Alumni

Laboratory of Metal Physics and Technology

Samuel Montibeller

LMPT Technical Support (2021 – 2023)

Metallography, metallic biomaterials

Now at Kairos Medical AG, Bettlach

Vladimir Vojtech

LMPT Ph.D. student (2018 – 2022)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 28820): Unraveling the relationship between phase separation, magnetic characteristics and mechanical properties in the Fe–Cr system

Leopold Berger

LMPT Postdoc (2016 – 2022)

Metallic biomaterials

Now at Kairos Medical AG, Bettlach

Christian Wegmann

Technician, electronics and mechanics (1991 – 2022)

After 31 years at ETH, Christian Wegmann left for his well-deserved (early) retirement

Leonardo Pierobon

LMPT Ph.D. student (2016 – 2021)
LMPT Postdoc (2021)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 27689): Unconventional magnetization structures and processes in nanoscale magnets

Now Research Associate at external pageUC San Diego (funded by external pagePostdoc.Mobility)

Martina Cihova

LMPT Ph.D. student (2014 – 2019)
LMPT Postdoc (2019 – 2020)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 26283): Nanoscale characterization of biodegradable, lean magnesium alloys: a detailed study of their microstructure–property correlations

Now Research Associate at external pageImperial College London (funded by external pagePostdoc.Mobility)

Katherine Hahn

After 29 years at ETH, Kathy Hahn left for her well-deserved retirement.

LMPT Admin. Assistant (2004 – 2007)

Proofreader (2007 – 2020)

Peter Uggowitzer

Titular-Professor (retired in 2015; part-time employment 2016 – 2020)

After 39 years at ETH, Peter Uggowitzer officially retired from his duties. He continues as a guest professor at the external pageUniversity of Leoben

Peter Uggowitzer (born in 1950) joined the ETH Zurich in 1981 where in 1993 he completed his habilitation in the group of Prof. Markus O. Speidel. In 1996 he was awarded the title of Professor at ETH Zurich, and in 2003 he joined the LMPT. His research at LMPT focused on light metals (Mg and Al), highly corrosion-resistant Fe-based alloys, and biodegradable materials.

Dimitrios Koulialias

LMPT Ph.D. student (2014 – 2018)
LMPT Postdoc (2019 – 2020)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 25734): Magnetic thermodynamics of natural monoclinic pyrrhotite

Now at School for Continuing Education, Zurich

Güven Kurtuldu

LMPT Postdoc (2015 – 2020)

Bulk metallic glasses and quasicrystals

Raman Singh

Guest Professor (January – March 2020)

Professor at Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at external pageMonash University

Christoforos Moutafis

Guest Professor (March - July 2019)

Lecturer in Spintronics at the external pageUniversity of Manchester

Fabian Haag

LMPT Ph.D. student (2013 – 2018)
LMPT Postdoc (2018)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 25478): High-speed infrared monitoring and simulations of bulk metallic glass casting

Now at external pageGeorg Fischer JRG AG, Sissach

Michalis Charilaou

LMPT Ph.D. student (2008 – 2012)
LMPT Postdoc (2015 – 2018)

Nanoscale magnetsim

Now Assistant Professorship external pageat the Department of Physics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA.

Karl Shamlaye

LMPT Postdoc (2014 – 2017)

Bulk Metallic Glass Development

Now Research Fellow at Institute of Frontier Materials - IFM, Deakin University

Rafal Dunin-Borkowski

Guest Professor (March - May 2017)

Director of the external pageErnst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons, Research Center Jülich

Jake Cao

LMPT Postdoc (2013 – 2016)

Bulk metallic glasses and metallic biomaterials

Now at external pageTherapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), which is the regulary body for therapeutic goods in Australia

Soumya Swayamjyoti

LMPT and PSI Ph.D. student (2012 – 2016)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 23535): Atomics simulations to study metallic glasses: a microscopic investigation of local structural exitations

Now Postdoc at Teacher and Researcher in India

Davide Granata

LMPT Ph.D. student (2011 – 2015)
LMPT Postdoc (2015 – 2016)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 22977): Effects of fluxing, microalloying and composition in bulk metallic glass design

Now performing Consulting in Berlin, Germany

Bernd Schönfeld

Titular-Professor (retired in 2015)

After 31 years at ETH, Bernd Schönfeld left for his well-deserved retirement.

Bernd Schönfeld (born in 1950) joined the ETH Zurich in 1984 where in 1994 he completed his habilitation in the group of Prof. Gernot Kostorz. In 2002 he was awarded the title of Professor, and in 2006 he joined the LMPT. His research at LMPT focused on order and decomposition in alloys, studied in particular with X-rays / synchrotron radiation and neutrons, with the aim of an improved understanding on the atomic scale.

