Prof. Dr. Carsten Timm
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Prof. Dr. Carsten Timm
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After research and teaching positions at the Universität Hamburg, Indiana University, the Freie Universität Berlin and the University of Kansas, I have held the Chair of Theory of Condensed Matter in the Faculty of Physics at the TU Dresden since 2008. Currently, I also serve as Chairman of the School of Science of TU Dresden. My current research areas can be found here.
Short curriculum vitae
- 1993 Diplom, corresponds to M.Sc. (physics), Universität Hamburg
- 1996 Doctorate (physics), Universität Hamburg, adviser: Prof. Dr. Joachim Appel
- 1996-1998 Postdoc, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A., with Prof. Dr. Steven M. Girvin
- 1998-2000 Postdoc, Freie Universität Berlin, with Prof. Dr. Karl Bennemann
- 2000-2005 Resarch assistant, Freie Universität Berlin, with Prof. Dr. Felix von Oppen
- 2002 Habilitation (theoretical physics), Freie Universität Berlin
- 2006-2008 Assistant professor, Dept. of Physics and Astromony, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.
- since 2008 university professor, Faculty of Physics, Technische Universität Dresden
- 2021-2024 Dean of the Faculty of Physics, Technische Universität Dresden
- since 2024 Chairman of the School of Science, Technische Universität Dresden
Awards and honors (selection): Excellent in Teaching Award of the Physics Department of the Freie Universität Berlin, 2005. Honorary Lecturership "Professor Bernhard Heß", Universität Regensburg, 2005. Outstanding Referee, American Physical Society, 2010.