Regina Dittmann currently works at the Peter Grunberg Institute (PGI), Forschungszentrum Julich. Since November 2012, she is professor in the department of electrical engineering and information technology at RWTH Aachen University. She is dealing with the atomically controlled growth of oxide thin films and hetero-structures by pulsed laser deposition. She is an internationally recognized expert in resistive (memristive) switching in thin film devices. The focus of her resent research is the elucidation of switching mechanisms in different oxides by employing scanning probe techniques and X-ray spectromicroscopy.