Soft Matter Theory
Biology-inspired statistical and computational physics
Research Topics
- Statistical physics of active matter
- Kinetic theory of swarms and flocks
- Soft condensed matter physics
- Computer simulation of complex liquids
- Pattern formation far from equilibrium
Contact
Prof. Dr. Thomas Ihle
Telefon: +49 3834 420-4730
Telefax: +49 3834 420-4701
ihlephysik.uni-greifswaldde
News
- upcoming activities: invited talk at Workshop "In search of model structures for non-equilibrium systems" (April 24-28, H-H. Boltz), invited talk U Magdeburg (May 23, T. Ihle)
- Congratulations to Jakob Mihatsch for presenting at the DPG Spring meeting 2023 "Phase transitions in multicomponent active matter: a quantitative kinetic theory"
- Two preprints have been published on the active particles with social distancing https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.03354 and https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.03357
- Jan 13 2023: Invited talk "Scattering theory of active particles with social distancing: non-local closure and network noise" by T. Ihle at U Duisburg
- October 2022: Horst-Holger Boltz joins the group as a postdoctoral researcher
- Rüdiger Kürsten joined the Universitat de Barcelona, Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, he remains part of the group as an external habil candidate
- Benjamin Kohler starts Bachelor-Thesis in our group
- April 2022: Jakob Mihatsch starts Master-Project and Tom Müller starts Bachelor-Thesis in our group
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- Bachelor- and Masterthesis Topics 2021 available!
- Martin Zumaya from UNAM, Mexico-City joins the group as visiting graduate student. Welcome Martin! Nov 20, 2018
- Rüdiger Kürsten attends the summer school in Les Houches on "Active matter and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics", Aug/Sept 2018
- Nikita Sendrowski defends his Master thesis on active Brownian particles, August 27, 2018
- Ruediger Kuersten's paper on the giant Kovacs memory effect selected as "Editor's Suggestion" in Physical Review Letters. Congratulations Ruediger! Nov 2, 2017
- Invited talk at workshop "Multiscale analysis and modelling of collective migration in biological systems'' at ZiF Bielefeld, Oct 12, 2017
- Nikita Sendrowski joins the group as new graduate student. Welcome Nikita! Sept 15, 2017
- Thomas Ihle as guest professor at Instituto de Fisica, UNAM, Mexico City, Sept 11, 2017
- Alexander Unruh finishes Bachelor thesis on "Kinetic Theory of active Particles", July 15, 2017
- Sven Stroteich finishes Bachelor thesis on "Agent-based Simulations of Vicsek-like Models", January 26, 2017
- Thomas Ihle recognized as "Outstanding Referee 2017“ by the American Physical Society. January 20, 2017
- Invited talk at CECAM workshop "Biomimetic and living materials: active matter at high densities" at EPFL Lausanne, December 9, 2016