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1981 - 1986Studies of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy at the University of Basel
1986Diploma in Experimental Physics. Topic: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Semiconductor Surfaces
1987Ph.D. ("summa cum laude") at the University of Basel. Topic: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Non-Crystalline Solids
1990Habilitation at the University of Basel. Topic: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Magnetic Surfaces
1991 - 1992Private Lecturer at the University of Basel
1992Gaede-Prize of the German Vacuum Society
1992Max Auwärter-Prize of the Max Auwärter Foundation (awarded at the Annual Meeting of the Austrian Physical Society 1993)
1992Offer for a Full Professor position (C4) for Experimental Solid State Physics at the University of Hamburg
Since 1993 Foundation and extension of the Microstructure Advanced Research Centre Hamburg (MARCH) together with Prof. D. Heitmann and Prof. U. Merkt; focus on Low-Temperature Scanning Probe Spectroscopy; Promoter of 5 completed Habilitations, 35 Ph.D. Theses and 90 Diploma Theses
1996 - 2004Chairman of the Nanoscience and Technology Division of the German Vacuum Society
1997Chairman of the 9th Internat. Conference on Scanning Tunneling Microscopy STM'97 in Hamburg (1100 participants)
1998 - 2001Chairman of the Nanoscience and Technology Division of the International Union for Vacuum Science, Techniques and Applications (IUVSTA)
1998 - 2006Coordinator of the German Center of Competence in Nanotechnology "Nanoanalytics" (until 2003) and "HanseNanoTec" (until 2006) funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research
1999Karl Heinz Beckurts-Prize of the Karl Heinz Beckurts Foundation (Award for Technology Transfer between Academia and Industry)
2000Elected Member of the German Academy of Sciences "Leopoldina"
2000Chairman of the 3rd Internat. Conference on Non-Contact Atomic Force Microscopy NC-AFM 2000 in Hamburg
2000Chairman of the 2nd Internat. Conference on Scanning Probe Spectroscopy SPS 2000 in Hamburg
Since 2001Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre Hamburg (INCH)
2003Philip Morris Research Prize (together with Dr. M. Bode)
Since 2003Managing Director of the Institute of Applied Physics
2003 - 2004Vice-Dean of the Department of Physics
2005Founder Member of the Hamburg Academy of Sciences
Since 2006Speaker of the DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich 668 "Magnetism from the Single Atom to the Nanostructure"
2008ERC Advanced Grant "FURORE"
Since 2009Speaker of the Cluster of Excellence "NANOSPINTRONICS"
1996 - 2005Member of the DFG-Graduiertenkolleg 235 "Physics of Nanostructured Solids"
1997-2009 Member of the DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich 508 "Quantum Materials: Lateral Nanostructures, Hybrid Systems, and Clusters"
1999 - 2005Member of the DFG-Graduiertenkolleg 463 "Spectroscopy of Localized Atomic Systems"
2000 - 2006Member of the DFG-Schwerpunktprogramm 1092 "Quantum Hall Systems"
2001-2009 Member of the DFG-Graduiertenkolleg 611 "Design and Characterization of Functional Materials"
Since 2006Member of the DFG-Graduiertenkolleg 1286 "Tailored Metal-Semiconductor Hybrid Systems"
Since 1993Member of numerous BMBF-, GIF- and EU-funded research networks
Since 1986
  • ca. 450 publications in international, scientific, refereed journals
  • author of 2 textbooks
  • editor/co-editor of 7 books und 6 conference proceedings
  • co-editor of the Springer Series in Nanoscience and Technology
  • ca. 430 (mostly invited) talks at international conferences, universities, research institutions, and industry laboratories
  • member of programme and advisory committees of approx. 100 international conferences
  • member of numerous scientific societies
  • fund raising: ca. 30 Mio Euro from peer-review based research projects and ca. 20 Mio Euro for investments in buildings and big equipment
  • reviewer of research proposals and research programmes for 20 national and internatl. research organizations and funding agencies worldwide

Excellent young students and researchers from all over the world have been attracted since many years by advanced courses in nanoscience (the course book on Scanning Probe Microscopy and Spectroscopy, publisher: Cambridge University Press 1994, has become the most widely used and most frequently cited textbook in this field). Currently, more than 50 researchers from 10 different countries are working in the group on advances in SPM instrumentation and novel applications, as well as their theoretical understanding.

