Prof. Dr. Cornelia Denz
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Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Nichtlineare Physik
- Nichtlineare Optik
- Photonik
- Nanophotonics
- Lithography: Femtosecond laser lithography, soft lithography
- Biophotonics
- Cell mechanics
- Optofluidics, Microfluidics
- Optical materials
- Optische Informationsverarbeitung
- Nanophysics
Academic Education | |
| 05/1992 - 12/1999 | Habilitation in Experimental Physics, TU Darmstadt |
| 04/1988 - 06/1992 | Doctoral student, TU Darmstadt |
| 09/1990 - 03/1991 | Research Assistant, Institut d'Optique, Orsay, France |
| 10/1982 - 03/1988 | Study of Physics, TU Darmstadt |
Work Experience | |
| since 07/2013 | W3-Professur, Institut für Angewandte Physik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
| 10/2010 - 09/2016 | Prorektorin für Internationales und wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs |
| 06/2003 - 06/2013 | Professor (C4), Institute for Applied Physics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
| 07/2004 - 03/2011 | Geschäftsführende Direktorin, Institut für Angewandte Physik,Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
| 01/2007 - 12/2010 | Sprecherin, Center for Nonlinear Science, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
| 04/2001 - 05/2003 | Professor (C3), Institute for Applied Physics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
| 05/2000 - 03/2001 | Professor (C2), Faculty of Physics, TU Darmstadt |
| 04/1994 - 05/2000 | Assistant Professor (C1), Faculty of Physics, TU Darmstadt |
| 04/1988 - 03/1994 | Scientific Assistant, Faculty of Physics, TU Darmstadt |
Functions and Memberships | |
| Gutachterin für zahlreiche internationale Zeitschriften | |
| Jurymitglied Regionalwettbewerb Jugend forscht | |
| since 2017 | Kuratorium Volkswagenstiftung |
| since 2017 | Aufsichtsrat Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung |
| since 2010 | Mitglied verschiedener Preiskommissionen: Helmholtz-Preis, Hamburger Wissenschaftspreis |
| since 2010 | Beirat des Leibniz Instituts für Photonische Technologien, Jena |
| since 2005 | Vorstand der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Angewandte Optik (DGaO) |
| since 01/1996 | Gutachterin für ESF, EU FP5-7, H2020, diverse internationale und nationale Wissenschaftsorganisationen |
| 2008 - 2018 | Editor Physik Journal |
| 2010 - 2015 | Mitglied des Programmausschusses Photonik des BMBF |
| 2006 - 2015 | Board of the European Optical Society (EOS) |
| 2006 - 2015 | Scientific Advisory Board of the European Optical Society (EOS) |
| 2006 - 2010 | Editorial Board of the Journal of Optics |
Appointments | |
| 2013 | Offer to a Professorship for Physik (W3) , Universität Hamburg (rejected) |
| 2003 | Offer to a Professorship for Nichtlineare Physik (C4) , Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg |
Publications
Zamboni, Riccardo; Sebastián‐Vicente, Carlos; Denz, Cornelia; Imbrock, Jörg (2024) In: Advanced Functional Materials, 34(13) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Krause, Maurice; Greefrath, Gilbert; Forthmann, Boris; Kremer, Fabienne E.; Reer, Felix; Laumann, Daniel; Masemann, Dörthe; Denz, Cornelia; Heinicke, Susanne; Leibrock, Barbara; Marohn, Annette; Quandt, Thorsten; Souvignier, Elmar; Ubben, Malte; Heusler, Stefan (2024) In: Frontiers in Education, 9 Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Lang, Jean-Philippe; Hanafi, Haissam; Imbrock, Jörg; Denz, Cornelia (2023) In: Physical Review A, 107(2) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Droop, Ramon; Ehrmanntraut, Daniel; Denz, Cornelia (2023) In: Optics Express, 31(7) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Merkel, Milena; Elizabeth, Amala; Böckmann, Marcus; Mönig, Harra; Denz, Cornelia; Doltsinis, Nikos (2023) In: Journal of Chemical Physics, 158(10) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) |
Projects
Duration: since 01/05/2022 | 2nd Funding period Funded by: Federal Ministry of Culture and Science of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/01/2021 - 31/12/2024 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2022 Funded by: Stiftung der Sparkasse Münsterland-Ost Type of project: Individual project | |
smart for science (sfs) Duration: 01/04/2019 - 31/03/2023 Funded by: Joachim Herz Stiftung, Federal Ministry of Education and Research Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/02/2019 - 31/12/2021 Funded by: Universität Osnabrück Type of project: Scientific Event |
