- Kurt Binder
Kurt Binder (born
February 10 ,1944 inKorneuburg ) is an Austrian physicist. Hereceived his Ph.D. at theTechnical University of Vienna , and hishabilitation degree at theTechnical University of Munich , before taking up a post as Professor at theSaarland University . For six years, he was head of the Institute for Solid State Research at theForschungszentrum Jülich , prior to taking his present post as a University Professor forTheoretical Physics at theUniversity of Mainz ,Germany , in 1983.His research is in the areas of
condensed matter physics andstatistical physics . He is best known for pioneering the development of Monte Carlo simulations as a quantitative tool in statistical physics, and for catalyzing its application in many areas of physical research. He made important and widely recognized contributions to several fields, ranging fromphase transition s topolymer physics. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=6J0R0s-uZbkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22kurt+binder%22&sig=x2sWf5jaRucrITn3s6a0HlEMySA Monte Carlo Simulation in Statistical Physics: An Introduction by Kurt Binder and Dieter W. Heermann] ]Awards
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Max Planck Medal in1993 .
*Berni J. AlderCECAM Prize in2001 .
*Boltzmann Medal in2007 .External links
* [http://www.cond-mat.physik.uni-mainz.de/~binder/ Homepage at University of Mainz]
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