Jürgen Kurths - Curriculum vitae#


Born: March 11th, 1953 in Arendsee (Altmark), Germany
Family: married to Elke Kurths, born Baumgartnerl, children: Andreas und Anja Kurths

Education
  • 1971-1975 University of Rostock, Diploma in Mathematics
  • 1983 Dr.rer.nat. (PhD)
  • 1991 Habilitation (Theoretical Physics)

Positions
  • 1975-1983 Scientist, Central Institute for Solar-Terrestrical Physics, Academy of Sciences
  • 1984-1990 Scientist, Central Institute for Astrophysics, Academy of Sciences
  • 1990-1991 Project leader at the Central Institute for Astrophysics
  • 1991-1996 Director of the working group „Nonlinear Dynamics“ of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
  • since 1994 Director of the Interdisciplinary Center Dynamics of Complex Systems at the University Potsdam
  • since 1994 Full Professor (C4) for Theoretical Physics/Nonlinear Dynamics at University Potsdam
  • 1996-1999 Dean of the Faculty for Mathematics and Science
  • since 1998 Vicespeaker of Sonderforschungsbereiches 555 "Complex Nonlinear Processes" (German Research Society)
  • since 1999 Member of Fraunhofer-Society
  • since 2000 Fellow of the American Physical Society
  • 2000-2005 President of Section Nonlinear Processes in Geoscience of the European Geoscience Union
  • 2000-2004 Coordinator EU Network “Control, Synchronization and Characterization of Spatially Extended Nonlinear Systems”
  • 2001-2007 Co-coordinator of Schwerpunktprogramm 1114 Time Series Analysis and Image Processing (German Research Society)
  • 2002-2006 Speaker of the Research Group “Conflicting Rules in Cognitive Science”
  • 2005 Humboldt-CSIR research award
  • 2005-2009 Member steering committee of the new Network of Excellence BIOSIM (EU)

Editorial Boards
  • Int.Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos
  • Springer-Series Synergetics
  • Int. Journal of Complex Systems Research
  • CHAOS
  • Nonlinear Processes in Geoscience (Executive Editor)

Visiting Professor in
  • China
  • Japan
  • Spain
  • India

Memberships
  • Fellow of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft
  • Guest fellow of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society

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