Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Nadja-C. Bigall

Since January 2018
W3-Professorship for Functional Nanostructures, Leibniz Universität Hannover

2017
Offer for W3-Professorship for Physical Chemistry of Nanomaterials, Universität Kassel (rejected)

2017–2018
W2-Professorship for Functional Nanostructures, Leibniz Universität Hannover

2013–2017
Head of an independent junior research group at Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, funded by BMBF NanoMatFutur and ERC Starting Grant

2012–2013
Postdoc (Habilitandin, scientific assistant) at the Leibniz University Hannover, Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry

2011–2012
Postdoc (scientific assistant) at the Philipps-University Marburg, Department of Physics

2009–2011
Postdoc at the Italian Institute of Technology, Nanobiotech Facilities, Genoa, Italy

2006–2009
PhD student (scientific assistant) at the Technical University of Dresden

1999–2006
Graduate physicist (study of physics and meteorology) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich

Since 2022
Member of the board of the Leibniz School of Optics & Photonics (LSO)

Since 2022
Speaker of the PhoenixD Research School (PRS)

Since 2022
Board member of the Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD

Since 2022
Board of the Laboratory for Nano and Quantum Engineering (LNQE)

Since 2019
Member of the board of the Faculty of Natural Science of the Leibniz Universität Hannover

Since 2018
Deputy Managing Director of the Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry

Since 2018
Member of the Examination Committee for Chemistry (B.Sc. / M.Sc.) / Analytics (M.Sc.) / Material and Nanochemistry (M.Sc.) / Drugs' and Natural Products' Chemistry (M.Sc.)

Since 2017
Editor of the international journal "Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie" (Journal of Physical Chemistry)

2016–2017
Spokesperson of the Career Forum (for promoting young academics) of the German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

Since 2016
ERC Starting Grant (MAEROSTRUC)

2012
One of 7 winners of the BMBF's NanoMatFutur competition for young researchers (funding: €2.1 million for 6 years to establish an independent junior research group)

2012
Caroline-Herschel-Program of the Leibniz Universität Hannover for promoting young female academics on the way towards a professorship

2010
Professor Schwabe Prize of the Professor Schwabe Foundation of the TU Dresden for outstanding achievements in the preparation of the dissertation