Petra Rudolf

Petra Rudolf (born 1957) is a German and Italian solid state physicist. As of 2019, Rudolf is a Professor at the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Netherlands.

Petra Rudolf
Born1957
Munich, Germany
EducationPhD in Physics (1995), Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix
Spouse(s)Valerio Cugia di Sant'Orsola
Scientific career
FieldsExperimental solid state physics, surface science, nanoscience, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, organic thin films, molecular switches and motors
InstitutionsUniversity of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Thesis"Structural, vibrational and electronic properties of ultrathin C60 films on metallic substrates" (1995)
Doctoral advisorRoland Caudano
Websitewww.rug.nl/staff/p.rudolf/

Biography

Born in Munich, Rudolf moved to Italy to complete high school and to receive her MSc degree (magna cum laude) in physics at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.[1] Following, she worked at the National Surface Science Laboratory in Trieste for five years, interrupted two times to work on the newly discovered fullerenes at Bell Labs, USA. In 1995, she received her PhD (magna cum laude) in physics under the supervision of Roland Caudano at Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium. After several research positions in Namur, she became professor in Experimental Solid State Physics at the University of Groningen in 2003.[1]

In addition to her research, Rudolf also has been active in spreading knowledge[2][3] on how unconscious biases impact careers in science, and how to mitigate that influence through advocating positive action programs. Efforts by Rudolf and colleagues have been pivotal in installing the Rosalind Franklin Fellowship program at University of Groningen, which has been recognized by the 2018 Diversity Award from The Netherlands Physics Association.[4]

Research

Petra Rudolf's research focuses on surface physics of organic thin films, molecular motors, nanocomposites, as well as 2D materials, to gain a better understanding of the physical phenomena that they display and for potential technological innovations.[5]

Rudolf's expertise has been on the application of various surface sensitive spectroscopic measurement techniques (x-ray and ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy, electron energy loss spectroscopy, angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, Auger electron spectroscopy, inverse photoemission spectroscopy, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, as well as low energy- and time-resolved electron diffraction) to study the various materials systems.

While these techniques have been used by Rudolf and her group to study a wide variety of materials, Rudolf has always maintained a special interest in graphene-based materials and, more recently, also in 2D materials .[6][7][8][9][10] Graphene-based materials have great potential in revolutionizing today's electronics industry and making it more sustainable, and Rudolf's lab has contributed successfully to finding better ways to produce 2D materials.[11][12][13]

More recently, Rudolf has also been devoted to developing pillared graphene materials for spintronics and hydrogen storage applications. Her interests span much further than carbon-based materials however, with recent successes with germanane-based and other materials which show promising devices and catalysis applications.[14][15][16][17][18]

As of 2019, Rudolf's work on synthetic molecular switches and molecular machines for the production of functional surfaces, in collaboration with renowned colleagues, such as Ben Feringa, is also ongoing.[19][20]

Awards and honours

Petra Rudolf is a Fellow of the American Physical Society,[21] awarded "for explorations of fullerenes, nanotubes, graphite, and graphene, as well as light-driven synthetic molecular motors".[22] She is also a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and an honorary member of the Italian and the Dutch Physical Society.

In 2007, Rudolf and her research group was one of the winners of the EU Descartes Prize for their work on molecular machines,[23][24] as part of the SynNanoMotor consortium, a collaborative partnership of researchers from countries including France, Italy and Scotland. This work[25] was pivotal in building early synthetic nanomachines.

In 2013, Rudolf received the royal decoration and was appointed Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau.[26][27][28]

In 2016 Rudolf was elected Member of the German National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech).[29]

After her appointment as President of the Belgian Physical Society from 2000 to 2001, Rudolf was elected as the next President of the European Physical Society in 2018.[30]

