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Prof. Dr. Jost Adam

Akademischer Werdegang

Curriculum Vitae

Personal Data

Title	Prof. Dr.-Ing.
First name	Jost
Name	Adam
Current position	University Professor
Current institution, country	University of Kassel Computational Materials and Photonics (CMP) - FB 16 Wilhelmshöher Allee 71, D-34121 Kassel, Germany
Identifiers/ORCID	ORCID: 0000-0001-7177-3252

Qualifications and Career

Stages	Periods and Details
Studies	1996 – 2004: Study of mathematics, physics and computer science, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU), DE
Doctorate	Feb. 2010: PhD (German Dr.-Ing. degree), CAU, DE, Thesis: Analysis and Evaluation of Numerically Computed Electromagnetic Fields via Multipole Expansions, defense on Dec. 12, 2009
Habilitation	Completed the Danish "Lecturer Training Programme" (Habilitation equivalence in DK)
Stages of the academic/professional career	since 2023: University Professor, Head of Section Computational Materials and Photonics, FB 16, University of Kassel, DE 2020 – 2023: Associate Professor and Group Leader, Computational Materials Group, Mads Clausen Institute (MCI), SDU, DK 2015 – 2020: Associate Professor, NanoSYD, MCI, SDU, DK 2014 – 2015: Assistant Professor, NanoSYD, MCI, SDU, DK 2012 – 2013: Substitute Full Professor (“Vertretungsprofessor”, W3), Integrated Systems and Photonics, Institute of Electrical and Information Engineering (ETIT), Kiel University (CAU), DE 2011 – 2014: Postdoctoral Fellow, Photonics Laboratory, Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA 2010 – 2011: Postdoctoral Fellow, Chair for Integrated Systems and Photonics, ETIT, CAU, DE Nov 2010 - Feb 2011: Paternity leave, first daughter Dec 2014 - Jul 2016: Paternity leave, second daughter (part-time for two days a week)

Activities in the Research System

2016 – today Editorial Board Member: Nature Scientific Reports

2017 – today Special Issue Editor: MDPI Nanomaterials, Sensors, and Micro, Vacuum, physica status solidi (a)

2019 – 2021 Mentor & Reviewer: SDU Lecturer Training Programme

2017 International Reviewer: Research Cluster of the BTU Graduate Research School, Brandenburgische Technische Universität (BTU), Germany

2020 – 2022 SDU Representative: Danish National e-Resource (HPC) Distrubution Committee and Danish National HPC Science Forum

2014 – 2022 Chairman: SDU TEK eScience Committee

Committee Member: SDU eScience Operational Board

2017 – 2019 Advisory Board Member: The Bibliometric Research Indicator Denmark BFI (faggruppe 38: Datalogi, 2017-19)

2012 – 2013 Directors Board Member: Institute of Electrical and Information Engineering, CAU

2009 – 2011 Management committee member: COST MP0702 Action: Towards Functional Sub-Wavelength Photonic Structures

Organization of scientific conferences:

2019 - 2024 Main Organiser: Six Annual E-MRS Fall Meeting Symposia, Nanomaterials- electronics & photonics, Warsaw, Poland (2019 – 2024)

2024 Technical Program Committee Member: Annual Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanotechnology (OMN), San Sebastian, Spain

2019 Technical Program Committee Member: 4th biennial Workshop on Recent Advances in Photonics (IEEE WRAP 2019), Guwahati, India

2012 – 2015 Editorial Committee Member: SPIE Optics & Photonics Conference: ”Novel Optical Systems Design and Optimization”, San Diego, California

Grants and Research Projects (Highlights):

2019 - 2022 Co-Applicant, Lead Partner, PI: European Commission (EUC) INTERREG 5A Deutschland - Danmark Access and Acceleration (total amount EUR 2.906.725)

2020 - 2021 Applicant, PI: Danish e-Infrastructure Cooperation (DeiC), Future Photonic Materials

2018 - 2021 Co-Applicant, Lead Partner, PI: EUC INTERREG 5A Deutschland - Danmark CheckNano - Nanosafety Fast Test (total amount EUR 1.781.825)

2018 - 2019 Applicant, PI: DeiC, Computational Modelling of Clustered Nanoparticles on Dielectric Surfaces

2017 - 2018 Co-Applicant: French-Danish Research Collaboration Program, Using a scanning tunnelling microscope to electrically probe plasmonic nanogaps made by helium ion machining

2011 - 2012 Applicant, PI: German Research Foundation (DFG) research project, Flow cytometry based on serial time-encoded amplified microscopy

Supervision of Researchers in Early Career Phases (Last 5 + 2 + 2 Years)

