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Ernst Meyer received his Ph.D. from the University of Basel in 1990, focusing on force microscopy of ionic crystals and layered materials. He has undergone a postdoctoral stay at the IBM Research Center in Zurich before taking up his current position at the University of Basel. Additionally, he serves as an executive board member of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute and is the national representative for the COST Action ‘Understanding and Controlling Nano Mesoscale Friction’ (MP1303). His research primarily involves scanning probe microscopy and investigations into the physical processes occurring on surfaces. He studies friction energy loss mechanisms at the nanometer scale and conducts related experiments in photovoltaics. Recent highlights of his work include examining the frictional properties of graphene nanoribbons and the observation of Majorana bound states in iron wires deposited on lead superconductors.
The University of Basel generally requires C1 level proficiency in the language of instruction. For most English-taught Masters, TOEFL (min 92-95) or IELTS (min 7.0) is the standard.