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  • Comment: This appears to be based on criteria 1 of WP:NACADEMIC - but see the "Specific criteria notes", this indicates what is needed, and just referring people to Google Scholar is insufficient, and would risk the article getting draftified at New Page Patrol. An h-index of 81 suggests the subject can reach that criteria, but the evidence is not in the draft. Suggest outlining the top 3 cited articles and indicate more clearly the work's significance. If there are direct comments about the subject's work in the citation that would help too. ChrysGalley (talk) 09:30, 28 May 2026 (UTC)
  • Comment: Not seeing evidence that this professor meets WP:NPROF, based on the sourcing. Most sources cited are connected to the subject of the article. We need independent, secondary sources. Alternately, academics may be considered notable without secondary coverage if they have major awards, etc. as listed at WP:NPROF, but I'm not seeing any sign of that here. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 23:09, 17 January 2026 (UTC)


Frank Schreiber
Born(1968-05-19)19 May 1968
Alma materRuhr University Bochum
EmployerUniversity of Tübingen
Known forsoft matter, X-ray and neutron techniques
AwardsHonorary PhD from Slovak Academy of Science
Websitehttps://www.soft-matter.uni-tuebingen.de/

Frank Schreiber (born 19 May 1968 in Illertissen, Germany) is a German physicist. His research focuses on soft matter and includes molecular films, neutron and X-ray scattering techniques. He is a head of a research group at the University of Tübingen and a lecturer of several courses on condensed matter physics and nano-science. He served on numerous advisory boards and reviewing panels, in particular related to neutron and synchrotron sources. He worked in the scientific council of the ILL and in the scientific advisory committee of the ESS. For the period 2022-2025 he was the chair of the ErUM-Pro review panel.[1] of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research. He also served on the Committee Research with Neutrons (KFN) [2], and was the chair of this committee in 2020-2023. Co-author of more than 450 scientific publications and over 300 invited talks.

Education and carrier

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Frank Schreiber studied physics at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and obtained the diploma degree with distinction in 1992 using photothermal techniques and a PhD (summa cum laude) in 1995 for work on magnetic thin films under the supervision of Josef Pelzl in collaboration with Hartmut Zabel and Zdenek Frait (Prague).

After a short stay at the Academy of Sciences in Prague in early 1996 he moved to Princeton as a postdoctoral research associate to work with Giacinto Scoles and Peter Eisenberger on organic thin films. In late 1997 he joined the Max-Planck-Institute for Metal Research (now Max-Planck-Institute for Intelligent Systems) and the University of Stuttgart and obtained the habilitation degree. In 2002 he joined Oxford University and Wadham College as a lecturer in Physical Chemistry.

He joined the University of Tübingen and established a group on the physics of molecular and biological matter in 2005. In 2022 he was awarded an honorary PhD degree from the Slovak Academy of Science [3].

Scientific work

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Frank Schreiber and his group has contributed to several areas of condensed-matter and materials physics. particularly the use of scattering techniques to connect molecular-scale structure with growth processes, phase transitions and macroscopic properties. A unifying aspect is the use of X-ray and neutron scattering to study matter under non-equilibrium conditions and to connect molecular-scale structure with growth processes and macroscopic properties. His research has emphasized in situ and operando measurements capable of following molecular organization, film growth, phase transitions, adsorption and crystallization in real time. His research therefore spans a broad range of length and time scales and includes surface science, condensed-matter physics, soft matter, biophysics and materials science.

Frank Schreiber has co-authored over 450 scientific publications [4] [5] In 2026, he was ranked 160th among the top scientists in Materials Science in Germany [6].

Self-assembled monolayers

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One of Schreiber's early and influential research areas was the structural investigation of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) and molecular interfaces. His reviews on SAMs [7][8] provide a systematic description of growth mechanisms and structural properties of SAMs, using thiol monolayers on metal surface as an important model system. The work focuses on molecular packing, phase transitions, the formation of complex molecular heterostructures and the influence of functional terminal groups and molecular backbones. He and his group advanced the X-ray standing waves (XSW) [9][10] technique to precisely study the structure of SAMs.

