Prof. Dr. Raphael Wittkowski
With his research group, he investigates systems of active soft matter to explore their fundamental properties and develop important practical applications. Current research focuses include sound- or light-driven microrobots, acoustofluidics, microfluidics, computational fluid dynamics simulations, ultrasound, programmable and intelligent materials, 3D printing, and artificial neural networks, as well as their applications in medicine and engineering. The group's methodological focus lies in modeling, method development, computer simulations, and software development.
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Detailed Curriculum Vitae of Prof. Wittkowski
Raphael Wittkowski is a Professor of "Theory of Active Soft Matter" at the DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials and in the Department of Physics of RWTH Aachen University. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics (2009), a Bachelor's degree in Physics (2009), a Master's degree in Physics (2010), and a PhD in Physics (2012) from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. After completing his doctorate, he conducted research stays with Prof. Dr. Hartmut Löwen at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf and with Prof. Dr. Michael E. Cates at the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom). He then became a research group leader (2016) and Assistant Professor (2017) in the Department of Physics at the University of Münster. Later, he obtained a professorship in Theoretical Physics at RWTH Aachen University (2025).
Publications
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How to Derive a Predictive Field Theory for Active Brownian Particles: a Step-by-Step Tutorial
M. te Vrugt, J. Bickmann, and R. Wittkowski
Dies ist eine externe Publikation.
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https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/acc440 | Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter | 2023 | |
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Inertial Self-Propelled Particles in Anisotropic Environments
A. R. Sprenger, C. Scholz, A. Ldov, R. Wittkowski, and H. Löwen
Dies ist eine externe Publikation.
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-023-01396-6 | Communications Physics | 2023 | |
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Orientation-Dependent Propulsion of Active Brownian Spheres: From Self-Advection to Programmable Cluster Shapes
S. Bröker, J. Bickmann, M. te Vrugt, M. E. Cates, and R. Wittkowski
Dies ist eine externe Publikation.
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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.168203 | Physical Review Letters | 2023 | |
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Perspective: New Directions in Dynamical Density Functional Theory
M. te Vrugt and R. Wittkowski
Dies ist eine externe Publikation.
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https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/ac8633 | Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter | 2023 | |
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Roadmap for Optical Tweezers 2023
G. Volpe, O. M. Maragò, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, G. Pesce, A. B. Stilgoe, G. Volpe, G. Tkachenko, V. G. Truong, S. N. Chormaic, F. Kalantarifard, P. Elahi, M. Käll, A. Callegari, M. I. Marquès, A. A. R. Neves, W. L. Moreira, A. Fontes, C. L. Cesar, R. Saija, A. Saidi, P. Beck, J. S. Eismann, P. Banzer, T. F. D. Fernandes, F. Pedaci, W. P. Bowen, R. Vaippully, M. Lokesh, B. Roy, G. Thal- hammer, M. Ritsch-Marte, L. Pérez García, A. V. Arzola, I. Pérez Castillo, A. Argun, T. M. Muenker, B. E. Vos, T. Betz, I. Cristiani, P. Minzioni, P. J. Reece, F. Wang, D. McGloin, J. C. Ndukaife, R. Quidant, R. P. Roberts, C. Laplane, T. Volz, R. Gordon, D. Hanstorp, J. Tello Marmolejo, G. D. Bruce, K. Dholakia, T. Li, O. Brzobohatý, S. H. Simpson, P. Zemánek, F. Ritort, Y. Roichman, V. Bobkova, R. Wittkowski, C. Denz, G. P. Kumar, A. Foti, M. Grazia Do- nato, P. G. Gucciardi, L. Gardini, G. Bianchi, A. Kashchuk, M. Capitanio, L. Paterson, P. H. Jones, K. Berg-Sørensen, Y. F. Barooji, L. B. Oddershede, P. Pouladian et al.
Dies ist eine externe Publikation.
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https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7647/acb57b | Journal of Physics: Photonics | 2023 | |
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Thermodynamics of an Empty Box
G. J. Schmitz, M. te Vrugt, T. Haug-Warberg, L. Ellingsen, P. Needham, and R. Wittkowski
Dies ist eine externe Publikation.
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https://doi.org/10.3390/e25020315 | Entropy | 2023 | |
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Derivation and Analysis of a Phase Field Crystal Model for a Mixture of Active and Passive Particles
M. te Vrugt, M. P. Holl, A. Koch, R. Wittkowski, and U. Thiele
Dies ist eine externe Publikation.
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https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-651X/ac856a | Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering | 2022 | |
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Inertial Dynamics of an Active Brownian Particle
J. Mayer Martins and R. Wittkowski
Dies ist eine externe Publikation.
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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.106.034616 | Physical Review E | 2022 | |
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Classical Dynamical Density Functional Theory: from Fundamentals to Applications
M. te Vrugt, H. Löwen, and R. Wittkowski
Dies ist eine externe Publikation.
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https://doi.org/10.1080/00018732.2020.1854965 | Advances in Physics | 2020 | |
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Projection Operators in Statistical Mechanics: A Pedagogical Approach
M. te Vrugt and R. Wittkowski
Dies ist eine externe Publikation.
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https://doi.org/0.1088/1361-6404/ab8e28 | European Journal of Physics | 2020 | |
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Differently Shaped Hard Body Colloids in Confinement: from Passive to Active Particles
H. H. Wensink, H. Löwen, M. Marechal, A. Härtel, R. Wittkowski, U. Zimmermann, A. Kaiser, and A. M. Menzel
Dies ist eine externe Publikation.
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https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2013-02073-0 | European Physical Journal Special Topics | 2013 | |
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Brownian Dynamics of Active and Passive Anisotropic Colloidal Particles
R. Wittkowski
Dies ist eine externe Publikation.
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https://doi.org/10.2370/9783844013689 | Berichte aus der Physik | 2012 |