Curriculum Vitae Thomas Mussenbrock January 22, 2016 Born on April 9th, 1970 in Hagen am Teutoburger Wald, Germany Address Institute of Theoretical Electrical Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Informations Science D-44801 Bochum, Germany Phone: +49 (234) 32-26338 Fax: +49 (234) 32-14479 Email: thomas.mussenbrock@rub.de Web: https://www.ei.rub.de/fakultaet/professuren/mussenbrock/ Home address: xxx Professional experience Current position: Senior scientist (permanent), Institute of Theoretical Electrical Engineering,, Germany 2010-2011: Interim full professor (W3), Chair of Integrated Systems and Photonics, Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Germany 2009 - present: Senior scientist, Institute of Theoretical Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Science,, Germany 2004 - present: Lecturer, University of Applied Sciences Georg Agricola Bochum, Germany 1999-2009: Research associate, Institute of Theoretical Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Science,, Germany 1996: Compulsory military service, German Air Force 1990: Electrician, Wilhelm Karmann GmbH, Osnabrueck, Germany Education 2009: Habilitation and venia legendi,, Germany 2004: Ph.D. in electrical engineering,, Germany 1
1996-1999: Studies in electrical engineering,, Germany 1991-1995: Studies in electrical engineering, Fachhochschule Bielefeld, Germany 1986-1990: Vocational training as electronics technician, Karmann Osnabrueck, Germany Scientific interests Electromagnetic processes Low-temperature plasmas Nanoionic devices Non-equilibrium systems Publication record 49 peer reviewed journal papers, h-index 17 (Web of Science) 33 invited talks and lectures 2 patents 320 talks and posters at conferences and workshops 23 preprints on arxiv Honors and awards 2012: Shortlisted (2nd) for a position of a Full Professor (W3) of Plasma and Astronautics Physics, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany 2010: Shortlisted (3rd) for a position of a Full Professor (W2) of Electrical Engineering (Electromagnetic Field Theory), Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg, Germany 2008: Inventors Award of the, together with Brian Heil, Uwe Czarnetzki, and Ralf Peter Brinkmann Prizes awarded by supervised students 2014: Best Poster Award, S. Wilczek et al., Electron Beam Formation and Resonances in a Symmetric Low-Pressure Capacitively Coupled Plasma, Europhysics Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics of Ionized Gases, Greifswald, Germany 2013: Best Paper Award, C. Schultz et al., The Multipole Resonance Probe: Evolution of a Plasma Sensor, IEEE Sensors, Baltimore, USA 2012: Poster Award, J. Trieschmann et al., Mikroplasma unterstützte Metamaterialien, Frühjahrstagung der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft, Stuttgart, Germany 2011: Poster Award, M. Lapke et al., Simultane Bestimmung von Elektronendichte- und Temperatur mit der Multipolresonanzsonde in technischen Plasmen, Frühjahrstagung der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft, Kiel, Germany 2011: Best Paper Award, B. Niermann et al., Measurement and Simulation of Ar and He Metastable Density Profiles in Radio-Frequency 2
Microplasma Jets, 6th International Workshop on Microplasmas, Paris, France Memberships Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft Deutsche Gesellschaft für Plasmatechnologie Deutscher Hochschulverband International Plasma Chemistry Society International Union of Radio Science Professional activities 2015: Guest editor, special issue Electron Heating in Technological Plasmas, IOP journal Plasma Sources Science and Technology 2014 - present: Deputy spokesperson, DFG Research Unit 2093 Memristive Devices for Neural Systems 2014 - present: Editorial board member, Frontiers in Physics, Section Plasma Physics 2014 - present: Member of scientific advisory board, Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Materials Simulation (ICAMS), Ruhr University Bochum, Germany 2013 - present: Elected member, International Union of Radio Science, Commission B: Fields and Waves 2013 - present: Executive member of the board, German Society for Plasma Technology 2010-2014: Spokesperson, Working group Materials and Plasma Simulation, DFG Collaborative Research Centre TRR 87 Pulsed High Power Plasmas for the Synthesis of Nanostructured