Pathways in Physics: Dr. Tom Seifert - Physicist as Founder and Technology Developer
Dr. Tom Seifert
Dr. Tom Seifert acquired his bachelor, master and PhD degrees at the Freie Universität Berlin and the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society. He then worked for two years in the laboratories of the ETH Zurich.
Today, Tom Seifert is involved in the ultrafast physics research in the group of Prof. Kampfrath and leads as CEO the recently founded company TeraSpinTec GmbH. The spin-off of Kampfrath's research group markets worldwide spintronic terahertz emitters, which are specially developed for physics research laboratories.
Dr. Tom Seifert will talk about his way into physics research as well as his tasks and visions as founder and CEO of TeraSpinTec GmbH.
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Milestones
- 2014 M.Sc. Physik, FU Berlin
- 2018 PhD FHI and FU Berlin
- 2018-2020 Post-doc fellow at ETH Zurich
- since 2020 Senior researcher in the AG Kampfrath, FU Berlin
- since 2021 CEO of TeraSpinTec GmbH
Awards
- Highest Award of the 2019 Tiburtius Prize for outstanding dissertation
- Winner of the INNOMAG Prize 2020 for outstnading dissertation
My advice to future physicists
Follow your interests and talents, not a contrived career plan.Any start-up idea in mind?
The team of Profund Innovation, the start-up service of Freie Universität Berlin, will be present at the online event. Participants will not only be able to put questions to Dr. Tom Seifert, but also to Anna Figoluschka und Tomasz Gingold on how to finance spin-offs.
Time & Location
Dec 15, 2021 | 06:00 PM s.t.
Online via Webex
Further Information
Language: English
Students can ask questions in English or German.
About "Pathways in Physics"
In the online talk series for students of physics, different speakers will talk about their own pathway in physics: why they became physicists, how they recognized what their interests in physics were and how they went about getting positions in research and industry. We invite speakers from the Department of Physics, different research institutions as well as from various industries.