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Professor Dr. Tilmann Kuhn

Current affiliations

  • Institute of Solid State Theory
  • Center for Data Science and Complexity (CDSC)

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Dynamical Processes in Semiconductor Materials and Nanostructures
  • Ultrafast Dynamics in Semiconductors and Superconductors
  • Coherent Dynamics and Decoherence in Semiconductor Nanostructures

Academic Education

07/1994Habilitation at the University of Stuttgart
07/1987Doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat.) at the University of Stuttgart
05/1984 - 07/1987Doctoral studies at the University of Stuttgart
04/1984Diploma in Physics, University of Stuttgart
10/1978 - 04/1984Studies of Physics at the University of Stuttgart

Work Experience

since 04/2016Dean of Studies of the Department of Physics, WWU Münster
since 04/1996University Professor (C4) at the WWU Münster
since 04/1996Director of the Institute of Solid State Theory, WWU Münster
12/2010 - 10/2012Dean of the Department of Physics, WWU Münster
11/2006 - 11/2010Vice Dean of the Department of Physics, WWU Münster
09/1994 - 03/1996Professor (C3) at the Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus
10/1991 - 08/1994Research Assistant, Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Stuttgart
10/1989 - 09/1991Postdoctoral Researcher at the Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Modena (Italy)
09/1984 - 09/1989Research Asisstant at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Stuttgart

Publications

Krenner, Hubert J.; Santos, Paulo V.; Westerhausen, Christoph; Andersson, Gustav; Cleland, Andrew N., Sellier, Hermann; Takada, Shintaro; Bäuerle, Christopher; Wigger, Daniel, Kuhn, Tilmann; Machnikowski, Paweł; Weiß, Matthias; Moody, Galan; Hernández-Mínguez, Alberto; Lazić, Snežana; Kuznetsov, Alexander S.; Küß, Matthias; Albrecht, Manfred; Weiler, Mathias; Puebla, Jorge; Hwang, Yunyoung; Otani, Yoshichika; Balram, Krishna C.; Chen, I-Tung; Lai, Keji; Li, Mo; Nash, Geoff R.; Nysten, Emeline D. S.; Bhattacharjee, Paromita; Mishra, Himakshi; Iyer, Parameswar K.; Nemade, Harshal B.; Khelif, Abdelkrim; Benchabane, Sarah; Feng, Gao; Jin, Yabin; Bartasyte, Ausrine; Margueron, Samuel; Marangolo, Massimiliano; Thevenard, Laura; Rovillain, Pauline; Gourdon, Catherine; Hage-Ali, Sami; Elmazria, Omar; Schmidt, Hagen; Yeo, Leslie Y.; Ambattu, Lizebona A.; Jeon, Jessie S.; Kwak, Daesik; Rufo, Joseph; Yang Shujie; Huang, Tony Jun  (2026)
In: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics59093001.
Review article (journal)
Groll, D.; Hahn, T.; Machnikowski, P.; Kuhn, T.; Kasprzak, J.; Wigger, D. (2025)
In: Nano Futures9042601.
Review article (journal)
Jürgens,K.; Wigger, D.; Kuhn, T. (2024)
In: 2D Materials11035027.
Research article (journal)
Zhang, J,; Wang, Z.; Lengers, F.; Wigger, D.; Reiter, D. E.; Kuhn, T.; Wörner, J. H.; Luu, T. T. (2024)
In: Nature Photonics18.
Research article (journal)
Groll, D.; Paschen, F.; Machnikowski, P.; Hess, O.; Wigger, D.; T. Kuhn, T. (2023)
In: Advanced Quantum Technologies2025(8)2300153.
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Projects

Duration: 14/08/2023 - 18/08/2023
Funded by: Participation / conference fees , DFG - International Scientific Events
Type of project: Scientific Event
Duration: 01/07/2023 - 31/12/2025
Funded by: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation - Research Group Linkage Programme
Type of project: Individual project
Duration: 14/02/2018 - 16/02/2018
Funded by: LOT-QuantumDesign GmbH, d-fine GmbH, HÜBNER GmbH & Co. KG
Type of project: Scientific Event
Duration: 01/09/2014 - 29/02/2016
Funded by: German Academic Exchange Service
Type of project: Participation in other joint projects
Duration: 09/11/2009 - 08/11/2012
Funded by: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Type of project: Individual project
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Doctorates

Optical Preparation of Excitonic and Phononic States in Semiconductor Quantum Dots
Candidate: Lüker, Sebastian | Supervisors: Kuhn, Tilmann
Period of time: until 09/07/2018
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Higgs Mode of a Confined Ultracold BCS Fermi Gas: A Systematic Study of the Dynamical Phase Diagram after an Interaction Quench
Candidate: Hannibal, Simon Leonhard | Supervisors: Kuhn, Tilmann
Period of time: until 09/07/2018
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Synchronization of Spin-Torque Nano-Oscillators: Micromagnetic Simulation and Auto-Oscillator Theory
Candidate: Kendziorczyk, Thomas Paul | Supervisors: Kuhn, Tilmann
Period of time: until 22/01/2018
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Goldstone Mode in the Quench Dynamics of an Ultracold BCS Fermi Gas
Candidate: Kettmann, Peter Ludger | Supervisors: Kuhn, Tilmann
Period of time: until 22/01/2018
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Interplay between acoustic phonons and excitons in optically driven semiconductor quantum dots
Candidate: Wigger, Daniel | Supervisors: Kuhn, Tilmann
Period of time: until 11/01/2017
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
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