CURRICULUM VITAE August 2019 Dr. -Ing. Wissam HAMAD PERSONAL DETAILS Place of birth: Nabatie/Lebanon Marital status: married Citizenship: German, Lebanese CONTACT INFORMATION Mailing / Home Address Richard-Wagner-Str. 40, 10585, Berlin, Germany Work Address Technical University of Berlin, Institute of solid state physics, Hardenbergstr. 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany Phone +49 30 314 22663 (Work) +49 (0) 176 2392 0576 (Mobile) E-mail [email protected] [email protected] EDUCATION August 2019 Doctor of Engineering (Dr. -Ing.) Technical University of Berlin, Germany Specialization: Optoelectronics Thesis: Dynamics of High-Speed VCSELs April 2013 Master of Science in Engineering Physics University of Oldenburg, Germany Specialization: Microrobotic and Microsystems Engineering Thesis: Nanorobot-based integration and characterization of a nanowire electromechanical system October 2010 Bachelor of Engineering in Engineering Physics University of Oldenburg, Germany Specialization: Photonics and Laser Technology Thesis: Two-Wavelength Interferometry Applied for Measure- ments of Ocean Salinity [email protected] • +49 176 23920576 EXPERIENCE 10/2014 – present Research Associate Division of Nanophotonic Devices, Institute of Solid State Physics, Faculity II, Technical University of Berlin, Germany Research topics; Advanced modelling of laser dynamics and small-signal modulation response in VCSELs. Impedance, and equivalent circuit modelling of high-speed multi-mode VCSELs. Fabrication of high-contrast grating (HCG) in VCSELs. 02/2013 – 07/2014 Research Associate Division Microrobotics and Control Engineering (AMIR), Department of Computing Science, University of Oldenburg, Germany Research topics: Development of nanorobotic based integration strategies and analysis techniques for fabrication and characterization of nanoscale sensors. Characterization of nanofunctional structures which are manufactured using electron beam induced deposition. 08/2011 – 11/2011 Advanced Research Training University of Applied Science Emden/Leer, Institute of Laser technology Ostfriesland, Germany Research topic: Ultrafast Optical Gating for Temporal Cha- racterisation of Femtosecond Laser Pulses (Plasma Shutter). INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS 06/2016 – present Joint Erasmus+ research project, Notre Dame University- Louaize, ECCE Department, Zouk Mikayel, Lebanon 05/2014 – 06/2014 Guest researcher at Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and In- formation Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China 04/2014 – 05/2014 Joint project, University of New South Wales, School of Me- chanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Sydney, Australia 10/2013 – 11/2013 Joint project, University of Waterloo, Advanced Micro/Nano Devices Lab, Waterloo, Canada [email protected] • +49 176 23920576 TEACHING EXPERIENCE. TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN 01/2015 – present Direct Supervisor of a Bachelor-level Advanced Labora- tory Training Course: Gain spectra measurement using the Hakki-Paoli method. 01/2015 – present Lab Assistant of two Master-level Advanced Laboratory Training Courses: Noise characterization and electrical spec- tral analyses. Time-domain reflectometry using high bandwidth oscilloscope. 06/2015 – present Direct Supervisor of Bachelor Theses: Small-Signal Analysis of Multi-mode VCSELs Extracing Figures of Merit of Ultra-High-Speed VCSELs Oxidation of low refractive index material for HCG-VCSEL VCSELs Intrinsic Parameter Extraction using an Advanced Small-Signal Approach Equivalent Circuit Modeling of the Dynamic Operation of Ultra-High Speed Multi-Mode VCSELs 06/2016 – present Direct Supervisor of Internship Projects: De-embedding device parasitics of ultra-high speed VCSELs Mode Resolved Modulation Response Analysis in MM-VCSELs Young’s Modulus Characterization of Nanowires GRANTS 06/2016 – present Project coordinator Phoenicia Erasmus+ Mobility Project for Staff and Students. Project Budget; ca. 140k Euro Project Goals; Research exchange between the Technical Uni- versity of Berlin, Germany and Notre Dame University – Louai- ze, Lebanon. Project resulted in several joint publications. [email protected] • +49 176 23920576 VOLUNTARY COMMITMENTS 10/2016 – present Speaker of the Technical University of Berlin Intercultural Club ’TUBIC’, a project to support international students at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany 01/2016 – 09/2016 Preliminary speaker of the School of Nanophotonics (SON), a Collaborative Research Center 787 (CRC 787) to attract young researchers and to promote their scientific development at se- veral universities and research institutes in Berlin, Germany HOBBIES Astrophysics, sports LANGUAGES English: fluent German: fluent French: basic knowledge Arabic: mother tongue REFERENCES Prof. Dr.-Ing. Technical University of Berlin, Germany Werner Hofmann Nanophotonic Devices, CTO Center of NanoPhotonics, Institut fuer Festkoerperphysik Tel. +49 30 314 24823 / 24262 E-mail: [email protected] Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. University of Oldenburg, Germany Sergej Fatikow Department für Informatik, Division Microrobotics and Control Engineering. Tel: +49 (0)441 798-4291 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] • +49 176 23920576.