Present grants awarded while in Denmark (2006-   ):

Rafal Dunin-Borkowski is a named investigator on the following active research grants:

   2010 to 2013   

NorTEMnet (Nordic transmission electron microscopy network) NordForsk grant with Prof. R Holmestad, Prof. E Olsson and Prof. J Ruokolainen.

Amount awarded: 900k NoK (€113k).

   2010 to 2013   

NERC grant (EACPR_P26419) with Dr A Muxworthy (PI) and Dr W Williams entitled "The effect of chemical alteration on the fidelity of palaeomagnetic pseudo single domain recorders".

Amount awarded:

   2010 to 2013   

Swiss National Science Foundation grant with Prof. J Van herle and Dr A Hessler-Wyser, entitled "IN SItu TEm study of reduction and reoxidation of Ni(O)-ceramic composite (INSITE)".

Amount awarded: 225k SFr (€170k).

   2010 to 2013   

FP7-ENERGY-2009 -1 grant (project number 241277) with Dr W Soppe (PI), Dr D Fischer, Dr W Schipper, Prof. M Topic, Dr G Sánchez Plaza, Dr K Leitner and others, entitled "SILICON-Light - Improved material quality and light trapping in thin film silicon solar cells".

EC contribution: €5.98M.

   2010 to 2013   

FP7 grant (project number 245162) with Dr S Weigel, Prof. E Huusfeldt Larsen, Dr K Mølhave and others, enitled "NanoLyse - Nanoparticles in food: analytical methods for detection and characterisation".

EC contribution: €2.95M.

   2010 to 2011   

Otto Mønsted fellowship to support a three month visiting Professorship in the Technical University of Denmark for Prof. G Pozzi from the University of Bologna.

Amount awarded: 186k DKr (€25k).

   2009 to 2014   

ERC-2008-AdG grant (proposal number 227690) with Prof. T Dietl (PI), Dr A Bonnani, Prof. J Gaj and Prof. J Majewski.

Title: "FunDMS - Functionalisation of Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors".

EC contribution: €2.44M.

Click here to see the project website.

   2009 to 2014   

UNIK grant with Prof. J Norskov (PI), Prof. I Chorkendorff, Prof. J Grunwaldt and Prof. M Mogensen.

Title: "The Catalysis discovery initiative: Sustainable energy solutions".

Amount awarded: 120M DKr (€16.1M).

   2008 to 2011   

FTP grant with Dr P Boggild (PI), Prof. A-P Jauho, Prof. T Garm Pedersen and Dr M Brandbyge.

Title: "Nanoengineered graphene devices".

Amount awarded: 5.6M DKr (€750k).

   2008 to 2011   

Collaborating partner in Villum Kann Rasmussen Center of Excellence headed by Prof. J Mork (PI).

Title: "NAnophotonics for TErabit Communications (NATEC)".

Amount awarded: 25M DKr (€3.35M).

   2008 to 2011   

FP7-NMP-2007-SMALL-1 grant (project number 214814) with Prof. K Deppert (PI), Dr F Dimroth, Prof. B Witzigmann, Dr M Magnusson and Dr J Stangl.

Title: "AMON-RA - Architectures, Materials and One-dimensional Nanowires for Photovoltaics - Research and Applications".

EC contribution: €3.2M.

Click here to see the project website.

The Center for Electron Nanoscopy in the Technical University of Denmark is also associated, to a greater or lesser extent, in research carried out on the following projects:

   2011 to 2014   

FTP grant entitled "Imaging nanoelectronics live by transmission electron microscopy" awarded to Dr K Mølhave.

   2009 to 2013   

Danish Natural Science Research Council grant (Steno stipend) entitled "Fysiske principper for selvorganiserede materialer" awarded to Dr C Frandsen.

   2008 to 2012   

FP7-NMP-2007 grant entitled "NANOTOUGH - Nanostructured toughened hybrid nanocomposites for high performance applications" awarded to Dr A Horsewell and Dr M E Vigild.

   2008 to 2011   

FP7-NMP-2007 grant entitled "Understanding interactions between cells and nano-patterned surfaces" awarded to Dr K Mølhave and colleagues.

