Ralf Schweins
► Head of the Large Scale Structures (LSS) group ► ILL Member of the PSCM Steering Committee ► Instrument co-responsible on D11 Main areas of expertise : soft condensed matter SANS | static and dynamic light scattering | SAXS and anomalous SAXS | |
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| schweins(at)ill.fr | |
| Location | Science Building (3rd floor), office SB317 |
Phone | Phone : +33 (0)4 76 20 70 91 |
Instr. phone | +33 (0)4 76 20 70 35 |
| Digital vcard | link to download |
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About
| 1993 - 1998 | Studies of Chemistry, University of Paderborn, Germany |
| 1998 | PhD in physical chemistry, University Paderborn, Germany |
| 2002 | PhD in physical chemistry, University Paderborn, Germany |
| 2002 – 2007 | Scientist & D11 Instrument Co-Responsible in the Large Scale Structures Group at the ILL |
| 2007 – 2015 | Staff Scientist & D11 Instrument Co-Responsible in the Large Scale Structures Group at the ILL |
| 2015 – 2022 | Staff Scientist & D11 Instrument First Responsible in the Large Scale Structures Group at the ILL |
| 2020 – now | ILL Member of the Partnership for Soft Condensed Matter (PSCM) between ESRF and ILL |
| 2023 | Interim Head of the Soft Matter Science and Support (SMSS) group, group has been integrated into the newly created BDCS group |
| 2023 – now | Head of the Large Scale Structures (LSS) Group |
Research Focus
Investigating soft condensed matter, focusing on polymers, colloids, self-assembly processes, liquid-liquid phase separation
mainly using scattering techniques (SANS, SAXS, SLS, DLS)
Development of in-situ sample environments for irradiation, light scattering, separation techniques, fast mixing
Projets & Collaborations
Involved as ILL supervisor of numerous ILL-funded PhD projects, recent projects involve(d)
- Klaus Huber, University of Paderborn, Germany
- Franziska Gröhn, FAU University of Erlangen, Germany
- Corine Gerardin, Julien Schmitt, University of Montpellier, France
- Simon Ebbinghaus, RUB University of Bochum, Germany
Collaboration partners without a recent PhD project include
- Olivier Colombani, Erwan Nicol, University of Le Mans, France
- Dave Adams, Emily Draper, University of Glasgow, UK
- Andrea Scotti, University of Lund, Sweden
- Frank Schreiber, University of Tübingen, Germany