Organic semiconductor thin films

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Another major topic in research is investigation of growth and structure of thin films of small organic molecules for organic electronics and optoelectronics. Such films can be grown by organic molecular beam deposition (OMBD) [11], a type of physical vapor deposition (PVD), when the organic material is evaporated from a crucible in ultra-high vacuum and then deposited on a substrate. He utilizes time-resolved X-ray scattering and optical spectroscopy, allowing structural and optical properties to be monitored simultaneously during film formation [12][13][14]. This makes it possible to follow the evolution of molecular packing and morphology of a thin film during deposition rather than examining only the final films. His research addresses polymorphism of crystal structures, influence of growth conditions and structure and properties of binary and ternary systems. These studies provided connections between molecular interactions, film morphology and the structural properties relevant to organic electronic devices. The group’s work has investigated various small molecules, including prototypical organic semiconductors, such as pentacene and diindenoperylene.

Proteins and biological interfaces

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In this research area, his group investigates how electrostatic interactions, interfaces and molecular crowding influence the structure and phase behaviour of proteins in solutions [15][16]. Using X-ray and neutron scattering techniques, his group investigates how multivalent ions can induce metastable liquid-liquid phase separation in protein solutions. This is an important process in crystallization of proteins which is needed for determination of the protein structure. His work provided a physical framework connecting ion-mediated interactions, phase separation and conditions relevant to protein crystallization. Using quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS) [17] and X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS) [18][19], his group investigates the dynamics of proteins in crowded solutions, which are ubiquitous in biological systems. Recently, his work has been extended to protein adsorption and crystallization at solid-liquid interfaces, providing evidence for an important role of interfaces in protein crystallization.

Hybrid organic-inorganic materials and perovskites

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Schreiber and his group study prospective photovoltaic materials, lead-halide perovskites and their derivatives. The focus of Schreiber's research lies in tracking the evolution of structure during the formation of the perovskite thin films via spin-coating, using in situ X-ray diffraction. Establishing the pathways of perovskite formation from the precursors and investigating the influence of additives and fabrication conditions helps to improve the stability and performance of perovskite-based solar cells [20][21].

Machine learning applied to scattering techniques

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More recently, Schreiber's research has expanded toward the application of machine learning to X-ray and neutron scattering. His group developed machine-learning methods for scattering-data analysis [22][23] and pioneered closed-loop X-ray and neutron reflectivity experiments enabled by machine-learning-based on-the-fly analysis [24][25]. The aim of this work is to allow experimental measurements and data analysis to interact dynamically, reducing the amount of manual optimization required during complex experiments.

Teaching

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At the University of Tübingen, he initiated a multidisciplinary bachelor and master program "Nano-science" [26], where the students are taught physics, chemistry and biology with the focus on nano-science. At the time of its creation, this was the only program of this type in Germany.

Frank Schreiber supervised more than 50 PhD students, some of whom received prestigious awards, such as the Foerster Award [27] (awarded to Katharina Broch in 2014 and Felix Roosen-Runge in 2015), the Friedrich Hirzebruch prize [28] (awarded to Katharina Broch in 2015), the Wolfram-Prandl-prize [29] (awarded to Felix Roosen-Runge in 2018), the PhD award of the German Physical Society [30] (awarded to Olga Matsarskaia in 2020).

