Personal Information

Name Christoph Junghans

Education

University
Oct. 2010 PhD in Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany
Nov. 2006 Diploma in Physics, University of Leipzig, Germany
Minors: Meteorology, Chemistry
School
July 2000 Abitur, Gymnasium Brandis, Germany
Majors: Mathematics, Physics

Work Experience

Nov. 2011 - Present Postdoctoral research assistant, Los Alamos National Lab
Nov. 2010 - Oct. 2010 Postdoctoral research assistant, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz
Jan. 2007 - Oct. 2010 PhD Student, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz
Jan. 2009 - July 2009 Internship as Specialist for Application Performance & Deep Computing, IBM Systems & Technology Group
Oct. 2003 - Sept. 2006 Student assistant, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Leipzig
Aug. 2005 - Oct. 2005 Visiting students program "Scientific Computing", Jülich Supercomputing Centre
Sept. 2004 Student assistant, Institute for Meteorology, University of Leipzig
Feb. 2003 - April 2003 Service contract, Chair for Fluid Mechanics, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
March 2002 Student assistant, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Leipzig

Awards

June 2010 Participant of 60th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Nov. 2005 Wolfgang Natonek award, University of Leipzig
Oct. 2003 Teubner award, Department for Physics and Earth Science, University of Leipzig
July 2000 Book award of the German Physical Society (DPG) for school graduates

Talks

Colloquium Talks

July 2011 "Locality Analysis via Adaptive Resolution Simulations", Theoriekolloquium, Faculty of Natural Sciences II, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Invited Talks

Oct. 2011 "Multi-scale modeling using AdResS", CECAM Workshop "Coarse-grained Simulation of Biological Soft Matter Systems using ESPResSo", ICP Stuttgart
Oct. 2010 "Multi-scale modeling using AdResS", CECAM Workshop "Simulating Soft Matter with ESPResSo", ICP Stuttgart
May 2010 Votca Workshop, CSI Darmstadt
Nov. 2007 "Controlling material properties using a thermostat", CompPhys07, ITP Leipzig

Seminar Talks

July 2011 "Locality Analysis via Adaptive Resolution Simulations", DFH-UFA & TKM Seminar, Institut für Theoretische Physik, University of Leipzig
June 2011 "Versatile object-oriented toolkit for coarse-graining applications", Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University
Apr. 2011 "Adaptive resolution simulations of aqueous solutions", Séminaire de Physique, Biophysique et Physique Statistique, UPV Metz
Mar. 2011 "Adaptive resolution simulations of water", Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, UIUC
Mar. 2011 "Adaptive resolution simulations of aqueous solutions", Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology, Stony Brook University
Jan. 2011 "Versatile object-oriented toolkit for coarse-graining applications", Department of Theoretical and Computational Biophysics, MPI-BPC
Nov. 2009 "Versatile object-oriented toolkit for coarse-graining applications", Computational Biology Cluster Seminar, IFF-2, FZ Jülich
July 2009 "New HPC libraries for performance improvements", HPC Seminar, IBM Systems & Technology Group
June 2007 "Extensions to Dissipative Particle Dynamics", Faculty of Science, Lund University

Contributed Talks

Nov. 2009 "Versatile object-oriented toolkit for coarse-graining applications", CompPhys09, ITP Leipzig
Nov. 2008 "Comparative atomistic and coarse-grained study of water: simulation details vs. simulation feasibility", CompPhys08, ITP Leipzig
June 2008 "Adjusting dynamic material properties by a thermostat", ICMMES 2008, University of Amsterdam
Feb. 2008 "Controlling material properties using a thermostat", DPG Spring Meeting, Berlin 2008

Open Source Projects

VOTCA Versatile object-oriented toolkit for coarse-graining applications Core Developer
ESPReSo Extensible Simulation Package for Research on Soft matter Developer
ESPReSo++ Successor of the ESPResSo simulation package Developer
GroMaCS Versatile package to perform molecular dynamics Developer
Gentoo An advanced linux distribution Developer
Gnuplot A portable command-line driven graphing utility Contributor
Gnuplot Utils Some useful scripts for gnuplot Developer

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Computer Skills

General Linux, AIX, Mac OS, DOS, Windows
Programming C, Fortran, MPI, OpenMP
Scripting Shell, awk, Perl, expect, PHP, tcl
Markup Languages HTML, latex, mediawiki, txt2tags

Teaching Experience

April 2007 - Sept. 2008 Tutor, Theoretical physics I/II/III, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
April 2006 - Sept. 2006 Tutor, Introduction to computer simulations I, University of Leipzig
Oct. 2005 - March 2006 Tutor, Simulation methods in generalized ensembles, University of Leipzig
Sept. 2004 - Oct. 2004 Tutor, Mathematical preparation course for first-year students, University of Leipzig

Representative Experience

July 2007 - Dec. 2008 PhD representative of the Kremer group, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz
Nov. 2007 - Nov. 2008 PhD representative of the MPI for Polymer Research
Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2005 Elected member of student government (Fachschaftsrates) of the Department for Physics and Earth Science, University of Leipzig - Extensive committee work in this period

Publications

Reviewed Papers & Proceedings

  1. S. Fritsch, C. Junghans and K. Kremer
    Structure formation of toluene around C60: Implementation of the Adaptive Resolution Scheme (AdResS) into GROMACS,
    J. Chem. Theo. Comp. in press (2012) [online].

