Andreas Ney  Team Leader, Marie-Curie Excellence Grant "MAGLOMAT"  Universität Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany

A native of Bad Homburg, Germany, Dr. Ney was educated at the Free University Berlin (Diploma thesis 1998, Ph.D. 2001. He subsequently spent two years as a post-doc at the Paul-Drude Institute in Berlin under its Director, Prof. Ploog. His research during this period included the use of synchrotron based characterization techniques and SQUID magnetometry to study the magnetic properties of 3d transition metal films; scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) on silicon; magnetic and structural measurements on MnAs/GaAs(001); and studies of new magneto-logic devices.