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 |
Publications
Latest Publications
X. Wu, T. Kenter, R. Schade, T. Kühne, C. Plessl, in: 2023 IEEE 31st Annual International Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines (FCCM), 2023, pp. 162–173.
R. Schade, T. Kenter, H. Elgabarty, M. Lass, T. Kühne, C. Plessl, The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications (2023).
M. Nowakowski, M. Huber-Gedert, H. Elgabarty, J. Kubicki, A. Kertem, N. Lindner, D. Khakhulin, F.A. Lima, T.-K. Choi, M. Biednov, N. Piergies, P. Zalden, K. Kubicek, A. Rodriguez-Fernandez, M.A. Salem, T. Kühne, W. Gawelda, M. Bauer, Arxiv (2023).
V. Balos, N.K. Kaliannan, H. Elgabarty, M. Wolf, T. Kühne, M. Sajadi, Nature Chemistry 14 (2022) 1031–1037.
R. Zhang, W. Ruan, J. Yu, L. Gao, H. Berger, L. Forró, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, A. Ranjbar, R.V. Belosludov, T. Kühne, M.S. Bahramy, X. Xi, Physical Review B 105 (2022).
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Career
| Oct 1999 - Mar 2003 | Study of Computer Science (B. Sc.) at Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule (ETH), Zurich | ||
| Oct 2002 - Mar 2005 | Diploma studies in Computational Science and Engineering (Dipl. Rech. Wiss.) at Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule (ETH), Zurich | ||
| May 2005 - Dec 2008 | Research fellow (Dr. Sc.) at the Department of Chemistry of Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule (ETH), Zurich in the group of Prof. M. Parrinello | ||
| Jan 2009 - Dec 2009 | Postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Physics of Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) in the group of Prof. E. Kaxiras | ||
| Jan 2010 - Apr 2014 | Juniorprofessor in Theoretical Chemistry at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz | ||
| Apr 2014 - Aug 2018 | University Professor in Theoretical Interface Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry of University of Paderborn | ||
| since Sep 2018 | Chair of Theoretical Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry of University of Paderborn | ||