Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Jürgen Kurths
(*11.03.1953)
Academic Training & Professional Experience
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1975 |
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Diploma in Mathematics, University of Rostock |
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1975 – 1983 |
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Scientist, Central Institute for solar-terrestrial Physics, Academy of Sciences, Berlin (East Germany) |
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1983 |
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Dr.rer.nat. (PhD) at the Academy of Sciences, Berlin, Germany |
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1984 – 1990 |
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Scientist, Central Institute for Astrophysics, Academy of Sciences, Potsdam (East Germany) |
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1990 – 1991 |
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Project leader at the Institute for Astrophysics, Potsdam (Germany) |
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1991 |
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Habilitation: Theoretical Physics, University Rostock, Germany |
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1992 – 1996 |
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Director of the working group „Nonlinear Dynamics“ of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft |
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1994 – 2008 |
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Founding Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre “Dynamics of Complex Systems” at the University Potsdam |
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1994 – 2008 |
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Full Professor (C4) for Theoretical Physics/Nonlinear Dynamics at the University Potsdam |
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2009 - 2017 |
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6th Century Chair for Complex Systems Biology (part time), King´s College, University of Aberdeen (UK) |
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Since 2008 |
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Chair of Research Domain: Transdisciplinary Concepts and Methods, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research |
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Since 2008 |
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Full Professor for Nonlinear Dynamics, Institute of Physics, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin |
Other Professional Service Activities
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2000 – 2001 |
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Vice-President for Research and International Relations, at the University Potsdam |
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1998 – 2010 |
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Vice-Speaker of Sonderforschungsbereich 555 „Komplexe Nichtlineare Prozesse“ (DFG) |
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1999 – 2009 |
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President of the Leibniz-Kolleg Potsdam |
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2000 – 2005 |
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President of the European Geophysical Union for the Division Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics |
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2000 – 2008 |
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Coordinator of the Profilbereich “Komplexe Systeme” at the University Potsdam |
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2001 – 2007 |
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Co-Coordinator of Schwerpunktprogramm 1114 “Time Series Analysis and Image Processing” (DFG) |
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Since 2001 |
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Organizational Board “Experimental Chaos Conference” |
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2003 – 2006 |
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Speaker of the Research Group “Conflicting Rules in Cognitive Science” (DFG) |
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2004 – 2009 |
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Member of the steering committee of the Network of Excellence BIOSIM (EU) |
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2007 – 2011 |
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Member of the steering committee of GoFORSYS, Centre for Systems Biology, University Potsdam |
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2010 - 2014 |
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Member of the Advisory Board of Funding Program for World-Leading Innovative R&D on Science and Technology – FIRST (Japan) |
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2010 - 2016 |
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PI at Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin |
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2011 – 2020 |
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Speaker of the International Research and Training Group (IRTG 1740): Dynamical and Transport Phenomena on Complex Networks (Germany and Brazil, DFG&FAPESP) |
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Since 2013 |
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Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Max Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden |
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Since 2016 |
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Elected Member of the Review Board, German Science Foundation |
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2016 - 2017 |
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Chairman Physikalische Gesellschaft zu Berlin(PGzB) |
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Since 2016 |
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Chapman Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks |
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Since 2016 |
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Honorary Professor, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an (China) |
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Since 2018 |
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Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the MPI for Molecular Physiology |
Awards and Nominations
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2000 |
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Fellow of the American Physical Society |
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2005 |
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Award Computers in Cardiology Challenge |
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2005 |
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Alexander von Humboldt Research Award from CSIR (India) |
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2008 |
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Honory Doctorate from Lobatschevsky University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia |
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2010 |
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Member of the Academia Europaea |
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2011 |
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Honorary Professor, University Potsdam |
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2012 |
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Guest Professor, Southeast University, Nanjing |
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2012 |
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Honorary Doctorate from State University, Saratov |
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2013 |
