Hannes C. Schniepp

Professional Positions

2015–2018	Adina Allen Term Distinguished Associate Professor — The College of William & Mary Department of Applied Science
2016–	Courtesy Associate Professor of Physics — The College of William & Mary Department of Physics
2014–2015	Guest Professor — Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Department of Materials Science (D-MATL). Host: Prof. André Studart
2014–	Associate Professor — The College of William & Mary Department of Applied Science, Nanomaterials & Imaging Lab
2008–2014	Assistant Professor — The College of William & Mary Department of Applied Science, Nanomaterials & Imaging Lab
2004–2008	Associate Research Scholar — Princeton University Chemical Engineering Department http://www.princeton.edu/

2004	Dr. sc. nat. — Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences
1999	Dipl. Phys. — Universität Konstanz, Germany Physics Department

33 peer reviewed publications
>9,100 total citations, h-index=18 (according to ISI, as of 1/26/2018)
5 "Highly Cited" papers according to Thomson/Reuters as of Aug 2016
(top 1% papers in the fields of materials science, chemistry, and physics)
1 issued U.S. patent, several pending patents
2 keynote lectures at conferences
54 Invited talks, 20 Popular Science Presentations & Publications
36 talks and 19 posters at national and international conferences

15 grants from federal and state institutions, from industry, and from foundations
Hannes C. Schniepp is Principal Investigator on 13 of these 15 grants
Total extramural funding > $1,800,000

2004–2008	Postdoctoral position — Princeton University, Chemical Engineering Department Supervisors: Prof. Ilhan Aksay and Prof. Dudley Saville “BIO-INSPIRED NANO-MATERIALS” A) Self-assembly and self-healing at the molecular scale [3], [5], [6], [9], [11] B) Graphene-based nano-materials [4], [7], [8], [10] C) Nanoscopic building blocks of bio-materials D) Advancement of scanning probe techniques [5], [6]
1999–2004	Ph.D. thesis — Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland Supervisor: Prof. Vahid Sandoghdar “FROM NANO-OPTICS TO BIOPHYSICS” A) Optical investigation and spectroscopy of single nanoparticles [1], [2] B) Developing combined optical and scanning probe tools [1] C) Application of optical and scanning probe tools in biophysics
1998–1999	Diploma thesis — Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Mlynek “EXPERIMENTAL QUANTUM OPTICS WITH NANOSTRUCTURES” A) Light–Matter interaction at the nanoscale [1] B) Tools for optical investigation of single particles [1]
1997	Summer scholarship — Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Mlynek Topic: “Nano-structuring of WO₃ coated glass surfaces” with hydrogen gas by means of pulled micro-/nano-pipettes.