Peter Thurnheer

LMPT Ph.D. student (2011 – 2015)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 23191): Dynamics and temperature of shear banding in metallic glasses

Now at Kistler Instrumente AG, Winterthur

Jérôme Zemp

LMPT Ph.D. student (2010 – 2015)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 22865): Atomic arrangements in copper-zirconium metallic glasses

Now at external pageQUO AG, Oerlikon

Joëlle Hofstetter

LMPT Ph.D. student (2010 – 2015)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 22685): Development of high-strength low-alloy (HSLA) magnesium alloys for biomedical application

Now at ABB, Lenzburg

Cédric Sax

LMPT Ph.D. student (2010 – 2015)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 22617): Interactions and atomic displacements in iron based Invar alloys

Now at Confinale AG, Zug

Stefan Pogatscher

LMPT Postdoc (2012 – 2015)

Bulk metallic glasses and light metals

Now external pageAssistant Professor at Montanuniversität Leoben, AT

Reto Giannini

LMPT Ph.D. student (2008 – 2014)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 21936): Shape dependence of Localized Surface Plamon Resonances and their application in nanoemitters

Now IP Counsel at Mettler-Toledo Int. Inc.

Frank Moszner

LMPT Ph.D. student (2010 – 2014)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 21971): Fe-Mn-Pd maraging steels for biodegradable implant applications

Now Postdoc at external pageEMPA Dübendorf, Switzerland

Shankar Kumar Jha

LMPT Ph.D. student (2008 – 2013)
LMPT Postdoc (2013 – 2014)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 21546): Deep-ultraviolet surface-enhanced Raman scattering and fluorescence using aluminium nanostructures

Now at MDT-tex, Hardheim, Germany

Jessica Kind

LMPT Postdoc (2012 – 2014)

Magnetic Thermodynamics

Alireza Saeed Akbari

LMPT Postdoc (2013 – 2014)

Mechanical properties bulk metallic glasses

Now Asst-Director R&D, Schmolz+Bicken Group, Luzern

Eric G. Daub

LMPT Postdoc (2012 and 2013)

Modeling of shear banding in metallic glasses

Now Assistant Professor at external pageEarthquake Physics @ CERI

Alexander Uhl

LMPT and EMPA Ph.D. student (2009 – 2013)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 21259): Non-vacuum Deposition of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Absorber Layers for Thin Film Solar Cells

Now Postdoc at external pageUniversity of Washington, Seattle, USA

Yasin Ekinci

LMPT Postdoc (2006 – 2012)

Nano-Optics

Now Senior Scientist at external pagePaul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland

Michael Schinhammer

LMPT Ph.D. student (2008 – 2012)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 20601): Development and characterization of biodegradable Fe-based alloys for temporary medical applications

Now at Qualitech Innotec, Winterthur

David Klaumünzer

LMPT Ph.D. student (2008 – 2012)
LMPT Postdoc (2012)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 20562): Stick-slip shear banding in metallic glasses

Now at Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, Germany

Kisor Sahu

LMPT Postdoc (2009 – 2012)

Modeling of atomic arrangements in metallic glasses and liquids

Now external pageAssistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, India

Robert Maaß

LMPT Postdoc (2009 – 2011)

Deformation kinetics in bulk metallic glasses

Now external pageAssistant Professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Markus Engelke

LMPT Ph.D. student (2006 – 2010)
LMPT Postdoc (2011)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 19104): Local atomic arrangements in Ni-Pt: The bulk and near-surface regimes

Now at external pageRadiation Protection, external pagePaul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland

Anja Hänzi

LMPT Ph.D. student (2005 – 2009)
LMPT Postdoc (2010-2011)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 18547): Development of biodegradable magnesium alloys for cardiovascular stent applications

Now at Zimmer Biomet, Winterthur

Victor Wessels

LMPT Postdoc and Research Associate (2009 – 2011)

Mechanical and biomedical properties of bulk metallic glasses

Now Data Analyst at Centene Corp., St. Louis, USA,

Stefano Buzzi

LMPT Ph.D. student (2005 – 2009)
LMPT Postdoc (2010)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 18338): Large-scale imprinting of silver submicrometer structures and studies of their optical and mechanical properties

Now at external pageQvanteq AG, Technopark, Zurich

Petra Gunde

LMPT Ph.D. student (2005 – 2010)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 19171): Biodegradable magnesium alloys for osteosynthesis – alloy development and surface modifications

Now at Sonova Group (Phonak), Stäfa

Julia C. E. Rasch

LMPT, ILL, and PSI Ph.D. student (2006 – 2009)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 18973): The triangular lattice antiferromagnet CuCrS2: magnetic order, lattice distortion and spin dynamics

