Dr. Katrin Siefermann (Nov. 2007 - July 2010)

++49 - 551 - 39 12599 e-mail Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Institut für Physikalische Chemie Tammannstrasse 6 37077 Göttingen Germany

• Energetics and dynamics of solvated electrons
• High Harmonic Generation (HHG)
• Time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy

PCGG activities

Cooperation(s):

• Vöhringer-Martinez - Grubmüller group (Molecular Dynamics simulations of liquid phase desorption mechanisms)
• Suhm group (intermolecular interactions, hydrogen-bonded systems)
• Bögehold - Abel group (liquid beam desorption mass spectrometry)

• Project Week in the Grubmüller Group: Energetics and Dynamics of Superheated Water - a Molecular Dynamics Simulation

• ♦ O. Link, E. Vöhringer-Martinez, E. Lugovoy, Y. Liu, K. R. Siefermann, H. Grubmüller, B. Abel, Shedding new light on the dynamics of superheated hydrogen-bonded liquids, (submitted 2010).
• ♦ K. R. Siefermann, Y. Liu, E. Lugovoy, O. Link, M. Faubel, U. Buck, B. Winter, B. Abel, Binding energies, lifetimes and implications of bulk and interface solvated electrons in water, Nat. Chem. 2010, 2, 274-279. (published online: 7 March 2010) (DOI: 10.1038/NCHEM.580)
• ♦ K. R. Siefermann, B. Abel, Ion chemistry mediated by water networks, Science 2010, 327, 280.
• ♦ O. Link, E. Lugovoy, K. Siefermann, Y. Liu, M. Faubel, B. Abel, Ultrafast electronic spectroscopy for chemical analysis near liquid water interfaces: concepts and applications, Appl. Phys. A 2009, 96, 117.
• ♦ O. Link, E. Vöhringer-Martinez, E. Lugovoy, Y. Liu, K. Siefermann, M. Faubel, H. Grubmüller, R. B. Gerber, Y. Miller, B. Abel, Ultrafast phase transitions in metastable water near liquid interfaces, Faraday Discuss 2009, 141, 67.

• Poster: April 08 2010 Binding energies, lifetimes and implications of bulk and interface solvated electrons in water (Awarded with a poster prize) (15th Workshop)
• Talk: Dec 07 2009 Ultrafast photoelectron spectroscopy near water interfaces with a table top beamline: The solvated electron (Seminar of the J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague)
• Talk: Dec 03 2009 Ultrafast photoelectron spectroscopy near water interfaces with a table top beamline: The solvated electron (Group of Prof. Pavel Jungwirth, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague)
• Research stay: Nov 29 2009 - Dec 17 2009 Research stay with Dr. Michal Farnik (J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague)
• Talk: Nov 19 2009 Ultrafast photoelectron spectroscopy near water interfaces with a table top beamline: The solvated electron (Seminar of the Ultrafast X-ray Science Laboratory at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
• Talk: Nov 16 2009 Ultrafast photoelectron spectroscopy near water interfaces with a table top beamline: The solvated electron (Group of Prof. Daniel Neumark, University of California - Berkeley)
• Research stay: Nov 08 2009 - Nov 23 2009 Research stay with Prof. Dr. Daniel Neumark (University of California - Berkeley)
• Talk: Sept 30 2009 Solvated electrons at and near the liquid water interface (International Bunsen Discussion Meeting: Molecular Transformations and Dynamics in Complex Environments, Leipzig)
• Poster: Sept 28 2009 The solvated electron (International Bunsen Discussion Meeting: Molecular Transformations and Dynamics in Complex Environments, Leipzig)
• Poster: Sept 12 2009 Binding energies, lifetimes and implications of partially and fully solvated electron near water interfaces (14th Workshop)
• Organization: Jul 20 2009 - Jul 26 2009 Host of Daniel Packwood (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
• Participation: Jun 28 2009 - July 3 2009 The 59th Meeting of Nobel Laureates. (Lindau, Germany)
• Talk: Jun 15 2009 Ultrafast photoelectron spectroscopy near liquid water interfaces (University of Freiburg, invited talk)
• Talk: May 23 2009 Binding energies, lifetimes and relevance of bulk and interface solvated electrons in water (Bunsentagung 2009, Köln)
• Poster: April 02 2009 Photoelectron spectroscopy reveals the nature of the solvated electron in liquid water (13th Workshop)
• Talk: Mar 09 2009 Photoelectron spectra of the solvated electron in liquid water – connecting clusters and the bulk (Symposium on Size Selected Clusters 2009, Brand/Austria)
• Talk: Nov 26 2008 Solvated electrons in and on the surface of liquid water (Seminar of the Department of Physical Chemistry)
• Talk: Oct 06 2008 Solvated Electrons in and on the surface of liquid water (1st Leipzig Workshop on Frontiers in Physical, Analytical and Theoretical Chemistry, Leipzig)
• Poster: Sept 16 2008 Hydrated electrons near liquid water interfaces studied with time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (Joint Workshop of the "Physical & Chemical Graduate School Göttingen" and the "Dahlem Research School of Molecular Science" (12th Workshop))
• Talk: Sept 15 2008 Hydrated electrons near liquid water interfaces studied with time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (Joint Workshop of the "Physical & Chemical Graduate School Göttingen" and the "Dahlem Research School of Molecular Science" (12th Workshop))
• Organization: Sept 15 2008 Co-organization of the 12th Workshop, Berlin
• Poster: Aug 28 2008 Hydrated electrons near liquid water interfaces studied with time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (Faraday Discussion 141: "Water - From Interfaces to the Bulk", Edinburgh)
• Organization: Jul 16 2008 Host student of A. C. Crowther
• Participation: April 18 2008 DPG Workshop, "Softskills für Physikerinnen" (Bad Honnef)
• Organization: April 07 2008 Co-organization of the 11th Workshop, Göttingen
• Talk: April 07 2008 Time Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy at Liquid Water Surfaces (11th Workshop)
• Poster: April 07 2008 Time Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy at Liquid Water Surfaces (11th Workshop)
• Talk: Feb 20 2008 Time Resolved PES at Liquid Water Surfaces - Results and Future Plans (BESSY, Berlin)
• Talk: Nov 21 2007 Dynamics of phase transitions of metastable water (Seminar WS 2007/2008)
• Poster: Mar 21 2006 The Effect of a Methyl Rotor on the Intramolecular Vibrational Energy Redistribution in Aromatic Molecules (Review Colloquium)