Prof. Dr. Roland Netz
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09/85 - 08/89 |
physics graduate studies at the Technical University Berlin |
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09/89 - 08/91 |
physics graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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1/91 |
Master of Science |
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Master thesis: “Frustration in Magnetic, Liquid Crystal, and Surface Systems: Monte Carlo Mean-Field Theory” |
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advisor: Prof. Dr. A. N. Berker |
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10/91 |
Diploma in physics |
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Diploma thesis: “Liquid Crystals" |
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advisor: Prof. Dr. S. Hess |
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10/91 - 03/94 |
doctoral studies at the IFF, research center Jülich |
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02/94 |
Ph.D. in physics |
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Ph.D. thesis: “Membrane Stacks and String Bundles” |
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advisor: Prof. Dr. R. Lipowsky |
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04/00 |
Habilitation at the University of Potsdam |
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Habilitation thesis: “Field-Theoretic Approaches to Classical Charged Systems” |
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02/02 - 09/04 |
Associate Professor for Theoretical Physics at the Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich |
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10/04 - 04/11 |
Full Professor for Theoretical Physics at the Technical University Munich |
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since 05/11 |
Full Professor for Theoretical Physics at the Free University Berlin |
Post-doctoral experience
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03/92 - 05/92 |
Visiting Scholar at the Center for Condensed Matter Theory,Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge |
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04/94 - 09/94 |
Post-Doc at the School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv |
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10/94 - 12/94 |
Post-Doc at the Materials Department, University of California, Santa Barbara |
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01/95 - 09/96 |
Post-Doc at the University of Washington, Seattle |
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10/96 - 12/96 |
Post-Doc at the Institut Charles Sadron, Strasbourg |
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01/97 - 03/97 |
Post-Doc at the Service de Physique Theorique, Saclay, Paris |
Research topics
Our research addresses the theoretical description of bio soft matter physics. The current research projects include the investigation of biopolymers, especially polymer elasticity, biopolymers at the water/solid interface and the statics and dynamics of charged polymers. Furthermore, we deal with non-equilibrium systems, microhydrodynamics and the structure of water at interfaces.
Selected prizes
Gay-Lussac-Humboldt-Prize 2010 for his work on soft matter in theoretical physics