Dieter Bauer

Dieter Bauer is a Full Professor (W3 chair) at the Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, where he leads the Quantum Theory & Many-Particle Systems research group. He currently serves as Spokesperson of the DFG collaborative research center 1477 "Light-Matter Interactions at Interfaces" and previously served as Dean of Studies for the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (2014-2018).

Dr. Bauer earned his Dipl.-Phys. and Dr. rer. nat. from Darmstadt University of Technology in 1995 and 1997, respectively. He completed his habilitation at both Darmstadt University of Technology (2002) and University of Heidelberg (2005). His academic career includes positions at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Max Born Institute, University of Pisa, Helsinki University of Technology, and TU Darmstadt.

Professor Bauer's research focuses on time-dependent quantum many-body techniques, intense laser-matter interaction, and computational physics. His work spans from single active electron approximations to correlated electron dynamics and collectivity in laser-matter interactions. He has made significant contributions to understanding ionization dynamics, harmonic generation, and energy absorption in laser-cluster interactions. His research group employs advanced computational methods including time-dependent Schrödinger equation solvers and time-dependent density functional theory approaches.

His publication record shows consistent focus on quantum dynamics in strong laser fields, with particular attention to many-electron effects, time-dependent density functional theory applications, and the transition from single-particle to collective behavior in intense laser fields.

• Heisenberg Fellowship of the German Science Foundation (2003-2008)
• Outstanding Reviewer Award 2016 by the Institute of Physics (IOP)
• Member of IUPAP Commission C15 (2018-present)
• Physical Review A Editorial Board Member (2017-2022)
• Head of the Atomic Physics Division of the German Physical Society (2014-2016)

Professor Bauer has supervised numerous research projects in quantum dynamics and laser-matter interaction. He leads a theoretical physics group focused on computational approaches to strong-field phenomena and has secured significant funding through the DFG collaborative research center he currently heads. His laboratory develops and applies advanced numerical methods to study laser-driven quantum systems across multiple scales, from single atoms to complex clusters and droplets.