Functional Layers 2010 - present: Principal investigator, DFG Collaborative Research Centre TRR 87 Pulsed High Power Plasmas for the Synthesis of Nanostructured Functional Layers 2010 - present: Public relations coodinator, DFG Collaborative Research Centre TRR 87 Pulsed High Power Plasmas for the Synthesis of Nanostructured Functional Layers 2009 - present: Principal investigator, Ruhr University Research School 2009 - present: Principal investigator, Research Department Plasmas with Complex Interactions, 2009-2015: Principal investigator, DFG Research Unit FOR 1123 Physics of Microplasmas Funded projects 2014-2017: Modeling and Simulation of Memristive Devices and Systems, Research Unit FOR 2093 Memristive Devices for Neural Systems funded by the German Research Foundation (1st phase), project C3, awarded funding approx. 360.000 Euro 3
2014-2018: Heavy Particle Transport in Highly Ionized High Power Plasmas, Collaborative Research Centre TRR 87 Pulsed High Power Plasmas for the Synthesis of Nanostructured Functional Layers funded by the German Research Foundation (2nd phase), project C8, awarded funding approx. 265.000 Euro 2014-2018: Public Relations, Collaborative Research Centre TRR 87 Pulsed High Power Plasmas for the Synthesis of Nanostructured Functional Layers funded by the German Research Foundation (2nd phase), project Ö, awarded funding approx. 180.000 Euro 2012-2014: Numerical Simulation of Microplasma Jets and their Interaction with Surfaces, Research Unit FOR 1123 Physics of Microplasmas funded by the German Research Foundation (2nd phase), project B1, awarded funding approx. 150.000 Euro 2010-2014: Public Relations, Collaborative Research Centre TRR 87 Pulsed High Power Plasmas for the Synthesis of Nanostructured Functional Layers funded by the German Research Foundation (1st phase), project Ö, awarded funding approx. 235.000 Euro 2010-2014: Analysis and Design of the Distribution Functions of Energetic Ions and Neutrals, Collaborative Research Centre TRR 87 Pulsed High Power Plasmas for the Synthesis of Nanostructured Functional Layers funded by the German Research Foundation (1st phase), project C5, awarded funding approx. 245.000 Euro 2010-2014: Capacitively Coupled Multi-Frequency Plasmas: Modeling and Simulation of Novel Sputter Sources, Collaborative Research Centre TRR 87 Pulsed High Power Plasmas for the Synthesis of Nanostructured Functional Layers funded by the German Research Foundation (1st phase), project C4, awarded funding approx. 245.000 Euro 2009-2011: Kinetic Modeling of Microplasmas, Research Unit FOR 1123 Physics of Microplasmas funded by the German Research Foundation (1st phase), project B2, awarded funding approx. 150.000 Euro 2009-2011: Modeling and Simulation of High Frequency Driven Plasmas at Medium and High Pressure, Research Unit FOR 1123 Physics of Microplasmas funded by the German Research Foundation (1st phase), project B1, awarded funding approx. 150.000 Euro Conference organization 2016 - present: International Conference on Plasma Science, IEEE, session organizer (computational plasma physics) 2016: RAPID Workshop on Plasma Modeling, Antwerp, Belgium, co-organizer 2016: Gaseous Electronics Conference, American Physical Society, Bochum, Germany, member of the local organizing committee 2015: Spring Conference Plasma Physics and Short Timescale Physics, German Physical Society, Bochum, Germany, member of the local organizing committee 2015: Conference on Plasma Technology, Kiel, Germany, member of scientific committee 4
2010: International Workshop on Diagnostics of Microplasmas, Bochum, Germany, member of the local organizing committee 2009: International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, Workshop on the Nuts and Bolts of Plasma Simulations, Bochum, organizer 2007-2010: Workshop on the Exploration of Low Temperature Plasma Physics, Kerkrade, The Netherlands, member of the organizing committee 2002: International Workshop on Inductively Coupled Plasmas, Bochum, Germany, member of the local organizing committee Referee service Funding agencies German Academic Exchange Service German Research Foundation Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (U.S. Department of Energy) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portuguese Science Foundation) Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy