Metzger, Z. Zhong, and G. Bauer, Physical Review B 71(24), 245302 (2005). 41. White beam x-ray waveguide optics, A. Jarre, T. Salditt, T. Panzner, U. Pietsch, and F. Pfeiffer, Applied Physics Letters 85(2), 161-163 (2004). 42. Coherent x-ray scattering, F. van der Veen and F. Pfeiffer, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 16(28), 5003-5030 (2004). 43. Hard x-ray phase imaging and tomography with a grating interferometer, Timm Weitkamp, Ana Diaz, Bernd Nohammer, Franz Pfeiffer, Torben Rohbeck, Peter Cloetens, Marco Stampanoni, and Christian David, Proc. SPIE 5535, 137 (2004). 44. Moire interferometry formulas for hard x-ray wavefront sensing, Timm Weitkamp, A. Diaz, Bernd Nohammer, Franz Pfeiffer, Marco Stampanoni, Eric Ziegler, and Christian David, Proc. SPIE 5533, 140 (2004). 45. Coherent grazing exit x-ray scattering geometry for probing the structure of thin films, F. Pfeiffer, W. Zhang, and I.K. Robinson, Applied Physics Letters 84(11), 1847-1849 (2004). 46. X-ray waveguides and thin macromolecular films, T. Salditt, F. Pfeiffer, H. Perzl, A. Vix, U. Mennicke, A. Jarre, A. Mazuelas, and T.H. Metzger, Physica B: Condensed Matter 336(1-2), 181-192 (2003). 47. Enhancement of coherent X-ray diffraction from nanocrystals by introduction of X-ray optics, I.K. Robinson, F. Pfeiffer, I.A. Vartanyants, Y.G. Sun, and Y.N. Xia, Optics Express 11(19), 2329-2334 (2003). 48. 1D and 2D X-ray waveguides: Optics and applications, F. Pfeiffer, C. David, and T. Salditt, Journal De Physique IV 104, 211-216 (2003). HARDTWEG. 8, 85748 GARCHING BEI MUENCHEN, GERMANY, TEL.: +49 89 289 12551 (OFFICE), EMAIL: [email protected] FRANZ PFEIFFER _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 49. Waveguide-enhanced scattering from thin biomolecular films, F. Pfeiffer, U. Mennicke, and T. Salditt, Journal of Applied Crystallography 35, 163-167 (2002). 50. Reflection of waveguided X-rays in two-dimensional nanostructures, F. Pfeiffer, T. Salditt, and C. David, Journal of Applied Crystallography 35, 430-433 (2002). 51. Development of neutron optical components at ILL, P. Courtois, B. Hamelin, H. Humblot, L. Alianelli, and F. Pfeiffer, Applied Physics A : Materials Science & Processing 74(0), S320-S322 (2002). 52. Neutron waveguides: a new neutron optical device for the production of submicrometer neutron beams, Franz Pfeiffer, Peter Hoghoj, Ian S. Anderson, and Vincent Leiner, Proc. SPIE 4509, 79 (2001). 53. New design schemes for x-ray waveguides based on multiple guiding layers and twodimensional nanostructures, Franz Pfeiffer, Tim Salditt, Peter Hoghoj, and Christian David, Proc. SPIE 4145, 193 (2001). 54. X-ray waveguides with multiple guiding layers, F. Pfeiffer, T. Salditt, P. Hoghoj, I. Anderson, and N. Schell, Physical Review B 62(24), 16939-16943 (2000). Review Articles 1. Ptychography & lensless X-ray imaging, M. Dierolf, O. Bunk, S. Kynde, P. Thibault, I. Johnson, A. Menzel, K. Jefimovs, C. David, O. Marti, and F. Pfeiffer, Europhysics News 39, 22-24 (2008). 2. X-ray phase contrast imaging using a grating interferometer, Franz Pfeiffer, Christian David, and Timm Weitkamp, Europhysics News 5 (37), 13-15 (2006). Books Chapters 1. Chapter: Neutron Phase Imaging and Tomography, in Neutron Imaging and Applications, Springer Tracts in Modern Physics (2009). Patent applications 1. Focus-detector arrangement of an X-ray apparatus for generating projective or tomographic phase contrast recordings, J. BAUMANN, C. DAVID, M. ENGELHARDT, J. FREUDENBERGER, E. HEMPEL, M. HOHEISEL, T. MERTELMEIER, F. PFEIFFER, S. POPESCU and M. SCHUSTER, HARDTWEG. 