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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.

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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.

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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-Stiftung 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-Stiftung at the Institut for Theoretical Physics II
"Wie sich Zellen mühsam durch den Körper bewegen" (German only).

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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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Postdoc scholarship for 3 months on simulation of colloids and microgels

Research topic:
To perform computer simulations on the Mpemba effect, on effective interactions between microgel particles and on active particles in complex environments.
Funding:
via Haushaltsmittel of Prof. H. Löwen.
Duration of position:
3 months (extension possible)
Qualifications:
PhD in physics strong computational and theoretical skills, basic knowledge in statistical mechanics.
Application deadline:
September 23rd 2024, please apply with the headword "Postdoc scholarship on simulation of colloids and microgels" by email to hlowen <at> hhu.de including a short CV.


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