Dr. Manuel Decker 4/34 Watson Street, Turner, 2612 ACT Email: manuel.decker@anu.edu.au – Tel.: +61 468 323525 1 CURRICULUM VITAE DR. RER. NAT. MANUEL DECKER Date of Birth: 27.03.1979 Citizenship: German PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE________________________________________________ 08/2014 – present Discovery Early Career Researcher (Research Fellow Level B): Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University 08/2011 – present ARC Super Science Fellow: Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University 07/2010 – 07/2011 Postdoctoral Research Associate: Institute of Applied Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany 10/2005 – 07/2010 Research Assistant: Institute of Applied Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany 08/1999 – 09/1999 Work placement as Supply Chain Manager: Nortel Dasa AG, Nürnberg, Germany EDUCATION______________________________________________________________ 10/2005 – 07/2010 Doctor rer. nat. (Ph.D.) in Physics: (Grade: “magna cum laude”) Institute of Applied Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany Thesis Advisors: Prof. Dr. Martin Wegener, Prof. Dr. Stefan Linden Thesis Title: “New Light on Optical Activity: Interaction of Electromagnetic Waves with Chiral Photonic Metamaterials” 04/2004 – 04/2005 Diplom (M.Sc.) in Physics: (Grade: A-) Institute of Applied Physics, University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany Thesis Advisors: Prof. Dr. Claus Klingshirn, Dr. Heiko Priller Thesis Title: “Spatiotemporally Resolved Measurements of Macroscopic Energy Transport in ZnO” 10/1999 – 04/2005 Studies in Physics: University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany 09/1989 – 06/1998 Abitur (High-School Diploma): (Grade: A) Karl-Maybach-Gymnasium Friedrichshafen, Germany ADVANCED STUDIES_______________________________________________________ 03/2007 – 07/2010 Ph.D. Program in Optics and Photonics at the Karlsruhe School of Optics and Photonics (KSOP) 10/2008 Technical Module: Digital Signal Processing, Department of Measurement and Control, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany 01/2008 Management Module: Human Resource Management, HECTOR School of Engineering and Management, Karlsruhe, Germany 10/2007 Technical Module: Computer Aided Design of Optical and Photonic Systems, Light Technology Institute (LTI), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany Dr. Manuel Decker 2 AWARDS________________________________________________________________ Group of Eight Australia & Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme Grant: 20.000 AUD in 2014 ARC Discovery Project Grant: 441.000 AUD in 2014 ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award: 366.000 AUD in 2014 ANU Major Equipment Grant: 140.000 AUD in 2012 Super Science Fellowship at the Australian National University: 300.000 AUD in 2011 RAITH Micrograph Award: in 2007 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES_________________________________________________ Since 2007 Referee for leading international journals including Nature Photonics, Scientific Reports, ACS Photonics, Applied Physics Letters, Physical Review B, Optics Letters, Optics Express, etc. 03/2007 – 07/2010 Collegiate at the graduate school Karlsruhe School of Optics and Photonics (KSOP) 10/2004 – 02/2010 Teachings: Seminars in theoretical and experimental physics, Supervisor in lab courses 01/2007 – 08/2007 Member of the organizing committee of the international “CFN-Summer School on Nano- Biology” (20.-24.08.07, Bad Herrenalb) PUBLICATION SUMMARY_________________________________________________ Total Number of Publications: 95 Published Journal Articles 38 Journal Articles submitted 0 Conference Talks (only own presentations) 21 Published Conference Proceedings 34 Full-Length Invited Seminar Talks 9 Other 1 Total Number of Citations: 2137 h-index: 18 QUALIFICATIONS_________________________________________________________ Expertise: – Numerical modeling and optimization of functional nanostructures using FEM- and FDTD-methods (COMSOL Multiphysics, CST Microwave Studio). – Development of theoretical models for coupling mechanisms in metamaterials. – Optical characterization of 2D and 3D functional nanostructures fabricated by electron-beam lithography and direct laser writing. – Development and optimization of a stacking technique in order to realize multi- layered chiral metamaterials. – Development of an inversion technique to fabricate 3D photonic metamaterials. Technical Skills: Electron-beam lithography, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, reactive ion etching techniques, atomic layer deposition, polarization spectroscopy Programming Skills: MATlab, LabVIEW, C, C++, Java, Gopher Software: MATlab, COMSOL MultiPhysics, CST Microwave Studio, LaTex, POVray, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, Origin, MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Powerpoint Languages: German: mother tongue Italian: basic knowledge English: excellent Latin: basic knowledge French: basic knowledge