Clemens Bechinger
Status: Professor
Phone: 07531-88-2955
clemens.bechinger@uni-konstanz.de
Room: P1009
Education
- 1999: Habilitation in Experimental Physics, University of Konstanz
- 1993: Doctoral degree in Physics, University of Konstanz
- 1990: Diploma in Physics, University of Heidelberg
Academic Career
- since 10/2017: Professor of the Physics Department of the University of Konstanz
- 03/2003-9/2017: Professor and head of 2nd Institute of Physice, University of Stuttgart
- 2000-2003: Lecturer at the University of Konstanz
- 1995-1996: Research Associate at National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Denver, USA (DFG fellowship)
- 1994: Research Associate at University of Konstanz
Research Interests
- Phase behavior of colloidal suspensions
- Quasicrystals
- Critical phenomena
- Non equilibrium statistical physics
- Mikrofluidics
- Transport through porous media
- Evanescent light scattering
- Gel Formation
Scientific Awards
- 2016: ERC Advanced Grant
- 2012: Renewal of Appointment to Max Planck Fellow
- 2007: Max Planck Research Fellow at the MPI for intelligent systems, Stuttgart
- 2000: Walter Schottky Prize for the investigation on structural properties and phase transitions with colloidal model systems
- 1997: LBS Environment Prize for the concept and realization of a self-containted, smart window
- 1995: Dornier Research Award for the PhD thesis on photochromic thin films
Committees
- PRX Editorial Board Member
- Member of the Liquid Matter Board of the EPS
- Member of the Panel „Statistical Physics, Soft Matter, Biophysics, Nonlinear Dynamics” of the German Research Society
Patents
- C. Bechinger, B. Gregg:
Self bleaching photoelectrochemical-electrochromic device - D. K. Benson, C. Bechinger, C. E. Tracy:
Fiber optic device for sensing the presence of a gas - K. Holdik, C. Bechinger, P. Leiderer, E. Wirth:
Coating comprising a photochromic material, a method for its production as well as its use