Burkhard Dünweg
Theoretical Physics / Computer Simulation
Burkhard Dünweg studied physics at the Technical University
Munich and at the University of Mainz, where he joined the group of
Prof. K. Binder. There he obtained his Diploma (1987) and Ph.D.
(1991) degrees, based on Monte Carlo studies of order-disorder phase
transitions in alloys (diploma) and on large-scale Molecular Dynamics
simulations on the dynamic behavior of dilute polymer solutions.
He then joined the Center for Simulational Physics at the University
of Georgia, Athens, USA, as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow,
collaborating with Prof. D. P. Landau; this stay was interrupted
by a two-month Guest Scientist visit at the
Höchstleistungsrechenzentrum Jülich
(1992). From November 1993 to April 1996 he worked as an assistant in
Prof. Binder's group in Mainz, and joined the MPI for Polymer Research
(Theory Group) in May 1996. In December 2000 he completed his
"Habilitation" in Theoretical Physics at the University of
Mainz. Since April 2004, he works as an Associate Editor
for Physical Review E, where he is responsible for polymer
physics and computational physics. In 2005, he worked as
substitute professor in Saarbrücken. In 2008 he was
appointed apl. Professor at the University of Mainz.
His scientific background comprises statistical physics,
phase transitions, random processes and transport theory, hydrodynamics,
polymer physics (in particular dynamics), and computer simulation
methodology (Monte Carlo, Molecular Dynamics, Brownian Dynamics,
Dissipative Particle Dynamics, Lattice Boltzmann).
His main research interests are centered around the following
topics:
- Computer simulation methods: New algorithms
for mesoscale soft matter systems, such as lattice
Boltzmann, Dissipative Particle Dynamics, local
methods for electrostatics, as well as
improved understanding of such methods;
- Polymer dynamics, in particular in nonequilibrium
conditions (shear flow, turbulent flow);
- Dynamics in charged colloidal suspensions, including
hydrodynamic interactions.
Representative recent publications:
- B. Liu and B. Dünweg,
Translational diffusion of polymer chains with excluded
volume and hydrodynamic interactions by Brownian dynamics
simulation, Journal of Chemical Physics 118, 8061 (2003).
- I. Pasichnyk and B. Dünweg,
Coulomb interactions via local dynamics: A molecular-dynamics
algorithm, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 16, S3999 (2004).
- V. Lobaskin, B. Dünweg, M. Medebach, T. Palberg, and C. Holm,
Electrophoresis of colloidal dispersions in the
low-salt regime, Physical Review Letters 98, 176105 (2007).
- B. Dünweg, U. D. Schiller, and A. J. C. Ladd,
Statistical mechanics of the fluctuating lattice
Boltzmann equation, Physical Review E 76, 036704 (2007).
- B. Dünweg and A. J. C. Ladd,
Lattice Boltzmann simulations of soft matter systems,
Advances in Polymer Science, in preparation.
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February 2008