CURRICULUM VITAE LARS ERIK WALLE

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE LARS ERIK WALLE PERSONAL INFORMATION: Name: Lars Erik Walle Date of birth: April 24, 1979 Citizenship: Norwegian Marital status: Single Phone: (office) Mobile: Degrees: Current position: PhD in physics, NTNU. Master of science in physics (Sivilingeniør i Teknisk fysikk), NTNU. Postdoc at Department of physics, NTNU. Ends in July ADDRESSES: Private: Østre Moholttun 5 NO-7048 Trondheim Norway Professional: NO-7491 Trondheim Norway KEY SKILLS: Highly analytic way of thinking. Solid background in physics and mathematics. Research experience within fundamental material science and surface characterization, and collaboration with international research groups. Experience with running, maintaining and building up advanced research equipment and instrumentation for UHV (ultra high vacuum) experiments. Teaching experience from lecturing and organizing physics courses and labs. Extensive computer skills, including Matlab, Labview, Igor and programming, scripting and database languages like C++, Java, PHP, Python, SQL and Unix shell scripting.

2 HIGHER EDUCATION: PhD in Physics, (NTNU), in the group of Prof. Anne Borg. Thesis title: Surface science studies of TiO 2 single crystal systems (ISBN , Average grade: A Master of Science in Physics (Sivilingeniør i Teknisk fysikk), NTNU, June Master thesis entitled: Numerical identification of Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition from 4 th order charge correlations in a logarithmic plasma. Thesis advisor: Prof. Asle Sudbø. Average grade: A RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE: Jan July 2012 Postdoc in surface science at, NTNU, Trondheim On average 7-8 weeks of beamtime per year doing surface science photoemission experiments using synchrotron radiation at the Swedish national synchrotron facility, MAXlab, in Lund, Sweden PhD student (stipendiat) at, NTNU, Trondheim. Jan. June 2006 Research stay in the group of professor Anders Sandell, Uppsala University, Sweden. June Aug Research assistant at the interfacial light scattering laboratory,, NTNU, Trondheim. June Aug Research assistant at SINTEF Electronics and Cybernetics, Trondheim. June Aug Research assistant at Statoil Research Centre, Trondheim. TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Aug Responsible for the physics project in Teknostart and Realstart for new physics and mathematics students (~160 students). Spring 2011 Lecturing the physics part (~30% of the whole course) of TPG4100 Physics and geophysics for around 100 students.

3 Aug Responsible for the physics project in Teknostart and Realstart for new physics and mathematics students (~160 students). Spring 2010 Lecturing the physics part (~30% of the whole course) of TPG4100 Physics and geophysics for around 100 students. Aug. Dec Coordinator for TFY4106 and TFY4120 Physics laboratory courses (~500 students) at, NTNU. Jan. June 2008 Teaching assistant in TMA4105 Mathematics 2 at Department of Mathematics, NTNU. Aug. Sep Lecturing TFY4300 Energy and environmental physics for 6 weeks at Department of Physics, NTNU. Aug June 2009 Teaching assistant in the following physics laboratory courses at, NTNU: TFY4102, TFY4106, TFY4110, TFY4120, TFY4135 and TFY4180 Physics Student assistant in numerous courses in physics, mathematics, chemistry, programming and philosophy at NTNU. COURSES AND SUMMER SCHOOLS: Nov Course in crane operation and lifting procedures at MAX-lab, Lund, Sweden. Feb Course in information searching for PhD students at the NTNU University Library. May June 2008 Nordic and European Summer School: VUV and X-Ray Research for the Future Using FEL s and Ultra Brilliant Sources, MAX-lab, Lund, Sweden. May 2008 Course in ionizing radiation, NTNU, Trondheim. Aug. Dec Teaching assistant course, NTNU, Trondheim. July 2002 NORDITA Masterclass in Physics, Copenhagen, Denmark.

4 UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES: Aug Member of the department board,, NTNU, Trondheim. April 2010 Member of the working committee for the project Forprosjekt for norsk deltakelse i MAX IV, funded by the Norwegian Research Council. May 2010 June 2010 Member of a hiring committee to judge the applicants for a PhD position in the surface science group,, NTNU. Aug Sep Member of the faculty research committee, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, NTNU, Trondheim. Aug Aug Deputy member of the faculty research committee, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, NTNU, Trondheim. Aug Aug Deputy member of the department council,, NTNU, Trondheim. Nov Sep Student representative at the department board,, NTNU, Trondheim. Aug June 2003 Member of the Student Parliament, NTNU, Trondheim. RESEARCH INTERESTS DURING MY PHD AND POSTDOC YEARS: Functional properties of single crystals and nanostructured thin films of metal oxides, especially titanium dioxide, with focus on model systems for energy conversion and catalysis, including functional interfaces in model systems for solar cell and lithium battery applications. Surface studies of Pd alloys for hydrogen separation, with focus on the formation and structure of surface oxides on these materials. Primary experimental techniques: Scanning probe microscopy (STM) and synchrotron based photoemission techniques (XPS and NEXAFS).

5 PERSONAL REFERENCES: Professor Anne Borg Vice dean for education, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology Phone: Professor Anders Sandell and Astronomy Uppsala University SE Uppsala, Sweden Phone: Associate professor emeritus Knut Arne Strand Phone: Professor Martin Landrø Petroleum Engineering & Applied Geophysics Phone: Professor emeritus Kari Hag Department of Mathematical Sciences Phone: