Prof. Dr. Andreas Heuer

Current affiliations

  • Professorship of Theory of Complex Systems
  • Center for Soft Nanoscience
  • Center for Multiscale Theory and Computation
  • Center for Nonlinear Science

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Macromolecules
  • Disordered materials/potential energy landscapes
  • Stochastic processes
  • Self organization
  • Sport statistics

Academic Education

1998Habilitation in Theoretical Physics at the university of Mainz, Title: Dynamik glasbildender Systeme auf mikroskopischer Skala
1988 - 1991PhD thesis at the Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg with Prof. U. Haeberlen and Prof. H. Horner, Title: Tieftemperaturdynamik beim Translations- und Rotationstunneln
1983 - 1988Studies of physics (Diplom) and mathematics (Vordiplom) at the Universities of Dortmund and Heidelberg

Work Experience

since 2012Professor (W3) for "Theory of complex systems" at the WWU
since 2007Additional membership in the faculty of physics
2010 - 2012Professor (W2) for "Theory of complex systems" at the WWU
1999 - 2010Professor (C3) for Theoretical Physical Chemistry at the WWU (faculty of chemistry)
1993 - 1999Member of the scientific staff of the MPI for Polymer Research in Mainz (group of Prof. H.W. Spiess)
1991 - 1993Postdoc at the MIT in Cambridge, USA, with Prof. R. J. Silbey

Functions and Memberships

since 2007Board member of the Center for Nonlinear Science
since 2007Head of the IT-steering committee (IV-Lenkungsausschuss) of the WWU
since 1999Membership in German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry (DBG)
since 1999Membership in German Physical Society (DPG)
since 1999Membership in German Chemical Society (GDCh)

Appointments

2010Offer to a Professorship (W3) , Bielefeld University (rejected)

Publications

Alavizargar, Azadeh; Gass, Maximilian; Krahn, Michael P.; Heuer, Andreas (2024)
In: ACS Physical Chemistry Au, 4(2)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Tertilt, Henri; Mensing, Jonas: Becker, Marlon: van der Wiel, Wilfred G.; Bobbert, Peter A.: Heuer, Andreas (2024)
In: Physical Review Applied, 22(2)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Yan, Peng; Fischer, Mirko; Martin, Harrison; Wolke, Christian; Krishnamoorthy, Anand Narayanan; Cekic-Laskovic, Isidora; Diddens, Diddo; Winter, Martin; Heuer, Andreas (2024)
In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 12(30)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Özcelik, H G; Bienek, D; Hardt, M; Glikman, D; Braunschweig, B; Heuer, A; (2024)
In: Langmuir, 2024
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Stieneker, M.; Topp, L.; Gurevich, S.V.; Heuer, A. (2023)
In: Physical Review Fluids, 8
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
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Projects

Duration: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2025 | 2nd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2025 | 2nd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/12/2021 - 30/11/2025
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Type of project: Individual project
Duration: 01/01/2021 - 31/12/2024 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/01/2021 - 31/12/2024 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
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Prizes

Goldener Brendel
Awarded by: Fachschaft Chemie des Fachbereichs Chemie und Pharmazie
Award given to: Heuer, Andreas
Announced at: 01/01/2014 | Date of awarding: 01/01/2014
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers
Awarded by: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Award given to: Heuer, Andreas
Announced at: 01/01/1992
Type of distinction: Scholarship

Doctorates

Molecular Equilibrium Structures and Vibrations from Subsystem Density Functional Theory: Implementation and Benchmarking
Candidate: Klahr, Kevin | Supervisors: Neugebauer, Johannes; Heuer, Andreas
Period of time: until 19/12/2018
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Advanced Frozen-Density Embedding: Towards an Accurate Description of Spin Densities for Co-Factors in Photosystem II
Candidate: Denis Artiukhin | Supervisors: Neugebauer, Johannes; Heuer, Andreas
Period of time: until 26/09/2018
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Dynamics of pattern formation in interface-dominated systems
Candidate: Tewes, Walter | Supervisors: Thiele, Uwe; Heuer, Andreas
Period of time: until 19/07/2018
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Properties of the Potential Energy Landscape under Shear
Candidate: Blank-Burian, Markus | Supervisors: Heuer, Andreas
Period of time: until 13/07/2018
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Making Embedding Methods Work for Metal-Ligand Systems
Candidate: Unsleber, Jan Patrick | Supervisors: Neugebauer, Johannes; Heuer, Andreas
Period of time: until 30/05/2018
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
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