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 PTB BraunschweigLeibniz Universität Hannover
Name:Prof. Dr. Tanja E. Mehlstäubler 
Address:Bundesallee 100
38116 Braunschweig
Callinstraße 36
30167 Hannover
Room:Goeppert-Mayer / R. 119Gebäude 3406 / R. 323
Tel.:+49 531 592 4710+49 511 762 14962
Fax:+49 531 592 69 4710 
E-mail:tanja.mehlstaeubler@ptb.de 

Scientific interests

  • Quantum sensors
  • Relativistic geodesy & gravimetry
  • Optical clocks & frequency standards
  • Precision measurements
  • Integrated ion trap technology
  • Complex, self-organized systems
  • Thermodynamics of ion Coulomb crystals

 

Short Scientific CV

Since 05.2020

Head of Department "QUEST FG 2"

Since 03.2020

W3 Professor at Leibniz Universität Hannover

Since 06.2018

Guest Professor at Osaka University, Japan

19.04.2016

Habilitation in physics at Leibniz Universität Hannover
Thesis title: "Quantensensoren mit lasergekühlten Atomen und Ionen"

2016-2020

Independent research group leader at PTB/QUEST

2009-2015

Head of Junior research group: "Quantum Sensors with Cold Ions"

2008

PostDoc, Yb+ Ion Clock
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany

2006-2007

PostDoc, Atomic Quantum Sensors Group
Observatoire de Paris, LNE-SYRTE, France
Project: Cold atom gravimeter

15.12.2005

Dr. rer. nat., summa cum laude, University of Hanover

1999-2005

PhD studies at the University of Hanover in the group of Prof. W. Ertmer
Thesis title: "Novel Cooling Methods for an Optical Frequency Standard based on Mg Atoms"

1997-1999

Graduate studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook;
supported by Fulbright and von Swaine foundation

Research assistant at the Nuclear Structure Lab in the group of Prof. G. D. Sprouse

Master of Arts in Physics
Thesis title: "Laser Spectroscopy of the 7d-States of Trapped Francium"

1996-1999

Scholarship of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes

1994-1997

Undergraduate studies in physics at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

 

Other professional activities

Referee for Nature, APS, Springer, IEEE
Member of the Editorial Board of EPJD/Springer
Member of DPG (Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft)
Active alumna of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes

 

Teaching

At Leibniz Universität Hannover:
VL Quantenoptik
VL Kohärente Optik
Seminar ‚Quantenlogik-Spektroskopie‘

At TU Braunschweig:
Guest lectures in the frame of ‚Moderne Physik’
and ‚Atome und Kerne‘
Seminar ‚Quantenoptik mit gefangenen Ionen‘

 

Publications