Prof. Dr. Michael Schmiedeberg
Principal Investigator of the Soft Matter Theory Group
Staudtstr. 7/B3
91058 Erlangen
Theoretical Physics: Lab for Emergent Phenomena
Soft Matter Theory
Staudtstr. 7/B3
91058 Erlangen
- Telefon: +49 9131 85-28449
- Faxnummer: +49 9131 85-28444
- E-Mail: michael.schmiedeberg@fau.de
- Webseite: https://www.emergent.physics.nat.fau.de/soft-matter/
Zoom:
Video conferences via Zoom are also possible.
Contact me by e-mail and you will be sent a link
for the video conference.
Study Service Center (SSC) Physics:
For meetings at the SSC, please book an appointment
at its StudOn-Page: www.studon.fau.de/crs5988248.html
or contact the SSC: physik-ssc@fau.de
Master Theses, Bachelor Theses, or Research Projects for Physics Advanced:
Topics for Master or Bachelor theses as well as for projects for Physics Advanced are available.
Research topics:
Jamming, Glassy Dynamics, Biophysics, Colloidal Particles, Soft Quasicrystals, Neural Networks, Anomalous Diffusion
Video conferences via Zoom are also possible.
Contact me by e-mail and you will be sent a link
for the video conference.
Study Service Center (SSC) Physics:
For meetings at the SSC, please book an appointment
at its StudOn-Page: www.studon.fau.de/crs5988248.html
or contact the SSC: physik-ssc@fau.de
Master Theses, Bachelor Theses, or Research Projects for Physics Advanced:
Topics for Master or Bachelor theses as well as for projects for Physics Advanced are available.
Research topics:
Jamming, Glassy Dynamics, Biophysics, Colloidal Particles, Soft Quasicrystals, Neural Networks, Anomalous Diffusion
Curriculum Vitae:
| Current Positions at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg | Principal Investigator of the Soft Matter Theory Group since 2015 Permanent Position: Akademischer Oberrat since 2020 Privatdozent since 2021 Head of the Study Service Center Physics↗ since 2024 |
| Previously in Erlangen | 2022: Habilitation: Soft Quasicrystals: From competing symmetries to additional degrees of freedom↗ 04/2021-10/2021: Parental Leave 11/2020-03/2021 and 04/2022: Interim W2 (Vertretungsprofessur) 11/2015-10/2020: W2-Professor (non permanent) |
Junior Group Leader
| 2011-2015 | Principal Investigator of an Emmy Noether Junior Research Group on „Structure and dynamics of colloidal particles on incommensurate substrates“ Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf |
| 2013 | Acting as an interim professor (Vertretungsprofessor) during the summer term 2013 Universität Osnabrück |
Postdoc
| 2010-2011 | Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Institute of Theoretical Physics II: Soft Matter group of Hartmut Löwen |
| 2009-2010 | University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Department of Physics and Astronomy group of Andrea J. Liu |
| 2008-2009 | Technische Universität Berlin Institute of Theoretical Physics group of Holger Stark |
PhD Studies
| in the group of Holger Stark Thesis: Colloidal particles on quasicrystalline substrates↗ Technische Universität Berlin (2008) |
| 2007-2008 | Technische Universität Berlin Institute of Theoretical Physics |
| 2006-2007 | Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organisation, Göttingen |
| 2004-2006 | Universität Konstanz Department of Physics |
Diploma Studies
| Thesis: Lichttransport in zellulären Strukturen↗ Universität Konstanz (2004), group of Holger Stark |
| 2002-2003 | Yale University, New Haven |
| 2000-2004 | Universität Konstanz |
| 1999-2000 | Universität Kaiserslautern, correspondence studies |
Activities at the FAU:
| Head of the Study Service Center Physics↗ |
| Coordinator of the Research Study Track in Physics („Physics Advanced“↗) |
| Member of the FAU Profile Center New Materials and Processes (FAU NMP)↗ |
| Member of the FAU Competence Unit Engineering of Advanced Materials (FAU EAM)↗ |
| Member of the Center for Computational Advanced Materials and Processes (CAMP)↗ |
| Member of the Interdisciplinary Center for Functional Particle Systems (FPS)↗ |
Organization of Conferences and Activities as Referee:
| Co-Chair of the Japanese-German Frontier of Science Symposium (JGFoS) 2018 in Kyoto↗, Planning Group Member and organizer of the physics session, a scientific meeting organized by the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science |
| Planning Group Member of the Japanese-German Frontier of Science Symposium (JGFoS) 2016 in Potsdam↗, organizer of the physics session, a scientific meeting organized by the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science |
| Reviewer for leading international journals, including Nature, Nature Physics, Nature Communications, EPL, EPJ E, various IOP journals, Soft Matter, etc.; reviewer for various funding agencies; awarded as IOP outstanding reviewer 2022, as IOP trusted reviewer 2020, and offered a special reward in 2020 from EPJ E. |
Other Activities:
| Network coordinator of the network that supports and organizes the German Physicists‘ Tournament ↗ |
| Organizer of the German Physicists‘ Tournaments 2020 to 2023; Member of the organizing committee of the German Physicists‘ Tournament 2019 |
| Juror of the German Young Physicists‘ Tournament (regional and German level) |
| Drafting problems for the physics competitions DOPPLERS and PLANCKS |
Awards and Fellowships:
| 2022 | IOP Publishing Outstanding Reviewer |
| 2021 | Prize of the Department of Physics in Erlangen for the good teaching |
| 2017 | Prize of the FSI Mathematics and Physics Erlangen for the extraordinary commitment in teaching |
| 2011 | Emmy-Noether-Fellowship of the DFG |
| 2009 | Carl-Ramsauer-Prize of the Berlin Physics Society |
| 2009 | DAAD Research Fellowship |
| 2005 | Prize of the VEUK (alumni organization Konstanz) |