Talks
| „Geschlecht der befragten Person ohne Befragen eintragen!“ Die Kategorie Geschlecht im Prozess quantitativer Befragungen Ziesmann, Tim; Denz, Cornelia (05/07/2019) Jahrestagung der Fachgesellschaft Geschlechterstudien 2019. (Re-)Visionen. Epistemologien, Ontologien und Methodologien…, Fernuniversität Hagen Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Catastrophes in light: Embedding caustics in nonlinear photonic lattices Zannotti, Alessandro; Mamsch, Carsten; Denz, Cornelia (05/12/2017) XVI International Workshop on Instabilities and Nonequilibrium Structures, Valparaiso, Chile Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Caustics in non-diffracting Bessel-lattice beams and beyond Zannotti, Alessandro; Otte, Eileen; Sugic, Danica; Denz, Cornelia; Alonso, Miguel A.; Dennis, Mark R. (21/09/2017) 4th International Conference on Optical Angular Momentum, Anacapri, Italien Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Realizing curved nonlinear photonic caustic lattices by tailored optical catastrophes Denz, Cornelia; Zannotti, Alessandro; Mamsch, Carsten; Rüschenbaum, Matthias (21/07/2017) Nonlinear Optics 2017, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Controlling light in Airy and higher-order caustic photonic structures Zannotti, Alessandro; Diebel, Falko; Rüschenbaum, Matthias; Denz, Cornelia (18/07/2017) Photorefractive Photonics 2017, Qingdao, China Type of talk: scientific talk |
Prizes
| Customizing Caustics [(Selected as one of 30 most exciting peer-reviewed optics researchs in 2020) Awarded by: Optical Society of America; Journal "Optics and Photonics News" Award given to: Zannotti, Alessandro; Alonso, Miguel A.; Dennis Marc R; Denz, Cornelia. Announced at: 15/12/2020 | Date of awarding: 15/12/2020 Type of distinction: Best publication award | |
| Expanding discrete optics with Mathieu beams ((Selected as one of 30 most exciting peer-reviewed optics researchs in 2019) Awarded by: Optical Society of America; Journal "Optics and Photonics News" Award given to: Zannotti, Alessandro; Vasiljević, Jadranka; Timotijević, Dejan; Savić, Dragana; Denz, Cornelia. Announced at: 15/12/2019 | Date of awarding: 15/12/2019 Type of distinction: Best publication award | |
| The relevance of rotation in optical force sensing (Selected as one of 30 most exciting peer-reviewed optics researchs in 2018) Awarded by: Optical Society of America; Journal "Optics and Photonics News" Award given to: Meissner, Robert; Oliver, Neus; Denz, Cornelia Announced at: 01/12/2018 | Date of awarding: 01/12/2018 Type of distinction: Best publication award | |
| Journal of Optics' Paper of the Week (20.-29.09.2018) Awarded by: Journal of Optics Award given to: Otte, Eileen; Tekce, Kemal; Denz, Cornelia Announced at: 15/09/2018 | Date of awarding: 15/09/2018 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Light Detects and Alleviates Blood Vessel Malformation (Selected as one of 30 most exciting peer-reviewed optics researchs in 2017) Awarded by: Optical Society of America, Journal "Optics and Photonics News" Award given to: Meissner, Robert; Sugden, Wayne; Denz, Cornelia; Siekmann, Arndt Announced at: 15/12/2017 | Date of awarding: 15/12/2017 Type of distinction: Best publication award |
Doctorates
| Swarming of functional, light-responsive artificial organic nano- and microrobots (working title) Candidate: Rüschenbaum, Matthias | Supervisors: Denz, Cornelia, Wittkowski, Raphael; Period of time: until 31/12/2024 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Laser-sculpted hydrogel scaffolds for cell inspection (Working title) Candidate: Dzikonski, Dustin | Supervisors: Denz, Cornelia; Pernice,Wolfram; Wedlich-Soeldner, Roland Period of time: until 31/12/2024 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Das Naturwissenschaftsverständnis am außerschulischen Lernort fördern. Candidate: Oertel, Jessica | Supervisors: Denz, Cornelia; Roggenkamp, Antje Period of time: 01/10/2021 - 31/03/2024 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Plasmonische Nanostrukturen in komplexen Lichtfeldern (Arbeitstitle) Candidate: Asche, Eric | Supervisors: Denz, Cornelia; Fleischer, Monika Period of time: until 31/12/2023 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Nutzungunterschiede von smartphones in experimentellen Settings von Mädchen und Jungen (Arbeitstitel) Candidate: Leibrock, Barbara | Supervisors: Denz, Cornelia; Souviginer, Elmar Period of time: until 31/12/2022 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |