Ralf Metzler (born 13 October 1968) is a physicist that focuses on nonequilibrium statistical physics and anomalous stochastic processes, with applications to biological and soft matter systems. He currently is chair professor for

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and is an Alexander von Humboldt Polish Honorary Research Fellow.

Education

Metzler holds a Diploma (magna cum laude) degree in

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(1994) and a

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(summa cum laude, 1996) from the

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. He performed postdoctoral research at

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Academic career

Metzler became an assistant professor at the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (NORDITA) in

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in 2002. He later spend a period of time in

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, where he was appointed Canada Research Chair in

Biological Physics Biophysics is an interdisciplinary science that applies approaches and methods traditionally used in physics to study biological phenomena. Biophysics covers all scales of biological organization, from molecular to organismic and populations. B ...

at the

University of Ottawa The University of Ottawa (french: Université d'Ottawa), often referred to as uOttawa or U of O, is a bilingual public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on directly to the northeast of Downtown Ottaw ...

and he moved to the

Technical University of Munich The Technical University of Munich (TUM or TU Munich; german: Technische Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It specializes in engineering, technology, medicine, and applied and natural sciences. Establis ...

as a professor. Since 2011, he is chair professor for

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and is an Alexander von Humboldt Polish Honorary Research Fellow.

Awards

* Feodor Lynen Fellow,

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (german: Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung) is a foundation established by the government of the Federal Republic of Germany and funded by the Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry of Education and Rese ...

* Amos de Shalit Fellow,

Minerva Foundation The Minerva Foundation is a US-based non-profit, scientific and charitable foundation. It is headquartered in Berkeley, California. It was established in 1983 by Helen and Elwin Marg. Other than the founders, directors include Richard M. Buxbaum ...

* Emmy Noether Fellow,

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* Canada Research Chair in Biological Physics * Finland Distinguished Professor (FiDiPro) * Outstanding Referee by the American Physical Society * Sigma Phi Prize

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Metzler, Ralf 1968 births Living people People from Neuenbürg 21st-century German physicists Academic staff of the University of Potsdam