Technology Foundation STW (Dutch Research Foundation) Scientific journals Advances in Radio Science Applied Physics Letters Applied Physics Express Central European Journal of Chemistry Contributions to Plasma Physics European Physical Journal D Frontiers in Physics IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Journal of Applied Physics Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A New Journal of Physics Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Plasma Sources Science and Technology Physics Letters A Physics of Plasmas Thin Solid Films Supervision of Ph.D. students Sven Dirkmann M.Sc., 2014 - present Birk Berger M.Sc., 2014 - present Dipl.-Ing. Jan Trieschmann, 2012 - present Dipl.-Ing. Torben Hemke, 2009-2014 5
Examiner of Ph.D. theses Dipl.-Ing. Adamou Adinda-Ougba, exp. 2016 Dr.-Ing. Stefan Bienholz, 2014 Dr.-Ing. Doris Grosse, 2014 Dr.-Ing. Christiane Leuer, 2012 Dr.-Ing. Georg Hetmanczyk, 2011 Dr.-Ing. Philipp Mertmann, 2011 Dublin City University Nina Hanzlikova Ph.D., 2014 Eindhoven University of Technology Dr. Jannis Teunissen, 2015 Dr. Efe Kemaneci, 2014 Co-supervision and mentoring Co-supervised Ph.D. students Dipl.-Ing. Sebastian Wilczek, 2014 - present Dr.-Ing. Sara Gallian, 2012-2015 Dr.-Ing. Philipp Mertmann, 2007-2010 Dr.-Ing. Martin Lapke, 2006-2011 Dr.-Ing. Dennis Ziegler, 2005-2010 Mentoring of postdocs Dr.-Ing. Dennis Ziegler, 2010-2011 Dr. Denis Eremin, 2009-2014 Mentoring of Ph.D. students Birk Hattenhorst M.Sc., 2015 - present Jan Niklas Runkel M.Sc., 2015 - present Dennis Pohle M.Sc., 2015 - present Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Dennis Krüger, 2014 - present Dipl.-Ing. Sebastian Wilczek, 2014 - present Marc Zimmermanns M.Sc., 2012 - present Dipl.-Ing. Patrik Gebhardt, 2011 - present Dr. Edmund Schüngel, 2011-2013 Dr. Sebastian Mohr, 2011-2013 Member of Ph.D. examination committees Dr.-Ing. Moritz Spichartz, 2015 Dr.-Ing. Markus Hesse, 2015 Dr.-Ing. Thomas Höbing, 2015 6
Dr.-Ing. Andre Bergner, 2014 Dr.-Ing. Jie Fang, 2014 Dr.-Ing. Volker Jaedicke, 2014 Dr.-Ing. Christian Stöcker, 2014 Dr.-Ing. Stefan Bienholz, 2014 Dr.-Ing. Doris Grosse, 2014 Dr.-Ing. Katharina Stapelmann, 2013 Dr.-Ing. Christian Keck, 2013 Dr.-Ing. Samir Lamrini, 2012 Dr.-Ing. Nektarios Koukourakis, 2012 Dr.-Ing. Christiane Leuer, 2012 Dr.-Ing. Sven Dortmund, 2011 Dr.-Ing. Claus Stefan Friedrich, 2011 Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Drüppel, 2011 Dr.-Ing. Sven Buchholz, 2011 Dr.-Ing. Sonja Weingart, 2011 Dr.-Ing. Georg Hetmanczyk, 2011 Dr.-Ing. Tobias Schlauch, 2011 Dr.-Ing. Jörn Opretzka, 2011 Dr.-Ing. Priyadarshini Rajasekaran, 2011 Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Hessel, 2011 Dr.-Ing. Philipp Mertmann, 2011 Dr.-Ing. Matthias Wiemann, 2010 Dr.-Ing. Christof Schmits, 2010 Dr.-Ing. Tuyen N. Le, 2010 Dr.-Ing. Carsten Heising, 2010 Dr.-Ing. Jens Reinelt, 2009 Member of habilitation committees Dr. Amir Moradi, 2014 Dr. Nils Gerhardt, 2013 Dr.-Ing. Gerald Enzner, 2013 Dr. Jürgen Geiser, 2012 Dr.-Ing. Karlheinz Ochs, 2011 Dr. Christian Igel, 2010 Dr. Rolf Würtz, 2009 Member of the miscellaneous committees Invited expert committee, Gateway Fellowship Colloquium, RUB Research School, 2014 Election committee, Eickhoff Award, Marquart Award, and Kost Award for outstanding Ph.D. theses in the Engineering Departments, Germany, 2014 - present 7
Faculty Board, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Science, 2004-2008 Diploma Examination Board, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Science, 2004-2006 Christian Albrechts University Kiel Member of the Board of Directors, Institute of Electrical Engineering and Information Science, 2010-2011 Courses taught Analytical Methods in Field Theory Analytical and Numerical Methods in Field Theory Computer Simulation of Acoustic and Electromagnetic Phenomena Electromagnetic Fields Electromagnetic Materials Electrodynamics of Dielectric and Conducting Materials Electromagnetic Waves Electrophysics Exact Methods and Approximation Techniques 1 Exact Methods and Approximation Techniques 2 Mathematical Methods for Plasma Science Numerical Methods in Field Theory Theoretical Methods in Electrical Engineering Christian Albrechts University Kiel Foundations of Electrical Engineering 1 Foundations of Electrical Engineering for Materials Scientists University of Applied Sciences Georg Agricola Bochum Foundations of Electrical Engineering 1 Foundations of Electrical Engineering 2 Theory of Electrical Circuits Theory of Electromagnetic Fields Supervised student theses Master theses Tobias Gergs, Molekulardynamische Simulation des resistiven Schaltens nanoionischer Bauelemente, 2016 Daniel Wisgott, Numerische Simulation des resistiven Schaltens in VCM-Zellen, 2016 Frederick Schmidt, Kinetische Simulation der Schwerteilchendynamik in Niedertemperaturplasmen, 2016 Sergej Markmann, Feldtheoretische Untersung von memristiven Tunnelkontakten, 2014 8