   2008 to 2011   

FTP grant entitled "Grain boundary engineering of functional thin films" awarded to Dr K Pantleon and Prof. M Somers.

   2008 to 2011   

FTP grant entitled "Micro alloyed high strength net shape components" awarded to Dr N Tiedje, Dr A Horsewell and Dr J Hattel.

   2008 to 2011   

Fødevareforsknings programmet grant entitled "Omega-3 food emulsions. Control and investigations of molecular structure in relation to lipid oxidation" awarded to Dr A Horsewell and Dr C Jacobsen.

   2008 to 2011   

FTP grant entitled "The influence of stress on growth- and transformation kinetics of interstitial alloys" awarded to Dr T L Christensen, Prof. M Somers and Dr K Pantleon.

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Past grants awarded while in Denmark (2006-   ):

   2009   

Otto Mønsted fellowship to support a three month visiting Professorship in the Technical University of Denmark for Prof. M R McCartney from Arizona State University.

Amount awarded: 186k DKr (€25k).

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Past grants awarded while in Cambridge (2001-2007):

   2006 to 2009   

NERC/ EPSRC grant (NE/D002036/1) with Dr W Williams (PI), Dr R J Harrison and Dr A Muxworthy.

Title: "How do magnetic interactions in nanoscale intergrowths affect palaeomagnetic interpretations?".

Amount awarded: £427k.

   2005 to 2008   

ESF EUROCORES EuroMinScI grant (05_EMINS_FP13) with Dr R J Harrison (PI), Dr R Pentcheva, Prof. W Moritz, Dr M Winklhofer, Prof. U Halenius and Dr S A McEnroe.

Title: "Magnetism and microstructure: from the nanometre to the planetary scale".

Amount awarded: €880k.

   2004 to 2007   

Ph.D. studentship funded by Johnson Matthey Plc, entitled "The application and development of novel electron microscopy techniques to platinum group metal catalysts".

   2003 to 2007   

Collaborative project with Prof. A Tonomura of the Hitachi Advanced Research Laboratory in Hatoyama, Japan, funded by the RIKEN Frontier Research System, entitled "Single Quantum Manipulation", to support a postdoctoral research scientist and equipment in Cambridge.

   2002 to 2005   

EPSRC grant (GR/R97986/01) with Dr P A Midgley (PI) and Dr C J H Barnes.

Title: "Electron holography of semiconductor junctions: developing a reliable methodology for the microelectronics industry".

Amount awarded: £263k.

Click here to see the final report on this grant.

   2004   

Royal Society India-UK Science Network grant (JEB/16191/INDIA) to fund a visit to Cambridge by Dr P Parameswaran from the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research in Kalpakkam, India, from May to August 2004.

Title: "The application of electron tomography and electron holography to the study of secondary carbides in ferritic steels".

Amount awarded: £4k.

   2003   

Royal Society conference grant (29423/032/C4) to attend the "Frontiers of Electron Microscopy in Materials Science" meeting in San Francisco in October 2003.

Amount awarded: £1k.

   2002 to 2004   

Royal Society joint project (14475) with Dr C P Liu of the National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan.

Title: "Novel TEM Techniques for the Quantitative Analysis of Nanomaterials".

Amount awarded: £7k.

   2002 to 2003   

Royal Society research grant (RSRG22560) for the purchase of specimen preparation equipment for electron microscopy.

Amount awarded: £9k.

   2001 to 2005   

Member of European Research Network (GDR-E), organised by Dr M J Hytch, funding visits by scientists between approximately ten different laboratories in Europe.

Title: "Quantification and measurement in transmission electron microscopy".

   2000 to 2007   

Royal Society University Research Fellowship.

Project title: "Electron holography of magnetic and electric fields in nanostructured materials".

Amount awarded: £249k.

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Past grants awarded while in Oxford (1999-2000):

   2000 to 2002   

NATO Science Programme collaborative linkage grant with Prof. A Putnis (PI) and Dr M Posfai.

Title: "Biogenic iron minerals and their magnetic properties".

Amount awarded: £5k.

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