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Christian Schroer
Leading Scientist of PETRA III
Christian Schroer is leading the scientific programme of the synchrotron radiation source PETRA III and is a professor for X-ray nanoscience and X-ray optics at the University of Hamburg. His main field of research is X-ray microscopy and X-ray optics that have wide range of applications in physics, chemistry, the life, materials and geosciences, as well as in nanotechnology. Schroer made his doctoral studies in mathematical physics. After a visit as postdoctoral fellow to the University of Maryland, he worked as a research and teaching associate at RWTH Aachen University in the field of X-ray optics and microscopy. Finishing his habilitation in 2004, he joined DESY in Hamburg as a staff scientist. From 2006 to 2014, he was professor for structural physics of condensed matter at Technische Universität Dresden, before he moved back to Hamburg to take on his current position. As leading scientist of PETRA III, he works on the strategic development of the facility. In particular, he led the development of the science case and the conceptual design of PETRA IV, DESY´s planned ultra-low emittance source. As X-ray microscopist, he is working on DESY´s imaging strategy and is cofounder and speaker of Helmholtz Imaging, a platform of the Helmholtz Incubator on Information and Data Science. His scientific group develops X-ray microscopy for synchrotron radiation sources and X-ray free-electron lasers.
Academic career
| Since 2014 | Professor at the University of Hamburg and Leading Scientist at DESY |
| 2006-2014 | Professor for Structural Physics of Condensed Matter at the Technical University of Dresden |
| 2004-2006 | Scientist at DESY and private lecturer at the University of Hamburg |
| 1998-2004 | Research and teaching associate at RWTH Aachen University (postdoctoral lecture qualification 2004, private lecturer) |
| 1996-1998 | Postdoc at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, USA |
| 1995-1996 | Postdoc at the Institute for Solid State Physics Research (IFF) at Research Center Jülich |
| 1992-1995 | Doctoral student at the Institute for Solid State Research (IFF) at Research Center Jülich, doctorate at the University of Cologne, 1995 |
| 1986-1992 | Study of physics at RWTH Aachen University |
