Volker Blum

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Volker Blum
 

Dr. Volker Blum 
Timothy P. and Mary M. Rooney Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science 
Postal: 144 Hudson Hall, Box 90300  
Duke University ∙ Durham, NC 27708 ∙ USA 
Phone: +1 (919) 660 5279 ∙ E-mail volker.blum <at> duke.edu

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Education

2001 ∙ Dr. rer. nat., Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany 
1996 ∙ Diplom-Physiker , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

Professional Experience

2013 - present ∙ Duke University, Durham, NC  
2013 - present ∙ Primary Appointment: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science 
2015 - present ∙ Secondary Appointment: Department of Chemistry

2004 - 2013 ∙ Scientist (since 2009: Group Leader), Theory Department, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany  
2002 - 2004 ∙ Postdoctoral Researcher, Solid State Theory Group, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO

Publications

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Awards, Honors, Service

2023 - Timothy P. and Mary M. Rooney Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

2023 - ∙ Chair, Science & Software Advisory Board, The Molecular Sciences Software Institute, Blacksburg, VA  

2021 - 2023 ∙ Member, Science & Software Advisory Board, The Molecular Sciences Software Institute, Blacksburg, VA  

2021 - ∙ Principal Editor, Computer Physics Communications  

2018 - ∙ Editorial Board Member, Electronic Structure  
2016 - 2021 ∙ Specialist Editor "Condensed Matter Physics", Computer Physics Communications  

2016 - 2017 ∙ August-Wilhelm Scheer Visiting Professorship, Technical University of Munich, Germany 

2016 ∙ Outstanding Referee of the Physical Review Journals 

2002 ∙ Staedtler Foundation Prize for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis 

1990 - 1996 ∙ State of Bavaria Scholarship for Outstanding Students