Curriculum vitae and Track Record

Last update: Dec 2025
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Title / Name
Dr. rer. nat. Ibrahim Sadiek 
 Institution
Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8082-5229
 E-mail
ibrahim.sadiek{at}ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Academic appointments

Jan 2025 –
Principal Investigator and Research Scientist  
Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany. Chair for Experimental Physics V
Jan 2020 –  Dec 2024
Research Scientist
Dept. of Plasma Diagnostics, Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP), Greifswald, Germany
Jan 2017 –    Jan 2020
Postdoctoral Fellow
Group of “Optical Frequency Comb Spectroscopy”, Dept. of Physics, Umeå University, Sweden
Dec 2012 –   Oct 2017
Researcher (PhD student)
Institute of Physical Chemistry, Kiel University, Germany
March 2012 –
Nov 2012
Research Assistant
Gas Processing Center, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Qatar
Aug 2008 – Oct 2011
Research and Lecturer Assistant
College of Science, Cairo University, Egypt

Scholarships, awards and grants

2026

Research Project in the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1316: Transient Atmospheric Plasmas – From Plasmas to Liquids to Solids
2022

 

 

DFG grant for “Temporary Positions for Principal  Investigators” – Projekt: „Quantitative Spektroskopie und Reaktionskinetik reaktiver Spezies im Plasma mittels optischer Frequenzkamm-Spektroskopie im mittleren Infrarotbereich (SKPlaF)“ (SA 4483/1-1)
2018

 

“Faculty Prize” for the best PhD thesis from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Kiel University, Germany
 2017
“summa cum laude”, PhD with highest honors
2013

 

PhD Fellowship, HOSST graduate school, Helmholtz Association, Kiel, Germany
2008

 

Schlumberger GmbH Prize: For distinguished BSc students (granted to top three), Cairo   University, Egypt
2008

 

Completed university graduation with rank 3rd among all students (about 1100): Cumulative grade Excellent (88 %), Cairo University, Egypt

Memberschips and activities in science

2025   
Subcommittee memberScience and Innovation 13: Active Optical Sensing, CLEO – Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
2024      
Member; The German Physical Society (DPG – Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft e.V.)
2024     
Member; Optica (formerly Optical Society of America OSA)
2023     
Member of the ARIEL Space Consortium (ARIEL – Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey) – Spectroscopic data availability 
2013    
Member; The German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry (DBG – Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft für physikalische Chemie e.V.)
2012       
Active reviewer of several journals, e.g., PCCPACS OmegaApp. Phys. D, and Adv. Photon. Res., etc. & Active in various mentoring, science communication, and voluntary activities