1987 - 1994 Studies of physics at the Technische Universität München (Munich, Germany).

8/1993 - 8/1994 Diploma thesis at the Walther-Meißner-Institut für Tieftemperaturforschung, Prof. Klaus Andres (Garching, Germany),
with the title "Magnetische Eindringtiefe in Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_8+x als Funktion der Dotierung".

4/1995 - 3/1998 PhD thesis at the Physikalisches Institut III, Prof. Paul Müller, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Erlangen, Germany),
with the title "Intramolekulare antiferromagnetische Kopplung in supramolekularen Gitterstrukturen"

4/1998 - 1/2002 Scientific assistant at the Physikalisches Institut III, Prof. Paul Müller, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Erlangen, Germany).

May 2003 Habiltation at the Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Erlangen, Germany),
with the titel "Supramolekulare Nanomagnete: Quantenphysik im mesoskopischen Grenzbereich"

2/2002 - 1/2004 Visiting scientist at the Department of Physics, Prof. Arthur J. Epstein, The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio, USA),
financed by a research fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and by Prof. Epstein.

Rebecca H. Laye, Finn K. Larsen, Jacob Overgaard, Christopher A. Muryn, Eric J. L. McInnes, Eva Rentschler, Veronica Sanchez, Simon J. Teat, Hans U. Güdel, Oliver Waldmann, Grigore A. Timco and Richard E. P. Winpenny
A family of heterometallic wheels containing potentially fourteen hundred siblings
Chem. Commun. 1125-1127 (2005)      Abstract                 

Andreas Sieber, Colette Boskovic, Roland Bircher, Oliver Waldmann, Stefan T. Ochsenbein, Grégory Chaboussant, Hans U. Güdel, Nadeschda Kirchner, Joris van Slageren, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Antonia Neels, Helen Stoeckli-Evans, Stefan Janssen, Fanni Juranyi and Hannu Mutka
Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization of a New Family of Ni₄ Spin Clusters
Inorg. Chem. 44, 4315-4325 (2005)      Abstract                 

Andreas Sieber, Roland Bircher, Oliver Waldmann, Graham Carver, Grégory Chaboussant, Hannu Mutka and Hans-Ulrich Güdel
Effect of Pressure on the Magnetic Anisotropy in the Single-Molecule Magnet Mn₁₂-Acetate: An Inelastic Neutron Scattering Study
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 44, 4239-4242 (2005)      Abstract           
Angew. Chem. 117, 4311-4314 (2005)      Abstract           

O. Waldmann, C. Dobe, H. Mutka, A. Furrer and H. U. Güdel
Néel-Vector Tunneling in Antiferromagnetic Molecular Clusters
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 057202/1-4 (2005)      Abstract     

Andreas Sieber, Dolos Foguet-Albiol, Oliver Waldmann, Stefan T. Ochsenbein, Roland Bircher, George Christou, Felix Fernandez-Alonso, Hannu Mutka and Hans U. Güdel
Direct Determination of the Anisotropy and Exchange Splittings in the Dimeric Single-Molecule Magnet [Mn₄O₃Cl₄(O₂CEt)₃(py)₃]₂·8MeCN by Inelastic Neutron Scattering
Inorg. Chem. 44, 6771-6776 (2005)      Abstract     

O. Waldmann and H. U. Güdel
Many-spin effects in inelastic neutron scattering and electron paramagnetic resonance of molecular nanomagnets
Phys. Rev. B 72, 094422/1-17 (2005)      Abstract     

O. Waldmann, G. Carver, C. Dobe, D. Biner, A. Sieber, H. U. Güdel, H. Mutka, J. Ollivier and N. E. Chakov
Magnetic relaxation studies on a single-molecule magnet by time-resolved inelastic neutron scattering
Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 042507/1-3 (2006)      Abstract     

O. Waldmann, C. Dobe, S. T. Ochsenbein, H. U. Güdel and I. Sheikin
Field-Induced Magnetoelastic Instabilities in Antiferromagnetic Molecular Wheels
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 027206/1-4 (2006)      Abstract     