8, 85748 GARCHING BEI MUENCHEN, GERMANY, TEL.: +49 89 289 12551 (OFFICE), EMAIL: [email protected] FRANZ PFEIFFER _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Patent # US2007070017220070131. 2. Focus-detector arrangement for generating projective or tomographic phase contrast recordings with X-ray optical gratings, J. BAUMANN, C. DAVID, M. ENGELHARDT, J. FREUDENBERGER, E. HEMPEL, M. HOHEISEL, T. MERTELMEIER, F. PFEIFFER, S. POPESCU and M. SCHUSTER, Patent # US2007070015420070131. 3. Focus/detector system of an x-ray apparatus for generating phase contrast recordings, S. POPESCU, B. HEISMANN, E. HEMPEL, C. DAVID and F. PFEIFFER, Patent # US2007070014020070131. 4. X-ray optical transmission grating of a focus-detector arrangement of an X-ray apparatus for generating projective or tomographic phase contrast recordings of a subject, J. BAUMANN, C. DAVID, M. ENGELHARDT, J. FREUDENBERGER, E. HEMPEL, M. HOHEISEL, T. MERTELMEIER, F. PFEIFFER, S. POPESCU and M. SCHUSTER, Patent # US2007070013920070131. 5. Focus-detector arrangement of an X-ray apparatus for generating projective or tomographic phase contrast recordings, J. BAUMANN, C. DAVID, M. ENGELHARDT, J. FREUDENBERGER, E. HEMPEL, M. HOHEISEL, T. MERTELMEIER, F. PFEIFFER, S. POPESCU and M. SCHUSTER, Patent # US2007070006020070131. 6. Focus Detector Arrangement For Generating Phase-Contrast X-Ray Images and Method for this, F. PFEIFFER, C. DAVID, J. BAUMANN, M. ENGELHARDT, J. FREUDENBERGER, E. HEMPEL, M. HOHEISEL, T. MERTELMEIER, S. POPESCU and M. SCHUSTER, Patent # WO2006EP6935520061206. 7. A method for radiographic and tomographic imaging based on the absorption, phase shift, and scattering of x-ray,s C. DAVID and F. PFEIFFER, Patent # WO2007EP06014449. 8. Interferometer for quantitative phase contrast imaging and tomography with an incoherent polychromatic x-ray source, C. DAVID, F. PFEIFFER and T. WEITKAMP, Patent # WO2006EP0511920060530. Press articles & Media response (selection) • Ein Super-Mikroskop aus Schweizer Hand, TV-documentary in ‚Schweizer Tagesschau’, broadcasted on SF1, 19:30, 18.07.2008. • Focus on X-ray Diffraction, Henry N. Chapman, Science 321, 378-379 (2008). • Dark-field imaging is demonstrated with a conventional hard-x-ray source, HARDTWEG. 8, 85748 GARCHING BEI MUENCHEN, GERMANY, TEL.: +49 89 289 12551 (OFFICE), EMAIL: [email protected] FRANZ PFEIFFER _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ B. Schwarzschild, Physics Today, Vol. 3, 12-16 (2008). • Des images rayons X nouvelle génération, Isabelle Ruchet, Tribune Médicale, Nr. 6, 2 (08.02.2008). • Kontrastreichere Aufnahmenmit Röntgenlicht, Veronika Winkler, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Vol. 24, B2 (30.01.2008). • Röntgenbilder mit mehr Details, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Vol. 25, N2 (30.01.2008). • New x-ray technology designed by Swiss reseachers, Amy Wong, Nicki Chadwick and Franz Pfeiffer, World News Radio, 88.4 FM, Geneva (21.01.2008). • Dark field X-rays reveal bodies in new detail, Tom Simonite, New Scientist (21.01.2008). • Scanner Darkly: Tiny venetian blinds enhance radiography, Davide Castelvecchi, Science News Magazine, Vol. 173, No. 4, p. 53 (26.01.2008). • Schärfere Röntgenbilder helfen, Brustkrebs und Alzheimer zu entdecken, Jan Oliver Löfken, Welt der Physik (21.01.2008). • Doorlichten met diffractie, Arno Schrauwers, De Ingenieur, Vol. 17, 54-55 (02.11.2007). • A discerning view - A new way of processing X-rays gives much clearer images, Alison Goddard, The Economist, Vol. 379, Nr. 8471, 73-74 (01.04.2006). • Soft Focus, Ed Gerstner, Nature 440, 619 (2006). • Neutron Vision, David Lindley, Physical Review Focus 17, story 20 (2006). • Sharp Set, Stuart Nathan, The Engineer, April issue (13.04.2006). • Einfach bessere Röntgenbilder, HARDTWEG. 