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Principal InvestigatorWestfälische Wilhelms-Universität MünsterDepartment of Physics, Inst. of Solid State TheoryPhone: +49-251 83-36340workEmail: michael.rohlfing@wwu.deINTERNETLink: Project A13 (Rohlfing)Link: BiographyExpertise
Theoretical physics, electronic-structure theory, many-body perturbation theory, excited electronic states, adsorbate systems, low-dimensional solids
University Education
2001 | Habilitation in Theoretical Physics, WWU Münster, „Excited electronic states and optical spectra of solids, surfaces, and molecules” |
1996 | Doctoral degree in Physics (Dr. rer. nat.), WWU Münster, Dissertation on “Quasiparticle band structures of semiconductors and semiconductor”, thesis advisor: Prof. J. Pollmann |
1993 | Diploma degree in Physics (Dipl. Phys.), WWU Münster, supervisor: Prof. J. Pollmann |
1988-1993 | Studies in Physics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität (WWU) Münster |
Professional Experience
since 2013 | Professor (W3) of Theoretical Physics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
2005-2013 | Professor (W3) of Theoretical Physics, Universität Osnabrück |
2003-2005 | Associate Professor of Physics, International University (now: Jacobs University) Bremen |
1999-2003 | Postdoctoral studies, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
1997-1998 | Postdoctoral studies, University of California at Berkeley, USA (Prof. S.G. Louie) |
1993-1998 | Research Assistant, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Prof. J. Pollmann) |
Honours, Awards and other Proofs of Qualification
2013 | Member of the computer-time advisory board (Rechenzeitkommission) of the John-von-Neumann Institute for Computing (Jülich) |
2007-2011 | Dean of Studies of Physics, Universität Osnabrück |
2001 | Heisenberg fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
1999 | Habilitation fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
Selected Publications
- M. Rohlfing, S. G. Louie
Optical excitations in conjugated polymers
Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 1959 (1999). - M. Rohlfing, S. G. Louie
Electron-hole excitations and optical spectra from first principles
Phys. Rev. B 62, 4927 (2000). - M. Weinelt, M. Kutschera, T. Fauster, M. Rohlfing
Dynamics of exciton formation at the Si(001)-c(4×2) surface
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 126801 (2004). - A. Hauschild, K. Karki, B. C. C. Cowie, M. Rohlfing, F. S. Tautz, M. Sokolowski
Molecular distortions and chemical bonding of a large pi-conjugated molecule on a metal surface
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 036106 (2005). - M. Rohlfing, T. Bredow
Binding energy of adsorbates on a noble-metal surface: exchange and correlation effects
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 266106 (2008). - C. Weiss, C. Wagner, C. Kleimann, M. Rohlfing, F.S. Tautz, R. Temirov
Imaging Pauli repulsion in scanning tunneling microscopy
Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 086103 (2010). - J. Mu, Y. Ma, H. Yin, C. Liu, M. Rohlfing
Photoluminescence of single-walled carbon nanotubes: The role of Stokes shift and impurity levels
Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 137401 (2013). - C. Wagner, N. Fournier, V. G. Ruiz, C. Li, K. Müllen, M. Rohlfing, A. Tkatchenko, R. Temirov, F. S. Tautz
Non-additivity of molecule-surface van der Waals potentials from force measurements
Nature Comm. 5, 5568 (2014). - T. Deilmann, M. Drüppel, M. Rohlfing
Three-particle correlation from a many-body perspective: Trions in a carbon
Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 196804 (2016). - T. Esat, B. Lechtenberg, T. Deilmann, C. Wagner, P. Krüger, R. Temirov, M. Rohlfing, F. B. Anders, F. S. Tautz
A chemically driven quantum phase transition in a two-molecule Kondo system
Nature Phys., doi:10.1038/nphys3737 (2016).