Prof. Dr. Conny Aerts
Physical sciences, Asteroseismology
Dr. Ellen Backus
Nominated by
- European Research Council (ERC)
- AcademiaNet member since 11.11.2013
- AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria
Employed by
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Max Planck Gesellschaft, Mainz
Academic Discipline/Fields
- Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Field
Physical sciences
Area of specialisation
Sum frequency generation spectroscopy, surface science, time-resolved spectroscopy
Research interests
Water at interfaces
Water dissociation
Ice
Reaction dynamics
Distinctions and Awards
ERC starting grant (2013)
Marie Curie Career Integration Grant (2013)
Three-years VENI fellowship from NWO (2008-2011)
One-year postdoc grant from the 'Forschungskredit' of the University of Zurich (2007)
Talent stipend for 1 year from NWO to perform research at the University of Zurich (2006)
'Discoverer of the Year 2005' at the Science faculty of the Leiden University
Poster prize at the Gordon Research Conference 'Dynamics at Surfaces' in 2003
Poster prize at the meeting of the Holland Research School of Molecular Sciences in 2002
VNCI prize (Dutch Chemical Industry Prize for excellent students) in 1997, 1998 and 1999
Languages
Dutch, English, German
Doctorate
- 2005: Driving and probing surfaces with light
Short CV/Education and training
- 1996 – 2000Chemistry studies (cum laude, highest honour) at the University of Amsterdam, Master-thesis: Photoionization dynamics of the products of the photo-dissociation of 16 valence electron triatomics, supervisor C.A. de Lange
- 2000 – 2005PhD student, Leiden University, PhD-thesis: Driving and probing surfaces with light, supervisors M. Bonn and A.W. Kleyn
- 2006 – 2008Postdoc in the group of Prof. Hamm at the University of Zurich funded by a Talent stipend from NWO (The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) and a grant from the 'Forschungskredit' from the University of Zurich
- 2008 – 2012Senior postdoc in the groups of Prof. Bakker at AMOLF in Amsterdam, independent VENI fellowship Co-supervising PhD students and postdocs
- Since 2012Project leader at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research with the subject "water at interfaces"
Selected publications
C.S. Hsieh, R.K. Campen, M. Okuno, Y. Nagata, E.H.G. Backus, and M. Bonn
Mechanism of Vibrational Energy Dissipation of Free OH Groups at the Air-Water Interface Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (2013), in print.
Y. Nagata, R.E. Pool, E.H.G. Backus, and M. Bonn
Nuclear quantum effects affect bond orientation of water at the water-vapor interface
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109 (2012) 226101
E.H.G. Backus, N. Garcia-Araez, M. Bonn, and H.J. Bakker
On the role of Fresnel factors in sum-frequency generation spectroscopy of metal-water and metal-oxide-water interfaces
J. Phys. Chem. C 116 (2012) 23351
E.H.G. Backus, J.A. Ihalainen, R. Pfister, and P. Hamm
2D-IR study of a photoswitchable isotope labeled alpha-helix
J. Phys. Chem. B 114 (2010) 3735
E.H.G. Backus, S. Garrett-Roe, and P. Hamm
Phasing problem of heterodyne-detected two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy
Opt. Lett. 33 (2008) 2665
E.H.G. Backus, A. Eichler, A.W. Kleyn, and M. Bonn
Real-time observation of molecular motion on a surface
Science 310 (2005) 1790
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