David M. Low, Gopalan Rajaraman, Madeleine Helliwell, Grigore Timco, Joris van Slageren, Roberta Sessoli, Stefan T. Ochsenbein, Roland Bircher, Christopher Dobe, Oliver Waldmann, Hans-Ulrich Güdel, Mark A. Adams, Eliseo Ruiz, Santiago Alvarez and Eric J. L. McInnes
A Family of Ferro- and Antiferromagnetically Coupled Decametallic Chromium(III) Wheels
Chem. Eur. J. 12, 1385-1396 (2006)      Abstract     

Roland Bircher, Grégory Chaboussant, Chris Dobe, Hans U. Güdel, Stefan T. Ochsenbein, Andreas Sieber and Oliver Waldmann
Single-Molecule Magnets Under Pressure
Adv. Funct. Mater. 16, 209-220 (2006)      Abstract     

Oliver Waldmann, Hans U. Güdel, Timothy L. Kelly and Laurence K. Thompson
The Mixed-Valent Manganese [3×3] Grid [Mn(III)₄Mn(II)₅(2poap-2H)₆](ClO₄)₁₀·10H₂O, a Mesoscopic Spin-¹/₂ Cluster
Inorg. Chem. 45, 3295-3300 (2006)      Abstract           

O. Waldmann, G. Carver, C. Dobe, D. Biner, A. Sieber, H. U. Güdel, H. Mutka and J. Ollivier
Magnetic relaxation in the single-molecule magnet Mn₁₂ac
ILL Annual Report 2005, 22-23 (2006)      Abstract     

A. Sieber, D. Foguet-Albiol, O. Waldmann, S. T. Ochsenbein, G. Carver, H. Mutka, F. Fernandez-Alonso, M. Mezouar, H. P. Weber, G. Christou and H. U. Güdel
Pressure dependence of the exchange interaction in the dimeric single-molecule magnet [Mn₄O₃Cl₄(O₂CEt)₃(py)₃]₂ from inelastic neutron scattering
Phys. Rev. B 74, 024405/1-4 (2006)      Abstract     

O. Waldmann, C. Dobe, H. U. Güdel and H. Mutka
Quantum dynamics of the Néel vector in the antiferromagnetic molecular wheel CsFe₈
Phys. Rev. B 74, 054429/1-12 (2006)      Abstract     

Kerwyn G. Alley, Roland Bircher, Oliver Waldmann, Stefan T. Ochsenbein, Hans U. Güdel, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, Felix Fernandez-Alonso, Brendan F. Abrahams and Colette Boskovic
Mixed-Valent Cobalt Spin Clusters: a Hexanuclear Complex and a One-Dimensional Coordination Polymer Comprised of Alternating Hepta- and Mononuclear Fragments
Inorg. Chem. 45, 8950-8957 (2006)      Abstract                 

Oliver Waldmann, Graham Carver, Chris Dobe, Andreas Sieber, Hans U. Güdel and Hannu Mutka
Direct Identification of the Minority and Majority Species in the Single-Molecule Magnet Mn₁₂-Acetate by Inelastic Neutron Scattering
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 1526-1527 (2007)      Abstract     

Ayuk M. Ako, Oliver Waldmann, Valeriu Mereacre, Frederik Klöwer, Ian J. Hewitt, Christopher E. Anson, Hans U. Güdel and Annie K. Powell
Odd-Numbered Fe^III Complexes: Synthesis, Molecular Structure, Reactivity, and Magnetic Properties
Inorg. Chem. 46, 756-766 (2007)      Abstract                 

O. Waldmann, R. Bircher, G. Carver, A. Sieber, H. U. Güdel and H. Mutka
Exchange-coupling constants, spin density map, and Q dependence of the inelastic neutron scattering intensity in single-molecule magnets
Phys. Rev. B 75, 174438/1-11 (2007)      Abstract     

