Peter Wolfgang Talkner#
| Membership Number: | 4567 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.physik.uni-augsburg.de/theo1/Talkner |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2000 - present Senior Scientist, Titular Prof., University of Basel, Switzerland and University of Augsburg, Germany
- 1995 - 1999 Head of Section Stochastic Systems, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
- 1989 - 1994 Head of the Section Systems Analysis, Paul Scherrer Instititute, Switzerland
- 1981 - 1989 Senior Research Assistant (Akademischer Rat), University of Basel, Switzerland (Prof. Dr. H. Thomas)
- 1977 - 1980 Senior Research Assistant (Akademischer Rat), University of Stuttgart, Germany (Prof. W. Weidlich)
Fields of Scholarship
- Theoretical physics – statistical physics in and far from equilibrium
- Dissipative quantum systems
- Quantum thermodynamics
- Chemical kinetics and rate phenomena
- Hydrodynamic instabilities and flows, turbulence
- Stochastic phenomena in physics and in engineering sciences
- Nonlinear dynamics, control of quantum transport
- Data analysis of rare events in environmental sciences and climatology
- Fluctuation analysis in stock exchanges (econophysics)
Honours and Awards
- 2008 Elected Outstandig Referee for Physical Review E and other Am. Phys. Society journals
- 2009 Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society
- 2014 Honorary Polish Humboldt Prize
- 2013 Elected Visiting Professor, APCTP, Pohang, Korea
