Krieger, Michael

Key activities

• Electrical and optical characterization of silicon carbide (SiC) for high power and electro-optical applications
• Eletrical characterization of epitaxial graphene and of devices fabricated on the basis of epitaxial graphene
• Research data management: structured electronic lab notebooks in research and teaching, FAIR experimental data (within the FAIRmat NFDI consortium and the FAU Competence Unit for Research Data and Information)
• Head of the electronic lab course for physics students at the Department of Physics

Curriculum vitae

• since 08/2007: Akademischer Rat (ORat since 2014) at the Chair of Applied Physics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
• 2006: Postdoc at the Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, University of Leiden, Netherlands
• 2005: PhD (dissertation (german): Transporteigenschaften von Elektronen in Siliziumkarbid bei tiefen Temperaturen und im Kanal von Metall-Oxid-Halbleiter-Transistoren)
• 2001-2007: Research associate at the Chair of Applied Physics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
• 2000: First state examination in mathematics and physics topic of thesis (german): Charakterisierung von Beryllium-korrelierten Störstellen in 4H-SiC
• 1994-2000: Studies of mathematics and physics at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

Awards

• 2022: Good teaching award of the Department of Physics 2021 – special award for audio visual equipment
• 2016: SEMIKRON Innovation Award 2016 (together with Patrick Berwian, Fraunhofer IISB, Larissa Wehrhahn-Kilian, Infineon Technologies AG, Michael Schütz, Intego GmbH)
• 2014: Award for exceptional dedication to teaching of the Förderverein der Fachschaftsinitiative Mathematik/Physik Erlangen e. V.
• 2006: Ohm award of the Max-Schaldach-Foundation for the best dissertation of the academic year 2005/2006
• 2001: Ohm award of the Max-Schaldach-Foundation for the best teacher’s thesis of the academic year 2000/2001

Activities

• since 02/2023: Chair of the International Steering Committee of the International Conference on SiC and Related Materials (ICSCRM)
• Member of the Steering Committee and of the Technical Program Committee of the International Conference on SiC and Related Materials (ICSCRM) and of the European Conference on SiC and Related Materials (ECSCRM)
• Member of the Organization Committee of the International Conference on SiC and Related Materials 2009, Nürnberg (ICSCRM 2009)