Key Publications (Selection):

[1]

R. Wiesendanger, H.-J. Güntherodt, G. Güntherordt, R. J. Gambino, and R. Ruf
"Observation of vacuum tunneling of spin-polarized electrons with the scanning tunneling microscope",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 247 (1990)

[2]

R. Wiesendanger, I. V. Shvets, D. Bürgler, G. Tarrach, H.-J. Güntherodt, J. M. D. Coey,
and S. Gräser
"Topographic and magnetic-sensitive scanning tunneling microscopy study of magnetite",
Science 255, 583 (1992).

[3]

R. Wiesendanger
"Scanning Probe Microscopy and Spectroscopy: Methods and Applications",
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1994.

[4]

M. Bode, M. Getzlaff, and R. Wiesendanger
"Spin-polarized vacuum tunneling into the exchange-split surface state of Gd(0001)",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4256 (1998).

[5]

Ch. Wittneven, R. Dombrowski, M. Morgenstern, and R. Wiesendanger
"Scattering States of Ionized Dopants probed by Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 5616 (1998).

[6]

M. Bode, M. Getzlaff, A. Kubetzka, R. Pascal, O. Pietzsch, and R. Wiesendanger
"Temperature-dependent exchange splitting of a surface state on a local-moment magnet: Tb(0001)",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3017 (1999).

[7]

H. Hölscher, W. Allers, U. D. Schwarz, A. Schwarz, and R. Wiesendanger
"Determination of tip-sample interaction potentials by dynamic force spectroscopy",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 4780 (1999).

[8]

O. Pietzsch, A. Kubetzka, M. Bode, and R. Wiesendanger
"Real-Space Observation of Dipolar Antiferromagnetism in Magnetic Nanowires by Spin-Polarized Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 5212 (2000).

[9]

S. Heinze, M. Bode, O. Pietzsch, A. Kubetzka, X. Nie, S. Blügel, and R. Wiesendanger
"Real-space imaging of two-dimensional antiferromagnetism on the atomic scale
Science 288, 1805 (2000).

[10]

M. Morgenstern, Chr. Wittneven, R. Dombrowski, and R. Wiesendanger
"Spatial fluctuations of the density of states in magnetic fields observed with scanning tunneling spectroscopy",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 5588 (2000).

[11]

M. Kleiber, M. Bode, R. Ravlic, and R. Wiesendanger
"Topology-induced spin frustrations at the Cr(001) surface studied by spin-polarized scanning tunneling spectroscopy",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 4606 (2000).

[12]

D. Haude, M. Morgenstern, I. Meinel, and R. Wiesendanger
"The local density of states of a three dimensional conductor in the extreme quantum limit",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1582 (2001).

[13]

M. Bode, O. Pietzsch, A. Kubetzka, S. Heinze, and R. Wiesendanger
"Experimental evidence for intra-atomic non-collinear magnetism at thin film probe tips",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 2142 (2001).

[14]

O. Pietzsch, A. Kubetzka, M. Bode, and R. Wiesendanger
"Observation of magnetic hysteresis at the nanometer scale by spin-polarized scanning tunneling spectroscopy",
Science 292, 2053 (2001).

[15]

M. Pratzer, H. J. Elmers, M. Bode, O. Pietzsch, A. Kubetzka, and R. Wiesendanger
"Atomic-scale magnetic domain walls in quasi-one-dimensional Fe nanostripes",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 127201 (2001).

[16]

A. Kubetzka, M. Bode, O. Pietzsch, and R. Wiesendanger
"Spin-Polarized Scanning Tunneling Microscopy with Antiferromagnetic Probe Tips",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 057201 (2002).

