Prof. Dr. Murugappan Muthukumar

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietExperimentelle und Theoretische Polymerphysik

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandUSA
OrtAmherst
Universität/InstitutionUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
Institut/AbteilungDepartment of Polymer Science & Engineering

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Manfred SchmidtInstitut für Physikalische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz
Prof. Dr. Mathias WinterhalterSchool of Engineering and Science, Constructor University, Bremen
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Markus AntoniettiAbteilung Kolloidchemie, Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung, Golm
Prof. Dr. Matthias BallauffInstitut für Weiche Materie und funktionelle Materialien, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB), Berlin
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.06.2006

Programm(e)

2005Humboldt-Forschungspreis-Programm für Naturwissenschaftler*innen aus den USA

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Murugappan Muthukumar is recognized by many in the polymer community as the most influential theorist of the past two decades. Exploiting the tools of both analytical theory and computer simulation, he has made seminal contributions to the understanding of a wide variety of complex polymer systems. Many of his results are so fundamental that key concepts can be extrapolated well beyond a specific problem. His future research activities as a Humboldt prize awardee will focus on pattern recognition on a molecular level. This is of fundamental importance for the understanding of complex functions in life as well as in material sciences.