Assistant professor (tenure track) of radiochemistry, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemisty, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Since 2019
Group leader Heavy Elements, Laboratory of Radiochemistry, Nuclear Energy and Safety Research Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
2017 - 2019
Staff scientist, Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Russia
2016 - 2017
Research fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation at the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Russia
2011 - 2015
Ph.D. thesis, Heavy Elements group, Laboratory of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut & University of Bern, Switzerland
2006 - 2011
B Sc and M Sc in Chemistry and Molecular Sciences (material sciences and physical chemistry), University of Bern, Switzerland
Awards
Promotionspreis 2017 der Fachgruppe Nuklearchemie, Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) / Award for doctoral thesis of the technical group for nuclear chemistry, German Chemical Society, September 2017
Eduard-Adolf-Stein-Preis 2016 / Eduard-Adolf-Stein Prize 2016, Faculty of Science, University of Bern, May 2017
Early Postdoc.Mobility, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), April 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017 (fellowship)
Publications
Cerboni N, Stephens KJ, Shepelin NA, Müller EA, Steinegger P, Maugeri EA Multilayered targets for superheavy element production In: Myhre K, Gott M, Kheswa N, eds. World conference of the International Nuclear Target Development Society. Vol. 327. EPJ Web of Conferences. Les Ulis: EDP Sciences; 2025:01011 (4 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202532701011 DORA PSI
Cerboni N, Szekér B, Dressler R, Wörle M, Eichler R, Jung TA, et al. Unraveling the formation of Tb/Pd films by coupled reduction as targets for heavy ion-beam irradiation Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 2025; 1010: 176954 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.176954 DORA PSI
Chiera NM, Aksenov NV, Albin YV, Bodrov AY, Bozhikov GA, Chuprakov I, et al. Observation of a volatile astatine hydroxide species in online gas-adsorption thermochromatography experiments Molecular Physics. 2025; 123(5-6): e2272685 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2023.2272685 DORA PSI
Dutheil P, Heule M, Steinegger P Development of flow electrolytic strategies for separation and radiometric analysis of radionuclides Chimia. 2025; 79(4): 200-203. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2025.200 DORA PSI
Dutheil P, Köhler F, Heule M, Cerboni N, Steinegger P Flow electrolysis on anodized carbon fibers for Pu separation and analysis Analytical Chemistry. 2025; 97(20): 10671-10679. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.5c00496 DORA PSI
Dutheil P, Heule M, Köhler F, Baur S, Vögele A, Steinegger P Flow electrolytic separation of radionuclides for interference suppression in γ-spectrometry Analytica Chimica Acta. 2025; 1337: 343527 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2024.343527 DORA PSI
Jia Z, Wang Y, Cao S, Qin Z, Cui Y, Aksenov N, et al. LEGEND - A detection system for next-generation gas-adsorption thermochromatography experiments with Nh Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2025; 1072: 170166 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2024.170166 DORA PSI
Kou X, Cerboni N, Eichler R, Makowska M, Müller E, Muntwiler M, et al. Elemental distribution and phase composition of Pd-Gd thin films Materials and Design. 2025; 253: 113954 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2025.113954 DORA PSI
Liu L, Zobnin V, Zivadinovic I, Eichler R, Vögele A, Herrmann D, et al. Chemical speciation of iodine evaporated from liquid lead–bismuth eutectic investigated by thermosublimatography Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-025-10246-4 DORA PSI
Wilson JM, Herrmann D, Grundler PV, van der Meulen NP, Sommerhalder A, Steinegger P Quantitative gas-phase separation of carrier-free thallium radioisotopes from proton-irradiated natHgO Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 2025; 334: 3813-3818. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-025-10125-y DORA PSI
Zivadinovic I, Neuhausen J, Ivan AM, Dressler R, Steinegger P The influence of impurities on the evaporation behavior of Po from liquid Pb–Bi eutectic at high temperatures Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 2025; 334: 583-594. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-024-09823-w DORA PSI
Cerboni N, de Bodin-de Galembert G, De Gerone M, Gallucci G, Müller E, Nucciotti A, et al. Development and implementation of holmium sources produced by molecular plating for the HOLMES experiment Materials Chemistry and Physics. 2024; 314: 128837 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2023.128837 DORA PSI
Gates JM, Orford R, Rudolph D, Appleton C, Barrios BM, Benitez JY, et al. Toward the discovery of new elements: production of livermorium (Z=116) with 50Ti Physical Review Letters. 2024; 133(17): 172502 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.172502 DORA PSI
Zonta G, Astolfi M, Cerboni N, Gherardi S, Kasprzak M, Malagù C, et al. Gas-sensing performance of SnO2-based chemoresistive sensors after irradiation with alpha particles and gamma-rays Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 2024; 333: 995-1004. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-09340-2 DORA PSI
Mitrano DM, Milić JV, Steinegger P, Merz L Reflections on the SCNAT young faculty meeting 2023: effective communication within academia and beyond Chimia. 2023; 77(9): 628-631. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2023.628 DORA PSI
