Tilo Sohnel
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Biography
Tilo Söhnel did his PhD at the Technical University of Dresden, Germany, in the field of inorganic solid-state chemistry. After different post-doctoral positions in Germany and Auckland, he started as lecturer at the University of Auckland and is currently Associate Professor. His research interest lies in the field of experimental and theoretical chemistry of solid state compounds and inorganic materials such as mixed main group metal / transition metal cluster compounds and complex transition metal oxides. This includes the preparation and characterization of novel tin and antimony cluster compounds with promising materials properties and the calculation of band structures of solid-state compounds to investigate the crystal structure and the electronic structure. For the identification of these compounds the group intensively uses X-ray and neutron single crystal and powder diffraction techniques.
Abstract
Abstract : Oxide materials chemistry using single crystal and powder X-ray and neutron diffraction