Michael Grupp
Resume
Dr. Michael Grupp
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Radiation Oncology
3400 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Personal Objective
Physicist seeking challenging R&D position in California or Germany.
Main skills: quantum optics, theoretical physics, solid state physics, semiconductor physics, modeling and simulations in Matlab, Mathematica, result-oriented, analytic thinking, German, English
Education
10/2005 - 02/2011
Dr. rer. nat., Ulm University, Institute of Quantum Physics, Ulm, Germany
PhD thesis in the field of theoretical quantum optics:
Scattering in inhomogeneous systems
10/1999 - 09/2005
Diplom-Physiker, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
Majors: semiconductor physics, plasma physics, biophysics
Master thesis in the field of theoretical quantum optics: Applications of scattering theory on ultra cold atomic gases: scattering on Bose-Einstein condensates
Professional Experience
08/2011 - today
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Pennsylvania
Department of Radiation Oncology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Field of Research:
Developing techniques to quantify MRI, CT and PET images for treatment
planning purposes and for assessment of response to radiation
10/2005 - 07/2011
Research Assistant at Ulm University
Institute of Quantum Physics, Ulm, Germany
Field of research:
theoretical quantum optics, application of scattering theory on atomic gases (Bose-Einstein condensates, Fermi gases) trapped in optical lattices, Feshbach resonances in laser-coupled two-level systems, simulations in Matlab, publications in international journals and on conferences
Aquired proficy in Matlab, Mathematica, LaTeX
05/2006-07/2011
Teaching Assistant at Ulm University
In seminars on quantum physics, electrodynamics, optics
and in physics lab courses
Certification
10/2007 - 09/2009
Certificate in Medical Physics and Technology, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
two-year postgraduate training program in medical physics
major: image processing and generation
Publications
2005
Talk, Resonance scattering of atoms on a two-component BEC,
6. Ulm-Augsburg Meeting, Ulm University, Germany
Poster, Resonance scattering of atoms on a two-component BEC,
Spring Meeting of the German Physical Society (DPG), Berlin, Germany
M. Grupp, Applications of scattering theory on ultra-cold atomic gases:
Scattering on Bose-Einstein condensates,
Master thesis (Diplomarbeit, deutsch/german),
Institute of Quantum Physics, Ulm University, Germany
2006
a mesoscopic two-component Bose-Einstein condensate,
Phys. Rev. A, 73, 050701(R)(2006)
Talk, Feshbach resonances in lattices,
SFB/TRR 21 Workshop, Freudenstadt, Germany
Poster, Collective Feshbach scattering of atoms from a two-component
Bose-Einstein condensate, Quo vadis BEC?, Berlin, Germany
2007
M. Grupp, R. Walser, W.P. Schleich, A. Muramatsu, M. Weitz,
Talk, Resonant scattering in lattices,
Centro Internacional de Ciencias, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Talk, Resonant Feshbach scattering of fermions in one-dimensional optical lattices,
Control of quantum correlations in tailored matter: Common perspectives of
mesoscopic systems and quantum gases, Günzburg, Germany
2008
Talk, Resonant Feshbach scattering of fermions in one-dimensional optical lattices
Spring Meeting of the German Physical Society (DPG), Darmstadt, Germany
Poster, Resonant Feshbach scattering of fermions in
one-dimensional optical lattices,
International Conference on Atomic Physics,
University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA
2009
Poster, Coherent tunneling of atoms and dimers in half spaces,
Spring Meeting of the German Physical Society (DPG), Hamburg, Germany
Poster, Coherent tunneling of atoms and dimers in half spaces,
Annual DAMOP Meeting of the American Physical Society (APS),
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
2010
Talk, Scattering in inhomogeneous systems,
University of California Los Angeles, USA
Talk, Emergence of semifluxons in long Josephson junctions as a
topological state change, American Physical Society,
Annual Meeting of CA/NV-Section, Caltech, Pasadena, USA
2011
M. Grupp, Scattering in inhomogeneous systems, doctoral thesis,
Verlag Dr. Hut, Munich, ISBN 978-3-86853-820-5
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