Curriculum Vitae Clemens J. Först Address Voglweg 1 2620 Neunkirchen Austria Phone: +41-1-58801-15677 Fax: +41-1-58801-15698 Email: clemens.foerst@tuwien.ac.at Personal Data Sex: male Date of Birth: 01.06.1976 Place of Birth: Neunkirchen, Austria Marital Status: single Parents: Hans and Monika Först Citizenship: Austria Education 09.1982 06.1986 Elementary School in Neunkirchen 09.1986 06.1994 Secondary School in Neunkirchen finished with distinction on the 02.05.1994 10.1995 01.1996 Study of Economics at the University of Economics in Vienna 03.1996 07.2001 Study of Chemistry and Mathematics for a Secondary School Teacher Accredidation at the Vienna University of Technology 14.08.2001 Master degree with distinction from Vienna University of Technology 1997 2000 Member of the Studienkommission 10.2000 07.2002 Study of Technical Physics at the Vienna University of Technology 08.11.2004 Ph. D. degree with distinction from Vienna University of Technology 1
Professional Appointments 01.07.2001 15.03.2002 Researcher in the group of Prof. Peter Blöchl at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the Clausthal University of Technology, Germany 15.03.2002 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 08.2002 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; 18.-21.06.2002 Patents Struktur, insbesondere Halbleiterstruktur, sowie Verfahren zur Herstellung einer Struktur Clemens J. Först, Christopher Ashman and Peter E. Blöchl, German Patent: DE 103 03 875 A1, 19.08.2004 International Patent Application: WO 2004/068568 A1, 12.08.2004 2
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 2004 2. 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, 155330 (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, 075309 (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) 2003 6. 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) 2001 8. Ab-initio Molecular Dynamics applied to the Nonlinear Optical Material KTP Clemens J. Först, Master thesis, Vienna University of Technology (2001) 3
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; 13.-15.09.2004 2. Ab-inito simulations of the growth of high-k oxides on silicon: the SrTiO3/Si interface, Institute for Semiconductor Engineering University of Darmstadt, Germany; 07.05.2004 3. Materials for future transistors: The interface between silicon and strontium titanate, 19 th Workshop on Novel Materials and Superconductors Planneralm, Austria; 22.-28.02.2004 4. 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; 17.-18.03.2003 5. 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; 13.-17.10.2002 6. Introduction to the Projector Augmented Wave Method and Applications related to High-K Oxides, XII Workshop on Computational Materials Science, Cagliari, Italy; 23.-29.09.2002 7. First-Principles Simulations of the Heteroepitaxial Growth of High-K Gate Oxides on Silicon, 4
Symposium and Summer School on: Nano and Giga Challenges in Microelectronics Research and Opportunities in Russia, Moskow, Russia; 10.-13.09.2002 8. Heteroepitaxial Growth of High-K Gate Oxides on Silicon: Insights from First-Principles Calculations, E-MRS Spring Meeting 2002, Strassbourg, France; 18.-21.06.2002 9. Introduction to ab-initio Molecular Dynamics and the PAW Method, SCIENCE Seminar, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Hamburg, Germany; 14.05.2002 10. Ab initio Molecular Dynamics with full Wave Functions: The PAW Method, 13. Edgar Lüscher Seminar, Serneus, Switzerland; 02.-07.02.2002 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; 21.07.-30.07.03 The nonlinear optics material: KTiOPO 4, DFT Summer School, Caramulo, Portugal; 28.08.-02.09.01 The nonlinear optics material: KTiOPO 4, 16 Workshop on Novel Materials and Superconductors, Planneralm, Austria; 04.02.-10.02.01 Attendance 17. Workshop on Novel Materials and Superconductors, Planneralm, Austria; 24.02.-02.03.02 Hauptversammlung der Deutschen Bunsen-Gesellschaft, Stuttgart, Germany; 24.05.-26.05.01 Applied DFT 2001 Conference, Vienna, Austria; 14.01.-17.01.01 5
Non-Scientific 10.1994 09.1995 Service in the Austrian army 09.1999 Promotion to Second Lieutenant by the Austrian President Dr. Thomas Klestil 04.1996 10.2000 Tour guide for a Viennese travel agency for the destinations Libya, Southwest USA and Canada 10.2002 Promotion to First Lieutenant by the Austrian Secretary of Defense 6