Background
Since 2021 | Assistant professor (tenure track) of radiochemistry, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemisty, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Switzerland |
Since 2019 | Group leader Heavy Elements, Laboratory of Radiochemistry, Nuclear Energy and Safety Research Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland |
2017 - 2019 | Staff scientist, Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Russia |
2016 - 2017 | Research fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation at the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Russia |
2011 - 2015 | Ph.D. thesis, Heavy Elements group, Laboratory of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut & University of Bern, Switzerland |
2006 - 2011 | B Sc and M Sc in Chemistry and Molecular Sciences (material sciences and physical chemistry), University of Bern, Switzerland |
Awards
- Promotionspreis 2017 der Fachgruppe Nuklearchemie, Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) / Award for doctoral thesis of the technical group for nuclear chemistry, German Chemical Society, September 2017
- Eduard-Adolf-Stein-Preis 2016 / Eduard-Adolf-Stein Prize 2016, Faculty of Science, University of Bern, May 2017
- Early Postdoc.Mobility, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), April 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017 (fellowship)
Publications
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Cerboni N, de Bodin-de Galembert G, De Gerone M, Gallucci G, Müller E, Nucciotti A, et al.
Development and implementation of holmium sources produced by molecular plating for the HOLMES experiment
Materials Chemistry and Physics. 2024; 314: 128837 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2023.128837
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Gates JM, Orford R, Rudolph D, Appleton C, Barrios BM, Benitez JY, et al.
Toward the discovery of new elements: production of livermorium (Z=116) with 50Ti
Physical Review Letters. 2024; 133(17): 172502 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.172502
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Zonta G, Astolfi M, Cerboni N, Gherardi S, Kasprzak M, Malagù C, et al.
Gas-sensing performance of SnO2-based chemoresistive sensors after irradiation with alpha particles and gamma-rays
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 2024; 333: 995-1104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-09340-2
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Chiera NM, Aksenov NV, Albin YV, Bodrov AY, Bozhikov GA, Chuprakov I, et al.
Observation of a volatile astatine hydroxide species in online gas-adsorption thermochromatography experiments
Molecular Physics. 2023: e2272685 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2023.2272685
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Mitrano DM, Milić JV, Steinegger P, Merz L
Reflections on the SCNAT young faculty meeting 2023: effective communication within academia and beyond
Chimia. 2023; 77(9): 628-631. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2023.628
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Eichler R, Kiselev D, Koschik A, Knecht A, van der Meulen N, Scheibl R, et al.
IMPACT conceptual design report
Villigen PSI: Paul Scherrer Institut; 2022. PSI Bericht: 22-01.
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Tiebel G, Dutheil P, Dressler R, Eichler R, Herrmann D, Steinegger P
The SINQ gas-jet facility as a source for radionuclides from neutron-induced fission of 235U
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2022; 1041: 167360 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2022.167360
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Weiss C, Wilson J, Tiebel G, Steinegger P, Griesmayer E, Frais-Kölbl H, et al.
High-temperature performance of solid-state sensors up to 500 °C
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2022; 1040: 167182 (4 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2022.167182
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Chiera NM, Bolisetty S, Eichler R, Mezzenga R, Steinegger P
Removal of radioactive cesium from contaminated water by whey protein amyloids-carbon hybrid filters
RSC Advances. 2021; 11(51): 32454-32458. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1RA05376K
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Kraus B, Steinegger P, Aksenov NV, Dressler R, Eichler R, Griesmayer E, et al.
Charge carrier properties of single-crystal CVD diamond up to 473 K
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2021; 989: 164947 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.164947
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Steinegger P
Open questions on chemistry in the synthesis and characterization of superheavy elements
Communications Chemistry. 2021; 4(1): 87 (4 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-021-00529-8
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Khuyagbaatar J, Yakushev A, Düllmann CE, Ackermann D, Andersson L-L, Asai M, et al.
