CV


Cornelia Hofmann

Dr. sc. ETH Zürich

Email:cornelia.hofmann@zhaw.ch
Address:ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
ICLS Institute of Computational Life Sciences
Schloss 4, Postfach, 8820 Wädenswil
Switzerland

Education

Sep. 2010 – Feb. 2017Teaching Diploma for Upper Secondary Education in Physics,
ETH Zurich
Sep. 2012 – Oct. 2016PhD studies in the Ultrafast Laser Physics group,
Institute of Quantum Electronics,
Department of Physics, ETH Zurich
Sep. 2010 – Sep. 2012Master of Science ETH in Physics, ETH Zurich
Sep. 2007 – Aug. 2011Bachelor of Science ETH in Physics, ETH Zurich
Aug. 2003 – Jul. 2007Swiss Maturity Diploma (specialised subject Latin),
State School for Higher Education, Wattwil

Research Experience

Since Aug. 2022Lecturer for Physics and Mathematics, in the Simulation & Optimization group, Research Centre for Digital Labs & Production,
Institute of Computational Life Sciences,
School of Life Sciences and Facility Management,
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences,
Feb. 2020 – May 2022Postdoctoral researcher in the Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Positron Physics group,
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London
Apr. 2017 – Dec. 2019Postdoctoral researcher in the Finite Systems group,
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden
Jan. 2017 – Mar. 2017Postdoctoral researcher in the Ultrafast Laser Physics group,
Institute of Quantum Electronics, ETH Zurich
Sep. 2012 – Oct. 2016PhD studies in the Ultrafast Laser Physics group,
Institute of Quantum Electronics, ETH Zurich
(Attosecond electron dynamics in strong-field ionization)
Sep. 2015 – Jul. 2016Scientific guest at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany
(Electron dynamics in atomic systems on the attosecond time-scale)
Mar. – Jul. 2012Master Thesis in the Ultrafast Laser Physics group
(Electron dynamics after strong field tunnel ionization)
May – Jun. 2010Semester project in the Laboratory of ion beam physics, ETH Zurich
(Background analysis for AMS of 236U at the ETH Tandy facility using
time-of-flight detectors)
Reviewer forJournal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics;
Physical Review Letters; Optics Express;
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics; Physical Review A;
Scientific Reports; Physics Letters A;
Journal of Modern Optics

Grants and Awards

Feb. 2020 – Jan 2022Postdoc.Mobility Fellowship, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF): Project Database
Apr. 2014 – Aug. 2016Collaborator in SNSF Project Grant: Project Database
Sep. 2015 – Jul. 2016Supplementary mobility grant to the SNSF Project
May 2015VMP Assistant Award for the best teaching assistants in BSc Physics and BSc Mathematics
Sep. 2012 – Mar. 2014ETH-FAST research project grant
Dec. 2013C. Hofmann et al. J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 46 (2013)
chosen for IOP select and Journal of Physics B Highlights of 2013