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ↑ "Aktionsplan ErUM-Pro" (in German).
  2. ↑ "Committee Research with Neutrons (KFN)". www.sni-portal.de.
  3. 1 2 "Laudatio of the Slovak Academy of Sciences". www.sav.sk (in Slovak).
  4. ↑ "List of publications on WoS". www.webofscience.com.
  5. ↑ "List of publications on Google Scholar". www.scholar.google.com.
  6. ↑ "Research.com ranking in 2026".
  7. ↑ Schreiber, F. (2000). "Structure and growth of self-assembling monolayers". Prog. Surf. Sci. 65 (5–8): 151–257. Bibcode:2000PrSS...65..151S. doi:10.1016/S0079-6816(00)00024-1.
  8. ↑ Schreiber, F. (2004). "Self-assembled monolayers: from 'simple' model systems to biofunctionalized interfaces". J. Phys.: Condens. Matter. 16 (28): R881–R900. doi:10.1088/0953-8984/16/28/R01.
  9. ↑ Gerlach, A.; Schreiber, F.; Sellner, S.; Dosch, H.; Vartanyants, I.A.; Cowie, B. C. C.; Lee, T.-L.; Zegenhagen, J. (2005). "Adsorption-Induced Distortion of Fe16CuPc on Cu(111) and Ag(111): An X-ray Standing Wave Study". Phys. Rev. B. 71 (20) 205425. arXiv:cond-mat/0502671. Bibcode:2005PhRvB..71t5425G. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.71.205425.
  10. ↑ Franco-Cañellas, A.; Duhm, S.; Gerlach, A.; Schreiber, F. (2020). "Binding and electronic level alignment of π-conjugated systems on metals". Rep. Prog. Phys. 83 (6): 066501. arXiv:2002.10455. Bibcode:2020RPPh...83f6501F. doi:10.1088/1361-6633/ab7a42. PMID 32101802.
  11. ↑ Schreiber, F. (2004). "Organic molecular beam deposition: Growth studies beyond the first monolayer". Phys. Status Solidi A. 201 (6): 1037–1054. Bibcode:2004PSSAR.201.1037S. doi:10.1002/pssa.200404334.
  12. ↑ Krause, B.; Schreiber, F.; Dosch, H.; Pimpinelli, A.; Seeck, O. H. (2004). "Temperature-dependence of the 2D-3D transition in the growth of PTCDA on Ag(111): A real-time X-ray and kinetic Monte-Carlo study". Europhys. Lett. 65 (3): 372. Bibcode:2004EL.....65..372K. doi:10.1209/epl/i2003-10090-6.
  13. ↑ Kowarik, S.; Gerlach, A.; Sellner, S.; Schreiber, F.; Cavalcanti, L.; Konovalov, O. (2006). "Real-time observation of structural and orientational transitions during growth of organic thin films". Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 (12) 125504. Bibcode:2006PhRvL..96l5504K. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.125504. PMID 16605925.
  14. ↑ Bommel, S.; Kleppmann, N.; Weber, C.; Spranger, H.; Schäfer, P.; Novák, J.; Roth, S.; Schreiber, F.; Klapp, S. H. L.; Kowarik, S. (2014). "Unravelling the multilayer growth of the fullerene C60 in real-time". Nat. Commun. 5 5388. Bibcode:2014NatCo...5.5388B. doi:10.1038/ncomms6388. PMC 4272254. PMID 25369851.
  15. ↑ Sauter, A.; Roosen-Runge, F.; Zhang, F.; Lotze, G.; Jacobs, R.; Schreiber, F. (2015). "Real-time observation of nonclassical protein crystallization kinetics". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137 (4): 1485–1491. Bibcode:2015JAChS.137.1485S. doi:10.1021/ja510533x. PMID 25569484.
  16. ↑ "Interview on protein dynamics". www.weltderphysik.de (in German).
  17. ↑ Roosen-Runge, F.; Henning, M.; Zhang, F.; Jacobs, R. M. J.; Sztucki, M.; Schober, H.; Seydel, T.; Schreiber, F. (2011). "Protein self-diffusion in crowded solutions". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 108 (29): 11815–11820. Bibcode:2011PNAS..10811815R. doi:10.1073/pnas.1107287108. PMC 3142006. PMID 21730176.
