News archive
- May 2016: Prof. Löwen was selected as an outstanding referee 2015 for The Journal of Chemical Physics.
- April 2016: Dr. Raphael Wittkowski received an Emmy-Noether-fellowship from the German Research Foundation.
- January 2016: The work on colloidal clutches by I. Williams, E. C. Oğuz, P. Bartlett, T. Speck, H. Löwen, C. P. Royall was highlighted in the Physik Journal 15 (2016) Nr.1 19f (pdf).
- January 2016: Düsseldorf publication on a colloidal clutch was shown on the cover page of Nature Physics Coverpage.
- Dezember 2015: Humboldt interviews with Dr. F. Smallenburg and Prof. Dr. H. Löwen, press release and more detailed press release.
- October 2015: press release "Kuppeln im Nanobereich" (German) of the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf about the current publication in Nature Physics.
- August 2015: Prof. Löwen was interviewed on: JPhys+.
- July 2015: The work on colloidal crystallization by E. Allahyarov, K. Sandomirki, S. Egelhaaf and H. Löwen was highlighted in the Physik Journal 14 (2015) 20-21 (pdf).
- May 2015: Publication in Nature Communications - press release (in German) "Eiskristalle unter Kontrolle" (ice crystals under control) of the HHU.
- May 2015: Dr. Andreas Kaiser has received a postdoc-fellowship from the DFG.
- May 2015: The paper Physical Review X 5, 011035 (2015) by A. V. Ivlev, J. Bartnick, M. Heinen, C.-R. Du, V. Nosenko and H. Löwen was discussed in: phys.org.
- November 2014: New Humboldt fellow
Dr. Frank Smallenburg has received a postdoc fellowship from the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung which enables him to do research about active colloids in the group of Prof. Dr. Löwen. HHU press release. |
Foto: Jessica Hatton Copyright: Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
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- November 2014:
Prof. H. Löwen hands over the function of the confident person for the German Science Foundation to Prof. S. Egelhaaf - press release |
Foto: Robin Aust / Copyright: Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
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- October 2014: The work on gravitaxis by B. ten Hagen, H. Löwen and coworkers was highlighted in the Physik Journal 13 (2014) 21-23. Gravitaxis (pdf, 630kB)
- September 2014: Publication in Nature Communications - press releases "Amoebe grüß mir die Sonne" of the HHU and "Ein Pantoffeltierchen will nach oben " of the Max-Planck-Institute Stuttgart, Gravitaxis Bechinger Group webpage at University Stuttgart with radio report in DRadio Wissen.
- July 2014: Hartmut Löwen was elected to become a member of the senate of the German Science Foundation, see press release.
- March 2014: Dr. Erdal C. Oğuz has received a postdoc fellowship from the DFG.
- March 2014: Prof. Dr. Ethayaraja Mani (Madras) has been financed by the DAAD for a research project on soft matter physics.
- March 2014: Dr. Marco Heinen has received a postdoc fellowship from the DAAD.
- October 2013: Publication in Nature Communications - press releases Squeezing in the micro-domain of Bristol university and Druck in der kleinsten Zelle messen of the HHU
- August 2013: Press release on soft matter research. File (pdf, 172kB) (german)
- August 2013: ASME placed a ASME Podcast: How Complex Fluids Behave in Outer Space to a project we contibute to.
- August 2013: Press release - "Unruly Plamas" - Link
- May 2013: The paper "Circular motion of asymmetric self-propelling particles" by Borge ten Hagen and coworkers was selected for a synopsis in Physical Review Letters, see Link to aps.org.
- March 2013: Urs Zimmermann was awarded with a scholarship from the DAAD to do research with Dr. R. Dullens (Oxford University, UK).
- February 2013: The book Complex plasmas and colloidal dispersions: particle-resolved studies of classical liquids and solids, (authors: A. V. Ivlev, H. Löwen, G. E. Morfill, C. P. Royall) was discussed by G. Maret in: Physik Journal 12, 46-47 (2013) (pdf) and by P. Pusey in: Phys. Today 66(2), 48 (2013) (pdf).
- February 2013: Dr. Manis Chaudhuri (Garching) received an ERC Marie-Curie-Postdoc-grant, to perform research about complex plasmas at the Theoretische Physik II.
- January 2013: Dr. Raphael Wittkowski was honored with the prize for the best dissertation of the year 2012 of the faculty of natural sciences. Link
- January 2013: Prof. Dr. Kurt Binder (Mainz University) received an hononary doctoral degree of the faculty of natural sciences at the university of Düsseldorf. Link
- November 2012 - A paper by Tobias Glanz and Hartmut Löwen on lane formation was highlighted as a LabTalk in the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter.Link
- October 2012 - The work on active turbulence by H. H. Wensink, H. Löwen and coworkers was highlighted in the Physik-Journal Physik Journal 11 (2012) 21f (pdf).
- October 2012 - Press release by University Düsseldorf Link and University Kiel Link about research about neutron stars on the earth.
- October 2012 - Dr. Raphael Wittkowski has received a DFG Postdoc scholarship.
