Department I: Scholars in Residence
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Renn, Executive Director
please mail to Ms. P. Schröter, Secretary: renn.office@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Local e-mail adresses of visiting scholars and research fellows will work from date of arrival.
Ph.D., Professor Associado, Universidade de São Paulo
(Visiting Scholar,
December 14, 2011 - February 29, 2012)
Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
(Visiting Scholar,
June 20 - July 20, 2012): The Einstein Paradox
Ph.D.
(Visiting Scholar,
June 1, 2005 - September 30, 2012, funded by the Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft): Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics from Boltzmann to Planck
e-mail: mbadino@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
e-mail: mbadino@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Dr.-Ing.
(Visiting Scholar,
May 15, 2002 - December 31, 2012): Epistemic History of Architecture
e-mail: becchi@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
e-mail: becchi@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Dr.
(Research Scholar,
since September 1, 1994): Research Strategies in Biological Evolutionary Theory; Modern Darwinism and the Philosophy of Science
e-mail: beurton@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
e-mail: beurton@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Dr. rer. nat.
(Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
May 1, 2010 - December 31, 2012, funded by the FHI (partially)): Geschichte der Quantenfeldtheorie und der Quantengravitation
Dr.
(Research Scholar,
since April 15, 2012): Edition of Arabic texts on mechanics
e-mail: brentjes@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
e-mail: brentjes@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
(Research Scholar,
January 11, 2010 - June 30, 2012): Max Planck Digital Library
Dipl. Phys., Dr. des.
(Research Scholar,
July 1, 2004 - December 31, 2012): Early Modern Mechanics
e-mail: buettner@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
e-mail: buettner@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
(Research Scholar,
since April 1, 2003): History of Institutions of Physics in the 20th Century; Political and Social Context of Albert Einstein’s Activities in Berlin.
PD Dr.
(Research Scholar,
January 1, 1997 - November 20, 2011): History of Science and Education, Individual and Historical Development of Cognition, Genesis of Writing and Arithmetic, History of Mathematics and Physics in Ancient and Early Modern Period.
e-mail: damerow@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
e-mail: damerow@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Professor, President and Director Emer. of the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
(Visiting Scholar,
August 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011): The University of the 21st Century: An Aspect of the Globalized World
Dr., Prof. of Physics at the Philipps-Universität Marburg
(Visiting Scholar,
February 15 - September 30, 2012): History and Foundation of Quantum Mechanics
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
(Predoctoral Research Fellow,
April 1, 2011 - March 31, 2013)
Dr.-Ing., Prof. für Informatik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Deutschland
(Visiting Scholar,
since October 18, 2010): Semantic Modelling and Knowledge Representation for Scientific Object Documentation and Digital Editions
(Research Scholar,
April 1, 2008 - March 31, 2012): Scientific Supervision of Research Infrastructures Used within Projects: Development and Coordination of Archive Material
e-mail: hammer@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
e-mail: hammer@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Dr., Außerordentlicher Professor an der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
(Research Scholar,
since December 1, 1995): History of Physics in the 19th and 20th Centuries, esp. Institutional History of Quantum Theory and Modern Metrology; History of Science in the GDR.
e-mail: dh@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
e-mail: dh@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
(Predoctoral Research Fellow,
June 1, 2009 - May 31, 2011, funded by the Excellence Cluster Topoi): The Establishment and Reconstruction of Copernicanism from the 16th to the 18th Century
Ph.D.
(Visiting Scholar,
September 1, 2008 - September 30, 2012, funded by the Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft)
Dr.
(Research Scholar,
February 15, 2007 - November 30, 2012, funded by the Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft): The genesis of wave mechanics: Erwin Schrödinger's research notebooks; The transfer of concepts between high-energy and condensed-matter physics and the advent of quantum field theoretical methods in solid-state physics
e-mail: cjoas@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
e-mail: cjoas@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
BA in Physics and Master in Advanced Physics at the University of Barcelona
(Predoctoral Research Fellow,
February 1, 2009 - December 31, 2012): History of Optical Dispersion, from Classical to Quantum Physics
(Predoctoral Research Fellow,
October 1, 2011 - September 30, 2013)
Dr.
(Research Scholar,
since October 1, 1995): History of Physics in the 19th and 20th Centuries (esp. Atomic Physics and Institutional and Social Aspects).
e-mail: kant@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
e-mail: kant@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Institute of History, University of Vienna, Austria
(Predoctoral Research Fellow,
March 1 - April 30, 2012): The Development of Modern Mathematical Physics in the Second Half of the 20th Century
Dr., Außerordentlicher Professor an der Freien Universität Berlin
(Research Scholar,
since July 1, 1994): History of Science in Connection with History of Philosophy on the Basis of Social History; Sciences in Greek Antiquity; Early Modern Physics and Chemistry; History of Biology (15th-18th centuries).
e-mail: wlef@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
e-mail: wlef@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Ph.D.
