http://panda3.phys.unm.edu/~klidke/
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics & Astronomy
800 Yale Blvd. N.E., MSC 07 4220
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-1156
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Ph. D. in Physics, May 2002. Thesis advisers: J. W. Halley and C. F. Giese
Thesis Project Title: "Condensate Mediated Transmission Processes in Superfluid Helium"
Mankato State University, Mankato, MN
B.S. in Physics and Mathematics, June 1995
Graduated Magna Cum Laude
2007-present Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico
2006-2007 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sandia National Laboratory
Research Advisor:
Dr. Alan Burns, Biomolecular Interfaces and Systems
2002-2006 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Research Advisor:
Dr. Thomas Jovin, Department of Molecular Biology
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Fortbildungsstipendium, Post-doctoral Fellowship, 2002-2006
NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program Fellow, 1996-2000
Wissink Physics Scholarship 1993, 1994
Taylor Mathematics Scholarship 1994
Kiwanis Physics Scholarship 1992
President of Mankato State University Physics Club 1994
Biophysical Society
Optical Society of America
R. Heintzmann, K.A. Lidke, and T.M. Jovin. European Patent Application for Combined Excitation and Emission Spectral Imaging. Applicant: Max-Planck Society, priority Jan., 2003.
Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, UNM, 2007-Present
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biomolecular Interfaces and Systems,
Sandia National Laboratories, Mentor Alan Burns, 2005-2006. The primary
focus of this research is the study of the organization and dynamics of
several membrane components of the RBL mast cell. This required the development
of a single molecule TIRF microscope including analysis of resulting data.
Results include direct observation of restricted movement of membrane components,
including the high affinity IgE receptor Fc?R1, associated with underlying
actin structures. This research is a multidisciplinary collaboration with members
of the UNM pathology department.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck
Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Director Tom Jovin, 2002 - 2005. Research
consisted of development and implementation of new techniques in fluorescence microscopy.
Foci include optical redesign and software control of the Programmable Array Microscope
in a joint effort with a business partner to realize a commercial product, and
implementation of a Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscope currently being used to
study membrane protein interaction. Other areas of study include spectroscopy of
quantum dots, and polarization anisotropy imaging.
Graduate Student, University of Minnesota, 1995-2002 Studied quasiparticle
propagation in superfluid helium four by method of a directed pulsed helium atom
beam on a suspended superfluid film. This involved simulation of the beam source
and detector performance, thin film and photolithography techniques for beam source
and detector creation, high vacuum techniques, low temperature techniques including
operation of a dilution refrigerator, custom analog electronics, computer control of
experiments via LabView, LabWindows and Visual C++, and design and machining mechanical
parts of a variety of materials.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Mankato State University 1991-1995 1995.
Working with Professor G.D. O'Clock Jr, I set up and controlled an experimental
apparatus that was used to study conduction characteristics of silicon oxynitride films.
1991-1993. Working with Professor Louis Schwartzkopf, I created samples and made extensive
use of an x-ray diffractometer to measure grain alignment in an effort to show that using
an electric field to align the grains of Y1Ba2Cu3O6 in a sample could produce a higher
critical current when converted to the high temperature superconductor Y1Ba2Cu3O7.