Now at external pageVDI/VDE Innovation & Technology GmbH, Berlin, Germany

Alla Sologubenko

LMPT Postdoc (2007 – 2009)

Processing of bulk metallic glasses; transmission electron microscopy

Now at ScopeM, ETH Zürich

Alban Dubach

LMPT Ph.D. student (2005 – 2009)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 18576): Inhomogeneous deformation of Zr-based bulk metallic glasses

Now at external pageAsulab, 2074 Marin

Liliana I. da Silva Duarte

LMPT and EMPA Ph.D. student (2005 – 2009)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 18758): Phase relations in ternary Fe–Ni–Ti and quaternary Fe–Ni–Ti–Al systems

Now at external pageABB Schweiz AG, Corporate Research, Baden-Dättwil

Florian H. Dalla Torre

LMPT Postdoc and Research Associate (2005 – 2009)

Mechanical properties of bulk metallic glasses

Now Head R&D, Dental Implant Systems, Straumann AG, Basel

Konrad Papis

LMPT Ph.D. student (2005 – 2009)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 18588): Processing strategies in light-metal “compound casting”

Now at Georg Fischer Automotive, Schaffhausen

Bruno Zberg

LMPT Ph.D. student (2005 – 2009)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 18433): Biocompatible Mg-based glasses: towards a new class of degradable implants

Now at external pageStraumann AG, Basel

Eduard Schaller

Metallograph (retired in 2008)

After 40 years at ETH, Eduard Schaller left for his well-deserved retirement.

Edward R. Arata

LMPT Ph.D. student (2003 – 2008)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 17958): High-temperature, ultrahigh-gravity centrifugal processing of metallic melts (2008)

Now at Amber Kinetics, Inc., California, USA

Dirk I. Uhlenhaut

LMPT Ph.D. student (2004 – 2008)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 17941): Structure-property correlations in glassy Mg–Cu–Y, and corrosion resistance of novel Mg–Al–Ga glasses (2008)

Now at Metall Zug Group, Zug

Marco E. Siegrist

LMPT Ph.D. student (2003 – 2006)
LMPT Postdoc (2006 - 2008)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 16998): Bulk metallic glass composites (2006)

Now CEO and Founder of external pageKisman AG, Rudolfstetten

Christoph Fabian Eckermann

LMPT Ph.D. student (2004 – 2008)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 17755): Microscopic structural and electrochemical aspects of Al–Mg–Si corrosion (2008)

Now at external pageBiotronik AG, Bülach

Giovanni Mastrogiacomo

LMPT Ph.D. student (2004 – 2008)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 17634): Development of Fe-based metallic glasses via destabilization of the solid state and characterization of their magnetic and electrical properties (2008)

Now at Kistler Instruments AG, Winterthur

Chunlei Liu

LMPT and EMPA Ph.D. student (2003 – 2007)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 17469): Characterisation and modeling of interface reactions between diamond and active brazing alloys (2007)

Now at external pageABB Schweiz AG, Corporate Research, Baden-Dättwil

Andreas Kündig

LMPT Postdoc (2005 – 2007)

Nanoparticle-based metallic foams, metallic glass/polymer composites, technological applications of metallic glasses

Now at external pageTechnology Transfer Office, external pageEMPA Dübendorf

Pascal P. Jud

LMPT and EMPA Ph.D. student (2002 – 2006)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 16618): Deformation and Degradation of Sn3.8Ag0.7Cu Lead-free Solder Alloy (2006)

Now at external pageHilti, Liechtenstein

Sabine Hochstrasser

LMPT and EMPA Ph.D. student (2002 – 2006)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 16535): Mechanistic study of corrosion reactions on WC–Co hardmetal in aqueous solution – investigation by electrochemical methods and elemental solution analysis (2006)

Now at Institute of Corrosion Science, external pageUniversity of Applied Sciences, Konstanz, Germany

Thomas Etter

LMPT Ph.D. student (2002 – 2005)
LMPT Postdoc (2006)

Ph.D. Dissertation (ETH Nr. 16096): Material-physical description of interpenetrating graphite/aluminium composites produced by liquid metal infiltration (2005)

Now at external pageAlstom AG, Baden

Kaifeng Jin

Ph.D. student at UC Davis (2001 – 2003)
LMPT Ph.D. student (2003 – 2004)
LMPT Postdoc (2005)

Ph.D. Dissertation (submitted to University of California, Davis): Synthesis of Ni-free bulk metallic glasses and their biomedical applications (2004)

Now Director, swiXina Inv. Consulting Ltd, Uerikon