Curriculum Vitae of Matthias Bode 
date of birth: 09. June 1967
- 1973-1977: Elementary School Grundschule am Wald in Salzgitter-Bad
- 1977-1979: Elementary School Am Eikel in Salzgitter-Bad
- 1979-1986: Highschool Gymnasium am Eikel in Salzgitter-Bad
- 1986-1987: Military Service in Wesendorf
- 1987-1990: Physics Student at TU Braunschweig
- 1990-1993: Physics Student at FU Berlin
- 1992-1993: Diploma Thesis on "Two-Electron Coincidence-Spectroscopy of Scattering Events at the W(001)-Surface" in the Research Group of Prof. Dr. J. Kirschner
- 1993-1996: PhD-thesis on "Structural and Local Electronic Properties of ultra-thin Fe-films on W(110)" in the group of Prof. Dr. R. Wiesendanger at the University of Hamburg
- 1996-2007: Senior Scientist in the Group of Prof. Dr. R. Wiesendanger
- since 2007: Group leader at the Center for Nanoscale Materials (Argonne National Laboratory)
- January 2003: Habilitation in Experimental Physics on "Spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy"
- June 2003: Winner of the Philip-Morris-Award 2003
- January 2007: Distinguished lecturer of the IEEE Magnetics Society in 2007
- 2002-2006: Member of the Executive Committee of the Magnetic Interfaces and Nanostructures Division of the AVS