[17]

M. Morgenstern, J. Klijn, Chr. Meyer, M. Getzlaff, R. Adelung, K. Roßnagel, L. Kipp, M. Skibowski, and R. Wiesendanger
"Direct comparison of potential landscape and resulting local density of states of a disordered two-dimensional electron system",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 136806 (2002).

[18]

A. Wachowiak, J. Wiebe, M. Bode, O. Pietzsch, M. Morgenstern, and R. Wiesendanger
"Internal spin structure of magnetic vortex cores observed by spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy",
Science 298, 577 (2002).

[19]

M. Bode, S. Heinze, A. Kubetzka, O. Pietzsch, X. Nie, G. Bihlmayer, S. Blügel, and R. Wiesendanger
"Magnetization-direction dependent local electronic structure probed by scanning tunneling spectroscopy",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 237205 (2002).

[20]

M. Morgenstern, J. Klijn, Chr. Meyer, and R. Wiesendanger
"Real-space observation of drift states in a two-dimensional electron system at high magnetic fields",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 056804 (2003).

[21]

Chr. Meyer, J. Klijn, M. Morgenstern, and R. Wiesendanger
"Direct measurement of the local density of states of a disordered 1D conductor",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 076803 (2003).

[22]

Th. Maltezopoulos, A. Bolz, Chr. Meyer, Ch. Heyn, W. Hansen, M. Morgenstern, and R. Wiesendanger
"Wave function mapping of InAs quantum dots by scanning tunneling spectroscopy",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 196804 (2003).

[23]

K. von Bergmann, M. Bode, A. Kubetzka, M. Heide, S. Blügel, and R. Wiesendanger
"Spin-polarized electron scattering at single oxygen adsorbates on a magnetic surface",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 046801 (2004).

[24]

O. Pietzsch, A. Kubetzka, M. Bode, and R. Wiesendanger
"Spin-polarized scanning tunneling spectroscopy of nano-scale cobalt islands on Cu(111)",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 057202 (2004).

[25]

M. Bode, O. Pietzsch, A. Kubetzka, and R. Wiesendanger
"Shape dependent Thermal Switching Behavior of Superparamagnetic Nanoislands",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 067201 (2004).

[26]

A. Schwarz, M. Liebmann, U. Kaiser, R. Wiesendanger, T. W. Noh, and D. W. Kim
"Visualization of the Barkhausen Effect by Magnetic Force Microscopy",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 077206 (2004).

[27]

E. Y. Vedmedenko, A. Kubetzka, K. von Bergmann, O. Pietzsch, M. Bode, J. Kirschner,
H. P. Oepen, and R. Wiesendanger
"Domain Wall Orientation in Magnetic Nanowires",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 077207 (2004).

[28]

E. Y. Vedmedenko. U. Grimm, and R. Wiesendanger
"Noncollinear magnetic order in quasicrystals",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 076407 (2004).

[29]

M. Ashino, A. Schwarz, T. Behnke, and R. Wiesendanger
"Atomic-resolution dynamic force microscopy and spectroscopy of a single walled carbon nanotube: characterization of interatomic van der Waals forces",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 136101 (2004).

[30]

A. Kubetzka, P. Ferriani, M. Bode, S. Heinze, G. Bihlmayer, K. von Bergmann, O. Pietzsch, S. Blügel, and R. Wiesendanger
"Revealing Antiferromagnetic Order of the Fe Monolayer on W(001): Spin-Polarized Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and First-Principles Calculations",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 087204 (2005).

[31]

E. Y. Vedmedenko, N. Mikuszeit, H. P. Oepen, and R. Wiesendanger
"Multipolar ordering and magnetization reversal in two-dimensional nanomagnet arrays",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 207202 (2005).

[32]

M. Bode, E. Y. Vedmedenko, K. von Bergmann, A. Kubetzka, P. Ferriani, S. Heinze,
and R. Wiesendanger
"Atomic Spin Structure of Antiferromagnetic Domain Walls",
Nature Materials 5, 477 (2006).

