Dr. Christian Buth

Postdoctoral Researcher

Photon Ultrafast Laser Science and Engineering (PULSE), Stanford University, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Building 28, Room 21, MS 59, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA

Tel.: +1-650-926-6218 • Fax: +1-650-926-3712 • Email: homepage @ christianbuth.name


Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Visiting Scholar, Photon Ultrafast Laser Science and Engineering (PULSE), Stanford University, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, USA, Since 2009
Postdoctoral Researcher with Professor Dr. Kenneth J. Schafer, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, Since 2008
Postdoctoral Appointee with Professor Dr. Robin Santra, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, USA, 2006–2008
Postdoctoral Researcher, Guest Scientist in the Visitors Program, Max-Planck-Institut  für Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden, Germany, 2005–2006

Education

Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden, Germany, 2002–2005
Doctorate in physics, advisor: Professor Dr. Peter Fulde, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, November 2005
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, physics, 1999–2002
Diploma in physics, advisor: Professor Dr. Lorenz S. Cederbaum, September 2002
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland, 1999
Summer student, L3 Experiment, advisor: Dr. Thomas Paul
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, physics, 1998–1999
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, physics, 1996–1998

Scholarships, Awards, Grants, and Honors

Included in Who's Who in America, Since 2008
Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, Germany, 2006–2008
IBM-Zerner Fellowship, 45th Sanibel Symposium, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA, 2005
Conference travel grant, German Research Foundation, Bonn, Germany, reference KON 324/2005, 2005
e-fellows.net scholarship, e-fellows.net GmbH & Co KG, München, Germany, 2001–2006
Scholarship for undergraduate students, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Bonn, Germany, 1997–2002

Media Attention

Argonne scientists use lasers to align molecules; technique could revolutionize human protein imaging, Argonne National Laboratory press release 051308, Brock Cooper, 2008
Transparency spans into X-ray domain, Argonne News Vol. 60, No. 16, Jennifer Deangelis, 2007
Breakthrough With Ultra-Fast Xrays, www.PhysOrg.com/news102683602.html, Miranda Marquit, 2007
X-Ray Transparency, Physics News Update, Number 827 #2, June 6, 2007, Phillip F. Schewe, Ben Stein, 2007

Invention

Robin Santra, Christian Buth, Linda Young, Laser-controlled x-ray pulse shaper based on electromagnetically induced transparency, invention number: ANL-IN-07-055, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, USA, 2007

Teaching Experience

Instructor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, Spring Semester, 2009
Taught General Physics for Engineering Students (Course No. PHYS 2102)
Teaching Assistant, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden, Germany, 2004–2006
Teaching Assistant, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, 2003–2004

Community Outreach

18th Annual Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, 2007
Chair of the session on “General Physics and Inorganic / Organic Chemistry”
Long Night of the Sciences, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden, Germany, 2003
Basic Computer Skills for Theologians, Theologisches Studienhaus Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, 1998
Physics for Theologians, Theologisches Studienhaus Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, 1997–1998

Professional Activities

Referee: Physical Review Letters, Physical Review A, Physical Review B, Journal of Physics B
Memberships: American Physical Society, American Chemical Society, National Postdoctoral Association

Computer Skills

Operating systems: Linux, Windows, Mac OS
Programming languages: C, C++, FORTRAN77/90/95, Java, Perl, HTML
Program packages: OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Mathematica, LaTEX
Parallel computing: OpenMP, Message Passing Interface (MPI)

Additional Information

Languages: German (native), English (fluently), French (intermediate), Russian (basic), Latin (basic)
Elected head of the group of students with a Friedrich Ebert Scholarship in Heidelberg, Germany, 2000–2001
Web master of the group of students with a Friedrich Ebert Scholarship in Heidelberg, Germany, 1999–2000
Hobbies: board games, jogging, table tennis, reading, horse-back riding, movies, hiking
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