Dr. Björn Lange

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Dr. Björn Lange

 

Dr. Björn Lange

born: January, 18th 1982 in Steinheim, Germany

 

Personal Profile
Materials modeling from first principles: plane-wave density functional theory calculations to model electronic structure of various material systems; ability to perform code development to tackle advanced questions in the context of computational material design; 


Professional Experience

  • Since September 2013: Postdoctoral associate within the aimsgroup of Prof. Volker Blum at the Duke University, Durham, USA
  • September 2012 - August 2013: Scientific staff at the Max Planck Institute for Iron Research GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany (Post-Doc)
  • June 2009 - August 2012: Scientific staff at the Max Planck Institute for Iron Research GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany (PhD student)
  • Since May 2009: Member of the S/PHI/nX multiscale library developer team 
    S/PHI/nX is a C++ code library for multiphysics simulations.
  • April - August 2002: Industrial internship at Weidmüller
    • Changing products to lead-free surfaces
    • Skin effect
    • Thermal element calibration
    • Development and testing of junction box connectors and alternative surface coating
  • 1997 - 2000: Industrial internship at Hornitex and Co. KG as laboratory assistant during school time

Education

  • August 2012: Doctoral degree with honors (mark: 1.0 / summa cum-laude) in physics, given by the University of Paderborn, Germany
  • April 2008 - August 2012: PhD Student at the Max Planck Institute for Iron Research GmbH in Düsseldorf, Germany
  • September 2007 - April 2008: PhD student at the University of Paderborn, Department of physics
  • September 2002 - September 2007: Student of physics at the University of Paderborn
  • September 2007: Master of Science with honors (mark: 1.0), University of Paderborn
  • September 2005: Bachelor of Science (mark: 1.1), University of Paderborn
  • June 2001: General qualification for university entrance (Abitur) at Leopoldinum Detmold (mark: 1.6)

Awards and Honors

  • June 2013:  Otto Hahn medal of the Max Planck Society
  • April 2008 - Mai 2009: Fellowship of the Max Planck Society
  • June 2001:  Prize of the Karl Doerth Stiftung for extraordinary accomplishments in natural science in connection with the general qualification for university entrance

PhD Thesis:

  • Lange, B., Limitierungen der p-Dotierbarkeit von Galliumnitrid: Eine Defektstudie von GaN:Mg auf Basis der Dichtefunktionaltheorie, 2012, Universität Paderborn, Germany

Publications:

  1. Mitra, C.; Lange, B.; Freysoldt, C., Quasiparticle band offsets of semiconductor heterojunctions from a generalized marker method, Physical Review B 84 (2011), no. 19, 193304-193308
  2. Lange, B.; Freysoldt, C.; Neugebauer, J., Construction and performance of fully numerical optimum atomic basis sets, Physical Review B 84 (2011), no. 8, 1-11
  3. Lange, B.; Freysoldt, C.; Neugebauer, J., Native and hydrogen-containing point defects in Mg3N2: A density functional theory study, Physical Review B 81 (2010), no. 22, 224109
  4. Lange, B.; Posner, R.; Pohl, K.; Thierfelder, C.; Grundmeier, G.; Blankenburg, S.; Schmidt, W.G., Water adsorption on hydrogenated Si(111) surfaces, Surface Science 603 (2009), 60-64
  5. Lange, B.; Schmidt, W.G., Ammonia adsorption on G/Si(001): First-principles calculations, Surface Science 602 (2008), 1207-1211

Contact:
Björn Lange ∙ MEMS Department ∙ Center for Materials Genomics
235 Hudson Hall, Box 90300 ∙ Duke University ∙ Durham, NC 27708 ∙ USA
Phone: +1 (919) 660 5358 ∙ E-mail bjoern.lange at duke.edu