[33]

K. von Bergmann, S. Heinze, M. Bode, E. Y. Vedmedenko, G. Bihlmayer, S. Blügel,
and R. Wiesendanger
"Observation of a complex nano-scale magnetic structure in a hexagonal Fe monolayer",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 167203 (2006).

[34]

O. Pietzsch, A. Kubetzka, M. Bode, S. Heinze, S. Okatov, A. Lichtenstein,
and R. Wiesendanger
"Spin-resolved electronic structure of nanometer-scale cobalt islands on Cu(111)",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 237203 (2006).

[35]

U. Kaiser, A. Schwarz, and R. Wiesendanger
"Magnetic Exchange Force Microscopy with Atomic Resolution",
Nature 446, 522 (2007).

[36]

M. Bode, M. Heide, K. von Bergmann, P. Ferriani, S. Heinze, G. Bihlmayer, A. Kubetzka,
O. Pietzsch, S. Blügel, and R. Wiesendanger
"Chiral magnetic order at surfaces driven by inversion asymmetry",
Nature 447, 190 (2007).

[37]

S. Krause, L. Berbil-Bautista, G. Herzog, M. Bode, and R. Wiesendanger
"Current-induced spin torque with a Spin-Polarized Scanning Tunneling Microscope",
Science 317, 1537 (2007).

[38]

F. Marczinowski, J. Wiebe, J.-M. Tang, M. E. Flatté, F. Meier, M. Morgenstern,
and R. Wiesendanger
"Local electronic structure near Mn acceptors in InAs: Surface-induced symmetry breaking and coupling to host states",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 157202 (2007).

[39]

F. Meier, L. Zhou, J. Wiebe, and R. Wiesendanger
"Revealing Magnetic Interactions from Single-Atom Magnetization Curves",
Science 320, 82 (2008).

[40]

M. Ashino, D. Obergfell, M. Haluska, S. Yang, A. N. Khlobystov, S. Roth,
and R. Wiesendanger
"Atomically resolved mechanical responses from individual metallofullerene molecules confined inside carbon nanotubes" Nature Nanotechnol. 3, 337 (2008).

[41]

P. Ferriani, K. von Bergmann, E. Y. Vedmedenko, S. Heinze, M. Bode, M. Heide,
G. Bihlmayer, S. Blügel, and R. Wiesendanger
"Atomic-Scale Spin Spiral with a Unique Rotational Sense: Mn Monolayer on W(001)",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 027201 (2008).

[42]

R. Wieser, E. Y. Vedmedenko, and R. Wiesendanger
"Quantized spin waves in antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chains",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 177202 (2008).

[43]

K. Hashimoto, C. Sohrmann, J. Wiebe, T. Inaoka, F. Meier, Y. Hirayama, R. A. Römer,
R. Wiesendanger, and M. Morgenstern
"Quantum Hall transition in real space: From localized to extended states",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 256802 (2008).

[44]

R. Schmidt, C. Lazo, H. Hölscher, U. H. Pi, V. Caciuc, A. Schwarz, R. Wiesendanger,
and S. Heinze,
"Probing the magnetic exchange forces of iron on the atomic scale",
Nano Lett. 9, 200 (2009).

[45]

M. Ashino, R. Wiesendanger, A. N. Khlobystov, S. Berber, and D. Tomanek,
"Revealing subsurface vibrational modes by atom-resolved damping force spectroscopy",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 195503 (2009).

[46]

S. Krause, G. Herzog, T. Stapelfeldt, L. Berbil-Bautista, M. Bode, E.Y. Vedmedenko,
and R. Wiesendanger,
"Magnetization reversal of nanoscale islands: How size and shape affect the Arrhenius prefactor",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 127202 (2009).

