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September 2023: The work by I. Abdoli was reviewed in Europhysics News - highlight from epl in the spotlights scan.
July 2023: The SigmaPhi Prize is awarded to Hartmut Löwen for his seminal contributions to Statistical Physics.
Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf
"Statistische Physik: Prof. Dr. Hartmut Löwen mit SigmaPhi-Preis geehrt" (German only).
June 2023: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf
Dr. Subhasish Chaki post doc research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung at the Institut for Theoretical Physics II
"Physik: Humboldt-Forschungsstipendiat an der HHU - Aktive Materie verstehen" (German only)

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June 2023: Hartmut Löwen became a member of the investigation commission of the Österreichische Agentur für Wissenschaftliche Integrität (ÖAWI). Link
May 2023: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf
"European Postdoctoral Fellowships - Zwei Stipendiaten in europäischem Nachwuchsförderprogramm an der HHU" (German only)
March 2023: Youtube Video for ACDC (Acoustic Crystallization of Two-Dimensional Colloidal Crystals), Advanced Materials 2022, 2206593 (2022)
February 2023: The work of Falko Schmid et al in Nature Physics Link was highlighted by Victoria Esteso Carrizo in Nature Physics 19, 161–162 (2022) Report
February 2023: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf
"95 Promotionen in der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät Informatikerin und Physiker für hervorragende Dissertationsarbeiten geehrt" (German only)
January 2023: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf
Dr. Isha Malhotra post doc research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung at the Institut for Theoretical Physics II
"Aktive Mikrogele für den intelligenten Wirkstofftransport" (German only)

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January 2023: The publication "A one-dimensional three-state run-and-tumble model with a ‘cell cycle’" by Davide Breoni et al. was choosen for as synopsis in European Physical Journal. Link
December 2022: A figure from the publication by D. Breoni, F. Schwarzendahl, R. Blossey, H. Löwen, A one-dimensional three-state run-and-tumble model with a 'cell cycle', European Physical Journal E 45, 83 (2022) was selected for the journal cover page.
November 2022: The paper of M. R. Bailey et al, Physical Review E 106, L052602 (2022), was selected as an Editors' suggestion.
November 2022: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf "Nano-Bauteile clever voneinander lösen" (German only) about a publication in Nature Physics.
October 2022: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf "Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Kurt Binder verstorben" (German only)
August 2022: The Physical Review Letter on odd-diffusive systems by Erik Kalz et al was selected as a PRL Editors' Suggestion
July 2022: Video about the research of Hartmut Löwen on biofilms with F. Guzman-Lastra and Arnold Matthijssen Link (in Spanish)
June 2022: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf
Dr. Yuanjian Zheng post doc research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung at the Institut for Theoretical Physics II
"Die Unordnung beschreiben" (German only).

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March 2022: Hartmut Löwen was elected as a member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Leibniz-Institute for New Materials (Saarbrücken)
February 2022: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf: joint award ceremony HHU and BUW "Wilhelm und Else Heraeus-Dissertationspreis" to HHU Physicist Dr. Federico Grasselli see press release (German only).

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January 2022: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf, Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel-Forschungspreisträger Prof. Dr. Christopher Patrick Royall an der HHU
Wie viele Fische braucht es für einen Schwarm? see Link (German only).

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January 2022: comment "Selfishness for the greater good revealed in optimization of group dynamics" in Physics World to our publication in PNAS.
January 2022: Short notice "Egoistisch optimiert" in the Physikjournal 21, 23 (2022) regarding a publication in PNAS.
December 2021: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf "Wie Bakterien aus Labyrinthen herausfinden" (German only) about a publication in Nature Communications. Another press release by the University of Princeton about that publication see Link.
November 2021: Dr. Isha Malhotra (Iowa State University, USA) received a postdoc fellowship from the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Foundation.
November 2021: Yuanjian Zheng (Singapore) received a postdoc fellowship from the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Foundation.
November 2021: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf "Three-bodyinteractions bring egoists into the collective comfort zone – even penguins" about a publication in PNAS. See Link
November 2021: The paper "Topology of Orientational Defects in Confined Smectic Liquid Crystals" by Paul Monderkamp and coworkers was selected for a synopsis in Physical Review Letters, seeLink
October 2021: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf "Humboldt-Forschungsstipendiat an der HHU - Aktive Materialien verstehen" (German only).

