PD Dr. Thomas Gruhn
PD Dr. Thomas Gruhn
Faculty of Engineering Science
Chair of Biomaterials
Job History
| since 10/2011 | Academic Councilor (Akademischer Rat), Faculty of Engineering Science, University of Bayreuth |
| 01/2008 – 09/2011 | Leader of the research group „Theoretical Material Science“, Institute of Anorganic and Analytic Chemistry, University of Mainz |
| 04/2001 – 12/2007 | Research group leader in the department „Theory and bio systems“ of the Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam |
| 03/2000 – 03/2001 | Post-Doc in the theory group of Prof. P. Monson, University of Massachusetts, USA |
| 03/1999 – 03/2000 | System Engineer at the Siemens company |
| 10/1995 – 02/1999 | Scientific Assistant at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, Technical University Berlin |
| 10/1992 – 10/1995 | Tutor at the Department of Mathematics, TU Berlin |
Education
| 12/2009 | Assistant Professor (Privatdozent) for Theoretical Physics at the University of Mainz |
| 04/2008 | State doctorate, TU Berlin |
| 10/1998 | Dr. rer. nat., „summa cum laude“, TU Berlin |
| 04/1995 | Diploma in Physics, TU Berlin |
Awards and other responsibilities
| since 01/2018 | Subproject leader of the Chinese-German research project: „Improved half-Heusler thermoelectric materials“ |
| 06/2013 – 06/2017 | Subproject leader of the Special Research Program SFB 840 “From particulate nanosystems to mesotechnology”. Subproject: “Simulations and phase field calculations of structure formation in nanoparticle systems” |
| 01/2013 – 09/2016 | Subproject leader of the DFG-Focus Program SPP 1386: “Nanostructured Thermoelectrics” Subproject: “Multiscale simulation of domain structures in thermoelectric materials” |
| 12/2012 | Grant of a patent on Optoelectronic functional materials – production and application |
| 03/2009 | Organizer of the workshop “Theory of Heteromaterials” in Mainz |
| 09/2008 | Member of an SFB assessment committee |
| 09/2008 | Organizer of the summer school “Simulation of Macromolecules on Different Scales” |
| 01/04 – 12/2006 | Subproject leader of the Special Research Program SFB 448, “Mesoscopically structured composite materials”. Subproject: “Structure in Systems of Rod-Shaped Molecules” |
| 03/99 – 03/2000 | 7 granted patents from the area of Algorithms for signal in wireless communication networks |
| 11/1991 – 04/1995 | Scholar of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
| 11/1987 | Winner of the Computer/Science Contest of the Initiative Berlin-USA e.V |
Faculty of Engineering Science
Chair of Biomaterials
Computer-based studies of structure formation and material properties of soft and solid-state matter from the atomistic to the macroscopic length scale.
- Investigated materials:
Colloidal quasicrystals, colloid-polymer composite materials (with a focus on anisotropic colloids), self-organizing polymer networks, filament networks, thermoelectrics, thin film solar cells, vesicles. - Methods:
Monte-Carlo and Molecular Dynamics simulations, continuum methods, self-consistent meanfield theory, ab-initio density functional theory, phase field theory.
Faculty of Engineering Science
Chair of Biomaterials
Selected publications
2023
Gruhn, Thomas; Ortiz Monsalve, Camilo; Müller, Claudia; Heid, Susanne; Boccaccini, Aldo R.; Salehi, Sahar
Fabrication of Hydrogel-Based Composite Fibers and Computer Simulation of the Filler Dynamics i ...
in Bioengineering volume 10 (2023) issue 4
doi:10.3390/bioengineering10040448 ...
Gruhn, Thomas; Ortiz Monsalve, Camilo; Salehi, Sahar
Structure formation of rod-like fillers in a contraction flow
in Physics of Fluids volume 35 (2023) issue 4
doi:10.1063/5.0143006 ...
2022
Miranda, Joaquin; Gruhn, Thomas
Interplay Between Electronic States and Structural Stability in Cation-Deficient VCoSb, NbCoSb, ...
in Journal of Electronic Materials volume 51 (2022) issue 5. - page 2043-2053
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006619 ...
2016
Miranda Mena, Joaquin; Rausch, Elisabeth; Ouardi, Siham; Gruhn, Thomas; Fecher, Gerhard H.; Schoberth, Heiko G.; Emmerich, Heike; Felser, Claudia
Miscibility Gap in the Phase Diagrams of Thermoelectric Half-Heusler Materials CoTi_(1-x)Y_(x)S ...
in Journal of Electronic Materials volume 45 (2016) issue 3. - page 1382-1388
doi:10.1007/s11664-015-4041-9 ...
Schoberth, Heiko G.; Emmerich, Heike; Holzinger, Markus; Dulle, Martin; Förster, Stephan; Gruhn, Thomas
Molecular dynamics study of colloidal quasicrystals
in Soft Matter volume 12 (2016) issue 36. - page 7644-7654
doi:10.1039/C6SM01454B ...
Miranda Mena, Joaquin; Schoberth, Heiko G.; Gruhn, Thomas; Emmerich, Heike
Nanophase separation in CoSb-based half-Heusler thermoelectrics : A multiscale simulation study
in Physica Status Solidi A volume 213 (2016) issue 3. - page 706-715
doi:10.1002/pssa.201532457 ...
2015
Miranda Mena, Joaquin; Schoberth, Heiko G.; Gruhn, Thomas; Emmerich, Heike
Ab initio study of domain structures in half-metallic CoTi₁₋ₓMnₓSb and thermoelectric CoTi₁₋ₓSc ...
in Journal of Alloys and Compounds volume 650 (2015) . - page 728-740
doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.07.193 ...
2014
Miranda Mena, Joaquin; Schoberth, Heiko G.; Gruhn, Thomas; Emmerich, Heike
Nano-domains in thermoelectric Half-Heusler CoTi₀.₅Sc₀.₅Sb alloys
in MRS Online Proceedings Library volume 1735 (2014) . - page 1-7
doi:10.1557/opl.2015.295 ...
2012
Chelakkot, Raghunath; Gruhn, Thomas
Length dependence of crosslinker induced network formation of rods: a Monte Carlo study
in Soft Matter volume 8 (2012) issue 46. - page 11746-11754
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00004804 ...
Faculty of Engineering Science
Chair of Biomaterials
PD Dr. Thomas Gruhn
Department of Engineering Science
University of BayreuthTAO Gebäude
Prof.-Rüdiger-Bormann-Str. 1,
95447 Bayreuth
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-6729
E-mail: Thomas.Gruhn@uni-bayreuth.de
Homepage: Chair of Biomaterials