Ralf Metzler

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Ralf Metzler
Born (1968-10-13) 13 October 1968 (age 55)
Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Potsdam
Doctoral advisorTheo F. Nonnenmacher
Other academic advisors

Ralf Metzler (born 13 October 1968) is a physicist that focuses on

nonequilibrium statistical physics and anomalous stochastic processes, with applications to biological and soft matter systems.[1][2] He currently is chair professor for theoretical physics at the University of Potsdam and is an Alexander von Humboldt Polish Honorary Research Fellow.[3]

Education

Metzler holds a Diploma (magna cum laude) degree in physics (1994) and a PhD (summa cum laude, 1996) from the University of Ulm. He performed postdoctoral research at Tel Aviv University with Joseph Klafter and Massachusetts Institute of Technology with Mehran Kardar.[4]

Academic career

Metzler became an assistant professor at the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (NORDITA) in Copenhagen in 2002. He later spend a period of time in Canada, where he was appointed Canada Research Chair in Biological Physics at the University of Ottawa and he moved to the Technical University of Munich as a professor. Since 2011, he is chair professor for theoretical physics at the University of Potsdam and is an Alexander von Humboldt Polish Honorary Research Fellow.[5][6]

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