S. T. Ochsenbein, O. Waldmann, A. Sieber, G. Carver, R. Bircher, H. U. Güdel, R. S. G. Davies, G. A. Timco, R. E. P. Winpenny, H. Mutka and F. Fernandez-Alonso
Standing spin waves in an antiferromagnetic molecular Cr₆ horseshoe
Europhys. Lett. 79, 17003/1-6 (2007)      Abstract     

L. Schnelzer, O. Waldmann, M. Horvatić, S. T. Ochsenbein, S. Krämer, C. Berthier, H. U. Güdel and B. Pilawa
Huge Transverse Magnetic Polarization in the Field-Induced Phase of the Antiferromagnetic Molecular Wheel CsFe₈
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 087201/1-4 (2007)      Abstract     

Satoshi Koizumi, Masayuki Nihei, Takuya Shiga, Motohiro Nakano, Hiroyuki Nojiri, Roland Bircher, Oliver Waldmann, Stefan T. Ochsenbein, Hans U. Güdel, Felix Fernandez-Alonso and Hiroki Oshio
A Wheel-Shaped Single-Molecule Magnet of [Mn^II₃Mn^III₄]: Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization under Static and Pulse Magnetic Fields
Chem. Eur. J. 13, 8445-8453 (2007)      Abstract                 

Oliver Waldmann, Ayuk M. Ako, Hans U. Güdel and Annie K. Powell
Assessment of the Anisotropy in the Molecule Mn₁₉ with a High-Spin Ground State S = ⁸³/₂ by 35 GHz Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
Inorg. Chem. 47, 3486-3488 (2008)      Abstract                 

Stefan T. Ochsenbein, Floriana Tuna, Marzio Rancan, Rachel S. G. Davies, Christopher A. Muryn, Oliver Waldmann, Roland Bircher, Andreas Sieber, Graham Carver, Hannu Mutka, Felix Fernandez-Alonso, Andrew Podlesnyak, Larry P. Engelhardt, Grigore A. Timco, Hans U. Güdel and Richard E. P. Winpenny
Studies of Finite Molecular Chains: Synthesis, Structural, Magnetic and Inelastic Neutron Scattering Studies of Hexa- and Heptanuclear Chromium Horseshoes
Chem. Eur. J. 14, 5144-5158 (2008)      Abstract                                   

O. Waldmann, T. C. Stamatatos, G. Christou, H. U. Güdel, I. Sheikin and H. Mutka
Quantum Phase Interference and Néel-Vector Tunneling in Antiferromagnetic Molecular Wheels
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 157202/1-4 (2009)      Abstract                 

J. Dreiser, O. Waldmann, C. Dobe, G. Carver, S. T. Ochsenbein, A. Sieber, H. U. Güdel, J. van Duijn, J. Taylor and A. Podlesnyak
Quantized antiferromagnetic spin waves in the molecular Heisenberg ring CsFe₈
Phys. Rev. B 81, 024408/1-8 (2010)      Abstract                 

Jan Dreiser, Oliver Waldmann, Graham Carver, Christopher Dobe, Hans-Ulrich Güdel, Høgni Weihe and Anne-Laure Barra
High-Frequency Electron-Spin-Resonance Study of the Octanuclear Ferric Wheel CsFe₈
Inorg. Chem. 49, 8729-8735 (2010)      Abstract                 

Michael L. Baker, Oliver Waldmann, Stergios Piligkos, Roland Bircher, Olivier Cador, Stefano Carretta, David Collison, Felix Fernandez-Alonso, Eric J. L. McInnes, Hannu Mutka, Andrew Podlesnyak, Floriana Tuna, Stefan Ochsenbein, Roberta Sessoli, Andreas Sieber, Grigore A. Timco, Høgni Weihe, Hans U. Güdel and Richard E. P. Winpenny
Inelastic neutron scattering studies on the odd-membered antiferromagnetic wheel Cr₈Ni
Phys. Rev. B 86, 064405/1-11 (2012)      Abstract                 

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