6 Completed Dissertations:

M. Mirsafai, "Plasmonic nanostructures for organic solar cells" (3.5 yrs)
E. Sobolewska, "Organic nanofibers in hybrid plasmonic systems" (3.5 yrs)
M. Simurda, "Mathematical modeling of ultrasound propagation in multi-phase flow" (3.5 yrs)
D. Threm, "Integration of optoelectronics and photonic crystals for lab-on-chip systems" (4 yrs)
C. Kluge, "Nanostructures for emission control in organic light-emitting layers" (5 yrs)
P. Metz, "Active micro-optic devices based on tunable thin film resonators" (5 yrs)

4 Currently supervised PhD students:

Matiyas Tsegai Korsa, Anjali Kumari, Kamal Kumar, Fahrad Zarif

Supervised postdoctoral researchers:

Dr. Alireza Shabani (SDU; now postdoc at DTU, DK)
Dr. Neda Rahmani (SDU; now postdoc at NBI, Copenhagen University, DK)
Dr. Shivani Saini (current; previously external postdoc with IIITA, India)
Dr. Anup Shrivastava (current; previously external postoc with IIITA, India)

Scientific Results

Category A

M. Charconnet, M. Korsa, S. Petersen, J. Plou, C. Hanske, J. Adam, and A. Seifert. “Generalization of Self-Assembly Toward Differently Shaped Colloidal Nanoparticles for Plasmonic Superlattices”. Small Methods (2023), p. 2201546. doi: 10.1002/smtd.202201546
M. Korsa, S. Petersen, N. Rahmani, A. Shabani, Y. Mishra, and J. Adam. "Photonic materials cloud: an online interactive open tool for creating, comparing, and testing photonic materials". Nanomaterials 12.15 (2022). doi: 10.3390/nano12152585 (Feature Article), OA
N. Rahmani, A. Shabani, and J. Adam. “A theoretical study of new polar and magnetic double perovskites for photovoltaic applications”. RSC Advances 12.53 (2022), pp. 34503–34511. doi: 10.1039/d2ra06478b, OA
Z. Lawson, A. Preston, M. Korsa, N. Dominique, W. Tuff, E. Sutter, J. Camden, J. Adam, R. Hughes, and S. Neretina. “Plasmonic gold trimers and dimers with air-filled nanogaps”. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 14.24 (2022), pp. 28186–28198. doi: 10.1021/acsami.2c04800
N. Rahmani, M. E. Ghazi, M. Izadifard, A. Shabani, and J. Adam. “Designing new ferromagnetic double perovskites: the coexistence of polar distortion and half-metallicity”. PCCP 23,35 (2021), pp. 19571–19578. doi: 10.1039/D1CP02479E, OA
A. Shabani, M. Tsegay Korsa, S. Petersen, M. Khazaei Nezhad, Y. Kumar Mishra, and J. Adam. “Zirconium Nitride: Optical Properties of an Emerging Intermetallic for Plasmonic Applications”. Adv. Phot. Res. 2.11 (2021), p. 2100178. doi: 10.1002/adpr.2100178, OA
A. Shabani, M. K. Nezhad, N. Rahmani, Y. K. Mishra, B. Sanyal, and J. Adam. “Revisiting the Optical Dispersion of Aluminum-Doped Zinc Oxide: New Perspectives for Plasmonics and Metamaterials”. Advanced Photonics Research 2.4 (2021), p. 2000086. doi: 10.1002/adpr.202000086 (Cover Page Article), OA
M. Pizzone, M. G. Grimaldi, A. La Magna, N. Rahmani, S. Scalese, J. Adam, and R. A. Puglisi. "Study of the Molecule Adsorption Process during the Molecular Doping". Nanomaterials 11.8 (2021). doi: 10.3390/nano11081899, OA
B. Gerislioglu, G. Bakan, R. Ahuja, J. Adam, Y. Mishra, and A. Ahmadivand. “The role of Ge2Sb2Te5 in enhancing the performance of functional plasmonic devices”. Materials Today Physics 12 (2020), p. 100178. doi: 10.1016/j.mtphys.2020.100178
B. Gerislioglu, A. Ahmadivand, and J. Adam. "Infrared plasmonic photodetectors: the emergence of high photon yield toroidal metadevices". Materials Today Chemistry 14 (2019), p. 100206. doi: 10.1016/j.mtchem.2019.100206

Category B

Conference Contributions (peer-reviewed abstracts/presentations and invited talks):