Eichler R, Kiselev D, Koschik A, Knecht A, van der Meulen N, Scheibl R, et al. IMPACT conceptual design report Villigen PSI: Paul Scherrer Institut; 2022. PSI Bericht: 22-01. DORA PSI
Tiebel G, Dutheil P, Dressler R, Eichler R, Herrmann D, Steinegger P The SINQ gas-jet facility as a source for radionuclides from neutron-induced fission of 235U Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2022; 1041: 167360 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2022.167360 DORA PSI
Weiss C, Wilson J, Tiebel G, Steinegger P, Griesmayer E, Frais-Kölbl H, et al. High-temperature performance of solid-state sensors up to 500 °C Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2022; 1040: 167182 (4 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2022.167182 DORA PSI
Chiera NM, Bolisetty S, Eichler R, Mezzenga R, Steinegger P Removal of radioactive cesium from contaminated water by whey protein amyloids-carbon hybrid filters RSC Advances. 2021; 11(51): 32454-32458. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1RA05376K DORA PSI
Kraus B, Steinegger P, Aksenov NV, Dressler R, Eichler R, Griesmayer E, et al. Charge carrier properties of single-crystal CVD diamond up to 473 K Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2021; 989: 164947 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.164947 DORA PSI
Steinegger P Open questions on chemistry in the synthesis and characterization of superheavy elements Communications Chemistry. 2021; 4(1): 87 (4 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-021-00529-8 DORA PSI
Khuyagbaatar J, Yakushev A, Düllmann CE, Ackermann D, Andersson L-L, Asai M, et al. Search for elements 119 and 120 Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics. 2020; 102(6): 064602 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.102.064602 DORA PSI
Khuyagbaatar J, Yakushev A, Düllmann CE, Ackermann D, Andersson L-L, Asai M, et al. Fusion reaction 48Ca+249Bk leading to formation of the element Ts (Z=117) Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics. 2019; 99(5): 054306 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.99.054306 DORA PSI
Aksenov NV, Steinegger P, Abdullin FS, Albin YV, Bozhikov GA, Chepigin VI, et al. On the volatility of nihonium (Nh, Z = 113) European Physical Journal A: Hadrons and Nuclei. 2017; 53(7): 158 (5 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2017-12348-8 DORA PSI
Chiera NM, Aksenov NV, Albin YV, Bozhikov GA, Chepigin VI, Dmitriev SN, et al. Interaction of elemental mercury with selenium surfaces: model experiments for investigations of superheavy elements copernicium and flerovium Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 2017; 311(1): 99-108. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-016-5018-8 DORA PSI
Steinegger P, Dressler R, Eichler R, Piguet D, Streuli S, Türler A Diamond detectors for high-temperature transactinide chemistry experiments Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2017; 850: 61-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.12.014 DORA PSI
Eichler R, Asai M, Brand H, Chiera NM, Di Nitto A, Dressler R, et al. Complex chemistry with complex compounds In: Rudolph D, ed. Nobel symposium NS 160 - chemistry and physics of heavy and superheavy elements. Vol. 131. EPJ web of conferences. sine loco: EDP Sciences; 2016:07005 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201613107005 DORA PSI
Steinegger P, Asai M, Dressler R, Eichler R, Kaneya Y, Mitsukai A, et al. Vacuum chromatography of Tl on SiO2 at the single-atom level Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2016; 120(13): 7122-7132. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b12033 DORA PSI
Usoltsev I, Eichler R, Wang Y, Even J, Yakushev A, Haba H, et al. Decomposition studies of group 6 hexacarbonyl complexes. Part 1: production and decomposition of Mo(CO)6 and W(CO)6 Radiochimica Acta. 2016; 104(3): 141-151. https://doi.org/10.1515/ract-2015-2445 DORA PSI
Chiera NM, Aksenov NV, Albin YV, Bozhikov GA, Chepigin VI, Dmitriev SN, et al. Towards selenides of the SHE copernicium and flerovium - unexpected Cn-Se bond observation Presented at: 5th international conference on the chemistry and physics of the transactinide elements (TAN 15); May 25-29, 2015; Fukushima, Japan. DORA PSI
Tsinganis A, Stamatopoulos A, Colonna N, Vlastou R, Schillebeeckx P, Plompen A, et al. Measurement of the 240Pu(n,f) cross-section at the CERN n-TOF facility: First results from EAR-2 In: Ferrari A, Kawano T, Chadwick M, Cerutti F, Schoofs P, eds. Proceedings of the 14th international conference on nuclear reaction mechanisms. CERN; 2015:21-26. DORA PSI
Weiß C, Chiaveri E, Girod S, Vlachoudis V, Aberle O, Barros S, et al. The new vertical neutron beam line at the CERN n-TOF facility design and outlook on the performance Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2015; 799: 90-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.07.027 DORA PSI
Khuyagbaatar J, Yakushev A, Düllmann CE, Ackermann D, Andersson L-L, Asai M, et al. 48Ca + 249Bk fusion reaction leading to element Z = 117: long-lived α-decaying 270Db and discovery of 266Lr Physical Review Letters. 2014; 112(17): 172501 (5 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.172501 DORA PSI
Barbagallo M, Guerrero C, Tsinganis A, Tarrío D, Altstadt S, Andriamonje S, et al. High-accuracy determination of the neutron flux at n_TOF European Physical Journal A: Hadrons and Nuclei. 2013; 49(12): 156 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2013-13156-x DORA PSI
Guerrero C, Tsinganis A, Berthoumieux E, Barbagallo M, Belloni F, Gunsing F, et al. Performance of the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN European Physical Journal A: Hadrons and Nuclei. 2013; 49(2): 27 (15 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2013-13027-6 DORA PSI
