Curriculum Vitae. Clemens J. Först Secondary School in Neunkirchen finished with distinction on the

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1 Curriculum Vitae Clemens J. Först Address Voglweg Neunkirchen Austria Phone: Fax: clemens.foerst@tuwien.ac.at Personal Data Sex: male Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Neunkirchen, Austria Marital Status: single Parents: Hans and Monika Först Citizenship: Austria Education Elementary School in Neunkirchen Secondary School in Neunkirchen finished with distinction on the Study of Economics at the University of Economics in Vienna Study of Chemistry and Mathematics for a Secondary School Teacher Accredidation at the Vienna University of Technology Master degree with distinction from Vienna University of Technology Member of the Studienkommission Study of Technical Physics at the Vienna University of Technology Ph. D. degree with distinction from Vienna University of Technology 1

2 Professional Appointments Researcher in the group of Prof. Peter Blöchl at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the Clausthal University of Technology, Germany Researcher in the group of Prof. Karlheinz Schwarz at the Institute for Materials Chemistry at the Vienna University of Technology within the AURORA project (FWF F1108) Research Experience Abroad in the group of Prof. E. A. Carter at the Department for Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Los Angeles, USA Refereeing Physical Review Letters Physical Review B The European Physical Journal B The International Journal of Quantum Chemistry Awards Young Scientist Award in recognition of the best paper presented during E-MRS 2002 Symposium A E-MRS Spring Meeting 2002, Strassbourg, France; Patents Struktur, insbesondere Halbleiterstruktur, sowie Verfahren zur Herstellung einer Struktur Clemens J. Först, Christopher Ashman and Peter E. Blöchl, German Patent: DE A1, International Patent Application: WO 2004/ A1,

3 Publications Submitted/In Press 1. Electronic structure methods: Augmented Waves, Pseudopotentials and the Projector Augmented Wave Method Peter E. Blöchl, Johannes Kästner and Clemens J. Först to appear in Handbook of Materials Modeling ; Volume 1: Methods and Models, Sidney Yip (Ed.); Kluwer Academic Publishers Computational Materials Science: Oxide-Semiconductor Interfaces and Atomic Fragments for the Description of Condensed Matter Clemens J. Först, Ph. D. thesis, Vienna and Clausthal Universities of Technology (2004) 3. Chemistry of La on the Si(001) surface from first principles Christopher R. Ashman, Clemens J. Först, Karlheinz Schwarz and Peter E. Blöchl, Phys. Rev. B 70, (2004) 4. First-principles calculations of strontium on Si(001) Christopher R. Ashman, Clemens J. Först, Karlheinz Schwarz and Peter E. Blöchl, Phys. Rev. B 69, (2004) 5. The interface between silicon and a high-k oxide Clemens J. Först, Christopher R. Ashman, Karlheinz Schwarz and Peter E. Blöchl, Nature 427, 53 (2004) Heteroepitaxial Growth of High-K Gate Oxides on Silicon: Insights from First-Principles Calculations on Zr on Si(001) Clemens J. Först, Peter E. Blöchl and Karlheinz Schwarz, Comp. Mater. Sci. 27, 70 (2003) 7. The Projector Augmented Wave Method: Ab-initio Molecular Dynamics with full Wave Functions Peter E. Blöchl, Clemens J. Först and Johannes Schimpl, Bull. Mater. Sci. 26, 33 (2003) Ab-initio Molecular Dynamics applied to the Nonlinear Optical Material KTP Clemens J. Först, Master thesis, Vienna University of Technology (2001) 3

4 Presentations at Conferences Talks 1. The SrTiO 3 /Si Interface: Insights from Ab-Initio Simulations, CECAM Workshop on Atomic processes at semiconductor-oxide interfaces in microelectronic devices Lyon, France; Ab-inito simulations of the growth of high-k oxides on silicon: the SrTiO3/Si interface, Institute for Semiconductor Engineering University of Darmstadt, Germany; Materials for future transistors: The interface between silicon and strontium titanate, 19 th Workshop on Novel Materials and Superconductors Planneralm, Austria; Interfacing High-K Oxides with Silicon: Solutions from Ab-Initio Simulations, ESF exploratory Workshop on Growth, Structure and Electrical Properties of High-K Gate Dielectrics: Atomistic Modeling vs Experiment, IBM Research Labs, Ruschlikon, Switzerland; Initial Steps of MBE Growth of High-K Oxides on Si(001): Insights from Ab-Initio Simulations, III International Workshop on Challenges in Predictive Process Simulation, Prague, Czech Republic; Introduction to the Projector Augmented Wave Method and Applications related to High-K Oxides, XII Workshop on Computational Materials Science, Cagliari, Italy; First-Principles Simulations of the Heteroepitaxial Growth of High-K Gate Oxides on Silicon, 4

5 Symposium and Summer School on: Nano and Giga Challenges in Microelectronics Research and Opportunities in Russia, Moskow, Russia; Heteroepitaxial Growth of High-K Gate Oxides on Silicon: Insights from First-Principles Calculations, E-MRS Spring Meeting 2002, Strassbourg, France; Introduction to ab-initio Molecular Dynamics and the PAW Method, SCIENCE Seminar, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Hamburg, Germany; Ab initio Molecular Dynamics with full Wave Functions: The PAW Method, 13. Edgar Lüscher Seminar, Serneus, Switzerland; Posters Growth of high-k oxides on silicon: SrTiO 3 /Si(001), Workshop on Application of Density-Functional Theory in Condensed-Matter Physics, Surface Physics,Chemistry, Engineering, and Biology, Berlin, Germany; The nonlinear optics material: KTiOPO 4, DFT Summer School, Caramulo, Portugal; The nonlinear optics material: KTiOPO 4, 16 Workshop on Novel Materials and Superconductors, Planneralm, Austria; Attendance 17. Workshop on Novel Materials and Superconductors, Planneralm, Austria; Hauptversammlung der Deutschen Bunsen-Gesellschaft, Stuttgart, Germany; Applied DFT 2001 Conference, Vienna, Austria;

6 Non-Scientific Service in the Austrian army Promotion to Second Lieutenant by the Austrian President Dr. Thomas Klestil Tour guide for a Viennese travel agency for the destinations Libya, Southwest USA and Canada Promotion to First Lieutenant by the Austrian Secretary of Defense 6