J. Adam, “Two-dimensional materials, heterostructures, and perovskites for photonics - a computational approach”. OMN 2024, San Sebastian, Spain (2024) (Invited Talk)
K. Kumar, N. d. Leeuw, J. Adam, and A. K. Mishra. “Cu decorated ψ-graphene, ψ-graphone and ψ-graphane materials for CO2 activation: DFT(D)+U Study”. CANDEE-2023, ABV-IITM, Gwalior, India, 2023 (ACS Best Poster Award)
S. Saini, A. Shrivastava, S. Singh, and J. Adam. “First Principle Investigation of Strain-Induced Structural, Electronic, and Transport Properties of Janus MoSeTe Monolayers”. E-MRS 2023 Fall Meeting, Warsaw, Poland (2023)
K. Kumar, A. Kumari, J. Adam, N. de Leeuw, and A. K. Mishra. “CO2 capture on pristine and Cu-decorated graphene-based materials”. E-MRS 2023 Fall Meeting, Warsaw, Poland (2023)
D. Gupta, P. Gupta, A. Shrivastava, S. Saini, S. Singh, and J. Adam. “Predictions of stability and band-gaps for double perovskite oxides (DPOs) using high-throughput Machine-Learning Algorithms”. E-MRS 2023 Fall Meeting, Warsaw, Poland (2023)
J. Adam. “Modeling Colloidal Photonic Nanostructures - from Quantum Simulations to Optimiz- ing Self-Assembled Plasmonic Nanoparticle Superlattices”. MRS - Materials Research Society Spring Meeting 2023, SF, CA, USA (2023) (Invited Talk)
J. Adam. “The Photonic Materials Cloud - Designing, Comparing, and Testing Photonics Materials Online”. E-MRS 2022 Spring Meeting, Symposium D2 (2022) (Invited Talk)
J. Adam. “Computational Design and Optimization of Future Plasmonic Materials and Nanostructures”. In: AAAFM-UCLA Int. Conf. on Adv. in Functional Materials 2021, EEPM (2021) (Invited Talk)
J. Adam. “Computational Plasmonics - Novel Materials, Structures, and Applications”. In: MRS 2021 (Virtual) Spring Meeting, Symposium EL06 (2021) (Invited Talk)

Scientific Outlets (Open-Access Online Tool):

The Photonic Materials Cloud (PMCloud): http://photonicmaterials.info

Publikationen

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2023	Charconnet, M., Korsa, M.T., Petersen, S., Plou, J., Hanske, C., Adam, J., Seifert, A., 2023. Generalization of Self-Assembly Toward Differently Shaped Colloidal Nanoparticles for Plasmonic Superlattices. SMALL METHODS 7, 2201546. https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202201546
2023	Adam, J., 2023. Modeling Colloidal Photonic Nanostructures - from Quantum Simulations to Optimizing Self-Assembled Plasmonic Nanoparticle Superlattices. MRS - Materials Research Society Spring Meeting & Exhibit 2023.
2023	Pizzone, M., Grimaldi, M.G., La Magna, A., Scalese, S., Adam, J., Puglisi, R.A., 2023. Molecule Clustering Dynamics in the Molecular Doping Process of Si(111) with Diethyl-propyl-phosphonate. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24, 6877. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24086877
2023	Borgh, G., Bongiorno, C., La Magna, A., Mannino, G., Shabani, A., Patane, S., Adam, J., Puglisi, R.A., 2023. Plasmon resonances in silicon nanowires: geometry effects on the trade-off between dielectric and metallic behaviour. Optical Materials Express 13, 598–609. https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.475988
2022	Rahmani, N., Shabani, A., Adam, J., 2022. A theoretical study of new lead-free double perovskite semiconductors for photovoltaic applications. European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) 2022-Fall Meeting - Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland : Duration: 19. Sept 2022 - 23. Sept 2022.
2022	Rahmani, N., Shabani, A., Adam, J., 2022. A theoretical study of new polar and magnetic double perovskites for photovoltaic applications. RSC Advances 12, 34503–34511. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ra06478b
2022	Etxemarria-Elezgarai, J., Bergamini, L., Lopez, E., Adam, J., Zabala, N., Aizpurua, J., Seifert, A., 2022. Combination of plasmonic and dielectric properties by multivariate analysis for enhanced sensing. E-MRS 2022 Spring Meeting - Strassbourg, France : Duration: 30. May 2022 - 3. Jun 2022.
2022	Neal, R.D., Lawson, Z.R., Tuff, W.J., Xu, K., Kumar, V., Korsa, M.T., Zhukovskyi, M., Rosenberger, M.R., Adam, J., Hachtel, J.A., Camden, J.P., Hughes, R.A., Neretina, S., 2022. Large-Area Periodic Arrays of Atomically Flat Single-Crystal Gold Nanotriangles Formed Directly on Substrate Surfaces. Small 18, 2205780. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202205780
2022	Shabani, A., Essu, D., Rahmani, N., Adam, J., 2022. Opto-electro-mechanical properties of Al-doped Zinc Oxide. European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) 2022-Fall Meeting - Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland : Duration: 19. Sept 2022 - 23. Sept 2022.
2022	Sobolewska, E.K., Laghrissi, A., Kawalec, T., Jozefowski, L., Rubahn, H.-G., Adam, J., Fiutowski, J., 2022. Para-hexaphenylene (p-6P) nanofibers grown on a silver surface for polarization-insensitive surface plasmon polariton excitation. Optics Communications 511, 127995. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2022.127995