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October 2026: Decision colloquium for the Wilhelm und Else Heraeus-Dissertationspreis in Physics 2026, Thursday 22. October 2026 at the HHU.

Photo from left to right: Dr. Morales, Dr. Guglielmi, Dr. Heitmeier and Dr. Gresch. © Uni Wuppertal / M. Moosburger
October 2026: Prof. Dr. Raphael Wittkowski (Aachen), a former institute member, has received the Alfried Krupp-Förderpreis 2026 (1.1 million Euros). For the Laudatio, see: Youtube
July 2026: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf "Thermodynamik kreiselnder Teilchen" (German only) about a publication in PNAS.
February 2026: German-Japanese collaboration on "smart active matter" funded jointly by DFG and JSPS.

Foto from left to right: Mitsusuke Tarama, Hartmut Löwen, Kristian Olsen. © HHU / Prof. Dr. H. Löwen
January 2026: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf
Dr. Margaret Rosenberg post doc research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt foundation at the Institut for Theoretical Physics II
"Mit Magnetfeldern zum Ziel" (German only).

Foto: © HHU / Christian Wagner
January 2006: Iman Abdoli was recognized as an IOP Publishing Trusted Reviewer by the Institute of Physics (IOP).
December 2025: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf "Surfing on the waves of the microcosm " about a publication in Nature Communications.
November 2025: The "Wilhelm und Else Heraeus-Dissertationspreis 2025" of the University Düsseldorf and Wuppertal for an outstanding dissertation has been given to Dr. Franca auf der Heiden on the 7.11.2025 in Wuppertal.

Foto: © BGU Wuppertal
October 2025: Article "Schräge Physik": Diese Kristalle rotieren, brechen und binden sich neu on ingenieur.de (German only).
October 2025: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf "Exotic roto-crystals" about a publication in PNAS.
October 2025: Announcement: Decision colloquium for the Wilhelm und Else Heraeus-Dissertationspreis PHYSIK 2025 takes place Thurday 23.October 2025 im Lecture Hall 28 (Building I.13.71) at Bergische Universität Wuppertal Heraeus-Dissertationspreis Physik 2025 Entscheidungskolloquium
August 2025: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf "Friction which cools" about a publication in Nature Communications.
July 2025: Dr. Lorenzo Caprini was awarded with the Early Career Scientist Prize in Statistical Physics.

Foto: © HHU / Prof. Dr. H. Löwen Foto: © HHU / Prof. Dr. H. Löwen
June 2025: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf "Entangled and stiffened: Movement in an entangled cluster of worms" about a publication in Nature Communications.
May 2025: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf
Dr. Stephy Jose post doc research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt foundation at the Institut for Theoretical Physics II
"Phasentrennung bei aktiver Materie" (German only).

Foto: © HHU / David-Luc Adelmann
March 2025: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf "Wenn Physiker Kreisschwimmern auf die Flossen schauen" (German only).
December 2024: Dr. Iman Abdoli has received two-years research funding within the DFG Walter Benjamin program.
November 2024: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf
Dr. Kristian Stølevik Olsen post doc research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt foundation at the Institut for Theoretical Physics II
"Wie sich Zellen mühsam durch den Körper bewegen" (German only).

Foto: © HHU / Citlalli Gutierrez
October 2024: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf "Wie sich milchige, kristalline Tropfen in Wasser ausdehnen" (German only) about a publication in Soft Matter.
August 2024: Article Aller guten Dinge sind drei was printed in the Rheinische Post Düsseldorf on 19.8.2024 at Page 21 (German only).
May 2024: Article appeared in Physik Journal 23 (2024) Nr. 5 on page 19 Zu dritt bereits als Schwarm unterwegs (German only).
April 2024: Press release by Deutsche Apothekerzeitung Aller Guten Dinge sind drei (German only).
April 2024: Interview with scinexx.de "dem Wissensmagazin" Wie viele Tiere machen einen Schwarm? (German only).
April 2024: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf "Gedenksymposium für Prof. Dr. Stefan U. Egelhaaf am 19. April 2024" (German only).
March 2024: Physicsworld - Biophysics Blog entry "When it comes to fish dynamics, three’s a school".
March 2024: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf "Neue Methode zur Messung der Entropieproduktion auf der Nanoskala" (German only) about a publication in Nature Communications.
March 2024: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf "Wie viele Fische machen einen Schwarm?" (German only) about a publication in Nature Communications.
March 2024: Dr. Alexander Antonov was honored with a prize (Förderpreis der Universität Osnabrück) for his excellent PhD. Link

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Job announcements

PhD scholarship for 3 years on active matter

Research topic:
To perform experimental,theoretical and numerical investigations of the collective behavior of active particles.
Funding:
via Haushaltsmittel of Prof. H. Löwen.
Duration of position:
3 years
Qualifications:
Master degree in physics strong computational and theoretical skills, basic knowledge in statistical mechanics
Application deadline:
August 27th 2026, please apply with the headword "PhD scholarship for collective behavior" by email to hlowen <at> hhu.de including a short CV.


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