Ulrike Diebold

Ulrike Diebold is an Austrian physicist and materials scientist who is a Professor of Surface Science at TU Vienna. She is known for her groundbreaking research on the atomic scale geometry and electronic structure of metal-oxide surfaces.[1]

Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.

Ulrike Diebold
Born(1961-12-12)December 12, 1961
Kapfenberg, Austria
NationalityAustria
CitizenshipAustria, USA
Alma materTU Vienna
Known for
Groundbreaking research on the atomic scale geometry and electronic structure of metal oxide surfaces.
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, Chemistry, Surface Science, Materials Science
Institutions
Doctoral advisorPeter Varga
Other academic advisorsTheodore E. Madey
Websitewww.iap.tuwien.ac.at/www/surface/group/diebold/index

Early life and education

Ulrike Diebold was born on 12 December 1961 in Kapfenberg, Austria. She spent much of her high school years reading, skiing, and agonizing over what to major in at the university. She ultimately settled on engineering physics, an area with good job prospects that was also general enough to accommodate a variety of future directions. After completing her diploma in engineering physics (TU Vienna, 1986), she became increasingly enthusiastic about experimental physics while working on her Master's thesis, and ultimately completed a Doctor of Technology (Dr. techn.) in this area with Prof. Peter Varga[2] (TU Vienna, 1990).[3]

Career

Diebold's first appointment after graduation was as a post-doctoral research associate in the group of Theodore E. Madey in the Department of Physics at Rutgers University (1990-1993). It was there that she was first introduced to oxide surfaces, an area that she would later come to refer to as "the love of her scientific life". [3] Her first faculty appointment followed, at Tulane University, New Orleans, USA, where she was an Assistant Professor (1993-1999), Associate Professor (1999-2001), and Professor of Physics (2001-2009), and also an Adjunct Professor of Chemistry (1993-2009). During this time period, she also completed her habilitation in Experimental Physics (TU Vienna, 1998), held the Yahoo! Founder Chair in Science and Engineering (2006-2009), and was the Associate Department Chair (2002-2009). In 2005, Diebold and her group were forced to temporarily evacuate from New Orleans, which experienced massive flooding and power outages from the impact of Hurricane Katrina.[4] They were hosted by the group of Theodore E. Madey at Rutgers University during this challenging period.[5] In 2010 she moved to the Institute of Applied Physics at TU Wien where she is currently a Professor of Surface Science and Deputy Department Head,[6] and retains the title of Research Professor at Tulane University.[7][3]

Research

Ulrike Diebold is well known for her influential work in the fields of surface science, materials and physical chemistry, and condensed matter physics. In particular, she has contributed greatly to the understanding of atomic-scale surface structure and electronic surface structure of metal oxides. For her work, she mainly employs Ultra-high vacuum technology and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy.

Awards and honors

In 2013, Diebold was the sole recipient of Austria's highest research award across all disciplines, the Wittgenstein Award.[8] The award, which comes with substantial unrestricted research funds, is bestowed in support of the notion that scientists should be guaranteed the greatest possible freedom and flexibility in the performance of their research. It enabled Diebold's research activities to flourish without restriction. Other honors include:

  • 2004 Fellow, American Physical Society, "For groundbreaking research on the role of defects in the interplay between bulk and surface properties of transition-metal oxides and on STM imaging of their surface structure.",[9]
  • 2007 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science [10]
  • 2011, 2019 Advanced Grants by the European Research Council, for work on "Microscopic Processes and Phenomena at Oxide Surfaces and Interfaces" (2011), and "Water at Oxide Surfaces: a Fundamental Approach" (2019).[11]
  • 2013 Arthur W. Anderson Award of the American Chemical Society, for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Surface Chemistry.[12]
  • 2014 European Academy of Sciences [13]
  • 2014 Elected as a Full Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.[14]
  • 2015 Blaise Pascal medal in Materials Sciences by the European Academy of Sciences, for "Surfaces of Metal Oxides, Studied at the Atomic Scale".[15]
  • 2015 Debye Lecturer at Utrecht University, The Netherlands, entitled "Surface Science Studies of an Iron Oxide Model Catalyst" .[16]
  • 2015 21st Annual Schrödinger Lecturer at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, with the title "An Atomic-Scale View at Oxide Surfaces".[17]
  • 2015 R. Brdička memorial lecturer at the J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Prague, entitled "Surface Science of Metal Oxides".[18]
  • 2015 Elected to the Leopoldina, the national academy of sciences in Germany,[19][20]
  • 2019 Science award of the city of Vienna.[21]
  • 2020 Gerhard Ertl Lecture Award[22]

