Stephanie Reich is a German physicist and Professor at the

Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public university, public research university in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in West Berlin in 1948 with American support during the early Cold War period a ...

. Her research considers the physics of nanostructures, which she studies using experimental characterisation techniques and computational simulations.

Early life and education

Reich attended

Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin; also known as Berlin Institute of Technology and Technical University of Berlin, although officially the name should not be translated) is a public university, public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It was the first ...

where she studied physics. She earned her undergraduate and master's diplomas in 1998, before embarking on a doctoral programme. After a year as a research assistant, Reich moved to the Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona. In 2002 she was made a Fellow of the

Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (), abbreviated BBAW, is the official academic society for the natural sciences and humanities for the German states of Berlin and Brandenburg. Housed in three locations in and around Ber ...

Research and career

In 2003 Reich moved to the

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...

as an Oppenheimer Research Fellow. Whilst at Cambridge she held a joint position at

Newnham College, Cambridge Newnham College is a women's constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1871 by a group organising Lectures for Ladies, members of which included philosopher Henry Sidgwick and suffragist campaigner Millicen ...

. She started to work on the characterisation of graphene, In 2007 Reich was appointed Professor of the Physics of Nanostructures at the

. When she arrived at the

she was awarded a

European Research Council The European Research Council (ERC) is a public body for funding of scientific and technological research conducted within the European Union (EU). Established by the European Commission in 2007, the ERC is composed of an independent Scientific ...

(ERC) starting grant, which was later upgraded to a Consolidator Grant. Reich focusses on one dimensional nanostructures, including

graphene Graphene () is a carbon allotrope consisting of a Single-layer materials, single layer of atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice, honeycomb planar nanostructure. The name "graphene" is derived from "graphite" and the suffix -ene, indicating ...

, semiconductor nanowires and

carbon nanotube A carbon nanotube (CNT) is a tube made of carbon with a diameter in the nanometre range ( nanoscale). They are one of the allotropes of carbon. Two broad classes of carbon nanotubes are recognized: * ''Single-walled carbon nanotubes'' (''S ...

Awards and honours

* 2007

Starting Grant * 2012 Dahlem Research School ''Award for Excellent Supervision'' * 2015 Elected to AcademiaNet * 2017

Consolidator Grant

Select publications

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reich, Stephanie Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century German physicists Technische Universität Berlin alumni Academic staff of the Free University of Berlin European Research Council grantees