a) Education and Training  
Habilitation                 2012: venia legendi in "Experimental Physics at the Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg                                 
Dissertation               1999: Ph.D. in physics ("summa cum laude )                                 
                                            at the Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg                                
                                            Thesis advisor: Prof. Dr. J. Christen  
Studies                      1990 - 1995: Study of Physics (Diploma) at the                                 
                                            Technical University of Magdeburg                                 
                                            Thesis advisor: Prof. Dr. J. Christen  

b) Research and Professional Experience  
Senior Scientist          2001 - today:          Institute of Solid State Physics, Otto-von-Guericke-                                                                                                                               Universität Magdeburg  
Visiting Sientist          02/1998 - 03/1998:  Institute of Sientific and Industrial Research ISIR,                                                                                                                          Osaka University, Japan  
Postdoc                    02/2000 - 07/2001:  Dep. of Physics and Astronomy, Arizona State                                                                              University (ASU), Tempe, AZ, USA
Awards                      1992 - 1999: Scholarship of the "Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes

c) Publications More than 150 publications in peer reviewed journals, > 2600 citations, h-index = 24 Since 1998 more than 410 contributions on scientific conferences including 21 invited talks.
1) B. Bastek, F. Bertram, J. Christen, T. Hempel, A. Dadgar, and A. Krost Analysis of point defects in AlN epilayers by cathodoluminescence spectroscopy Applied Physics Letters 95, 032106 (2009)
2) A.M. Fischer, S. Srinivasan, F.A. Ponce, B. Monemar, F. Bertram, and J. Christen Time-resolved cathodoluminescence of Mg-doped GaN Applied Physics Letters 93, 151901 (2008)
3) B. Bastek, F. Bertram, J. Christen, T. Wernicke, M. Weyers, and M. Kneissl A-plane GaN epitaxial lateral overgrowth structures: Growth domains, morphological defects, and impurity incorporation directly imaged by cathodoluminescence microscopy Applied Phyics Letters 92, 212111 (2008)
4) F. Bertram, S. Srinivasan, L. Geng, F.A. Ponce, T. Riemann, and J. Christen Microscopic correlation of redshifted luminescence and surface defects in thick InxGa1-xN layers Applied Physics Letters 80 no.19, p.3524-26 (2002).
5) F. Bertram, S. Srinivasan, F.A. Ponce, T. Riemann, J. Christen, and R.J. Molnar; Spatial variation of luminescence in thick GaN films Applied Physics Letters 78 no.9, p.1222-4 (2001).
6) F. Bertram, T. Riemann, J. Christen, A. Keschner, A. Hoffmann, C. Thomsen, T. Shibata, and N. Sawaki Strain relaxation and strong impurity incorporation in epitaxial laterally overgrown GaN: Direct imaging of different growth domains by cathodoluminescence microscopy and micro-Raman spectroscopy Applied Physics Letters 74 no.3, p.359-61 (1999).
7) F. Bertram, S. Giemsch, D. Forster, J. Christen,  R. Kling, C. Kirchner, and A. Waag Direct imaging of phase separation in ZnCdO layers Applied Physics Letters 88, p. 061915-1–3 (2006).
8) B.K. Meyer, H. Alves, D.M. Hofmann, W. Kriegseis, D. Forster, F. Bertram, J. Christen, A. Hoffmann, M. Strassburg, M. Dworzak, U. Haboeck, and A.V. Rodina Bound exciton and donor-acceptor pair recombinations in ZnO Physica Status Solidi B 241 no.2, p. 231-260 (2004).
9) G. Steude, B.K. Meyer, A. Goldner, A. Hoffmann, F. Bertram, J. Christen, H. Amano, and I. Akasaki Optical investigations of AlGaN on GaN epitaxial films Applied Physics Letters 74,  p. 2456-2458 (1999).
10) H.J. Fan, F. Bertram, A. Dadgar, J. Christen, A. Krost, and M. Zacharias Self-assembly of ZnO nanowires and the spatial resolved characterization of their luminescence Nanotechnology 15 , p.1401-1404 (2004).  

d) Synergistic Activities Membership             
 Dr. Bertram is a member of the German Physical Society DPG, the Materials Research Society MRS, the European Materials Research Society E-MRS
Conference and symposium organizer of the following conferences
MRS Fall Meetings:
2006 Symposium K: "ZnO and Related Materials 2009 Symposium H: "ZnO and Related Materials PLMCN6:
2006 "6th International Conference on Physics of Light-Matter Coupling in Nanostructures