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Lewis Fry Richardson Medal of the European Geosciences Union |
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2015 |
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Burgers Visiting Professor and Burgers Lecture, University of Maryland |
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2017, 2018 |
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Highly Cited Researcher (WoS) |
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2017 |
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Honorary Professor, King´s College, University of Aberdeen |
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2018 |
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Honorary Professor, Tianjin University (China) |
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2018 |
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Honorary Professor, Huaqiao University, Xiamen (China) |
Member of Board of Journals and Book Series
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2000-2011 |
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Int. Journal Bifurcation & Chaos |
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Since 2003 |
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Springer Series of Complexity |
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Since 2003 |
Int. Journal of Complex Systems Research |
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2004-2006 |
CHAOS, Advisory Board |
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2005-2016 |
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, Executive Editor |
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Since 2006 |
Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society |
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2007-2015 |
CHAOS, Editorial Board |
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2008-2013 |
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Philosophical Transaction of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences |
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Since 2009 |
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European Journal Physics, Special Topics |
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2010 |
EICE |
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Since 2011 |
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PLoS ONE |
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2012-2016 |
Journal of Nonlinear Science |
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Since 2012 |
Honorary board member of Int. J. Bif.&Chaos |
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Since 2012 |
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European Journal Physics, Nonlinear Biomedical Physics |
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Since 2015 |
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Europhysics Letters |
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Since 2016 |
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CHAOS, Editor-in-Chief |
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Since 2017 |
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AIMS Geosciences |
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Since 2017 |
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Advanced Theory and Simulations |
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Since 2017 |
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, Editorial Board |
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Since 2019 |
Frontiers in Physics |
Training of Young Scientists & Host of Fellows and Scholars
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Supervision of more than 90 PhD students from 20 countries |
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14 Habilitations |
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50 of former students and fellows have got a tenured appointment in Germany, France, Russia, Spain, UK, USA, Brazil, Japan, China, India, Australia, Turkey, Bolivia, Bangladesh and Cameroon |
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Hosted 5 Research Awardees and more than 30 Research Fellows of the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation, more than 35 Fellows and Students via DAAD and more than 50 Fellows and Students coming with their own grants |
Publications
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> 650 papers in ISI journals |
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> 42.000 citations (Web of Science) – (> 70.000 google scholar) |
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h-index = 95 (Web of Science) – (120 in google scholar) |
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among them 13 papers in Nature and its group, 6 in PNAS, 43 in Phys. Rev. Lett. |
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10 monographs, amongst them
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12 Important Papers
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M.G. Rosenblum, A.S. Pikovsky, J. Kurths: Phase Synchronization of Chaotic Oscillators. Phys. Rev. Lett. 76(11), 1804-1807 (1996). (2029 citations) |
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A.S. Pikovsky, J. Kurths: Coherence Resonance in a Noise-Driven Excitable System. Phys.Rev. Lett. 78(5), 775-778 (1997). (1253 citations) |
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C. Schäfer, M.G. Rosenblum, J. Kurths, H.H. Abel: Heartbeat synchronized with ventilation. NATURE 392, 239-240 (1998). (529 citations) |
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S. Boccaletti, J. Kurths, G. Osipov, C.S. Zhou: The synchronization of chaotic systems. Phys. Rep. 366 (1-2), 1-101 (2002). (1775 citations) |
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C. Zhou, A. E. Motter, J. Kurths, Universality in the synchronization of weighted random networks. Phys. Rev. Lett. 96(3), 034101 (2006). (529 citations) |
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Arenas, Diaz-Guilera, A., Kurths, J., Moreno, Y., Zhou, C.: Synchronization in Complex Networks, Phys. Rep. 469, 93-153 (2008). (1882 citations) |
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J. F. Donges, Y. Zou, N. Marwan, J. Kurths, The backbone of the climate network, Europhys. Lett., 87, 48007 (2009). (220 citations) |
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W. Yu, G. Chen, M. Gao, J. Kurths, Second-order consensus for multiagent systems with directed topologies and nonlinear dynamics, IEEE, Trans. Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 40, 881 (2010). (618 citations) |
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P. Menck, J. Heitzig, N. Marwan, J. Kurths, How basin stability complements the linear stability paradigm, Nature Physics, 9, 89–92 (2013) (202 citations) |
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Zou, Wei; Senthilkumar, D. V.; Nagao, Raphael; J. Kurths; Restoration of rhythmicity in diffusively coupled dynamical networks, Nature Communications, 6, 7709 (2015) (85 citations) |
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Wang, Zhen; Jusup, Marko; Wang, Rui-Wu; J. Kurths, Onymity promotes cooperation in social dilemma experiments, SCIENCE ADVANCES 3, e1601444 (2017) ( 90 citations) |
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N. Boers, B. Goswami, B. Bookhagen, B. Hoskins, J. Kurths, The global pattern of extreme rainfall teleconnections revealed by complex networks, Nature (2019) |
Invited Presentations
| Over 250 keynote, plenary and invited talks at international conferences. |
Organization of Conferences and Schools
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Organization of 24 international Conferences |
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Organization of 16 international Schools |
Scientific Funding
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Various projects funded by DFG, BMBF, VW-Foundation, EU, ESA, Leibniz Foundation, County Brandenburg (Germany), RSF, NSFC, NSF. |
