Christoph Friedrich Deneke

Christoph Friedrich Deneke (CD) is a professor at the Applied Physics Departemnt of the Institute for Physics "IFGW" at the University of Campinas. CD got his final degree (Dipl.-Ing.) from the Technische Universität Darmstadt (Germany) in 2000. Afterwards, he moved to the Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart (MPI-FKF) to work with the MBE group of the von Klitzing department. He received his PhD in Physics (Dr. rer. nat.) for his work on rolled-up nanotubes at the MPI-FKF from the Universität Stuttgart (2005). He stayed as a PostDoc with the MBE group at the MPI-FKF (2005-2007) still working with free-standing semiconductor nanoobjects. In 2007, he was invited to join the IFW Dresden at the new founded Institute for Integrative Nanotechnology. During the time in Dresden (2007-2011), he established the semiconductor growth facilities as well as broadened his research interest towards other material systems. From May 2011 to April 2017, CD was at the Laboratório Nacional de Nanotecnologia (LNNano) as head of the surface science group (Laboratório de Ciência de Superfícies - LCS). In May 2017, he joined as professor the University of Campinas (Unicamp) and received his livre docente in 2019 from the IFGW. His research focus on nanostructures evolving from nanomembranes and 2D materials. He specialized in the structural characterization of strain driven nanostructures (atomic force microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-Ray diffraction) and is interested in the synthesis (thin film growth, MBE, lithography) and characterization (TEM, SEM, FIB, XRD) of semiconductor nanomembranes and self-assembled structures based thereon. Recently, he developed an interest in scattering scanning optical near field microscopy applied to study 2D materials like graphene and graphene-based heterostuctures.