Jonas Stricker

Education

• Since 02/2023
  PhD Student in Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz,
  Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM)
  Doctoral thesis topic: “Production of multiply charged actinide molecules as versatile probes of fundamental physics”
• 10/2020 – 01/2023
  Master of Science in Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
• 10/2016 – 09/2020
  Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University of Bonn

Visiting Scientist Positions & Graduate Schools

• Since 12/2023
  Visiting Scientist, GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research,
  Super Heavy Elements (SHE) Chemistry, Darmstadt, Germany
• Since 03/2024
  Visiting Scientist, CERN–ISOLDE, Meyrin, Switzerland
• Since 09/2025
  Visiting Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK),
  groups of Klaus Blaum and José Crespo, Heidelberg, Germany
• Since 08/2023
  Member, Mainz Physics Academy (MPA)
• Since 12/2023
  Member, Helmholtz Graduate School for Hadron and Ion Research (HGS-HIRe)

Grants, Fellowships & Awards

• 04/2024 – EUROLABS Fellowship for ISOLDE beam time (CERN)
• 07/2025 – Paper of the Month, GDCh Division of Nuclear Chemistry (Young Radiochemistry)
• 09/2025 – Early Career Researcher Grant, EuNPC 2025
• 11/2025 – HGS-HIRe Abroad Grant (research stay at Harvard University and MIT, May 2026)
• 06/2026 – First Prize, Best Student Oral Presentation Award, MARC 2026, Kona, USA
  Production of tailored actinide ions for fundamental physics

Teaching Experience

• Summer Terms 2022 & 2023
  Teaching Assistant, Chemistry for Physics and Geosciences
• Winter Term 2022/23
  Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Nuclear Chemistry
• Summer Term 2023 – Winter Term 2023/24
  Laboratory Teaching Assistant, Nuclear Chemistry Laboratory Course
• Since Summer Term 2024
  Lead Teaching Assistant, Nuclear Chemistry Laboratory Course
• Since Winter Term 2022/23
  Supervision of 1 Master’s thesis, 4 Bachelor’s theses, and 4 summer students/internships

Articles (selected)

• P. Fischer, J. Stricker, Ch. E. Düllmann et al.,
  Gas-phase thorium molecules from laser ablation,
  Physical Review Research 6, 043317 (2024)
• P. Fischer, J. Stricker, Ch. E. Düllmann et al.,
  Gas-phase thorium clusters from laser ablation suggest magicity of Th₁₃⁺,
  European Physical Journal D 79, 30 (2025)
• J. Stricker et al.,
  Laser-fluence-dependent production of molecular thorium ions in different charge states for trapped-ion experiments,
  Physical Review A 112, 012821 (2025)
• J. Stricker et al.,
  Multiply charged uranium monoxide as a versatile probe of fundamental physics
  submitted 2025, https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.14924.

Invited Talks (selected)

• 25 June 2024 – MIT Physics Colloquium, Cambridge, USA
  Atomic and Molecular Thorium Ions in Different Charge States for Precise Ion Spectroscopy
• 30 Sept – 02 Oct 2024 – Mainz Physics Academy Retreat, Höchst im Odenwald, Germany
  Actinide Ions in Different Charge States for Precise Ion Spectroscopy
• 14 April 2025 – Physics Seminar, KU Leuven, Belgium
  Actinide Ions in Different Charge States for Precise Ion Spectroscopy
• 12 January 2026 – Seminar on Nuclear and Radiochemistry, Mainz, Germany
  Production of multiply charged molecules as versatile probes of fundamental physics

Conference Contributions (selected)

• Stopping and Manipulation of Ions (SMI) 2023, Gießen, Germany – Oral presentation
• International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy (ISMS) 2024, Urbana, USA – Oral presentation
• International Conference on Nuclear and Radiochemistry (NRC10) 2024, Brighton, UK – Oral presentation
• Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC) 2025, Kona, USA – Oral presentation
• European Nuclear Physics Conference (EuNPC) 2025, Caen, France – Oral presentation

Outreach

• Interview: PRISMA+ Highlights 2025 – Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  “What are you researching, Jonas Stricker?”

https://prisma.uni-mainz.de/2025/09/22/woran-forschen-sie-gerade-jonas-stricker/