People

Christina Kurzthaler

Group Leader

Email: ckurzthaler[at]pks.mpg(dot)de

Office: 1B14

Phone: 0049 (0)351 871 1214

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since May 2022  Max Planck Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI-PKS) 

2019-2022   Postdoctoral Research Associate, Complex Fluids Group (adviser: Prof. Dr. Howard A. Stone), Princeton University

Fall 2021      Lecturer, Keller Center, Princeton University

2017-2018   PostDoc,  Universität Innsbruck

Education

2017   PhD in Physics (adviser: Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch), Universität Innsbruck

2013   MSc in Mathematics in Biosciences, Technische Universität München

2011   BSc in Technical Mathematics, Universität Innsbruck

PhD Students

Yanis Baouche

PhD Student

Email: baouche[at]pks.mpg(dot)de

Office: 1D6

since October 2022  PhD Student, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI-PKS) 

2020-2022   MSc in Physics, "Physics of Complex Systems" Université Paris-Cité

2017-2020   BSc in Physics, Université Paris-Diderot

Sagnik Garai

PhD Student

Email: sagnik@pks.mpg.de

Office: 1B21

since February 2023  PhD Student, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI-PKS) 

2019-2022   Engineer, UR Rao Satellite Center, Indian Space Research Organization

2014-2019   Dual Degree, B. Tech Engineering Physics and MS in Solid State Physics, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Trivandrum

PostDocs

Pallabi Das

PostDoc - Humboldt Fellow

Email: pallabi[at]pks.mpg(dot)de

Office: 1B18

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since December 2022  PostDoc, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI-PKS) 

2015-2022   PhD in Computational Physics (adviser: Prof. Dr. Srikanth Sastry), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR)

2012-2014   MSc in Physics, Jawaharlal Nehru University

2009-2012   BSc in Physics, Presidency College (Kolkata)

Akhil Varma

PostDoc - Humboldt Fellow

Email: varma[at]pks.mpg(dot)de

Office: 1D13

2022-present   Postdoc, MPI-PKS, Germany

2021-2022   Postdoc, UC San Diego, USA

2016-2019   PhD in Fluid Mechanics, École polytechnique, France

2013-2015   MTech in Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras, India

2009-2013   BTech in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering Trivandrum, India

Ursy Makanga

PostDoc

Email: ursy[at]pks.mpg(dot)de

Office: 1A29

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Since October 2023 Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Germany 

2023 Ph.D. in Fluid Mechanics, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France  

2020 M.Sc. in Fundamental Fluid Mechanics, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France 

Mirko Residori

PostDoc

Email: mire@pks.mpg.de
Office: 0G6

since May 2024 PostDoc, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI-PKS)

2021-2024 PostDoc, TU-Dresden, Germany

2017-2021 PhD in Mathematics, University of Innsbruck, Austria

2014-2017 MSc in Mathematics, University of Verona, Italy

2011-2014 BSc in Applied Mathematics, University of Verona, Italy

Interns

Anish Chandrakant Pandya (1B18)

Lea Gelo (1B10)