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Curriculum Vitae

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Name

Dirk PIESTER

Date of Birth

22 April 1969

Current Position

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Braunschweig, Germany

Since July 2002

Time and Frequency Dissemination Group
Research in time and frequency transfer techniques with a focus on two-way satellite time and frequency transfer
Technical responsible for PTB's time dissemination services, among them the low frequency transmitter "DCF77"

Since 2005

Member of Helios' Fidelity project team working on the implementation of the "Galileo Time Service Provider Prototype"

Since 2004

Technical assessor for the Deutscher Kalibrierdienst (DKD, German Calibration Service)

Relevant Experience

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Tokyo

October - December 2010

BRIDGE Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

May - July 2007

Postdoctoral Fellowship (short-term), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)

Since 2005

Scientific Committee member of the annual international conference "European Frequency and Time Forum"

Since 2003

Delegate to the Consultative Committee Working Group on Two-Way Satellite Time and Frequency Tranfser (CCTF WG on TWSTFT)
Author or co-author of more than 60 scientific publications
Reviews for IEEE Journals, Metrologia

Memberships

Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft - DPG (German Physical Society)
Deutsche Gesellschaft der JSPS-Stipendiaten - JSPS Club (German JSPS Alumni Association)
Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale - U.R.S.I. (International Union of Radio Science)

Education and Employment

Institut für Halbleitertechnik (IHT, Institute of Semiconductor Technology), Technical University Braunschweig, Germany

2002

PhD thesis: "Nanostrukturen in Halbleiterbauelementen" (Nanostructures in Semiconductor Devices)

1999 - 2002

PhD scholarship in the research network graduate school "Metrologie in Physik und Technik" (Metrology in Physics and Engineering)
Technical University Braunschweig

1993 - 1999

Diploma in physics
Institut für Halbleiterphysik und Optik, Technical University Braunschweig

1998

Diploma thesis: "Charakterisierung von Quantendrähten" (Characterization of Quantum Wires)
Braunschweig Kolleg ("Adult Education College")

1990 - 1993

Allgemeine Hochschulreife

Siemens AG

1989 - 1990

Technician for power electronics

1986 - 1989

Three-year apprenticeship to a "Energieanlagenelektroniker" (electrician for high-voltage current applications)
Emil-Langen-Realschule, Salzgitter

1986

Erweiterter Sekundarabschluss I
Links

 # DPG
 # JSPS-Club
 # JSPS
 # U.R.S.I.
 # U.R.S.I. Germany
 # NICT
 # PTB
 # IHT
 # TU Braunschweig
 # Braunschweig-Kolleg
 # Siemens AG
 # Emil-Langen-Realschule

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