Marco Kirm

Born:
December 27, 1965 in Viljandi

Marital status: married

Education:
Lund University, 1995, PhD in physics
University of Tartu, 1991, diploma in physics (laser optics), cum laude
Suure-Jaani Upper Secondary School, 1984, graduated with gold medal honours

Professional career:
2009 – 2012 Director of the Institute of Physics, University of Tartu
2004 – 2009 Research Director of the Institute of Physics, University of Tartu
1999 – 2004 beamline researcher at HASYLAB and researcher at the Institute for Experimental Physics of the University of Hamburg
1997 – 1999 Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Hamburg
1996 Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Physics, University of Tartu

Main research interests:
Radiation physics of materials and spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation and novel femtosecond laser sources.

Work in research administration:
2010 – ... member of the Research Council of the Tartu Observatory
2009 – … member of the International Advisory Board of the Institute of Solid State Physics of the University of Latvia
2009 – … Chair of the Council of the doctoral school Functional Materials and Technologies
2008 – ... member of the Research Council of the National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics
2006 – ... Estonian representative in the Materials, Physics and Nanoscience Domain Committee of COST
2005 – … Estonian representative in the Consultative Committee for the EURATOM Specific Research and Training Programme in the Field of Nuclear Energy (Fusion)

Member of the board of the NPO Estonian Defense Industry Union

Founding member of the Estonian Physical Society

Member of the Electrochemical Society Inc.