Prof. Dr. Jörg Neugebauer
DirectorMain Focus
- Ab initio (parameter free) scale-bridging computer simulations
- Ab initio based thermodynamics and kinetics
- Surface and defect physics
- Theory on epitaxy and microstructure
Curriculum Vitae
- Born in Berlin (1963)
- Study of physics in Berlin (1982-1987)
- PhD at the Humboldt-University Berlin (1987-1989)
- PostDoc at the Fritz-Haber-Institut of the Max-Planck Society (1989-1993)
- Guest scientist at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, USA (1993-1996)
- Head of an independent Max-Planck research group (1996-2003)
- Professor (C4 level) at the University of Paderborn (since 2003)
- Director and Scientific Member at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung (since 2004)
- Director of the advanced study group 'Modeling' at the Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Materials Simulation (ICAMS) (since 2008)
Honours and awards
- Humboldt prize 1990
- DAAD Forschungsstipendium 1993
- DFG Habilitationsstipendium 1996
- Honorary Professor at the Ruhr-University Bochum (since 2007)
- Member of the Academy of Sciences and Art in North Rhine-Westphalia (since 2010)
- European
Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant (2012) SMARTMET