  18. ↑ Begam, N.; Ragulskaya, A.; Girelli, A.; Rahmann, H.; Chandran, S.; Westermeier, F.; Reiser, M.; Sprung, M.; Zhang, F.; Gutt, C.; Schreiber, F. (2011). "Kinetics of network formation and heterogeneous dynamics of an egg white gel revealed by coherent X-ray scattering". Phys. Rev. Lett. 126 (9) 098001. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.098001. PMID 33750145.
  19. ↑ Girelli, A.; Rahmann, H.; Begam, N.; Ragulskaya, A.; Reiser, M.; Chandran, S.; Westermeier, F.; Sprung, M.; Zhang, F.; Gutt, C.; Schreiber, F. (2011). "Microscopic dynamics of liquid-liquid phase separation and domain coarsening in a protein solution revealed by X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy". Phys. Rev. Lett. 126 (13) 138004. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.138004. PMID 33861109.
  20. ↑ Arora, Neha; Dar, Ibrahim; Hinderhofer, Alexander; Pellet, Norman; Schreiber, Frank; Zakeeruddin, Shaik; Grätzel, Michael. "Perovskite solar cells with CuSCN hole extraction layers yield stabilized efficiencies greater than 20%". Science. 358 (6364): 768–771.
  21. ↑ Brinkmann, K. O.; Becker, T.; Zimmermann, F.; Kreusel, C.; Gahlmann, T.; Theisen, M.; Haeger, T.; Olthof, S.; Tückmantel, C.; Günster, M.; Maschwitz, T.; Göbelsmann, F.; Koch, C.; Hertel, D.; Caprioglio, P.; Peña-Camargo, F.; Perdigón-Toro, L.; Al-Ashouri, A.; Merten, L.; Hinderhofer, A.; Schreiber, F.; Albrecht, S.; Meerholz, K.; Neher, D.; Stolterfoht, M.; Riedl, T. (2022). "Perovskite–organic tandem solar cells with indium oxide interconnect". Nature. 604 (7905): 280–286. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04455-0.
  22. ↑ Greco, A.; Starostin, V.; Karapanagiotis, C.; Hinderhofer, A.; Gerlach, A.; Pithan, L.; Liehr, S.; Schreiber, F.; Kowarik, S. (2019). "Fast fitting of reflectivity data of growing thin films using neural networks". J. Appl. Cryst. 52 (13): 1342. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.138004. PMID 33861109.
  23. ↑ Starostin, V.; Dax, M.; Gerlach, A.; Hinderhofer, A.; Tejero-Cantero, Á.; Schreiber, F. (2025). "Fast and reliable probabilistic reflectometry inversion with prior-amortized neural posterior estimation". Sci. Adv. 11 (11) eadr9668. arXiv:2407.18648. Bibcode:2025SciA...11R9668S. doi:10.1126/sciadv.adr9668. PMC 13109928. PMID 40085716.
  24. ↑ Pithan, L.; Starostin, V.; Mareček, D.; Petersdorf, L.; Völter, C.; Munteanu, V.; Jankowski, M.; Konovalov, O.; Gerlach, A.; Hinderhofer, A.; Murphy, B.; Kowarik, S.; Schreiber, F. (2025). "Closing the loop: autonomous experiments enabled by machine-learning-based online data analysis in synchrotron beamline environments". J. Synchrotron Radiat. 30 (6): 1064–1075. doi:10.1107/S160057752300749X. PMC 10624034. PMID 37850560.
  25. ↑ Rentzsch, A.; Munteanu, V.; Anyanor, O.; Shah, S.; Gutfreund, P.; Perenon, R.; Higgins, A.; Starostin, V.; Hinderhofer, A.; Lapkin, D.; Schreiber, F. (2026). "Towards machine-learning-based on-the-fly analysis of neutron reflectometry". J. Appl. Cryst. 59 (3): 765–773. doi:10.1107/S1600576726002657.
  26. ↑ "Bachelor program Nano-Science".
  27. ↑ "Foerster Award".
  28. ↑ "Friedrich Hirzebruch prize in 2015".
  29. ↑ "Wolfram Prandl prize in 2018".
  30. ↑ "DPG dissertation prize" (in German).

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