Kurt Binder
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Kurt Binder (born February 10, 1944 in Korneuburg) is an Austrian physicist. He received his Ph.D. at the Technical University of Vienna, and his habilitation degree at the Technical University of Munich, before taking up a post as Professor at the Saarland University. For six years, he was head of the Institute for Solid State Research at the Forschungszentrum Jülich, prior to taking his present post as a University Professor for Theoretical Physics at the University of Mainz, Germany, in 1983.
His research is in the areas of condensed matter physics and statistical physics. He is best known for pioneering the develpoment 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 from phase transitions to polymer physics.[1]
[edit] Awards
- Max Planck Medal in 1993.
- Berni J. Alder CECAM Prize in 2001.
- Boltzmann Medal in 2007.