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October 2021: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf "Motorisierte Tröpfchen dank Rückkopplung" (German only) about a publication in Nature Communications.
July 2021: Dr. Lorenzo Caprini (Camerino, Italy) received a postdoc fellowship from the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Foundation.
May 2021: A figure from the publication by J. Harrer, S. Ciarella, M. Rey, H. Löwen, L. M. C. Janssen, N. Vogel, Collapse-induced phase transitions in binary interfacial microgel monolayers, Soft Matter 17, 4504-4516 (2021) was selected for the cover page.
April 2021: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf "Total abgedreht: Was Mikroroboter mit Seife zu tun haben" (German only) about a publication in Science Advances.
March 2021: Press report by University of Pennsylvania about a publication in Nature Communications. Link
March 2021: Press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf "Mikroskopische Fluktuationen helfen Bakterien bei der Arbeit" (German only) about a publication in Nature Communications.
February 2021: The work of Jens Grauer, Hartmut Löwen and Benno Liebchen on Covid19 vaccination strategies (publication) was highlighted in the Physik Journal 20 (2021) Nr.2 18-19 by Gerhard Gompper scan, 08.02.2021.
January 2021: press release by the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf "Liquid crystal under stress" about a joint publication with D. Aarts and coworkers (Oxford University) Flüssigkristalle unter Stress German only
December 2020: press release by University Münster Detective work in theoretical physics about a joint publication with Prof. Dr. R. Wittkowski
November 2020: The paper of A. R. Sprenger, V. A. Shaik, A. M. Ardekani, M. Lisicki, A. J. T. M. Mathijssen, F. Guzman-Lastra, H. Löwen, A. M. Menzel, A. Daddi-Moussa-Ider, Towards an analytical description of active microswimmers in clean and surfactant-covered drops – a note on the image system solution for force monopole and dipole singularities, European Physical Journal E 43, 58 (1-19) (2020) was highlighted in Link
November 2020: Physicist receives dissertation prize of the Heraeus-foundation HHU-Link
October 2020: The optimization of vaccination strategies against the corona pandemic was studied using an infection model in a publication by Jens Grauer, Hartmut Löwen and Benno Liebchen Presslink paper arxiv
September 2020: Our paper "Crowding-Enhanced Diffusion: An Exact Theory for Highly Entangled Self-Propelled Stiff Filaments" by Suvendu Mandal, Christina Kurzthaler, Thomas Franosch, and Hartmut Löwen (Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 138002 (2020)) was highlighted in the synopsis "Filaments Move Quickly Through a Crowd": Link
September 2020: A figure from the publication by A. R. Sprenger et al, Towards an analytical description of active microswimmers in clean and surfactant-covered drops – a note on the image system solution for force monopole and dipole singularities, European Physical Journal E 43, 58 (2020), was selected for the front cover page.
July 2020: A figure from the publication by A. R. Sprenger, M. A. Fernandez-Rodriguez, L. Alvarez, L. Isa, R. Wittkowski, H. Löwen, Active Brownian motion with orientation-dependent motility: experiments and theory, Langmuir 36 7066-7073 (2020), was selected for the front cover page.
May 2020: The publication by Benno Liebchen and Hartmut Löwen, Optimal navigation strategies for active particles EPL 127, 34003 (2019) was selected as an EPL highlight article for 2019, see
March 2019: An AIP Scilight article Modeling microparticle movement has been released about our current publication Colloidal Brazil nut effect in microswimmer mixtures induced by motility contrast in AIP The Journal of Chemical Physics.
March 2019: Prof. Löwen was selected as an outstanding referee 2018 for The Journal of Physics: Condensed matter. (Link)
January 2019: Prof. Löwen was appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board of The Journal of Chemical Physics. JCP Editorial Advisory Board
January 2019: Professor Löwen visits the University of Chile Link.

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Postdoc scholarship to perform research on active complex plasmas

Research topic:
To perform theoretical and numerical investigation of the dynamics of inertial self-propelled active particles, in particular dust particles in the plasma driven by non-reciprocal interactions.
Funding:
via Haushaltsmittel of Prof. H. Löwen.
Duration of position:
1.06.2021 - 31.12.2021
Qualifications:
PhD degree in physics, strong computational and theoretical skills, experience in computer simulations, basic knowledge in statistical mechanics, in particular in the physics of complex plasmas.
Application deadline:
15th March 2021, please apply with the headword "Postdoc scholarship on active complex plasmas" by email to hlowen <at> hhu.de including a short CV.


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