Curriculum Vitae Dr. Joachim Brand PKS Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems Noethnitzer Strasse 38 01187 Dresden, Germany Voice: +49 351 871 1121 FAX: +49 351 871 1999 E-mail: joachim@mpipks-dresden.mpg.de

Academic Background

since 2002	Distinguished postdoctoral fellow Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems Independent research, small group Research focusses on the physics of Bose-Einstein condensates
2000-2002	Postdoctoral Research Associate University of Washington (Professor William P. Reinhardt) Feodor-Lynen Research Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research focusses on non-linear excitations in Bose-Einstein condensate
1999	Ph. D. (Dr. rer. nat.) summa cum laude University of Heidelberg (Professor Lorenz Cederbaum) Project: Many-body Green's functions and optical potentials in theoretical chemistry (Thesis) developed quantum chemical method (FOSEP) for calculating electronic excitation energies
1995	Diplom-Physiker ("Sehr gut") University of Heidelberg (Professor Lorenz Cederbaum) Characterized novel definitions of two-particle Green's functions
1991/92	ERASMUS academic exchange scholarship  Imperial College London
1991	Vordiplom ("Sehr gut") in Physics University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

Talks and conference contributions

Interests

• Rock climbing, hiking, backcountry skiing
• Travelling South and North America, Europe, New Zealand
• Member of the German Physical Society (DPG) and German Alpine Club (DAV)
• Languages: English and German fluent, Spanish basic communication skills

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