8, 85748 GARCHING BEI MUENCHEN, GERMANY, TEL.: +49 89 289 12551 (OFFICE), EMAIL: [email protected] FRANZ PFEIFFER _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Rainer Scharf, Online auf www.pro-physik.de (10.04.2006). • Blick in die Weichteile, Ulf von Rauchhaupt, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Nr. 13, S. 68 (02.04.2006). • Medizinische Anwendung von Röntgenstrahlen, Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau 9, 510-511 (2006). • Ein Phasenkontrast-Mikroskop für Neutronen, Franz Pfeiffer, Physik in unserer Zeit 5 (37), 210-211 (2006). • PSI's imaging takes X-rays to the next level, Victoria Gill, Science Business Net (24.05.2006). • X Ray Excels: Technique brings a new image to medicine, Naila Moreira, Science News Online, Vol. 168, No. 8 (20.08.2005). • Phase Sensitive X-Ray: A new wave of imaging, Bill Wine, RT Image 18, 14-16 (2005). • Der feinste Röntgenstrahl, Rainer Scharf, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Nr. 159, S. 40 (12.07.2002). • Squeezing X-ray Photons, Till H. Metzger, Science 297, 205 (2002). Invited oral presentations 1. Phase-Contrast and Dark-Field Imaging -Improved Contrast in Medical X-Ray Diagnostics, World Congress of Medical Physics, Munich, Germany (2009). 2. Phase-Contrast and Dark-Field Imaging -Improved Contrast in Medical X-Ray Diagnostics, Annual Meeting of the Austrian and Swiss Physical Society, Innsbruck, Austria (2009) 3. Coherent X-Ray Imaging - New Trends and Developments, Brazilian Synchrotron Light Source Science Workshop, Campinas, Brazil (2009). 4. Phase-Contrast & Dark-Field Imaging for Better X-Ray Diagnostics, World Congress of Photonics, Munich, Germany (2009). HARDTWEG. 8, 85748 GARCHING BEI MUENCHEN, GERMANY, TEL.: +49 89 289 12551 (OFFICE), EMAIL: [email protected] FRANZ PFEIFFER _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Phase-Contrast and Dark-Field Imaging - Improved Contrast in Medical X-Ray Diagnostics, Medical Imaging Conference, Malmoe, Sweden (2009). 6. Modern Trends in Neutron Imaging, ESS Information Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark (2009). 7. Biomedical X-Ray Phase Contrast Imaging, International Interdisciplinary Conference on Biomedical Mathematics, Anshun City, Guizhou Province, China (2008). 8. Coherent X-ray Imaging at Future Hard X-Ray FEL Sources, International Workshop: Application of Coherent X-rays at the LCLS, Stanford Linear Accelerator, Stanford University, USA (2008). 9. ‘Super-Resolution’ Coherent Scanning X-Ray Microscopy, 9th Binannual Conference on High Resolution X-Ray Diffraction and Imaging (XTOP 2008), Linz, Austria (2008). 10. ‘Super-Resolution’ Coherent Scanning X-Ray Microscopy, Congress of the International Union of Crystallography, Osaka, Japan (2008). 11. ‘Super-Resolution’ Coherent Scanning X-Ray Microscopy, Advanced Light Source User Meeting, Berkeley, USA (2008). 12. Coherent X-Ray Imaging and Microscopy for Life Science Applications, The Zurich Physics Colloquium, ETH Zurich (2008). 13. Coherent X-Ray Imaging for Life Science Applications, Colloquium for Laser Physics, DESY, Hamburg, Germany (2008). 14. Phase Retrieval and Coherent X-Ray Imaging, HERCULES research course, Grenoble, France (2008). 15. Phase-Contrast and Dark-Field Imaging with X-Ray Synchrotron and Tube Sources, SPIE International Symposium on Optical Engineering + Applications, San Diego, USA (2008). 16. Introduction to X-ray Focusing, SPIE International Symposium on Optical Engineering + Applications, San Diego, USA (2008). 