- Theoretical prediction by Hartmut Löwen for colloidal crystals was verified experimentally. Physik Journal 11 (2012) 81ff (pdf)
- May 2012 - The article by T. Kruppa, T. Neuhaus, R. Messina, H. Löwen, on "Soft repulsive mixtures under gravity: depletion bubbles, brazil-nut effect, boundary layering, nonequilibrium shaking", J. Chem. Phys. 136, 134106 (2012), was chosen as a Research Highlight featured on the journal website home page, see JCP.
- January 2012 - Dr. Henricus Wensink assumed a CNRS research position in Paris.
- January 2012 - Prof. Dr. H. Löwen received the medal of honors of the University of Düsseldorf, see here.
- September 2011 - Dr. Rene Messina assumed a professorship at the University of Metz (France) starting on October 1st 2011.
- Mai 2011 - Prof. H. Löwen is coordinating the German-Japanese bilateral cooperation Soft Matter in nonequilibrium funded by the DFG.
- Pressreport at the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf from 20.4.2011 about „Advanced Investigator Grant” of the European Research Council (ERC) for Prof. H. Löwen and Prof. Gregor Eugen Morfill (Max-Planck-Institut): Auszeichnung für herausragende Spitzenforschung und Exzellenz in Düsseldorf
2 Millionen Euro für Physiker der Heinrich-Heine-Universität here.
- Pressreport at the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf from 20.4.2011 Dr. Thomas Speck: Neuer Humboldt-Stipendiat in der Theoretischen Physik here.
- Pressreport at the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf from 24.3.2011 here about the Emmy-Noether fellowship.
- March 2011 -
Dr. Michael Schmiedeberg received an
Emmy-Noether fellowship from the DFG.
- March 2011 -
Dr. Gboyega Adebayo (University of Abuja, Nigeria)
was awarded with a three-month-visit fellowship from the DAAD in
order to do joint research with Prof. H. Löwen.
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Prof Dr. Hartmut Löwen was awarded with Prof. Dr. Gregor Morfill
(MPI für Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching) with an ERC Advanced Grant
for an interdisciplinary research project linking
colloidal dispersions to complex plasmas.
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Dr. Thomas Speck was awarded with a Feodor-Lynen-Rückkehrstipenium
from the Alexander-von-Humboldt foundation.
- Matthias Kohl was awarded with a NRW Chancen-Nutzen scholarship.
- Alumni report of Prof. Löwen for the Technical University of Dortmund is available: here.
- Prof. Löwen was appointed to the ESA Physical Sciences Working Group.
- Prof. H. Löwen was elected to become editor of the Springer book series "Theoretical and Mathematical Physics".
- B. ten Hagen was awarded with a NRW Chancen-Nutzen scholarship.
- H. H. Goetzke was awarded with a NRW Chancen-Nutzen scholarship.
- U. Zimmermann was awarded with a Studienstiftung scholarship.
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The work on lane formation by A. Wysocki and H. Löwen was highlighted in the Physik-Journal . (pdf, 734kB).
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The SFB TR6 (under coordination of Prof. H. Löwen) was extended until 2013 . (pdf, 3kB) (german).
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Dr. S. Apolinário has moved to permanent professorship position at the Universidada Federal de Serjipe in Aracaju (Brasil).
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The paper of G. Kahl and H. Löwen (J. Phys.: Condensed Matter 21, 464101 (2009)) on heterogeneous crystal nucleation;
was selected to be among the 17 Highlight Papers 2009 in the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter.
- A CECAM workshop on "Classical Density Functional Theory Methods in Soft and Hard Matter"
is organized in October 2009 by Hartmut Löwen with
Mikko Haataja (Princeton) and Laszlo Granasy (Brunel University).
- Prof. H. Löwen is invited lecturer at the international "Third
Warsaw School of Statistical Physics"
- In a collaboration of A. Wysocki and H. Löwen
with scientists from the
Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik
and Russian cosmonauts, space shuttle experiments
reveal lane formation in dusty plasmas and were explained
theoretically, see the article
in Physical Review Letters which was selected as among the editors' suggestions.
- A symposium on
"Pattern formation in colloidal and granular systems"
during the DPG March 2009 Meeting in Dresden is organized
by S. Herminghaus, H. Löwen, and M. Schröter
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Prof. Löwen was interviewed about the success of transregional collaborative centres in physics, see article (german only) by A. Hauck in the Physik Journal 7, No. 12 (December 2008), page 8 (2008).
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Australian Humboldt fellow Prof. R. Robson visits Prof. H. Löwen, see
press release
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A recently published
Highlight in Materials Today on the article
Asymmetric caging in soft colloidal mixtures, including a
commentary by Prof. Johan Bergenholtz.
- 11.-22. February 2008 Workshop: Crystallization and Jamming in Soft Matter under Driving - Colloidal Suspensions, Granular Media, Foams, and Complex Plasmas
Lorentzcenter in Leiden organized by M. Sperl, S. Luding and H. Löwen
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Gentner-Kastler-Preis 2003 goes to Prof. Löwen
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