Fellow: Dipl.-Ing. Ester Sala Bosch

Foreseen duration	36 months
Start Date	15.10.2006
End Date	15.10.2009
Project Title	Surface Improvement: Coatings from cluster materials (Project 3)
Ministering Institut	University of Rostock, Institute of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry (Prof. Köckerling)
Address	Universität Rostock, Institut für Chemie, AK Köckerling Albert-Einstein-Straße, 3A 18059 Rostock
Phone	+49 381-4986398 / 6391
eMail	ester.sala-boschuni-rostock.de
Nationality	Spanish
Home University	School of Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
Degree entitling to doctoral studies	Diploma in Chemical Engineering (October 2005)
Education	Since Oct’06: PhD Thesis in Inorganic Chemistry, University of Rostock (Germany) 2005: Diploma Thesis in Chemical Engineering, Polytechnic Federal University of Lausanne (Switzerland) 2000-2005: Chemical Engineering, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona (Spain) 1998-2000: Spanish Baccalaureate, Montsacopa High School, Olot (Spain)
Research Experience	Since Oct’06: “Surface Improvement: Coatings from Cluster Materials” (PhD Thesis), Inorganic and Solid State Chemistry group, University of Rostock (Germany) Mar’05-Aug’05: “Palladium particles on carbon nanofibers for catalyzed hydrogenation of acetylene” (Diploma Thesis), Laboratory of Chemical Reaction Engineering, Polytechnic Federal University of Lausanne (Switzerland) Jul’04-Sept’04: Studies on Powder Detergent Density fluctuation during the production process, Department of Powder Detergents, Procter & Gamble Spain S.A. (Mataró, Spain)
Acquisition of complementary skills	German Course, advanced level. October’06-December’06 Course: “Advanced Solid State Chemistry”. Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock. April’08-July’08 Course: “Chapters of the Modern Solid State Chemistry”. Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock. April’08-July’08 Course: “Introduction to Electron Microscopy and related methodologies”. Institute of Pathology, University of Rostock. April’08-July’08