The function of the” Tenure Track Professorship “program of the Wübben Stiftung Wissenschaft is to assist German universities designate international scholars who have already worked abroad for numerous years. Matthias Grotevent made his postgraduate degree at ETH Zurich and Empa, a Swiss research study institute. He was then a postdoctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Innovation (MIT) in the U.S., where he was a member of the group led by Moungi G. Bawendi, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Before joining TU Dortmund University, he was Research Director for an American start-up that produces versatile solar panels.
In his work, he takes an interdisciplinary method that integrates fundamental research study in materials development with useful applications and cooperation with industrial partners. He highlighted this throughout his inaugural lecture at the Physics Colloquium at the beginning of July. “I studied chemistry, conducted physics research study and am now working as a materials scientist with an engineer’s frame of mind,” said Grotevent.
Miniaturized Spectrometer and Versatile Solar Battery
His research centers on nanomaterials whose residential or commercial properties can be adjusted to particular requirements, which allows them to take in or transmit light particularly efficiently and makes them ideal for brand-new optoelectronics applications. One benefit is that these products can be processed from a liquid state. This substantially streamlines production and could make brand-new innovations less expensive and more available. One example is miniaturized infrared spectrometers, which might become so small with the aid of these products that in the future they could fit inside a smart device. They could assist detect pesticide residues in food, for instance, or monitor blood glucose levels without requiring to take a blood sample.