Curriculum Vitae

 

 

       

            Education

       

        Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at the                                        01/02-10/05

        Institut für Chemie und Biochemie,

Freie Universität, Berlin: “Theory of using

few-cycle IR and UV laser pulses to control

the orientation and selective dissociation of

hydrogen-bonded anions”

Grade: Magna cum laude

 

Master of Science, Institut für Chemie,                                 10/00-01/02

Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie at

        the Freie Universität, Berlin: “Quantum Dynamic

        Calculations of Bond Selective Vibrational

        Excitation of HOD via Ultrashort IR Laser Pulses“

 

Stanford University                                                            9/95-6/99

        Stanford, California, 94314

        (Bachelor of Science in Chemistry)          

 

University High School                                                        9/91-9/95

        Irvine, California, 92612

 

 

            Scholarships

 

        “Chancengleichheit für Frauen in Forschung und Lehre“            1/05-6/05

         6-month research scholarship from

the Humboldt Universität, Berlin

 

        Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)                           10/99-7/00

        Research year at the Freie Universität, Berlin

 

       

Employment

 

        Computer-aided visualization of results of quantum               10/00-12/01

chemical calculations; Freie Universität, Berlin,

Institut für Chemie, Physikalische und Theoretische

Chemie, Prof. Manz

 

Internship at Genencor, Int.; Palo Alto, California;                 6/99-9/99

Research area: enzymology

 

Internship at Stanford University; Stanford, California;           9/98-6/99

Dept. of Chemistry, Prof. Trost,

Research area: organic synthesis

 

Internship at Universitätsklinik, Würzburg                             6/98-9/98

(Krupp Foundation); Würzburg, Germany;

Fields: surgery, dermatology, obstetrics and gynaecology

 

Internship with American Heart Association; University           7/97-9/97 

of California, Irvine; Dept. of Anatomy and Neurobiology;

Prof. Smith, Research area: olfactory proteins

 

Internship at the University of California, Irvine;                    7/96-9/96

Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,

Prof. Poulos, Research area: protein crystallography

 

 

Awards

 

Newport Young Scientist Award, January 2005              

 

 

Language skills

 

 

        English (native language)

German    

 

 

Publications

 

▪N. Elghobashi, L. González

“Breaking the strong and weak bonds of OHF- using few-cycle

IR+UV laser pulses.”

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., Communication, 6, 4071-4073 (2004).

*Hot topic article.*

 

▪N. Elghobashi, L. González and J. Manz

“Quantum model simulations of symmetry breaking and control of bond

Selective dissociation of FHF- using IR + UV laser pulses.”

J. Chem. Phys., 120, 8002-8014 (2004).

 

▪N. Elghobashi, L. González and J. Manz

“Quantum model simulations for isotope effects of IR + UV laser pulses

on symmetry and selective hydrogen bond breaking.”

Z. Phys. Chem., 217, 1577-1596 (2003).

 

▪N. Elghobashi and J. Manz

“Separating the photofragments of randomly oriented symmetric reactants by IR+UV

laser pulses: quantum simulations for FHF- à F + FH + e.”

Israei J. Chem., 43, 293-303 (2003).

 

▪N. Elghobashi, P. Krause, J. Manz and M. Oppel

“IR + UV Laser pulse control of momenta directed to specific products:

Quantum Simulations for HOD* à H+OD versus HO+D.”

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 5, 4806-4813 (2003).

 

▪J.M. Gottfried, N. Elghobashi, S.L.M. Schroeder and K. Christmann

“Oxidation of gold by oxygen-ion sputtering.”

Surf. Sci., 523, 89-102 (2003).