DLR - Institute of Materials Physics in Space - Matthias Sperl, Institute of Materials Physics in Space

Prof. Dr. Matthias Sperl

Prof. Dr. Matthias Sperl

German Aerospace Center
Institute of Materials Physics in Space
Linder Höhe
51147 Köln

Phone:+49 2203 601-3434
Fax:+49 2203 61768
Mail:Matthias Sperl

Current research activities:

statistical physics of disordered systems
statics and dynamics of granular matter
soft matter in space
experiments in microgravity

Curriculum Vitae:

	since 2016	Professor for Physics of Granular Matter, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne, Germany
	since 2011	Group Leader Granular Matter, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany
	2009	Professor/Acting Chair (Lehrstuhlvertretung), University of Göttingen, Germany
	2008/09	Lectureship (Lehrauftrag), University of Düsseldorf, Germany
	since 2007	Scientist, Institute for Materials Physics in Space, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany
	2004-2006	Postdoc, Duke University, Durham, USA
	2003	PhD, Technical University of Munich, Germany
	2000	Diploma in Physics, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Diploma, awards, functions:

	Coordinator of Horizon 2020 project RegoLight, 2015-17
	Coordinator ESA Roadmap Soft Matter in Microgravity, 2016
	Coordinator ISS Instrument Soft-Matter Dynamics, 2013
	Robert-Wichard-Pohl Medal, Göttingen 2009
	PhD in Natural Sciences, 2003, thesis title: Asymptotic Laws near Higher-Order Glass-Transition Singularities
	Diploma in Physics, 2000, thesis title: Glass Transition in Colloids with Attractive Interaction.

Selection of recent publications:

H. Mizuno, L. E. Silbert, M. Sperl, Spatial Distributions of Local Elastic Moduli Near the Jamming Transition, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 068302 (2016).
N. Gnan, G. Das, M. Sperl, F. Sciortino, E. Zaccarelli, Multiple higher-order singularities and iso-dynamics in a simple glass-former model, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 258302 (2014).
Ph. Born, N. Rothbart, M. Sperl, and H.-W. Hübers, Granular Structure Determined by Terahertz Scattering, Europhysics Letters 106, 48006 (2014).
W. T. Kranz, M. Sperl and A. Zippelius: Glass Transition for Driven Granular Fluids. Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 225701 (2010).
M. Sperl, E. Zaccarelli, F. Sciortino, P. Kumar and H. E. Stanley, Disconnected Glass-Glass Transitions and Diffusion Anomalies in a Model with Two Repulsive Length Scales, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 145701 (2010).
T. S. Majmudar, M. Sperl, S. Luding, and R. P. Behringer: Jamming Transition in Granular Systems. Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 058001 (2007).
W. Götze and M. Sperl, Nearly-logarithmic decay of correlations in glass-forming liquids, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 105701 (2004).