Theresia Lange, Kinetische Monte-Carlo-Simulationen resistiver Nanostrukturen, 2014 Sven Dirkmann, Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation of the Ion Transport in Memristive Solidstate Electrolytes, 2014 Ziad Youssef, Semiklassische Modellierung und Simulation von Tunnelkontakten, 2014 Martin Predki, Konzeption und Implementierung eines Netzwerk-Schedulers für Simulationssoftware, 2012 Bachelor theses Daniel Wisgott, Numerische Simulation des Ladungsträgertransports in memristiven Bauelementen, 2012 Sven Dirkmann, Numerische Simulation von DC-Magnetron-Entladungen, 2012 Patrik Gebhardt, Modellierung und Simulation des mikroskopischen Verhaltens von elektromagnetischen Metamaterialien, 2012 Diploma theses Sebastian Wilczek, Kinetic Approach to Resonance Phenomena in Low-Pressure Radio-Frequency Discharges, 2014 Jan Trieschmann, Analysis of Microplasma Enhanced Artificial Materials, 2012 Hannah Viefhaus, Multiskalen-Simulation von Transportvorgängen in Hochfrequenz-Plasmajets, 2011 Markus Garritzmann, Simulation von Prozessplasmen zur Herstellung photonischer und phononischer Kristalle, 2011 Alexander Wollny, Entwicklung eines globalen Modells zur Beschreibung eines Mikroplasmajets bei Atmosphärendruck, 2010 Markus Gebhardt, Kinetische Simulation kapazitiver Hochfrequenz-Entladungen mit Graphics Processing Units, 2009 Stefan Bienholz, Modellierung und Simulation dynamischer Effekte in kapazitiv gekoppelten Plasmen, 2008 Torben Hemke, Pseudospektralmethoden zur Lösung zeitabhängiger nichtlinearer Randwertprobleme: Ein Beitrag zu Theorie und Anwendung, 2008 Arnim Bossy, Leistungsanpassung bei kapazitiven Hochfrequenzentladungen unter Berücksichtigung nichtlinearer Plasmaeigenschaften, 2008 Oliver Kushova, Resonanzphänomene in technischen Hochfrequenzplasmen, 2007 Horst Dietz, Simulation technologischer HF-Entladungen mittels Particle-In-Cell-Methoden, 2007 Philipp Mertmann, Kopplung eines Randschichtmodells an ein Bulkmodell für ein Niederdruckplasma, 2006 Martin Lapke, Analyse und Optimierung einer Plasma-Absorptionssonde neuerer Bauart, 2006 Thomas Eisenbarth, Theoretische Untersuchungen zur Heizung induktiv gekoppelter Plasmen, 2006 Jan Falkenhain, Untersuchungen zur Plasmadiagnostikmethode SEERS: Parameterschätzung auf Basis eines Multimodenmodells, 2005 Dennis Ziegler, Untersuchungen zur modellbasierten Regelung von Plasmasystemen, 2004 9
Student research projects Wladislaw Dobrigyn, Numerische Untersuchung der Streamerdynamik von dielektrisch behinderten Entladungen, 2012 Hannah Viefhaus, Untersuchung eines Drift-Diffusions-Modells zur numerischen Simulation von technischen Plasmen mit Hilfe von Pseudo-Spektral-Methoden, 2011 Daniel Szeremley, Integration eines externen Netzwerks in eine Particle-In-Cell-Simulation, 2010 Sabrina Baldus, Theoretische Untersuchung der Sekundärelektronenemission in Mikroentladungen, 2010 Shafagh Nosrati, Metamaterialien: Grundlegende Konzepte, Konsistenz und Realisierung, 2010 Markus Gebhardt, Pseudospectral Methods for Solving Global Plasma Models, 2008 Stefan Bienholz, Theoretische Untersuchungen des Hochfrequenzverhaltens kapazitiv gekoppelter Hochfrequenzplasmen, 2007 Torben Hemke, Untersuchung des Skineffekts in kapazitiv gekoppelten Niedertemperaturplasmen, 2006 Martin Lapke, Untersuchung des Resonanzverhaltens räumlich begrenzter Niedertemperaturplasmen, 2005 Jens Reinelt, Untersuchung eines HF-Models für magnetisierte Niedertemperaturplasmen, 2004 Frank Atteln, Effiziente Auswertung numerisch bestimmter Ausdrücke am Beispiel spezieller Randschichtfunktionen, 2004 Dennis Ziegler, Analytische und numerische Untersuchung von Diffusionsproblemen, 2004 Jörn Opretzka, Theoretische Untersuchungen anomaler Heizeffekte in Niedertemperaturplasmen, 2004 10