Prof. Dr. Michael Rohlfing
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Department of Physics, Inst. of Solid State Theory
Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster
Phone: +49 251 8336340
E-mail: michael.rohlfing@wwu.de
www: https://www.uni-muenster.de/Physik.FT/Forschung/agrohlfing/
Position: Professor (W3)
Expertise: Theoretical physics, electronic-structure theory, many-body
perturbation theory, excited electronic states, adsorbate systems,
low-dimensional solids
Project A13: Theory of Electronic Interface States in Weakly Bound Heterostructures
University Education
2001 | Habilitation in Theoretical Physics, WWU Münster, „Excited electronic states and optical spectra of solids, surfaces, and molecules” |
1996 | Doctoral degree in Physics (Dr. rer. nat.), WWU Münster, Dissertation on "Quasiparticle band structures of semiconductors and semiconductor", thesis advisor: Prof. J. Pollmann |
1993 | Diploma degree in Physics (Dipl. Phys.), WWU Münster, supervisor: Prof. J. Pollmann |
19888-93 | Studies in Physics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität (WWU) Münster |
Professional Experience
2013- | Professor (W3) of Theoretical Physics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
2005-13 | Professor (W3) of Theoretical Physics, Universität Osnabrück |
2003-05 | Associate Professor of Physics, International University (now: Jacobs University) Bremen |
1999-03 | Postdoctoral studies, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
1997-98 | Postdoctoral studies, University of California at Berkeley, USA (Prof. S.G. Louie) |
1993-98 | Research Assistant, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Prof. J. Pollmann) |
Honours, Awards and other Proofs of Qualification
2013 | Member of the computer-time advisory board (Rechenzeitkommission) of the John-von-Neumann Institute for Computing (Jülich) |
2007-11 | Dean of Studies of Physics, Universität Osnabrück |
2001 | Heisenberg fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
1999 | Habilitation fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
Selected Publications
- M. Rohlfing, S. G. Louie Optical excitations in conjugated polymers Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 1959 (1999).
- M. Rohlfing, S. G. Louie Electron-hole excitations and optical spectra from first principles Phys. Rev. B 62, 4927 (2000).
- M. Weinelt, M. Kutschera, T. Fauster, M. Rohlfing Dynamics of exciton formation at the Si(001)-c(4x2) surface Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 126801 (2004).
- A. Hauschild, K. Karki, B. C. C. Cowie, M. Rohlfing, F. S. Tautz, M. Sokolowski Molecular distortions and chemical bonding of a large pi-conjugated molecule on a metal surface Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 036106 (2005).
- M. Rohlfing, T. Bredow Binding energy of adsorbates on a noble-metal surface: exchange and correlation effects Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 266106 (2008).
- C. Weiss, C. Wagner, C. Kleimann, M. Rohlfing, F.S. Tautz, R. Temirov Imaging Pauli repulsion in scanning tunneling microscopy Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 086103 (2010).
- J. Mu, Y. Ma, H. Yin, C. Liu, M. Rohlfing Photoluminescence of single-walled carbon nanotubes: The role of Stokes shift and impurity levels Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 137401 (2013).
- C. Wagner, N. Fournier, V. G. Ruiz, C. Li, K. Müllen, M. Rohlfing, A. Tkatchenko, R. Temirov, F. S. Tautz Non-additivity of molecule-surface van der Waals potentials from force measurements Nature Comm. 5, 5568 (2014).
- T. Deilmann, M. Drüppel, M. Rohlfing Three-particle correlation from a many-body perspective: Trions in a carbon Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 196804 (2016).
- T. Esat, B. Lechtenberg, T. Deilmann, C. Wagner, P. Krüger, R. Temirov, M. Rohlfing, F. B. Anders, F. S. Tautz A chemically driven quantum phase transition in a two-molecule Kondo system Nature Phys., doi:10.1038/nphys3737 (2016).