Editorial activities

Diebold has served in a number of editorial roles and on a number of advisory boards for scientific journals. These include:

Personal life

Ulrike Diebold holds dual citizenship of both Austria and the USA. She is married to Gerhard Piringer[31] with whom she has two sons, Thomas (born 1996) and Niklas (born 1999).

References
  1. "Ulrike Diebold Homepage". Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  2. "Obituary Dr. Peter Varga (1946 –2018)". Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  3. Madsen, Lynnette (February 2016). Successful Women Ceramic and Glass Scientists and Engineers:100 Inspirational Profiles. Wiley. ISBN 978-1-118-73360-8.
  4. Wilson, Elizabeth (21 November 2005). "Tales from Tulane: Professors Ulrike Diebold and Larry Byers are anxious to get their labs running again". Chemical&Engineering News. 83 (47): 15–16.
  5. Feder, Toni (2005). "Science Community Rallies to Aid Students and Researchers Displaced by Hurricane Katrina". Physics Today. 58 (11): 22–23. Bibcode:2005PhT....58k..22F. doi:10.1063/1.2155745.
  6. "Ulrike Diebold [IAP/TU Wien]". www.iap.tuwien.ac.at. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  7. "Tulane University - Department of Physics and Engineering Physics - Faculty". www2.tulane.edu. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  8. "Diebold Ulrike". www.fwf.ac.at. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  9. "Division of Materials Physics APS Fellowship". Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  10. "AAAS Annual Report 2007" (PDF). Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  11. "ERC Funded Projects". European Research Council. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  12. "ACS 2013 National Award Winners". Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  13. "European Academy of Sciences - List of Members". www.eurasc.org. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  14. "ÖAW Mitglieder Detail". www.oeaw.ac.at (in German). Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  15. "European Academy of Sciences - Blaise Pascal Medals 2015". www.eurasc.org. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  16. "Debye Lectures". Utrecht University. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  17. "Schrödinger Lecture Series - School of Physics - Trinity College Dublin". www.tcd.ie. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  18. "J. Heyrovsky Institut of Physical Chemistry". www.jh-inst.cas.cz. 1997. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  19. "Neue Mitglieder Klasse I 2016". www.leopoldina.org. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  20. "Mitgliederverzeichnis". www.leopoldina.org (in German). Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  21. "List of awardees". www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  22. "Ulrike Diebold wins 2020 Gerhard Ertl Lecture Award". www.fhi.mpg.de. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  23. Surface Science Reports Editorial Board.
  24. Di Valentin, Cristiana; Diebold, Ulrike; Selloni, Annabella (2007). "Doping and functionalization of photoactive semiconducting metal oxides". Chemical Physics. 339 (1–3): vii–viii. Bibcode:2007CP....339D...7D. doi:10.1016/j.chemphys.2007.09.022.
  25. D., Madsen, Lynnette (February 2016). Successful women ceramic and glass scientists and engineers : 100 inspirational profiles. Hoboken, New Jersey. ISBN 978-1118733608. OCLC 929332211.
  26. "Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Volume 22, Number 8, 3 March 2010 - IOPscience". iopscience.iop.org. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  27. "Editorial Board | npj Quantum Materials". www.nature.com. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  28. "Editorial Board". pubs.acs.org. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  29. "Physical Review Research Staff Editorial Board". Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  30. "Science Editors and Advisory Boards". Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  31. "Gerhard Piringer- Physiker und Umwelttechniker". Retrieved 25 August 2020.
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