Personal information

• Name: Holger von Wenckstern
• Date of birth: April 27, 1977
• Place of birth Karl Marx Stadt, now Chemnitz, Germany
• Nationality: German

Education and scientific activities

• 1983-1991 Primary school and Secondary school in Karl Marx Stadt,
  now Chemnitz (Nikolai Ostrowski Polytechnische Oberschule)
  1991-1993 High school in Chemnitz (Leibniz Gymnasium)
  1993-1994 Hopkinsville High school, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, U.S.A.,
  1994-1996 High school in Chemnitz (Leibniz Gymnasium),
  
• 1996-1997 Social service
• 1997-2002 Study of physics at Universität Leipzig
  12/2002 Degree Diplom-Physiker at Universität Leipzig,
  Diploma thesis: "Electrical Properties of ZnO Thin Films and ZnO Single Crystals"
  Thesis advisors: Prof. Dr. M. Grundmann and PD. Dr. R. Pickenhain
• since 01/2003 Scientific staff and Ph.D. student, Institute of Experimental Physics II, Universität Leipzig,
  04/2008 Dr. rer. nat. (Physics), Universität Leipzig:
  "Doping, contacting, defect levels and transport properties of ZnO", Thesis advisor: Prof. Dr. M. Grundmann
  
  
• since 05/2009 Coordinator of Research Group Multi-Scale Functional Nanostructures