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During my time as the leader of the Micro/Nano Optics Group in the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS), I followed a holistic approach to develop nanofabrication strategies for advanced optics for high-energy spectro-microscopy, as summarized in Fig. 1. This multi-faceted research approach led to the first point-focusing, approximation free soft X-ray kinoform lenses using gray-scale ion beam lithography (IBL) [1] (Fig. I). Recently, we used two-photon polymerization (2PP) based 3D nano-printing of high-efficiency X-ray lenses (Fig. II) with great preliminary results [2], and potential that is even more significant for the future. Furthermore, we used atomic layer deposition (ALD) and IBL to fabricate the first functional multilayer-Fresnel Zone Plates (Fig III) [3], and FZPs for coherent diffractive imaging (Fig. IV).

In the future, I am interested to use the nanotechnology expertise I have built over the years and transferrable fabrication and analysis skills to meet new challenges in nanofabrication and nano-imaging on a broader scope. I want to leverage my experience in nano-photonics, nano-fabrication to engineer sandbox devices, such as 2D and 3D ensembles of electronic and optically active nanoparticles and structures. My group will use cutting-edge microscopy tools to study these engineered systems under a variety of in situ and in operando conditions.