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 and Project Manager
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
DFG grant within the  Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1316: “Transient Atmospheric Plasmas – From Plasmas to Liquids to Solids” – Projekt: „Messung der Ro-Schwingungsverteilung in transienten Entladungen mittels Präzisions-Frequenzkamm-Spektroskopie (A02)” (Als Teilprojektleiter–Sonderforschungsbereiche)
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)“ (Als Antragsteller–Sachbeihilfen)
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
CLEO – Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics – subcommittee member; Science and Innovation 13: Active Optical Sensing,
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 Working Group
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., PCCP, Optics Letters, ACS Omega, App. Phys. D, Optics Express, Scientific Reports, and Adv. Photon. Res., etc. & Active in various mentoring, teaching, science communication, and voluntary activities