Michael Schmiedeberg

Prof. Dr. Michael Schmiedeberg

Principal Investigator of the Soft Matter Theory Group

Theoretical Physics: Lab for Emergent Phenomena
Soft Matter Theory

Raum: Raum 02.582
Staudtstr. 7/B3
91058 Erlangen

Zoom:
Video conferences via Zoom are also possible. Contact me by e-mail and you will be sent a link for the video conference.

Study Service Center (SSC) Physics:
For meetings at the SSC, please book an appointment at its StudOn-Page:  www.studon.fau.de/crs5988248.html or contact the SSC: physik-ssc@fau.de

Master Theses, Bachelor Theses, or Research Projects for Physics Advanced:
Topics for Master or Bachelor theses as well as for projects for Physics Advanced are available.

Research topics:
Jamming, Glassy Dynamics, Biophysics, Colloidal Particles, Soft Quasicrystals, Neural Networks, Anomalous Diffusion

Curriculum Vitae:

Current Positions
at the
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg		 Principal Investigator of the Soft Matter Theory Group since 2015
Permanent Position: Akademischer Oberrat since 2020
Privatdozent since 2021
Head of the Study Service Center Physics↗ since 2024
Previously
in Erlangen		 2022: Habilitation: Soft Quasicrystals: From competing symmetries to additional degrees of freedom↗
04/2021-10/2021: Parental Leave
11/2020-03/2021 and 04/2022: Interim W2 (Vertretungsprofessur)
11/2015-10/2020: W2-Professor (non permanent)

Junior Group Leader

2011-2015 Principal Investigator of an Emmy Noether Junior Research Group on „Structure and dynamics of colloidal particles on incommensurate substrates“
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
2013 Acting as an interim professor (Vertretungsprofessor)
during the summer term 2013
Universität Osnabrück

Postdoc

2010-2011 Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Institute of Theoretical Physics II: Soft Matter
group of Hartmut Löwen
2009-2010 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Department of Physics and Astronomy
group of Andrea J. Liu
2008-2009 Technische Universität Berlin
Institute of Theoretical Physics
group of Holger Stark

PhD Studies

in the group of Holger Stark
Thesis: Colloidal particles on quasicrystalline substrates↗
Technische Universität Berlin (2008)
2007-2008 Technische Universität Berlin
Institute of Theoretical Physics
2006-2007 Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organisation, Göttingen
2004-2006 Universität Konstanz
Department of Physics

Diploma Studies

Thesis: Lichttransport in zellulären Strukturen↗
Universität Konstanz (2004), group of Holger Stark
2002-2003 Yale University, New Haven
2000-2004 Universität Konstanz
1999-2000 Universität Kaiserslautern, correspondence studies

Activities at the FAU:

Head of the Study Service Center Physics↗
Coordinator of the research studies („Physics Advanced“↗) in physics in Erlangen and Regensburg as part of the elite network in Bavaria
Member of the FAU Profile Center New Materials and Processes (FAU NMP)
Member of the FAU Competence Unit Engineering of Advanced Materials (FAU EAM) (previously Excellence Cluster EAM)↗
Member of the Central Institute for Scientific Computing, in future FAU Competence Unit for Scientific Computing (FAU CSC)↗

Organization of Conferences and Activities as Referee:

Co-Chair of the Japanese-German Frontier of Science Symposium (JGFoS) 2018 in Kyoto↗, Planning Group Member and organizer of the physics session, a scientific meeting organized by the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Planning Group Member of the Japanese-German Frontier of Science Symposium (JGFoS) 2016 in Potsdam↗, organizer of the physics session, a scientific meeting organized by the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Reviewer for leading international journals, including Nature, Nature Physics, Nature Communications, EPL, EPJ E, various IOP journals, Soft Matter, etc.; reviewer for various funding agencies; awarded as IOP outstanding reviewer 2022, as IOP trusted reviewer 2020, and offered a special reward in 2020 from EPJ E.

Other Activities:

Network coordinator of the network that supports and organizes the German Physicists‘ Tournament ↗
Organizer of the German Physicists‘ Tournaments 2020 to 2023; Member of the organizing committee of the German Physicists‘ Tournament 2019
Juror of the German Young Physicists‘ Tournament (regional and German level)
Drafting problems for the physics competitions DOPPLERS and PLANCKS

Awards and Fellowships:

2022 IOP Publishing Outstanding Reviewer
2021 Prize of the Department of Physics in Erlangen for the good teaching
2017 Prize of the FSI Mathematics and Physics Erlangen for the extraordinary commitment in teaching
2011 Emmy-Noether-Fellowship of the DFG
2009 Carl-Ramsauer-Prize of the Berlin Physics Society
2009 DAAD Research Fellowship
2005 Prize of the VEUK (alumni organization Konstanz)