Ultrafast Dynamics in Nanoscale Systems

Dr Klaas-Jan Tielrooij is Junior Group Leader at the ICN2 since October 2018, heading the Ultrafast Dynamics in Nanoscale Systems group. Between 2018 and 2020, he was Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Excellence Material Science in Mainz (Germany). Before joining the ICN2, he was a research fellow at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO). He obtained his PhD from the University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands) in December 2010 with a thesis that was awarded the FOM Physics Thesis Prize 2011. He was awarded an ERC Starting Grant in 2018 and a Ramon y Cajal Fellowship in 2019. Dr Tielrooij has authored more than 55 peer-reviewed publications, 19 of which in the Nature and Science family, and around 7,000 citations. His H-index is currently 31 (11 years after PhD).