References
  1. "Curriculum Vitae of prof. dr. P. (Petra) Rudolf | How to find us | About us | University of Groningen". www.rug.nl. 4 December 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  2. "Public Lectures on Gender, Science and Technology". Utrecht University. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  3. Rudolf, P.; de Graaf, N.; Koornstra, R.-A.; van Tijn, P.; Kool, D. (2015). "Women in physics in the Netherlands: Progress and developments" (PDF). AIP Conference Proceedings. 1697 (1): 060033. Bibcode:2015AIPC.1697f0033R. doi:10.1063/1.4937680.
  4. "NNV Diversity Prize 2018 awarded to Groningen | e-EPS". www.epsnews.eu. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  5. "Petra Rudolf - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  6. Stathi, P.; Gournis, D.; Deligiannakis, Y.; Rudolf, P. (2015). "Stabilization of Phenolic Radicals on Graphene Oxide: An XPS and EPR Study". Langmuir. 31 (38): 10508–10516. doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01248. PMID 26280685.
  7. Monazami, E.; Bignardi, L.; Rudolf, P.; Reinke, P. (2015). "Strain Lattice Imprinting in Graphene by C60 Intercalation at the Graphene/Cu Interface". Nano Letters. 15 (11): 7421–30. Bibcode:2015NanoL..15.7421M. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b02851. PMID 26426671.
  8. Tognolini, S.; Pagliara, S.; Bignardi, L.; Ponzoni, S.; Rudolf, P.; Parmigiani, F. (2016). "Surface states resonances at the single-layer graphene/Cu(111) interface". Surface Science. 643: 210–213. Bibcode:2016SurSc.643..210T. doi:10.1016/j.susc.2015.06.021.
  9. Stamatis, H.; Rudolf, P.; Gournis, D.; Kouloumpis, A.; Patila, M. (2016). "Laccase-Functionalized Graphene Oxide Assemblies as Efficient Nanobiocatalysts for Oxidation Reactions". Sensors. 16 (3): 287. doi:10.3390/s16030287. PMC 4813862. PMID 26927109.
  10. Kouloumpis, A.; Vourdas, N.; Zygouri, P.; Chalmpes, N.; Potsi, G.; Kostas, V.; Spyrou, K.; Stathopoulos, V.N.; Gournis, D.; Rudolf, P. (2018). "Controlled deposition of fullerene derivatives within a graphene template by means of a modified Langmuir-Schaefer method" (PDF). Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 524: 388–398. Bibcode:2018JCIS..524..388K. doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2018.04.049. PMID 29674283.
  11. "Breakthrough may lead to industrial production of graphene devices". phys.org. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  12. "First transport measurements reveal intriguing properties of germanene". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  13. "Playing Lego with 2D crystals: exfoliation and intercalation strategies to put 2D crystals on surfaces and to produce pillared structures". Universitetet i Bergen (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  14. Madhushankar, B. N.; Kaverzin, A.; Giousis, T.; Potsi, G.; Gournis, D.; Rudolf, P.; Blake, G. R.; Wal, C. H. van der; Wees, B. J. van (2017). "Electronic properties of germanane field-effect transistors". 2D Materials. 4 (2): 021009. Bibcode:2017TDM.....4b1009M. doi:10.1088/2053-1583/aa57fd. ISSN 2053-1583.
  15. Chen, Q.; Liang, L.; Potsi, G.; Wan, P.; Lu, J.; Giousis, T.; Thomou, E.; Gournis, D.; Rudolf, P.; Ye, J. (2019). "Highly Conductive Metallic State and Strong Spin–Orbit Interaction in Annealed Germanane". Nano Letters. 19 (3): 1520–1526. Bibcode:2019NanoL..19.1520C. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b04207. PMC 6421576. PMID 30674194.
  16. Coşkuner Filiz, B.; Gnanakumar, E. S.; Martínez-Arias, A.; Gengler, R.; Rudolf, P.; Rothenberg, G.; Shiju, N. R. (2017). "Highly Selective Hydrogenation of Levulinic Acid to γ-Valerolactone Over Ru/ZrO2 Catalysts" (PDF). Catalysis Letters. 147 (7): 1744–1753. doi:10.1007/s10562-017-2049-x. ISSN 1572-879X. S2CID 98955716.
  17. Cepek, C.; Rudolf, P.; Milošević, M. V.; Peeters, F. M.; Oppeneer, P. M.; Partoens, B.; Petaccia, L.; Gorovikov, S.; Mattevi, C.; Abswoude, P. van; Aperis, A.; Bignardi, L.; Bekaert, J. (2017). "Free surfaces recast superconductivity in few-monolayer MgB 2 : Combined first-principles and ARPES demonstration". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 14458. Bibcode:2017NatSR...714458B. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-13913-z. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5663715. PMID 29089566.
  18. M. Palstra, T. T.; Besenbacher, F.; Groot, R. A. de; R. Blake, G.; Rudolf, P.; Wu, J.; Rao, J.; Su, R.; Li, G. (2016). "Band gap narrowing of SnS 2 superstructures with improved hydrogen production". Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 4 (1): 209–216. doi:10.1039/C5TA07283B. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  19. Carroll, G. T.; London, G.; Landaluce, T. F.; Rudolf, P.; Feringa, B. L. (2011). "Adhesion of Photon-Driven Molecular Motors to Surfaces via 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions: Effect of Interfacial Interactions on Molecular Motion" (PDF). ACS Nano. 5 (1): 622–630. doi:10.1021/nn102876j. PMID 21207983.
  20. Chen, K.-Y.; Ivashenko, O.; Carroll, G. T.; Robertus, J.; Kistemaker, J. C. M.; London, G.; Browne, W. R.; Rudolf, P.; Feringa, B. L. (2014). "Control of Surface Wettability Using Tripodal Light-Activated Molecular Motors". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136 (8): 3219–3224. doi:10.1021/ja412110t. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 24490770.
  21. "Petra Rudolf appointed APS fellow". NWO-I. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  22. "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  23. "European Commission - PRESS RELEASES - Press release - The European Science Awards". europa.eu. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  24. "Descartes-prijs voor Petra Rudolf en Wybren Jan Buma". NWO-I (in Dutch). 13 March 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  25. Zerbetto, F.; Teobaldi, G.; Rudolf, P.; Mendoza, S. M.; Lubomska, M.; Leigh, D. A.; Berná, J. (2005). "Macroscopic transport by synthetic molecular machines" (PDF). Nature Materials. 4 (9): 704–710. Bibcode:2005NatMa...4..704B. doi:10.1038/nmat1455. ISSN 1476-4660. PMID 16127455. S2CID 1680720.
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  27. "Lintjesregen in Groningen". RTV Noord (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  28. "Royal decoration for Petra Rudolf | News archive | News | News and Events | About us | University of Groningen". www.rug.nl. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  29. "Petra Rudolf University of Groningen". acatech - National Academy of Science and Engineering. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
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