Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. Jan Christoph Plefka
Email: jan.plefka@physik.hu-berlin.de
Office: 2’27 IRIS building, Zum Großen Windkanal 2, 12489 Berlin
Phone: +49-(0)30-2093 66409 or 66413 (secretary)
Born on 31. January 1968, married, three children, german citizen.
Education |
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| 05/1987 | School Leaving Examination, Eleonorenschule Darmstadt |
| 07/1987 – 10/1988 | Civil Service, Alice-Hospital, Darmstadt, Germany |
| Studies of Physics | |
| 10/1988 – 08/1991 | Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany |
| 09/1991 – 12/1992 | Texas A&M University, USA (Graduate Level) |
| 12/1992 | Master of Science, Advisor M.J. Duff |
| PhD Studies | |
| 02/1993 – 11/1995 | Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Hannover, Germany |
| 11/1995 | Dr. rer. nat., Thesis: “Supersymmetric Generalizations of Matrix Models”, Advisor O. Lechtenfeld |
| Habilitation | |
| 02/2003 | Department of Physics, Humboldt-University of Berlin; Thesis: “Aspekte der Supermembran und Matrix Theorie” |
Professional Experience |
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| 01/1996 – 11/1996 | Postdoctoral Fellow (A.v.Humboldt Foundation), Department of Physics, City College of New York, New York, USA |
| 12/1996 – 08/1998 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Theory Group NIKHEF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 09/1998 – 01/2006 | Junior Staff Member, Max-Planck-Institute for Gravitational Physics, Albert-Einstein-Institute, Golm, Germany |
| 02/2006 – 01/2011 | Lichtenberg-Professor (W2), Institute of Physics , Humboldt University Berlin, Germany |
| since 02/2011 | Full Professor (W3), Chair: Quantum Field Theory and String Theory, Institute of Physics, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany |
| 02/2014 – 08/2014 | Visiting Professor, Institute for Theoretical Physics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland |
| 03/2018 – 06/2018 | Scientific Associate, CERN, Switzerland |
Scholarships and Prizes
- Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, 1991-95
- Fulbright-Scholar, 1991-92
- Feodor Lynen Scholar of the A.v. Humboldt Foundation, 1996
- Lichtenberg-Professorship of the Volkswagen Foundation, 2006-2014
Research Grants
| 2020 – 2024 | Spokesperson Research Training Group 2575, “Rethinking Quantum Field Theory” funded by the DFG. |
| 2018 – 2021 | Principal Investigator ITN-Training Network, “SAGEX” funded by the European Commission. |
| 02/2017 – 10/2019 | Principal Investigator DFG-Sachbeihilfe, “Yangian Symmetry in Quantum Gauge Field Theory” |
| 10/2013 – 04/2018 | Principal Investigator DFG-Graduiertenkolleg 1504 “Masse, Spektrum, Symmetrie” (2. Förderperiode) |
| 01/2013 – 12/2016 | Projektleiter DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich 647 “Raum-Zeit-Materie” (Teilprojekte C5 und C6, 3. Förderperiode) |
| 04/2009 – 09/2013 | Sprecher DFG-Graduiertenkolleg 1504 “Masse, Spektrum, Symmetrie” (1. Förderperiode) |
| 01/2009 – 12/2012 | Projektleiter DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich 647 “Raum-Zeit-Materie” (Teilprojekte A8 und B8, 2. Förderperiode) |
| 02/2006 – 01/2014 | Lichtenberg-Professorship of the Volkswagen Foundation |
| 01/2007 – 12/2008 | Projektleiter DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich 647 “Raum-Zeit-Materie”(Teilprojekte A6 und B5, 1. Förderperiode) |
| 10/2004 – 10/2006 | Mitglied DFG Schwerpunktprogramm 1096 “Stringtheorie” |
Students (in own supervision)
PhD
- Julian Miczajka (PhD, HU Berlin 2021)
- Josua Faller (PhD, HU Berlin 2019)
- Wadim Wormsbecher (PhD, HU Berlin 2019)
- Josua Faller (PhD, HU Berlin 2019)
- Dennis Müller (PhD, HU Berlin 2018; Humboldt-Prize 2018 of HU Berlin)
- Hagen Münkler (PhD, HU Berlin 2017; Springer Thesis Award 2018)
- Ilmar Gahramanov (PhD, HU Berlin 2016)
- Martin Heinze (PhD, HU Berlin 2014)
- Theodor Schuster (PhD, HU Berlin 2014)
- Konstantin Wiegandt (PhD, HU Berlin 2012; Humboldt Prize 2013 of HU Berlin)
- Andreas Rodigast (PhD, HU Berlin, 2012)
- Per Sundin (PhD, Humboldt-University Berlin, 2010)
- Thomas Klose (PhD, Humboldt-University Berlin, 2005
Diplom/Master of Science
- Franziska Porkert (Master, HU Berlin 2020)
- Julien Barrat (Master, HU Berlin 2020)
- Anne Spiering (Master, HU Berlin 2017; Lise-Meitner Prize 2018)
- Julian Miczajka (Master, HU Berlin 2017; PGzB-Siemens-Prize 2018)
- Dennis Müller (Master, HU Berlin 2014)
- Hagen Münkler (Master, HU Berlin 2013)
- Valentin Verschinin (Master, HU Berlin 2012; PGzB-Siemens-Prize 2018)
- Joshua Groeger (Diploma, HU Berlin 2012)
- Andre Grossardt (Diploma, Humboldt-University Berlin, 2010)
- Charlotte Grosse-Wiesmann( Diploma, HU Berlin, 2010, Heraeus Physik Studienpreis der PGzB 2010)
- Theodor Schuster (Diploma, Humboldt-University Berlin, 2009, Lise-Meitner-Prize 2009)
- Konstantin Wiegandt (Diploma, Humboldt-University Berlin, 2008, Heraeus-Prize 2009)
- Ralf Sattler (Diploma, Humboldt-University Berlin, 2008
- Andreas Rodigast (Diploma, Humboldt-University Berlin, 2007, Heraeus-Prize 2008)
- Alexander Hentschel (Diploma, Humboldt-University Berlin, 2007)
- Fabian Spill (Diploma, Humboldt-University Berlin, 2007, Humboldt-Prize 2007)
- Steffen Stern (Diploma, University of Bonn, 2005)
- Petra Gutjahr (Diploma, University of Bonn, 2004)