Doctoral Thesis Project
Self-Organized Synchronization and Network Design of Modern Power Grids


Doctoral Thesis Committee

• Timme, Marc, Prof. Dr. - Network Dynamics (MPI-ds)


• Parlitz, Ulrich, Prof. Dr. - Complex Dynamical Systems (Uni-Phy)


• Pruschke, Thomas, Prof. Dr. - extern, Theoretical Physics (Uni-Phy)

Homepage Department/Research Group

http://www.nld.ds.mpg.de/~timme/



University Education

• 10/2009-present Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization/ University of Göttingen / GGNB program Physics of Biological and Complex Systems


• 10/2002-09/2008 Georg August University Göttingen, Germany, Diplom, Physics, thesis: "Heteroclinic bifurcation in pulse-coupled networks: from unstable attractors to complex periodic orbits"


• 02/2006-10/2006 University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, Bachelor, Mathematical Physics (Hons.), thesis: "An Effective Spin Approach to Paramagnetic Scattering in Frustrated Magnets"

Fellowships, Awards, Memberships

• 09/2010-present stipend of the Max Planck Society dedicated to Max Planck PhD students


• Since 2001: Member of the DPG


• 1999: Participation in the Mathematics section of the German Young Scientists Competition “Jugend forscht”, with W. Behrenhoff, and F. Krahmer (ranked 4th on the Federal level)

University Management

• 2003-2007: Served Göttingen University and its student association in several offices, including:


• 2003-2004: Elected Vice President University Affairs of the student association


• 2004-2005: Appointed member of the Senate's Committee for Studies and Teaching


• 2005: Elected President of the student association (AStA-Vorsitzender)


• 2007: Elected President of Student Parliament


• 2007: Member of several task forces reporting to the President of Göttingen University, Member of the Göttingen University President's editorial board for preparing the institutional strategy to promote top-level research (“Zukunftskonzept“) for the Excellence Initiative


• 2008-2010: Co-Founder of adiungi GmbH, Göttingen, managing partner since 2009; Science and University Support Agency; Various projects, including management of the Office of the Dean of Studies at the Göttingen Physics Department (01/2009 – 10/2009)


• 12/2008-09/2009: Assistant to the scientific coordinator of the Bernstein Focus: Neurotechnology (BFNT) Göttingen, MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization


• Since 2010: Member of the Staff Council, MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization


• Organization of the „Introduction to Higher Education Management“ professional skills course


• GGNB, University of Göttingen; Member of the working group “Advancement of the Qualification System“ for preparing the extension proposal in the Excellence Initiative, University of Göttingen