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22-04-(26-29) Visit of the Scientific Advisory Board

The Scientific Advisory Board of our institute visited us for a new evaluation. Due to the pandemic, the evaluation took place virtually for the first time, so that the members could follow the lectures, posters and discussions via Zoom. In the context of the extended evaluation, our institute is compared with other, scientifically related institutes of the Max Planck Society.

22-04-(04-06) MPI-DS Retreat at Ludwigstein Castle

This year, after the Corona break, a retreat of the Institute's scientists at Ludwigstein Castle near Witzenhausen was finally possible again. The lively scientific exchange was a very good preparation for the visit of the advisory board at the end of April, although the hygiene concept prevented a complete occupancy of the castle.

02-28-2022 Herminghaus building named

With a small ceremony today, the main building of our institute was renamed "Herminghaus Building" after the head of our department. The idea came from the acting managing director Prof. Ramin Golestanian. So now we also have the "Bodenschatz Building" and the "Geisel Building" to thank the three scientists for their intensive and long lasting efforts in building up the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization.

02-24-2022 Olinka Ramírez-Soto defended her PhD thesis successfully

Today Olinka Ramirez Soto defended her dissertation entitled "Impact of compositional gradients on the dynamics of solid-liquid-vapor contact lines". After the exam she was happy together with Stefan Karpitschka, who supervised her as group leader, when handing over the PhD hat. We congratulate her cordially!

11-01-2021 Peter Keim starts as Heisenberg fellow

On November 2021, Peter Keim will start setting up an independent Heisenberg group, which will be hosted by our department. Previously, he was group leader at the University of Konstanz. In his research projects he investigates vitrification, topological phase transitions and spontaneous symmetry breaking beyond equilibrium. Welcome to the crowd!

07-07-2021 Dr. Youchuang Chao awarded Humboldt Fellowship

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has awarded Dr. Youchuang Chao a Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers. Youchuang is doing his PostDoc research in Stefan Karpitschka’s group “Interfaces of complex fluids” and is studying the interaction between surface forces, phase separation, and transport processes. This is an interdisciplinary problem of soft matter, physical chemistry and fluid physics that occurs in many technological applications and may also contribute toward understanding liquid-liquid phase separation in cell biology. With the award, his project is funded for a time period of up to 2 years.

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