Burkhard Dünweg
Theoretical Physics / Computer Simulation
Burkhard Dünweg has a background in theoretical physics, in particular
computational statistical mechanics. He obtained his diploma in 1987,
his PhD in 1991, and his "Habilitation" in 2000 (all University of Mainz,
Germany, where he was appointed Adjunct Professor in 2008). Since 1996 he
works as a Senior Staff Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer
Research, Mainz. External stays include his postdoc time 1991-1993,
Center for Simulational Physics, Athens, Georgia, USA (funded by the
Humboldt Foundation), interim professorships in Saarbrücken
(2005) and Darmstadt (2014/15), and (currently) a part-time professorship
at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. From 2004-2013 he worked as
an Associate Editor for Physical Review E (polymer physics, computational
physics). In 2010 he was appointed director of the SMSM CECAM node, and
in 2013 he was elected as Ombudsman of the MPI for Polymer Research.
His research interests focus mainly on polymer dynamics, colloid
dynamics, and electrokinetics, with emphasis on hydrodynamic interactions
and simulation method development (Lattice Boltzmann, Molecular Dynamics,
Monte Carlo).