17. Coherent X-ray Scanning Diffraction Microscopy, Heraeus-Seminar “Matter in Coherent Light”, Bad Honnef, Germany (2008). 18. Coherent Diffractive Imaging and future Free-Electron Laser Sources, 2nd European X-ray Free-Elektron Laser Users' Meeting, DESY, Hamburg, Germany (2008). 19. Advanced X-ray Imaging, Biomedical Imaging Symposium, Niels-Bohr-Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark (2007). 20. Coherent Diffractive Imaging for Life Science Applications, HARDTWEG. 8, 85748 GARCHING BEI MUENCHEN, GERMANY, TEL.: +49 89 289 12551 (OFFICE), EMAIL: [email protected] FRANZ PFEIFFER _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ EU Conference on Eastern European Synchrotron Sources, Brno, Czech Republic (2007). 21. X-Ray Lensless Imaging of Extended Objects, Gordon Research Conference for X-ray Physics, New Haven, USA (2007). 22. X-Ray Lensless Imaging of Extended Objects - Ptychography, 4th International Conference on X-ray Coherence 2007, Monterey, USA (2007). 23. X-ray phase contrast imaging – new trends and perspectives, Symposium for Modern X-Ray Physics, Niels-Bohr-Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark (2007). 24. Coherent Diffractive Imaging at X-ray Free-Electron Lasers, 1st workshop on a Swiss X-ray Free-Electron Laser, SNF, Bern, Switzerland (2007). 25. X-Ray Phase Retrieval and Coherent Imaging for Life Science Applications, Invited Seminar, DIAMOND Light Source, Oxfordshire, U.K. (2007). 26. X-Ray Diffraction Microscopy of Extended Objects, Users Meeting of the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA (2007). 27. X-ray phase retrieval and phase contrast imaging for life science applications, Invited Seminar, University College London & London Center of Nanotechnology, U.K. (2007). 28. Phasenkontrastbildgebung mit Röntgenstrahlung, Seminar Radiology Department, Kantonspital Aarau, Switzerland (2007). 29. X-Ray Phase Retrieval and Coherent Imaging for Life Science Applications, Symposium for Free Electron Laser Studies, DESY, Hamburg, Germany (2006). 30. Phase Imaging and Tomography with Laboratory X-Ray Sources, MedX workshop, London Center for Nanotechnology, London, UK (2006). 31. Phase Imaging and Tomography with Low-Brilliance X-Ray Sources, International Conference on Imaging Techniques, Stockholm, Sweden (2006) 32. The beginnings of a new phase in medical imaging, Medical Imaging Workshop, Niels-Bohr-Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark (2006). 33. Neutron Phase Imaging using a Grating Interferometer, Neutron and Imaging workshop (IAN2006), Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge, USA (2006). 34. The beginnings of a new phase in medical imaging, Seminar, Institute for X-ray Physics, University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany (2006). 35. Phase Retrieval and Phase Contrast Imaging with incoherent Sources, International Coherence Workshop DESY, Hamburg, Germany (2006). 36. The Use of Coherent X-Ray Radiation in Modern Science, Annual Meeting of the European Physical Society EPS-13, Bern, Switzerland (2005). HARDTWEG. 8, 85748 GARCHING BEI MUENCHEN, GERMANY, TEL.: +49 89 289 12551 (OFFICE), EMAIL: [email protected] FRANZ PFEIFFER _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 37. Coherent x-ray diffraction imaging of nanocrystals, Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Crystallography, Lausanne, Switzerland (2005). 38. The new beamline for coherent Small Angle X-ray Scattering, Workshop, Coherent X-Ray Workshop PETRA III, Hamburg, Germany (2005). 