Marian Bruns

Dr. Marian Bruns is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials in Düsseldorf, affiliated with the Department of Computational Materials Design. His research focuses on atomistic simulations of metallic glasses, thermo-mechanical behavior analysis, and developing workflows for materials science. He contributes to digital infrastructure projects like NFDI-MatWerk and Platform Material Digital, specializing in integrating authentication systems, triplestores for semantic data, and computing services across cloud and HPC platforms.

Education:

• PhD in Physics (2022), Ruhr-Universität Bochum: Thesis on simulating thermal cycling in metallic glasses under Prof. Steinbach and Prof. Varnik.
• M.Sc. in Physics (2017), Technische Universität Dortmund: Thesis on boundary-integral methods for active swimming capsules.
• B.Sc. in Physics (2015), Technische Universität Dortmund: Thesis on active Lennard-Jones particle simulations.

His research interests bridge computational materials design, workflow development, and digital infrastructure for data-driven science. He actively collaborates on projects enhancing materials informatics through advanced computational frameworks.