CV

Personal Information

Name

Rheinstädter, name at birth Steinmetz

First names

Maikel Christian

  married, three children

 

Employment and Appointments

04/2010-04/2013

Member of the Science Review Committee for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) neutron scattering facilities

10/2009

Visiting Professor, Departamento de Fisica de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile

04/2009 present

CNBC Chalk River Proposal Review Coordinator for "Soft Materials"

01/2009 present

Assistant Professor of Physics
Department of Physics and Astronomy
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON,
Canada
and
Canadian Neutron Beam Centre (CNBC), National Research Council of Canada,
Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, ON, Canada

09/2006 – 12/2008

Assistant Professor of Physics
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO, USA

10/2005 – 2/2006

Visiting Scientist
Institut für Röntgenphysik, Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
with Prof. Dr. T. Salditt

6/2004 – 08/2006.

Staff Scientist
Institut Laue-Langevin,
Grenoble, France, Instrument Responsible IN11, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. H. Schober

3/2002 – 5/2004

Post Doc
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany and Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France, Instrument Responsible IN22, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. D. Richter

3/1997 – 2/2002

Scientific Assistant
Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. K. Knorr

 

Education

1997 – 2002

Doctorate in physics in the group of Prof. K. Knorr, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany

1991 –1997

Course of studies in physics, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany

 

Degrees

2002

Doctor of Natural Sciences (Magna cum Laude),
Title of the dissertation: "Strukturelle und dielektrische Untersuchungen an
b-Quinol-Clathraten".

1997

Diplom (M.Sc Physics, with distinction)
Title of the thesis: : "Eine Apparatur zur Messung der linearen Doppelbrechung: Aufbau und Messungen an RbNiCl3 und an
b-Quinol-Methanol".’

1994

Vordiplom Mathematik (B.Sc. Mathematics)

1993

Vordiplom Physik (B.Sc. Physics)

1991

Abitur (general admission for university entrance, with distinction)

 

Awards and Grants

2009

Ontario Research Fund,
"
Laboratory for Membrane and Protein Dynamics",
$180,000

2009

Canada Foundation for Innovation,
"
Laboratory for Membrane and Protein Dynamics",
$180,000

2009-2014

National Research Council of Canada, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences - Canadian Neutron Beam Centre,
"Biological Research at the National Research Universal (NRU) reactor at Chalk River",
$50,000

2009-2014

National Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada, NSERC Discovery,
"Collective Molecular Dynamics in Proteins and Membranes",
$140,000

2009-2014

National Research Council of Canada, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences - Canadian Neutron Beam Centre,
"Neutron-based experimental condensed matter physics",
$250,000

2009

McMaster University,
Start-up Funds

2008

 

Summer Research Fellowship,
University of Missouri-Columbia,
"Dynamics of membrane embedded peptides and proteins and impact on physiological and biological bilayer functions",
$7,000

2008

 

A&S Alumni Organization,
University of Missouri-Columbia, Research Enhancement,
"Dynamical Studies of Model Membranes",
$1,300

2007

 

DOE NSEI Reactor Utilization program,
University of Missouri Research Reactor MURR,
"Elastic and inelastic neutron scattering experiments in biophysics and biology at MURR",
$9,200

2007

 

A&S Alumni Organization,
University of Missouri-Columbia, Research Enhancement,
"Effect of Ethanol on the Short Wavelength dispersion relation in Phospholipid Bilayers: Coupling Acyl Chain Fluctuations to Transmembrane Transport",
$1,250

2006

 

University of Missouri Research Board,
"Humidity Chamber for Biophysical Research at MURR",
$20,100

2006

 

University of Missouri Columbia,
Start-up Funds

2005

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG,
"Untersuchung der Dynamik biomimetischer Lipidmembrane mittels unelastischer Neutronenstreuung",
$150,000, together with Prof. Dr. T. Salditt, Institut für Röntgenphysik, Göttingen, Germany

2003

"Young Scientist Award" of the European Neutron Scattering Association ENSA for a contribution about inelastic neutron scattering in biological model membranes.