39. A new approach to X-Ray and Neutron Phase Contrast Imaging, Seminar, Technical University Munich & FRM-II, Munich, Germany (2005). 40. The future beamline for coherent Small Angle X-ray Scattering at the Swiss Light Source, Coherence workshop, BESSY, Berlin, Germany (2004). 41. Projet de ligne de lumière X cohérente à Zürich, Seminar, Centre national de la recherché scientifique, Grenoble, France (2004). 42. Coherent X-ray Diffraction of Nanocrystals, 8th International Conference on X-Ray and Neutron Surface Scattering, Bad Honnef (2004). 43. Introduction to the basic methods and concepts of using coherent x-ray radiation, X-Ray Coherence & Imaging Workshop, DIAMOND Light Source, Oxfordshire, U.K. (2004). 44. Measurement of the coherence properties of hard x-rays using a multiple grating setup, APS lunchtime seminar, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne, Illinois, USA (2004). 45. Two-dimensional X-Ray Waveguides, Solid State and Optics Seminar, Yale University, USA (2003). 46. Two-dimensional X-Ray Waveguides, Seminar, University of Illinois/ Urbana-Champaign, USA (2003). 47. Two-dimensional X-Ray Waveguides, Seminar, Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, Ithaca, USA (2003). 48. Thin film X-ray and Neutron waveguides: Optics for sub-micrometer x-ray and neutron beams, International Conference on X-ray and Neutron Capillary Optics, Zvenigorod, Russia (2001). 49. X-ray waveguides based on multiple guiding layers and two-dimensional nanostructures, Annual Meeting of the International Society of Optical Engineering, San Diego, USA (2001). Additional invitations for invited talks, transferred to a group member 1. Coherent Scanning Diffraction Microscopy (given by Pierre Thibault), European Workshop on Systems Biology and Imaging, DIAMOND Light Source, UK (2008). 2. Super-Resolution X-Ray Microscopy (given by Martin Dierolf), IEEE Conference on Microtomography, Dresden, Germany (2008). 3. Super-Resolution X-Ray Microscopy (given by Pierre Thibault), DOE workshop for Bio-Imaging at the National Synchrotron Light Source, Washington, US (2008). HARDTWEG. 8, 85748 GARCHING BEI MUENCHEN, GERMANY, TEL.: +49 89 289 12551 (OFFICE), EMAIL: [email protected] FRANZ PFEIFFER _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. On the potential of coherent protein nano-crystallography at future XFEL sources (given by Cameron Kewish), Int. Workshop on Diffractive Imaging at the future EU-XFEL sources, Uppsala, Sweden (2008). 5. Advancements in ptychographical coherent diffractive imaging (given by Andreas Menzel), SPIE International Symposium on Optical Engineering + Applications, San Diego, USA (2008). 6. Scanning Diffraction Microscopy (given by Pierre Thibault), 9th International Conference on X-ray Microscopy, Zurich, Switzerland (2008). 7. Coherent Scanning Diffraction Microscopy (given by Pierre Thibault), International Conference on Phase Contrast Imaging, Bejing, China (2008). 8. Coherent X-Ray Diffraction at the Swiss Light Source (given by Oliver Bunk), Coherence workshop, NSLS-II, Brookhaven, US (2008). 9. Phase-Contrast X-Ray Imaging with a Compact Light Source (given by Martin Bech), DOE workshop on Compact X-Ray Sources, Washington, US (2007). 10. Coherent X-ray Scattering and Diffraction at the SLS (given by Andreas Menzel), Workshop on Two-Dimensional X-ray Detectors, ESRF, Grenoble (2007). HARDTWEG. 8, 85748 GARCHING BEI MUENCHEN, GERMANY, TEL.: +49 89 289 12551 (OFFICE), EMAIL: [email protected] FRANZ PFEIFFER _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HARDTWEG. 8, 85748 GARCHING BEI MUENCHEN, GERMANY, TEL.: +49 89 289 12551 (OFFICE), EMAIL: [email protected]