  2. V. Rühle and C. Junghans,
    Hybrid approaches to coarse-graining using the VOTCA package: liquid hexane,
    Macromol. Theory Simul. 20, 472 (2011) [online].

  3. C. Junghans, W. Janke and M. Bachmann,
    Hierarchies in Nucleation Transitions,
    Comp. Phys. Comm. 182, 1937 (2011) [online].

  4. B. P. Lambeth, Jr., C. Junghans, K. Kremer, C. Clementi, and L. Delle Site,
    Communication: On the Locality of Hydrogen Bond Networks at Hydrophobic Interface,
    J. Chem. Phys. 133, 221101 (2010) [online].
    Also featured in: Virt. J. Bio. Phys. Res. 20(12) (2010).

  5. C. Junghans and S. Poblete,
    A reference implementation of the adaptive resolution scheme in ESPResSo,
    Comp. Phys. Comm. 181, 1449 (2010) [online].

  6. V. Rühle, C. Junghans, A. Lukyanov, K. Kremer and D. Andrienko,
    Versatile Object-oriented Toolkit for Coarse-graining Applications,
    J. Chem. Theo. Comp. 5, 3211 (2009) [online] [Homepage] .

  7. C. Junghans, M. Bachmann and W. Janke,
    Statistical Mechanics of Aggregation and Crystallization for Semiflexible Polymers,
    Europhys. Lett. 87, 40002 (2009) [online].

  8. H. Wang, C. Junghans and K. Kremer,
    Comparative atomistic and coarse-grained study of water: What do we lose by coarse-graining?,
    Euro. Phys. J. E 28, 221 (2009) [online].

  9. M. Praprotnik, C. Junghans, L. Delle Site and K. Kremer,
    Simulation approaches to soft matter: Generic statistical properties vs. chemical details,
    Comp. Phys. Comm. 179, 51 (2008) [online].

  10. C. Junghans, M. Bachmann and W. Janke,
    Thermodynamics of Peptide Aggregation Processes: An Analysis from Perspectives of Three Statistical Ensembles,
    J. Chem. Phys. 128, 085103 (2008) [online].
    Also featured in: Virt. J. Nanoscale Sci. & Techn. 17(10) (2008) and Virt. J. Biol. Phys. Res. 15(5) (2008).

  11. C. Junghans, M. Praprotnik and K. Kremer,
    Transport properties controlled by a thermostat: An extended dissipative particle dynamics thermostat,
    Soft Matter 4, 156 (2008) [online].

  12. C. Junghans, M. Bachmann and W. Janke,
    Microcanonical Analyses of Peptide Aggregation Processes,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 218103 (2006) [online].

  13. C. Junghans and U. H. E. Hansmann,
    Numerical Comparison of Wang Landau Sampling and Parallel Tempering for Met-enkephalin,
    Int. J. Mod. Phys. C 17, 817 (2006) [online].

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Theses

  1. C. Junghans,
    Between the Scales: Water from different Perspectives,
    PhD Thesis, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (2010) [online].

  2. C. Junghans,
    Aggregation of Mesoscopic Protein-like Heteropolymers,
    Diploma Thesis, Universität Leipzig (2006) [online].

Other Publications

  1. T. Weidauer, C. Junghans, O. Pauluis, M. Pütz and J. Schumacher,
    Shallow Moist Convection,
    in: G. Münster, D. Wolf, M. Kremer (Eds.),
    NIC Symposium 2010, IAS Series Vol. 3, Jülich (2010), 373 [online].

  2. C. Junghans, M. Praprotnik and L. Delle Site,
    Adaptive Resolution Schemes,
    in: J. Grotendorst, N. Attig, S. Blügel and D. Marx (Eds.),
    Multiscale Simulation Methods in Molecular Sciences, NIC Series Vol. 42, Jülich (2009), 359 [online].

  3. C. Junghans, M. Bachmann and W. Janke,
    Phase Separation in Peptide Aggregation Processes - Multicanonical Study of a Mesoscopic Model,
    in: U. H. E. Hansmann, J. Meinke, S. Mohanty and O. Zimmermann (Eds.),
    From Computational Biophysics to Systems Biology 2007 , NIC Series Vol. 36, Jülich (2007), 169 [online].

  4. C. Junghans and U. H. E. Hansmann,
    Cross-Check Methods in Protein Simulations,
    in: U. H. E. Hansmann, J. Meinke, S. Mohanty and O. Zimmermann (Eds.),
    From Computational Biophysics to Systems Biology 2006, NIC Series Vol. 34, Jülich (2006), 157 [online].

  5. C. Junghans,
    The Method of Multicanonical Simulations in Different Models,
    Technical Report, Universität Leipzig (2005), [online].

  6. C. Junghans,
    Modern Methods in Protein Simulations,
    in: R. Esser(Ed.), Technical Report IB-2005-13, John von Neumann Institute for Computing, Jülich (2005), 83 [online].