Anna Niggas

I study the interaction of (highly charged) ions and electrons with surfaces. One focus is on unravelling inelastic processes in surfaces and solids, for which I analyse emitted low-energy (secondary) electrons as observables.

20 publications (including 7 first-author publications) in international, peer-reviewed journals.

	Citations	h-Index
Google Scholar	324	11
Web of Science	204	9

Stand April 2025

Press releases of TU Wien

Numerous contributions to international conferences as well as seminar talks.

10 invited talks
4 contributed talks
10 poster presentations
3 seminar talks

All presentations are collected in this overview of presentations.

Winters emester in even years
- VU 130.001 & 130.002 Exercises accompanying the lectures on Fundamentals of Physics Ia & Ib
Summer semester in odd years
- VU 130.003 & 130.004 Exercises accompanying the lectures on Fundamentals of Physics IIa & IIb
Winter semester in odd years
- UE 134.125 Exercises accompanying the lectures on Fundamentals of Physics III
Every semester
- VO 134.205 Lecture on Ultrahigh Vacuum Physics

2025-2026: Editorial Board Member (Early Career Member) at Physical Review A (PRA)
2025 - today: Membership Austrian Vacuum Society (ÖGV)
2025 - today: Membership Austrian Chemical Physical Society (CPG)
2020 - today: Membership Austrian Physical Society (ÖPG)
2020 - today: Membership German Physical Society (DPG)

Hannspeter Winter Prize 2024
Loschmidt Prize of the Austrian Chemical Physical Society (CPG) 2024
Promotio Sub Auspiciis Praesidentis 2024
Sheldon Datz Prize 2023
TUW Under 20 Listmaker 2022
Christiana Hörbiger Prize 2022 (for the mobility of students)
2020 Appreciation Award – National Award for the best bachelor's and master's degrees
Peter Varga Poster Prize 2020
Poster Prize at ICPEAC 2019

Journals and Online Media

Die Presse. “Die Physikerin und ihre Ionenkanone” (German) by Wolfgang Däuble.
TU Wien, Alumni Club. “Ehrung von 5 TU Absolvent:innen” (German)
Kaiserschildstiftung. “Durchhaltevermögen” (German)

Science Magazines

Education in Chemistry (Science Magazine for Schools by the UK Royal Society of Chemistry). "Highly Charged" by Nina Notman.
Scientific American. "Hidden Particle Interactions Exposed by Peeling Layers of Graphene" by Karmela Padavic-Callaghan.

Radio

Wissenschaftsradio (Science Radio) at Radio Radieschen: Jungphysikerin Anna Niggas im Gespräch (in German) (2022)
Wissenschaftsradio (Science Radio) at Radio Radieschen: Junge Wissenschaft im Pitch (in German) (2021)

Anna Niggas

E-Mail: anna@iap.tuwien.ac.at

Phone: +43 1 58801 13433

Adresse

TU Wien
Institute of Applied Physics
Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10/E134
1040 Vienna
Austria

Anna Niggas

E-Mail: anna@iap.tuwien.ac.at

Phone: +43 1 58801 13433

Adresse

TU Wien
Institute of Applied Physics
Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10/E134
1040 Vienna
Austria

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