Prof. Dr. Thomas Kühne
Key research area Sustainable Materials, Processes and Products
Member - Former
Institute for Lightweight Design with Hybrid Systems
Committee - Former - ILH Board
Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing (PC2) > Vorstand
Committee - Former - Vice Chairman
Theoretical Chemistry - Research Group Kühne
Head of Institute - Former - Lehrstuhlinhaber - Dynamics of Condensed Matter
33098 Paderborn
Education and Academic Career |
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| Since 09.01.2009 |
Doctorate Physics (Dr. Sc. ETH), ETH Zürich, Switzerland. Supervisor: Prof. Michele Parrinello |
| 2018 - 2023 |
Professor (W3) Theoretical Chemistry, Paderborn University |
| 2014 - 2018 |
Professor (W2) Theoretical Interface Chemistry, Paderborn University |
| 2010 - 2014 |
Junior Professor (W1) Theoretical Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany |
| 2009 |
Postdoctoral Fellow Institute of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Harvard University, USA |
| 2002 - 2005 |
Degree programme Computational Science and Engineering (Dipl. Rech. Wiss. ETH), ETH Zürich, Switzerland |
| 1999 - 2003 |
Degree programme Computer Science (B. Sc. ETH), ETH Zürich, Switzerland |
Artistc Scientific Research |
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| Since 2016 |
ERC Starting Grant, European Commission |
| 2018 |
Paderborn University Excellent Research Award, Germany |
| 1997 - 2005 |
Scholarship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation, Germany |
Miscellaneous |
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| Since 2022 |
Chairman of the NHR User Committee |
| Since 2021 |
Founding member and chairman of the NHR Center for Computational Physics |
| Since 2021 |
Member of the Peer Review Board of the John von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC) at the Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany |
| Since 2020 |
Founding member and chairman of the NHR Atomistic Simulation Center |
| Since 2020 |
Review board member of the German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| Since 2020 |
Deputy director of the CECAM Node "Mathematics and Computation in Molecular Simulation" |
| Since 2019 |
Founding Director of the Center for Sustainable Systems Design, Paderborn University |
| Since 2019 |
Vice Dean of the Faculty of Science, Paderborn University |
| Since 2018 |
Chairman of the Peer Review Board of the Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing (PC2) |
| Since 2016 |
Deputy Chairman of the Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing (PC2) |
| Since 2014 |
Supervision of Researchers in Early Career Phases Doctorates Selected Examples: Kristof Karhan, 2014 – 2018, now Technology Consultant, TNG technology Consulting GmbH, Germany Patrick Müller, 2015 – 2019, now Product Specialist, PerkinElmer, Germany Hendrik Wiebeler, 2016 – 2020, now Software Developer, Fellowmind, Germany Julian Heske, 2019 – 2022, now Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark Naveen Kumar Kaliannan, 2017 – 2023, now Data Scientist, Bertrandt AG, Germany Postdocs Selected examples: Francesco Calcavecchia, 2017 – 2018 now Research Scientist, DB Schenker, Germany Manjusha Chugh, 2017 – 2020, Senior Scientist, Micron Technologies, USA Andres Henao Aristizabal, 2017 – 2021, now Senior Research Scientist, Nextmol, Spain Sudhir Kumar Sahoo, 2017 – 2021, now Assistant Professor, IIT Dharwad, India Svetlana Pylaeva, 2019 – 2021, now DFG Walter Benjamin Fellow, Utrecht University, Netherlands Mohammad Salem, 2019 – 2021, now Faculty Member, German University in Cairo, Egypt Mohsen Sajadi, 2020 – 2021, now Research Scientist at ASML, Netherlands Ramya Kormath Raghupathy, 2017 – 2022, now Research Scientist, Dyson, UK Sam Azadi, 2017 – 2022, now Postdoctoral Researcher, Oxford University, UK Alireza Ghasemi, 2019 – 2023, now Computational Science Specialist, Erlangen National High Performance Computing Center (NHR@FAU), Germany |
| Since 2014 |
Executive Board Member of the Institute of Lightweight Design with Hybrid Systems (ILH) |
