Dr. Barbara Scherrer

Technical Consultant and Innovation at KoinaSoft

MSCA postdoctoral fellow (2015-2017)

PhD (ETH Zurich, 2012)

Master in Chemistry (ETH Zurich, 2006)

After receiving her PhD in material science at ETH Zurich (Switzerland) in the group of Prof. Ludwig J. Gauckler in 2012, Dr. Barbara Scherrer spent the following year as a postdoc in the same institute fabricating and testing a demonstrator based on a micro-solid oxide fuel cell and a micro-reformer unit. From 2013 to 2014, she worked at the University of Sydney (Prof. Julie Cairney) in a joint project with ETH Zurich (Prof. Ralph Spolenak) on diffusion in noble metals using atom probe tomography, followed by a short project on development of atom probe for water based materials at ETH Zurich. Since June 2015, she joined the group of Prof. Avner Rothschild investigating hematite thin films for photoelectrolysis.

June 15 till present      Technion, postdoch position in the group of Prof. A. Rothschild.

Jan 15 to June 15        ETH Zurich, postdoc position in the group of Prof R. Spolenak.

Feb 13 to Dec 14        ETH Zurich, postdoc position in the group of Prof R. Spolenak, located at University of Sydney in the group of Prof J. Cairney.

Mar 12 to Dec 12       ETH Zurich, postdoc position in the group of Prof L. J. Gauckler.

Apr 07 to Mar 12        ETH Zurich, PhD thesis: “Composition, Microstructures and Electrical Properties of Yttria-stabilized-Zirconia Thin Films made by Spray Pyrolysis” in the group of Prof L. J. Gauckler.

Sep 06 to Mar 07        Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems Ltd. UK, Trainee.

Mar 06 to Aug 06       ETH Zurich, scientific staff in the group of Prof L. J. Gauckler.

28 Apr 06                   ETH Zürich, masters in chemistry, focus: inorganic chemistry, chemical aspects of energy.

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