Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Prof. Dr. Kurt Kremer
How to contact
- Prof. Dr.
Kurt Kremer
Max-Planck Institut für Polymerforschung
Ackermannweg 10
D - 55128 Mainz
- Room: 2.402
- Phone: +49 (0)6131 379 140
- FAX: +49 (0)6131 379 340
- Email: kremer@mpip-mainz.mpg.de
Prof. Kremer joined
the Max-Planck Society in September of 1995 as the sixth director of the
Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, heading the new theory group.
He studied physics at the University of Cologne. In 1983 he received his
PhD degree in theoretical physics from the University of Cologne under
the supervision of Prof. Binder at the National Research Center KFA Jülich.
He performed computer simulations for dynamic and static properties of
polymers in bulk and near surfaces. After spending another year at Jülich
as a scientific staff member he moved for a post doctoral stay to Exxon
Research and Engineering Corporation, Annandale, New Jersey, USA. There,
he started working on molecular dynamics simulations of polymers and on
charge stabilized colloids in collaboration with Drs. Grest, Pincus, and
others. In 1985 he came back to Germany becoming a member of Prof. Binder's
group at the University of Mainz as an Assistant Professor of theoretical
physics. There he got his Habilitation in 1988. After that he returned
to the solid state laboratory of the KFA Jülich as a senior scientific
staff member joining the group of Prof. Villain. In 1992 his Habilitation
was transferred to the University of Bonn and in fall of 1995 back to Mainz.
He spent several extended visits as visiting professor/scientist at Exxon
Research (Dr. Grest), UC Santa Barbara (Materials Dept., Prof. Pincus),
and University of Minnesota (Dept. Chem. Engineering and Materials Science,
Profs. Davis, Bates, Tirell, and others). In spring 1995 he stayed for
a period of three months at the central research department of the Bayer
AG, Leverkusen, looking into the applicability of current theoretical results
to industrial problems.
Prof. Kremer was awarded the ''George T. Piercy Distinguished Professorship
of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science'' of the University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, in 1991 and the ''Walter Schottky Preis der Deutschen Physikalischen
Gesellschaft'' in 1992. In 1999 he became Whitby Lecturer at Akron University.
His research mainly employed various computer simulation techniques
to a variety of different problems in the general area of soft matter physics
in close relation to either experiment or analytic theory or both. This
covers models which contain some or all local chemical details as well
as highly idealized models. Specific current research areas of the theory
group include:
computational physics methods/ applications
statistical mechanics of soft matter (polymers, colloids, membranes)
polyelectrolytes
theory of complex fluids
multiscale modeling, structure property relations
The following senior staff scientists interact closely with Prof. Dr.
Kremer in the above research areas:
PD Dr.
B. Dünweg ((hybrid) computer simulation methods, statistical mechanics)
PD
Dr. Christian Holm (comp uter simulation methods, statistical mechanics,
polyelectrolytes)
Dr. N. van der Vegt(microscopic simulations, multiscale modeling)
Prof.
Dr. H. Pleiner (macroscopic theory, liquid crystals)
Prof.
Dr. T. A. Vilgis (analytic theory, networks, polyelectrolytes, disordered systems)
Dr. M. Deserno (statistical mechanics of charged soft matter and membranes)
Dr. L. Delle Site (Ab initio Molecular Dynamics, CPMD, Multiscale Modeling)
Dr.
D. Andrienko (molecular electronics, multiscale modelling)
Last update May, 11th 2006 by T. Stühn/D. Kirsch