Prof. Dr. Raphael Wittkowski

Current affiliations

  • Junior professorship for the theory of soft matter physics (Prof. Wittkowski)
  • Center for Soft Nanoscience
  • Center for Nonlinear Science

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Soft matter physics
  • Active soft matter
  • Active and passive colloidal particles
  • Biophysics
  • Microscopic derivation of field theories
  • Classical dynamical density functional theory
  • Phase field crystal models

Functions and Memberships

01/2019 - 12/2022Member of the "Junges Kolleg" (Young Academy) of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts

Publications

Bröker, Stephan; te Vrugt, Michael; Jeggle, Julian; Stenhammar, Joakim; Wittkowski, Raphael (2024)
In: Soft Matter, 20
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
te Vrugt, Michael; Wittkowski, Raphael (2023)
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 35(4)
Type of Publication: Review article (journal)
Schmitz, Georg J.; te Vrugt, Michael; Haug-Warberg, Tore; Ellingsen, Lodin; Needham, Paul; Wittkowski, Raphael (2023)
In: Entropy, 25(2)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
te Vrugt, M; Frohoff-Hülsmann, T; Heifetz, E; Thiele, U; Wittkowski, R (2023)
In: Nature Communications, 14
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Bröker, Stephan; Bickmann, Jens; te Vrugt, Michael; Cates, Michael E.; Wittkowski, Raphael (2023)
In: Physical Review Letters, 131(16)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
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Projects

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: 01/10/2016 - 31/03/2024
Funded by: DFG Emmy Noether Programme
Type of project: Individual project

Prizes

Membership in the "Junges Kolleg" (Young Academy) of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts
Awarded by: North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts
Award given to: Wittkowski, Raphael
Date of awarding: 15/01/2019
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Honored as "Emerging Leader"
Awarded by: Editorial board of the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Award given to: Wittkowski, Raphael
Announced at: 01/01/2019 | Date of awarding: 01/01/2019
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Emmy Noether Research Group
Awarded by: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)
Award given to: Wittkowski, Raphael
Announced at: 15/10/2016 | Date of awarding: 15/10/2016
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Beste Dissertation in der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät 2012
Awarded by: Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Award given to: Wittkowski, Raphael
Date of awarding: 15/01/2013
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Study scholarship (10/2006-09/2011)
Awarded by: Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation)
Award given to: Wittkowski, Raphael
Announced at: 15/10/2006 | Date of awarding: 15/10/2006
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
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Doctorates

Scale-bridging field theories for nonequilibrium systems
Candidate: te Vrugt, Michael | Supervisors: Wittkowski, Raphael; Thiele, Uwe
Period of time: until 30/09/2022
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Field theories for active colloidal liquid crystals
Candidate: Bickmann, Jens | Supervisors: Wittkowski, Raphael; Thiele, Uwe
Period of time: 01/05/2019 - 30/04/2022
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Self-acoustophoretic particles
Candidate: Voß, Johannes | Supervisors: Wittkowski, Raphael; Thiele, Uwe
Period of time: 01/10/2018 - 30/09/2021
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Active materials in external fields
Candidate: Bröker, Stephan | Supervisors: Wittkowski, Raphael; Thiele, Uwe
Period of time: 01/10/2018 - 30/09/2021
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Active colloidal particles in external fields
Candidate: Nitschke, Tobias | Supervisors: Wittkowski, Raphael; Thiele, Uwe
Period of time: 01/08/2017 - 31/07/2020
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
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