Acknowledgments
Regarding this book project, I am grateful to Zachary Evenson and his editorial team
of Springer Nature for their support and endeavours, which has enabled submission of
this academic work to the renowned Solid-State Sciences Series. (November 2020).
Regarding the academic work, I would like to summarise the acknowledgments
the way it was provided with the submission of this work to the Physics Department
in Marburg, as follows. (July 2020).
The privilege to work with young and senior scientists in different domains of
semiconductor physics, laser technology, and materials sciences in the role of a
‘Habilitand’ (a hybrid of lecturer, young group leader, principal investigator) at
an academic institution shall be acknowledged. The opportunities on a mission to
promote science and education, as well as to teach and train the next generation of
researchers and engineers, are highly appreciated by me. I very much enjoyed to
support the overall academic education of young researchers and students either as
a direct supervisor and as their team leader or via various lectures and seminars,
internal collaborations, as well as interdisciplinary projects.
Building-up and leading the local VECSEL team since 2013 to its culmination
as an internationally recognised research force with continuous scientific output
and highlights in its VECSEL achievements would have been truly out of reach
without the invaluable support, as well as strong commitment of the numerous team
members, who worked in this field. Establishing a new local research branch on
2D materials in 2015 and leading it to the forefront of nanophotonics and quantumstructures research with growing visibility, based on an effective involvement of
available resources and personnel, would have been similarly impossible without
those many helping hands and minds who joined my research efforts. Ranging from
internship students to postdoctoral staff, by pulling the same rope as one growntogether entity, by promoting an atmosphere of team work, mutual friendship, and
scientific curiosity, many obstacles have become insignificant, various challenges
have been overcome and a plethora of achievements have been demonstrated.
While not all ideas have materialised, not all experiments have borne fruits and not
all goals have been reached yet due to the limited time and resources, the remarkable
outcome of the joint endeavours has become a source of huge reward for the efforts of
all team members and an inspiration for future explorations. Many thanks are devoted
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Regarding this book project, I am grateful to Zachary Evenson and his editorial team
of Springer Nature for their support and endeavours, which has enabled submission of
this academic work to the renowned Solid-State Sciences Series. (November 2020).
Regarding the academic work, I would like to summarise the acknowledgments
the way it was provided with the submission of this work to the Physics Department
in Marburg, as follows. (July 2020).
The privilege to work with young and senior scientists in different domains of
semiconductor physics, laser technology, and materials sciences in the role of a
‘Habilitand’ (a hybrid of lecturer, young group leader, principal investigator) at
an academic institution shall be acknowledged. The opportunities on a mission to
promote science and education, as well as to teach and train the next generation of
researchers and engineers, are highly appreciated by me. I very much enjoyed to
support the overall academic education of young researchers and students either as
a direct supervisor and as their team leader or via various lectures and seminars,
internal collaborations, as well as interdisciplinary projects.
Building-up and leading the local VECSEL team since 2013 to its culmination
as an internationally recognised research force with continuous scientific output
and highlights in its VECSEL achievements would have been truly out of reach
without the invaluable support, as well as strong commitment of the numerous team
members, who worked in this field. Establishing a new local research branch on
2D materials in 2015 and leading it to the forefront of nanophotonics and quantumstructures research with growing visibility, based on an effective involvement of
available resources and personnel, would have been similarly impossible without
those many helping hands and minds who joined my research efforts. Ranging from
internship students to postdoctoral staff, by pulling the same rope as one growntogether entity, by promoting an atmosphere of team work, mutual friendship, and
scientific curiosity, many obstacles have become insignificant, various challenges
have been overcome and a plethora of achievements have been demonstrated.
While not all ideas have materialised, not all experiments have borne fruits and not
all goals have been reached yet due to the limited time and resources, the remarkable
outcome of the joint endeavours has become a source of huge reward for the efforts of
all team members and an inspiration for future explorations. Many thanks are devoted
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