| 2010 - 2014 |
Principal Investigator of the DFG Graduate School of Excellence MAterials science IN mainZ (MAINZ), Germany |
Scientific Engagement |
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Membership in Scientific Societies |
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| Since 2022 |
Member of the Scientific Committee of the Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB) |
| Since 2022 |
Member of the Scientific Committee of the Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB) |
| Since 2022 |
Chairman of the NHR User Committee |
| Since 2021 |
Founding member and chairman of the NHR Center for Computational Physics |
| Since 2021 |
Member of the Peer Review Board of the John von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC) at the Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany |
| Since 2020 |
Founding member and chairman of the NHR Atomistic Simulation Center |
| Since 2020 |
Review board member of the German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| Since 2020 |
Deputy director of the CECAM Node "Mathematics and Computation in Molecular Simulation" |
| Since 2019 |
Founding Director of the Center for Sustainable Systems Design, Paderborn University |
| Since 2019 |
Vice Dean of the Faculty of Science, Paderborn University |
| Since 2018 |
Chairman of the Peer Review Board of the Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing (PC2) |
| Since 2016 |
ERC Starting Grant, European Commission |
| Since 2016 |
Deputy Chairman of the Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing (PC2) |
| Since 2014 |
Supervision of Researchers in Early Career Phases Doctorates Selected Examples: Kristof Karhan, 2014 – 2018, now Technology Consultant, TNG technology Consulting GmbH, Germany Patrick Müller, 2015 – 2019, now Product Specialist, PerkinElmer, Germany Hendrik Wiebeler, 2016 – 2020, now Software Developer, Fellowmind, Germany Julian Heske, 2019 – 2022, now Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark Naveen Kumar Kaliannan, 2017 – 2023, now Data Scientist, Bertrandt AG, Germany Postdocs Selected examples: Francesco Calcavecchia, 2017 – 2018 now Research Scientist, DB Schenker, Germany Manjusha Chugh, 2017 – 2020, Senior Scientist, Micron Technologies, USA Andres Henao Aristizabal, 2017 – 2021, now Senior Research Scientist, Nextmol, Spain Sudhir Kumar Sahoo, 2017 – 2021, now Assistant Professor, IIT Dharwad, India Svetlana Pylaeva, 2019 – 2021, now DFG Walter Benjamin Fellow, Utrecht University, Netherlands Mohammad Salem, 2019 – 2021, now Faculty Member, German University in Cairo, Egypt Mohsen Sajadi, 2020 – 2021, now Research Scientist at ASML, Netherlands Ramya Kormath Raghupathy, 2017 – 2022, now Research Scientist, Dyson, UK Sam Azadi, 2017 – 2022, now Postdoctoral Researcher, Oxford University, UK Alireza Ghasemi, 2019 – 2023, now Computational Science Specialist, Erlangen National High Performance Computing Center (NHR@FAU), Germany |
| Since 2014 |
Executive Board Member of the Institute of Lightweight Design with Hybrid Systems (ILH) |
| Since 09.01.2009 |
Doctorate Physics (Dr. Sc. ETH), ETH Zürich, Switzerland. Supervisor: Prof. Michele Parrinello |
| 2018 - 2023 |
Professor (W3) Theoretical Chemistry, Paderborn University |
| 2018 |
Paderborn University Excellent Research Award, Germany |
| 2014 - 2018 |
Professor (W2) Theoretical Interface Chemistry, Paderborn University |
| 2010 - 2014 |
Principal Investigator of the DFG Graduate School of Excellence MAterials science IN mainZ (MAINZ), Germany |
| 2010 - 2014 |
Junior Professor (W1) Theoretical Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany |
| 2009 |
Postdoctoral Fellow Institute of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Harvard University, USA |
| 2002 - 2005 |
Degree programme Computational Science and Engineering (Dipl. Rech. Wiss. ETH), ETH Zürich, Switzerland |
| 1997 - 2005 |
Scholarship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation, Germany |
| 1999 - 2003 |
Degree programme Computer Science (B. Sc. ETH), ETH Zürich, Switzerland |