CV


Cornelia Hofmann

Dr. sc. ETH Zürich

Email:cornelia.hofmann@alumni.ethz.ch
Address:Department of Physics and Astronomy
University College London
Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK

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 Feb. 2020Postdoctoral 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