Curriculum Vitae

since 2019	Professor for In Situ Electron Microscopy Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
since 2013	Deputy Head of the Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
since 2011	Principle Investigator at the Helmholtz Institute Ulm
since 2009	Group Leader of the Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy group Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
2005-2008	Group Leader of the Nanostructure and Surface Analysis group Fraunhofer IFAM, Bremen, Germany
2000-2004	Researcher / Senior Application Specialist TEM Philips Research (Nat.Lab.) / FEI Company, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
1999-2000	Feodor Lynen Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. David Martin University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Nov. 1999	Dr. rer. nat. in Chemistry working for Prof. Klaus Müllen, MPI Polymer Resarch Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz
Nov. 1995	Diploma Chemistry, Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz

Important Committee Activities

2021- : Member of the Steering Committee of the Helmholtz Joined Lab ‘MDMC'
2020- : Board Member of the ‘Deutsche Gesellschaft für Elektronenmikroskopie’
2019- : Member of the Steering Board of the Helmholtz Imaging Platform
2019- : Member of the Steering Board of the KIT Center Materials-Structure-Function
2017- : Spokesperson of the AK ‘Electron Tomography’ of the German Materials Research Society (DGM)
2019-2021 : Spokesperson of the Area ‘Inverse Problems, Optimization’ of the KIT Center MathSEE
2017-2021 : Member of the DIN Norming Committee Materials Testing
2013-2020 : Member of the Steering Committee of the Helmholtz Programm ‘Science & Technology of Nanosystems'
2013-2018 : Board Member of the ‘Deutsche Gesellschaft für Elektronenmikroskopie’

Research Interests

Solving materials questions by high-end structural characterization using electron microscopy techniques in interdisciplinary collaborations
Development of new electron microscopy based characterization and structuring approaches for specific applications
In situ Electron Microscopy & Electron Tomography
Mechanical Properties and Structure of Nanocrystalline and Amorphous Metals
Interfaces & Processes in Energy Storage Systems
Battery Materials, Catalysts, Nanocomposites, Hybrid LED/PV, Carbo Nano Materials, Nanoparticles, Magnetic Materials

Selected Publications highlighting the different Research Areas

Fast kinetics of multivalent intercalation chemistry enabled by solvated Mg²⁺ ions into self-established metallic layered materials
Z. Li, X. Mu, Z. Zhao-Karger, T. Diemant, R. Behm, C. Kübel, M. Fichtner
Nature Communication, 2018, 9, 5115; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07484-4.
High Entropy Oxides for Reversible Energy Storage
A. Sarkar, L. Velasco, D. Wang, G. Talasila, L. de Biasi, C. Kübel, T. Brezesinski, S.S. Bhattacharya, H. Hahn, B. Breitung
Nature Communication, 2018, 9, 3400, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05774-5.
Understanding Graphitization and Growth of free-standing Nanocrystalline Graphene using In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy
C.N. Shyam Kumar, V.S.K. Chakravadhanula, A. Riaz, S. Dehm, D. Wang, X. Mu, B. Flavel, R. Krupke, C. Kübel
Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 12835- 2842; DOI: 10.1039/C7NR03276E.
Radial distribution function imaging by STEM diffraction: Phase mapping and analysis of heterogeneous nanostructured glasses
X. Mu, D. Wang, F. Tao, C. Kübel
Ultramicroscopy, 2016, 168, 1-6; DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2016.05.009.
An artificial honeycomb structured crystal formed by self-assembly of an asymmetric co-cluster
C. Ma, H. Wu, Z.-H. Huang, R.-H. Guo, M.-B. Hu, C. Kübel, L.-T. Yan, W. Wang
Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. Engl., 2015, 54, 15699 –15704; DOI: 10.1002/anie.201507237 .
Looking Inside a Working SiLED
F. Maier-Flaig, C. Kübel, J. Rinck, T. Bocksrocker, T. Scherer, R. Prang, A.K. Powell, G.A. Ozin, U. Lemmer
Nano Letters, 2013, 13(8), 3539-3545; DOI: 10.1021/nl400975u .
In situ observation of deformation processes in nanocrystalline face-centered cubic metals
A. Kobler, C. Brandel, H. Hahn, C. Kübel
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2016, 7, 572–580; DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.7.50
Combination of in-situ straining and ACOM TEM: a novel method for analysis of plastic deformation of nanocrystalline metals
A. Kobler, A. Kashiwar, H. Hahn, C. Kübel
Ultramicroscopy, 2013, 128, 68-81; DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2012.12.019.
Strain mapping of a triple junction in nanocrystalline Pd
H. Rösner, C. Kübel, J. Ivanisenko, L. Kurmanaeva, S. Divinski, M. Peterlechner, G. Wilde
Acta Materials, 2011, 59, 7380-7387, DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2011.08.020.
CuF₂ as Reversible Cathode for Fluoride Ion Batteries
D.T. Thieu, M.H. Fawey, H. Bhatia, V. S. K. Chakravadhanula, C. Kübel, M. Fichtner
Advanced Functional Materials, 2017, 27(31), 1701051; DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201701051.
Comprehensive analysis of TEM methods for LiFePO4/FePO4 phase mapping: spectroscopic techniques (EFTEM, STEM-EELS) and STEM diffraction techniques (ACOM-TEM)
X. Mu, A. Kobler, D. Wang, V.S.K. Chakravadhanula, S. Schlabach, D.V. Szabó, P. Norby, C. Kübel
Ultramicroscopy, 2016, 170, 10-18; DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2016.07.009.
Towards automated diffraction tomography. Part I - Data acquisition
U. Kolb, T. Gorelik, C. Kübel, M.T. Otten, D. Hubert
Ultramicroscopy, 2007, 107, 507-513; DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2006.10.007.

Recent Advances in Electron Tomography: TEM and HAADF-STEM Tomography for Materials Science and Semiconductor Applications
C. Kübel, A. Voigt, R. Schoenmakers, M. Otten, D. Su, T.-C. Lee, A. Carlsson, J. Bradley
Microscopy & Microanalysis, 2005, 11(5), 378-400; DOI: 10.1017/S1431927605050361.
Influence of Structural Variations on High Resolution Electron Microscopy (HREM) Images of Poly[1,6-di(N-carbazolyl)-2,4-hexadiyne] (polyDCHD) Nanocrystals
C. Kübel, D. C. Martin
Phil. Mag. A, 2001, 81, 1651-1673; DOI: 10.1080/01418610010009388.
Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Functionalized Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes
S. Ito, M. Wehmeier, J. D. Brand, C. Kübel, R. Epsch, J. P. Rabe, K. Müllen
Chemistry a European Journal, 2000, 6(23), 4327-4342.

Scholarships

Jan. 1999 - Jul. 2000	Feodor Lynen (AvH) fellowship
Jun. 1996 - May 1998	Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (FCI) scholarship
Aug. 1993 - Mar. 1994	German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarship