Techert, Simone, Prof. Dr.

• Since 2013 Leading Scientist at the German Electron Synchrotron DESY, Photon Science Department, and Professor for Ultrafast X-ray Physics at the Institute for X-ray Physics, University of Göttingen
• 2006- 2012 Minerva Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen
• 2005 Venia Legendi in Physical Chemistry, University of Göttingen
• 2001-2004 Emmy Noether Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Gottingen
• 1997-2000 Postdoc (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble)
• 1996 PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry / Göttingen University

Major Research Interests
Ultrafast X-ray science, Development of “molecular movie” methods at synchrotron and free electron laser facilities, Free electron laser research on complex chemical and biochemical reactions, Structural dynamics of (bio)chemical systems, Water dynamics, Biochirality

Homepage Department/Research Group
http://photon-science.desy.de/research/research_teams/structural_dynamics_in_chemical_systems_fs_scs/index_eng.html

Selected Recent Publications

• Marschall F et int. (12 authors), Techert S (2017) Transmission zone plates as analyzers for efficient parallel D RIXS-mapping, Sci. Rep. 7, 8849-8851


• Wernet P, (12 authors), Techert S, Föhlisch A (2015) Orbital-specific mapping of the ligand exchange dynamics of Fe(CO)5 in solution, Nature 520 (7545), 78-82


• Lindenberg M, (8 authors), Techert S, (5 authors), Hastings JB (2005) Atomic-scale Visualization of Inertial Dynamics, Science 308, 392–394


• Collet E, Lemée-Cailleau MH, Buron-Le Cointe M, Cailleau H, Wulff M, Luty T, Koshihara SY, Meyer M, Toupet L, Rabiller P, Techert S (2003) Light-induced Ferroelectric Structural Order in an Organic Charge-Transfer Crystal, Science 300, 612-614


• Techert S, Schotte F, Wulff M (2001) Picosecond X-ray Diffraction Probed Transient Structural Changes in Organic Solids, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 2030-2034