Prof. Dr. Thomas Wandlowski
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Berne
Freiestrasse 3
CH-3012 Berne
Switzerland
Obituary notice
Prof. Dr. Thomas Wandlowski died in June 2015 after a long illness.
For scientific or administrative requests please contact:
Secretary
Beatrice Niederhauser
Phone: +41 31 631 4226
E-Mail: beatrice.niederhauser@dcb.unibe.ch
Research Interests
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The Electrochemical Double Layer: Model Studies with Single Crystal Electrodes, Electrolytes and Electrochemical Processes
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Tailored Nanostructures at Surfaces – From Assembly to Functionality
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Single Molecule Electron Transport, Electrocatalysis
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1979-1983 Studies of chemistry and mathematics at Halle University (Germany)
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1983-1986 Doctoral thesis at Halle University (“Electrocapillary properties at mercury/electrolyte interfaces”, with Prof. E. Kretschmer)
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1987-1989 Research Fellow at the J.Heyrovsky Institut of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Prague (“Ion transfer and adsorption studies at liquid/liquid Interfaces”, with Prof. Z. Samec)
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1990 Habilitation, Halle University (“2D Phase Transitions in organic adlayers at electrochemical interfaces”, with Prof. E. Kretschmer)
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1991-1994 Research Assistant Professor, Georgetown University Washington DC (with Prof. B. de Levie)
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1994-1998 Heisenberg Fellow of the German Science Foundation at Ulm University (Prof. D. M. Kolb) and at the Technical University in Munich (Prof. U. Stimming)
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1999-2007 Head of the Electrochemistry Group, Institute of Surfaces and Interfaces, Research Center Jülich and Lecturer at the RWTH Aachen
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2007-2015 Full Professor of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, University of Berne