Since 11/2016
Curator for Physics, Geophysics, Geodesy, Weights and Measures at the Deutsches Museum, Munich

06/2020
PhD at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg on the topic of "3D photonic crystals for optimised photon management in silicon thin-film solar cells"

2015 - 2016
Research Associate in the Department of Optics at the Deutsches Museum, Munich

2012 - 2015
Research Associate at the Chair of Microstructure-Based Material Design at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

2005 - 2012
Studied physics at RWTH Aachen University and KTH Stockholm

Collection-related object research

• New concept for the permanent exhibition "Physics", Deutsches Museum (in planning)
• Permanent exhibition "Foucault's Pendulum", Deutsches Museum (opening 2022)
• Permanent exhibition "Classical Optics", Deutsches Museum (opening 2022)
• Design of the permanent exhibition "Alles in Maßen - Maße für alle"
  with the support of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)

• Klassische Optik. Vom Sichtbaren zum Messbaren. Deutsches Museum Verlag, München 2022. (Hrsg. mit L. Bauer, A. Baumann, und J. Hagmann)
• 1842. Optischer Gehaltmesser. Carl August von Steinheil, München. In: Wolfgang Heckl (Hrsg.): Die Welt der Technik in 100 Objekten, München 2022, S. 179ff.
• Foucault’sches Pendel. In: Kultur und Technik 2022, Heft 4: Die neuen Ausstellungen, S.10-11.
• Photonic crystal backside structures for PV applications. Sprafke, A. N., Piechulla, P., Schneevoigt, D., Bub, F., Wehrspohn, R. B., Smeets, M., Hoffmann, A., Bittkau, K., Carius, R., Wiesendanger, S., Rockstuhl, C. In: Light, Energy and the Enviroment, OSA Technical Digest (online), paper PTh2A.4 (2016).
• Opaline backside structures for photon management in solar cells. Sprafke, A. N., Schneevoigt, D., Bub, F., Wehrspohn, R. B., Hoffmann, A., Bittkau, K., Carius, R., Wiesendanger, S., Rockstuhl, C. In: Light, Energy and the Enviroment, OSA Technical Digest (online), paper PTu2B.4 (2015).
• Innovative 3D-photonic crystal backside foil for thin-film solar cells. Sprafke, A. N., Schneevoigt, D., Wehrspohn, R. B. In: European Energy Innovation, pp. 78-79 (Spring 2014).
• Automated spray coating process for the fabrication of large-area artificial opals on textured substrates. Sprafke, A. N., Schneevoigt, D., Seidel, S., Schweizer, S. L., Wehrspohn, R. B. In: Optics Express 21, pp. A528-A538 (2013)