1991

Award for outstanding general qualification for university entrance (Abitur) in mathematics and physics

 

Professional Activities

2009

Organizer of SoftmatterBio@MAC Retreat,
Workshop of the Soft-Condensed Matter & Biophysics group at McMaster University,
November 27-28, 2009, The Westwind Inn, Buckhorn, ON, Canada

2005

Organizer of NSE2005, international workshop,
September 7-10, 2005, ILL, Grenoble, France,
http://www.ill.fr/YellowBook/IN11/NSE2005/index.htm

Referee for: NSERC, U.S. Department of Energy DOE, National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST/NCNR, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Physical Review B, Physical Review E, Physical Review Letters, Biophysical Journal, Langmuir, Soft-Matter, European Physical Journal E, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Structural Biology, BBA - Biomembranes, European Biophysics Journal, Physica B, University of Missouri Research Board

 

Membership in Scientific Societies

 
American Physical Society Biophysical Society
Canadian Association of Physicists German Biophysical Society
German Physical Society  

Invited and plenary talks

45. "Nanobiology: Membranes and Proteins in Motion (Scattering Experiments Outside of the Comfort Zone)",
XDL2011 Workshop 6-Frontier Science with X-ray Correlation Spectroscopies using Continuous Sources,
June 29-30, 2011, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, U.S.A.
 

44. "Triple-axis-spectrometry",
11th Canadian Neutron Scattering Summer School of the Canadian Institute for Neutron Scattering ,
May 8-13, 2011, Canadian Neutron Beam Centre, Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, ON.
 

43. "Nanobiology: Membranes and Proteins in Motion",
BILL2011
,
January 12-14, 2011, Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France.
 

42. "Nanobiology: Membranes and Proteins in Motion",
McMaster Honours Integrated Science Program Guest Lecture,
November 30, 2010, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
 

41. "Nanobiology: Membranes and Proteins in Motion",
Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory,
October 7, 2010, Argonne, IL, U.S.A.
 

40. "Nanobiology: Membranes and Proteins in Motion",
Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago
October 6, 2010, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
 

39. "Nanobiology: Membranes  and Proteins in Motion",
CIFAR Summer Forum on Interdisciplinary Nano Science,
June 13-17, 2010, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
 

38. "Nanobiology: Membranes  and Proteins in Motion",
Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) Congress 2010,
June 7-10, 2010, University of Toronto, ON, Canada.
 

37. "Nanobiology: Membranes  and Proteins in Motion",
Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research, McMaster University,
November 9, 2009, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
 

36. "Collective Molecular Dynamics in Proteins and Membranes",
Workshop on Neutron Spin Echo Spectrometry,
November 4-5, 2009, Oak Ridge, TN, U.S.A..
 

35. "Collective Molecular Dynamics in Proteins and Membranes",
Department of Physics, University of Guelph,
September 15, 2009, Guelph, ON, Canada.
 

34. "Collective Molecular Dynamics in Proteins and Membranes",
Neutrons in Biology Meeting 2009 (NIB2009),
June 22 - 24, 2009, Lund University, Sweden.
 

33. "Triple-axis spectrometry",
10th Canadian Institute for Neutron Scattering (CINS) Neutron Summer School,
June 15-19, 2009, Chalk River, ON, Canada.
 

32. "Collective Molecular Dynamics in Proteins and Membranes",
International Conference on Neutron Scattering 2009 (ICNS2009),
May 3 - 7, 2009, Knoxville, TN, USA.
 

31. "Collective Molecular Dynamics in Proteins and Membranes",
Neutrons and X-rays meet Biology,
February 25 - 27, 2009, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, Germany.
 

30. "The Impact of Collective Molecular Dynamics on Physiological and Biological Functionalities of Artificial and Biological Membranes",
Dynamics of Soft Matter (DSM2008),
December 4 - 6, 2008, Boston, MA, USA.
 

29. "The Impact of Collective Molecular Dynamics on Physiological and Biological Functionalities of Artificial and Biological Membranes",
Biological Physics at large Facilities: From Molecule to Cell,
October 19 — 23, 2008, Grenoble, France.
 

28. "The Impact of Collective Molecular Dynamics on Physiological and Biological Functionalities of Artificial and Biological Membranes",
2008 Meeting of the American Crystallographic Association,
May 31 — June 5, 2008, Knoxville, TN, USA.
 

27. "The Impact of Collective Molecular Dynamics on Physiological and Biological Functionalities of Artificial and Biological Membranes",
Department of Physics, Missouri University of Science and Technology,
April 24, 2008, Rolla, MO, USA.
 

26. "The Impact of Collective Molecular Dynamics on Physiological and Biological Functionalities of Artificial and Biological Membranes",
Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University,
March 31, 2008, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
 

25. "The Impact of Collective Molecular Dynamics on Physiological and Biological Functionalities of Artificial and Biological Membranes",
APS March Meeting 2008,
March 10, 2008, New Orleans, LA, USA.
 

24. "The Impact of Collective Molecular Dynamics on Physiological and Biological Functionalities of Artificial and Biological Membranes",
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar, Indiana University
February 29, 2008, Bloomington, IN, USA.
 

