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Department of Physics

Head of the Group

Curriculum Vitae

Academic education
10/1987 – 04/1990 Diplom in Physics ("mit Auszeichnung"), Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg, with Prof. F. J. Wegner, funded by Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
10/1986 – 09/1987 Licence en Magistère de Physique ("très bien"), Université Paris 7
10/1984 – 09/1986 Vordiplom in Physics and Mathematics, TH Darmstadt
Academic degrees and prizes
Habilitation Theoretical Physics, Universität zu Köln 1999
Dissertation Theoretical Physics ("mit Auszeichnung"), RWTH Aachen 1994, with Prof. D. Vollhardt, funded by Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
Prize Borchers-Plakette of the RWTH Aachen 1994
Work experience
since 04/2006 Professor (W3), TU Dortmund
04/2005 – 03/2006 Professor (W2), Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken
04/2004 – 07/2004 Visiting Professor, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
03/2000 – 03/2005 Member of Staff (C2), Universität zu Köln, with Prof. E. Müller-Hartmann
01/1997 – 03/2000 Member of Staff (C1), Universität zu Köln, with Prof. E. Müller-Hartmann
02/1998 – 04/1998 Visit to National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, USA
10/1995 – 12/1996 Postdoctoral researcher, Université Paris-Sud, with Prof. H.J. Schulz
01/1994 – 09/1995 Postdoctoral researcher, Universität zu Köln, with Prof. E. Müller-Hartmann
Further academic activities
11/2018 – 03/2019 Sabbatical at University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
04/2014 – 09/2016 Dean of the Faculty of Physics, TU Dortmund
05/2008 – 03/2014 Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Physics, TU Dortmund
10/2011 – 12/2016 Curator of Physik-Journal of DPG
02/2010 – 12/2016 Member of the Editorial Board of European Physical Journal B
2011 "Outstanding Referee" of the APS Journals
09/2010 Refusal of W3 offer of Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken
2010 "Distinguished Referee" of Europhysics Letters
07/2008 – 03/2009 Sabbatical at University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia