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After working some years as researcher and lecturer in the field of theoretical physics and high-performance computing, I chose to leave academia and specialize in infrastructure engineering with a strong focus on the architecture, deployment and automation of highly available cloud-native systems using state-of-the-art technologies from the CNCF ecosystem.
My technical know-how is complemented by solid experience in agile team collaboration and project management.
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Technical University Freiberg, Germany
In my PhD years, I worked on combining electrodynamics in media with quantum field theory to obtain a microscopic description of matter based on fundamental microscopic field theories. Eventually, I was able to provide a proof-of-concept for the "Functional Approach" for the free electron gas.
Besides writing thousands of lines scientific code to support my research, I also tought numerous courses (from simple quantum theory to advanced density functional theory) and was heavily involved in university administration and project planning.
Technical University Freiberg, Germany
While keeping theoretical solid-state physics as subject, I added high-performance computing and code parallelization to my focus areas. By then it was only reasonable to completely take over the institute's IT administration including our self-hosted HPC clusters.
As valedictorian, I was awarded the "Georgius-Agricola Medal" for outstanding performance 🎖️.
Technical University Freiberg, Germany
During my Bachelor studies, I already decided to strive for
theoretical and computational solid-state physics as
main subject while taking additional courses in other fields to
gain a broad mathematical and scientific training.
On top, I gradually took over some of the institute's IT
administration and started giving tutor lessons.
Scandio GmbH, Munich/Berlin, Germany
Technical University Freiberg, Germany
Make Theory Great Again
Here I provide comprehensive learning resources for some of the university courses I've taught in the past.
All documents are licensed via CC BY-SA 4.0 , so feel free to use the material for your own courses or simply as (additional) study material.
# | Topic | Sheets |
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1 | Real and reciprocal space | tasks answers |
2 | Bloch model, SEQ in reciprocal space | tasks answers |
3 | Pseudo potentials | tasks answers |
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1 | Crystal visualization | tasks answers |
2 | Crystal creation, Introduction to ASE | tasks answers |
3 | Ground state calculations with GPAW, density plot | tasks answers |
4 | Convergence tests | tasks answers |
5 | Energy-volume curves and EOS | tasks answers |
6 | Bandstructure calculation | tasks answers |
7 | Density of states (DOS) | tasks answers |
8 | DOS and thermodynamics | tasks answers |
9 | DOS and magnetism | n.a. |
# | Topic | Theory | Assignment |
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A) Empirical Pseudo Potentials (EPP) | |||
1 | Theory + Fourier grid | sheet answers | task solution |
2 | Primitive Cells & energy cut-off | sheet answers | task solution |
3 | Bandstructure | sheet answers | task solution |
B) Density Functional Theory (DFT) - Part I | |||
4 | Radial Schrödinger equation | sheet answers | task solution |
5 | Hartree potential | sheet answers | task solution |
C) Density Functional Theory (DFT) - Part II | |||
6 | Essential concepts | sheet answers | task solution |
7 | Exchange and correlation, LDA | sheet answers | task solution |
D) Density Functional Theory (DFT) - Part III | |||
8 | LAPW approach for periodic bulks | n.a. | n.a. |