Dr. Alexander Lau

Professional Experience

08/2021 - 05/2023: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow,
International Research Centre MagTop, Institute of Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
11/2019 - 07/2021: Postdoctoral Researcher,
International Research Centre MagTop, Institute of Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
11/2017 - 10/2019: Postdoctoral Researcher,
Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, TU Delft, Netherlands
04/2014 - 10/2017: Doctoral Researcher,
Institute of Theoretical Solid State Physics, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW), Dresden, Germany
12/2012 - 03/2014: Student Researcher,
Institute of Theoretical Physics, TU Dresden, Germany

04/2014 - 03/2018: PhD in Physics (Dr. rer. nat.), TU Dresden, IFW Dresden, Germany,
supervisors: Prof. Jeroen van den Brink and Dr. Carmine Ortix,
summa cum laude
10/2008 - 12/2013: M. Sc. in Physics (Dipl.-Phys.), TU Dresden, Germany,
thesis supervisor: Prof. Carsten Timm,
with distinction
10/2011 - 06/2012: ERASMUS Certificate in Mathematics, School of Mathematics, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

Best Publication of the Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences (2022)
awarded for the best publication of the institute in 2021.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (2021),
grant MagTopCSL (ID 101029345) from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
Ulam Fellowship (2020),
awarded by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA)
MSCA Seal of Excellence (2020),
awarded to project proposals submitted to the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
Tschirnhaus Medal (2018),
PhD-thesis prize, awarded by the Leibniz Institute IFW Dresden
Lohrmann Medal (2014),
award for the best graduate of the Faculty of Science, TU Dresden