[47]

A. Stupakiewicz, E. Y. Vedmedenko, A. Fleurence, T. Maroutian, P. Beauvillain,
A. Maziewski, and R. Wiesendanger,
"Atomic-level control of the domain-wall velocity in ultrathin magnets by tuning of exchange interactions",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 137202 (2009).

[48]

S. Meckler, N. Mikuszeit, A. Pressler, E. Vedmedenko, O. Pietzsch, and R. Wiesendanger,
"Real-space observation of a right-handed inhomogeneous cycloidal spin spiral by spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy in a triple axes vector magnet",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 157201 (2009).

[49]

R. Wiesendanger,
"Spin mapping at the nanoscale and atomic scale",
Rev. Mod. Phys. 81, 1495 (2009).

[50]

L. Zhou, J. Wiebe, S. Lounis, E. Vedmedenko, F. Meier, S. Blügel, P. H. Dederichs,
and R. Wiesendanger,
"Strength and directionality of surface RKKY-interaction mapped on the atomic scale",
Nature Physics 6, 187 (2010).

[51]

D. Serrate, P. Ferriani, Y. Yoshida, S.-W. Hla, M. Menzel, K. von Bergmann, S. Heinze,
A. Kubetzka, and R. Wiesendanger,
"Imaging and manipulating the spin direction of individual atoms",
Nature Nanotechnology 5, 350 (2010).

[52]

J. Brede, N. Atodiresei, S. Kuck, P. Lazic, V. Caciuc, Y. Morikawa, G. Hoffmann, S. Blügel,
and R. Wiesendanger,
"Spin- and energy-dependent tunneling through a single molecule with intramolecular spatial resolution",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 047204 (2010).

[53]

N. Atodiresei, J. Brede, P. Lazic, V. Caciuc, G. Hoffmann, R. Wiesendanger, and S. Blügel,
"Design of the local spin-polarization at the organic-ferromagnetic interface",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 066601 (2010).

[54]

A. A. Khajetoorians, B. Chilian, J. Wiebe, S. Schuwalow, F. Lechermann, and
R. Wiesendanger,
"Detecting excitation and magnetization of individual dopants in a semiconductor",
Nature 467, 1084 (2010).

[55]

A. A. Khajetoorians, S. Lounis, B. Chilian, A. T. Costa, L. Zhou, D. L. Mills, J. Wiebe,
and R. Wiesendanger,
"Itinerant nature of atom-magnetization excitation by tunneling electrons",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 037205 (2011).

[56]

R. Wieser, E. Y. Vedmedenko, and R. Wiesendanger,
"Indirect control of antiferromagnetic domain walls with spin currents",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 067204 (2011).

[57]

R. Wieser, E. Y. Vedmedenko, and R. Wiesendanger,
"Indirect control of antiferromagnetic domain walls with spin currents",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 067204 (2011).

[58]

A. A. Khajetoorians, J. Wiebe, B. Chilian, and R. Wiesendanger,
"Realizing all-spin based logic operations atom by atom",
Science 332, 1062 (2011).

[59]

G. Teobaldi, K. Lämmle, T. Trevethan, M. Watkins, A. Schwarz, R. Wiesendanger, and
A. L. Shluger,
"Chemical resolution at ionic crystal surfaces using dynamic atomic force microscopy with metallic tips",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 216102 (2011).

[60]

R. Schmidt, C. Lazo, U. Kaiser, A. Schwarz, S. Heinze, and R. Wiesendanger,
"Quantitative measurement of the magnetic exchange interaction across a vacuum gap",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 257202 (2011).

[61]

T. Stapelfeldt, R. Wieser, E. Y. Vedmedenko, and R. Wiesendanger,
"Domain wall manipulation with a magnetic tip",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 027203 (2011).

[62]

S. Heinze, K. von Bergmann, M. Menzel, J. Brede, A. Kubetzka, R. Wiesendanger,
G. Bihlmayer, and S. Blügel,
"Spontaneous atomic-scale magnetic skyrmion lattice in two dimensions",
Nature Physics (2011).
   

 

 

  
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