23. '"The Impact of Collective Molecular Dynamics on Physiological and Biological Functionalities of Artificial and Biological Membranes",
52nd Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society
February 2-6, 2008, Long Beach, CA, USA
 

22. "The Impact of Collective Molecular Dynamics on Physiological and Biological Functionalities of Artificial and Biological Membranes",
January 30, 2008, University of California Irvine, Irvine CA, USA.
 

21. "The Impact of Collective Molecular Dynamics on Physiological and Biological Functionalities of Artificial and Biological Membranes",
Workshop on X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy and Microbeam SAXS at NSLS-II',
January 10-11, 2008, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA.
 

20. "The Impact of Collective Molecular Dynamics on Physiological and Biological Funtionalities of Artificial and Biological Membranes",
AVS 54th International Symposium & Exhibition,
October 12-14, 2007, Seattle, WA, USA.
 

19. "The Impact of Collective Molecular Dynamics on Physiological and Biological Funtionalities of Artificial and Biological Membranes",
SNS-HFIR User Group SHUG2007,
October 8-12, 2007, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
 

18. "The Impact of Collective Molecular Dynamics on Physiological and Biological Funtionalities of Artificial and Biological Membranes",
54th Midwestern Solid State Conference,
October 6-7, 2007, Lincoln, NA, USA
 

17. "Using neutron spectroscopy to study collective dynamics of biological and model membrane systems",
Canadian Neutron Beam Centre NRC-CNRC,
Chalk River,
August 1, 2007, Chalk River, ON, Canada
 

16. "Using neutron spectroscopy to study collective dynamics of biological and model membrane systems",
Summer School on Methods and Applications of Neutron Spectroscopy,
NIST Center for Neutron Research,
June 25-29, 2007, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
 

15. "Using neutron spectroscopy to study collective dynamics of biological and model membrane systems",
 
Physics Seminar, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University,
 April 27, 2007, Houston, TX, USA
 

14. "Biophysics and Biology on a Molecular Scale",
Saturday Morning Science, University of Missouri-Columbia,
February 3, 2007, Columbia, MO, USA
 

13. "Using neutron spectroscopy to study collective dynamics of biological and model membrane systems",
Physics Seminar, Department of Physics, University of Missouri-Kansas City,
January 26, 2007, Kansas City, MO, USA
 

12. "Using neutron spectroscopy to study collective dynamics of biological and model membrane systems",
Biological Physics Seminar, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri-Columbia,
January 24, 2007, Columbia, MO, USA

 

11. "Using neutron spectroscopy to study collective dynamics of biological and model membrane systems"
NIST Center for Neutron Research Seminar,
November 17, 2006, Gaithersburg, MD, USA

 

10. "Using neutron spectroscopy to study collective dynamics of biological and model membrane systems",
American Crystallographic Association 2006 Annual Meeting,
July 22-27, 2006, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
 

9.   "Using neutron spectroscopy to study collective dynamics of biological and model membrane systems"
Biology and Soft Matter Collegium, Hahn-Meitner Institut,
April 5,2006, Berlin, Germany
 

8.   "Exploring the collective dynamics of lipid membranes with inelastic neutron scattering"
International Conference on Neutron Scattering ICNS2005,
November 28, 2005, Sydney, Australia
 

7.   "Exploring the collective dynamics of lipid membranes with inelastic neutron scattering",
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Spallation Neutron Source (SNS),
November 8, 2005, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
 

6.   "Exploring the collective dynamics of lipid membranes with inelastic neutron scattering",
Symposium on Biomaterials and Neutrons, American Vacuum Society Meeting,
October 31, 2005, Boston, MA, USA
 

5.   "Collective long wavelength dynamics of lipid membranes studied by quasielastic neutron reflectivity on spin echo spectrometers",
Probing complex fluid membranes and films with neutron spin echo, International Workshop,
August 17, 2005, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
 

4.   "Collective dynamics of lipid membranes studied by inelastic neutron scattering",
Physikalisches Kolloquium,FRM-II, Technische Universität München,
May 30, 2005, Technische Universität München, Germany
 

3.   "Collective dynamics of lipid membranes studied by inelastic neutron scattering",
Deutsche Neutronenstreutagung,
September 2, 2004, Dresden, Germany

 

2.   "Collective dynamics of lipid membranes studied by inelastic neutron scattering",
Probing Dynamics at Interfaces, International Workshop,
July 5, 2004, Paul-Scherrer Institute (PSI), Villingen, Switzerland
 

1.   "Collective dynamics of lipid membranes studied by inelastic neutron scattering",
Journeés de la Diffusion Neutronique (JDN12),
May 28, 2004, Praz sur Arly, France