Search for elements 119 and 120
Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics. 2020; 102(6): 064602 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.102.064602
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Steinegger P, Eichler R
Radiochemical research with transactinide elements in Switzerland
Chimia. 2020; 74(12): 924-931. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2020.924
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Khuyagbaatar J, Yakushev A, Düllmann CE, Ackermann D, Andersson L-L, Asai M, et al.
Fusion reaction 48Ca+249Bk leading to formation of the element Ts (Z=117)
Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics. 2019; 99(5): 054306 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.99.054306
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Aksenov NV, Steinegger P, Abdullin FS, Albin YV, Bozhikov GA, Chepigin VI, et al.
On the volatility of nihonium (Nh, Z = 113)
European Physical Journal A: Hadrons and Nuclei. 2017; 53(7): 158 (5 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2017-12348-8
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Chiera NM, Aksenov NV, Albin YV, Bozhikov GA, Chepigin VI, Dmitriev SN, et al.
Interaction of elemental mercury with selenium surfaces: model experiments for investigations of superheavy elements copernicium and flerovium
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 2017; 311(1): 99-108. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-016-5018-8
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Steinegger P, Dressler R, Eichler R, Piguet D, Streuli S, Türler A
Diamond detectors for high-temperature transactinide chemistry experiments
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2017; 850: 61-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.12.014
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Eichler R, Asai M, Brand H, Chiera NM, Di Nitto A, Dressler R, et al.
Complex chemistry with complex compounds
In: Rudolph D, ed. Nobel symposium NS 160 - chemistry and physics of heavy and superheavy elements. Vol. 131. EPJ web of conferences. sine loco: EDP Sciences; 2016:07005 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201613107005
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Steinegger P, Asai M, Dressler R, Eichler R, Kaneya Y, Mitsukai A, et al.
Vacuum chromatography of Tl on SiO2 at the single-atom level
Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2016; 120(13): 7122-7132. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b12033
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Usoltsev I, Eichler R, Wang Y, Even J, Yakushev A, Haba H, et al.
Decomposition studies of group 6 hexacarbonyl complexes. Part 1: production and decomposition of Mo(CO)6 and W(CO)6
Radiochimica Acta. 2016; 104(3): 141-151. https://doi.org/10.1515/ract-2015-2445
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Chiera NM, Aksenov NV, Albin YV, Bozhikov GA, Chepigin VI, Dmitriev SN, et al.
Towards selenides of the SHE copernicium and flerovium - unexpected Cn-Se bond observation
Presented at: 5th international conference on the chemistry and physics of the transactinide elements (TAN 15); May 25-29, 2015; Fukushima, Japan.
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Tsinganis A, Stamatopoulos A, Colonna N, Vlastou R, Schillebeeckx P, Plompen A, et al.
Measurement of the 240Pu(n,f) cross-section at the CERN n-TOF facility: First results from EAR-2
In: Ferrari A, Kawano T, Chadwick M, Cerutti F, Schoofs P, eds. Proceedings of the 14th international conference on nuclear reaction mechanisms. CERN; 2015:21-26.
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Weiß C, Chiaveri E, Girod S, Vlachoudis V, Aberle O, Barros S, et al.
The new vertical neutron beam line at the CERN n-TOF facility design and outlook on the performance
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2015; 799: 90-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.07.027
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Khuyagbaatar J, Yakushev A, Düllmann CE, Ackermann D, Andersson L-L, Asai M, et al.
48Ca + 249Bk fusion reaction leading to element Z = 117: long-lived α-decaying 270Db and discovery of 266Lr
Physical Review Letters. 2014; 112(17): 172501 (5 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.172501
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Barbagallo M, Guerrero C, Tsinganis A, Tarrío D, Altstadt S, Andriamonje S, et al.
High-accuracy determination of the neutron flux at n_TOF
European Physical Journal A: Hadrons and Nuclei. 2013; 49(12): 156 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2013-13156-x
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Guerrero C, Tsinganis A, Berthoumieux E, Barbagallo M, Belloni F, Gunsing F, et al.
Performance of the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN
European Physical Journal A: Hadrons and Nuclei. 2013; 49(2): 27 (15 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2013-13027-6
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