Prof. Dr. Markus Roth

Technische Universität Darmstadt
Institut für Kernphysik
Schlossgartenstr. 9
D-64289 Darmstadt
Deutschland

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Prof. Dr. Markus Roth
Markus Roth


Curriculum Vitae · Current research activities

Curriculum Vitae

  • General

    NameMarkus Roth
    Date of birth5. November 1965 in Darmstadt
    Citizenshipgerman
    Statusmarried

  • Education

    1971 - 1975Carlo - Mierendorff Grundschule, Griesheim
    1975 - 1984Justus-Liebig Gymnasium, Darmstadt
    June 1984Abitur
    1984 - 1985Service in the German Army
    1986 - 1994Study of Physics at the Technischen Universität Darmstadt
    1992 - 1994Diploma - Thesis at the Institut f. Angewandte Physik
    1994Diploma
    Title: Zeitaufgelöste Untersuchung des Emissionsverhaltens einzelner Spektrallinien von hochionisiertem Neon in einem Plasmafokus
    1995 - 1997PhD thesis at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung Section Schwerionen - Plasmaphysik
    1997Promotion
    Title: Experimentelle Bestimmung des Energieverlustes schwerer Ionen in lasererzeugten Plasmen

  • Professional Career

    1995 - 1998Multiple research trips to Russia in the frame of the WTZ contract (ICP-Chernogolovka, ITEP-Moskau)
    1998Staff scientist at GSI, Project planning of the High Energy laser System PHELIX
    1999 - 2000Guest scientist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA. Research at the LLNL Petawatt Laser, Falcon Laser, 100 MeV Electron linear accelerator
    1999Work at Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, USA Z-Beamlet Laser Facility
    2000 - 2003Staff scientist at GSI
    2000 - 2001Research at the Ecole Polytechnique, Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation des Laser Intenses
    since 2003Professor at the University of Technology, Darmstadt, Institute for Nuclear Physics, Radiation and Beam Physics

Current research activities

  • Energy loss of heavy ions in laser generated plasmas
  • High energy density in matter
  • Particle acceleration by ultra-intense lasers
  • Plasma physics with Terawatt and Petawatt lasers
  • Laboratory Astrophysics using laser and ion beams

  • since 1986 member of the german physical society
  • Referee for NSF, IOP, several journals