(Research Scholar,
January 1, 2004 - September 30, 2012, funded by the German-Israeli Foundation): History and philosophy of modern physics
e-mail: lehner@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
e-mail: lehner@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Dr. phil., Professor für Philosophie, Universität Heidelberg
(Visiting Scholar,
since July 1, 2004): History of Mechanics. Aristotle's "mechanical questions" in 16th and 17th century mechanics
e-mail: mclaughlin@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
e-mail: mclaughlin@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Ph.D.
(Visiting Scholar,
January 1, 2009 - June 30, 2011, funded by the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung): Early Quantum Physics in Britain
e-mail: jnavarro@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
e-mail: jnavarro@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Dr.-Ing., Dr. h.c., Prof. em. of ship design
(Visiting Scholar,
since August 1, 2001): Publications on the history of ship theory and ship design (Archimedes, Euler, Bouguer)
Ph.D.
(Research Scholar,
November 1, 2010 - December 31, 2012): Transformation of cosmological models from Antiquity up to the Copernican turn and beyond; history of natural philosophy; the philosophical and scientific culture of the Renaissance
Ph.D. Professor for Applied Mathematics at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
(Visiting Scholar,
February 15 - May 15, 2012): Complexity and Uncertainty in Climate Models
Excellence Cluster 264 „Topoi“
(Predoctoral Research Fellow,
September 1, 2008 - March 31, 2012): Contexts and Transformations of Social Psychology: Between Academic Culture and Socio-Economic Application
e-mail: aperlina@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
e-mail: aperlina@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Dr., Professor at the Institute for Science and Technology Studies, University of Bielefeld
(Visiting Scholar,
October 1, 2011 - October 31, 2012): History of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Dr., Honorary Professor for the History of Science at the Humboldt-University Berlin, Honorary Professor for Physics at the Free University Berlin, Adjunct Professor for Philosophy and Physics at the Boston University
(Executive Director,
since March 1, 1994): History of Early Modern Mechanics, History of Relativity Theory; Interaction between Cognitive and Contextual Factors in the History of Science.
e-mail: renn@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
e-mail: renn@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
(Academic Officer,
March 1, 2008 - February 28, 2013, funded by the MPG): Open Access Initiative "European Cultural Heritage Online" (ECHO)
e-mail: rieger@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
e-mail: rieger@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Dr., Professorin für Zeitgeschichte, Universität Wien
(Visiting Scholar,
July 1 - September 30, 2012)
Dr.
(TOPOI Research Group Director (Excellence Cluster 264),
April 1, 2008 - October 31, 2012): Long-term development of spatial cognition; history of early modern mechanics; history of modern physics and astronomy; history of Chinese science
e-mail: schemmel@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
e-mail: schemmel@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Dr.
(Research Scholar,
September 1, 2008 - August 31, 2011): Max Planck Digital Library
Dr.
(Research Scholar,
since September 15, 1994): History of Mathematics and Physics (16th and 17th Centuries).
e-mail: schueller@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
e-mail: schueller@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
(Visiting Scholar,
April 1 - August 31, 2012): Historisch-textkritische Untersuchung zum Briefwechsel des Astronomen Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687)
Ph.D., TOPOI Research Group E II (Excellence Cluster 264)
(Visiting Scholar,
September 14, 2008 - October 31, 2012): Cognitive Linguistics, Cognitive Anthropology, Spatial Language and Concepts of Space, Topological Relations, Semiotics, History of Linguistics, Philosophy of Language, Linguistic Relativity
e-mail: mthiering@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
e-mail: mthiering@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
FU-Berlin
(Predoctoral Research Fellow,
October 1, 2008 - March 31, 2012): Knowledge transfer in the Renaissance: Thomas Alvarus, Natural Philosophy and the Artist's Faculty
Ph.D.
(Research Scholar,
September 15, 2008 - May 14, 2011): The Impact of Geographical Knowledge on the Generalization of Spatial Concepts
Ph.D.
(Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
April 1, 2010 - June 30, 2012): Imaging and cataloguing cuneiform texts for the CDLI
Dr.
(Research Scholar,
since October 15, 1998): Technology Transfer in Antiquity, Aristotle's Mechanics, Ancient Hydromechanics and Pneumatics, Early modern mechanics, Galileo Galilei, Shipbuilding, Pratolino Garden, Jesuits' Hydraulics
Dr.
(Visiting Scholar,
October 1, 2011 - March 31, 2012): Ethnologie und Anthropologie im deutsch-russischen Wissenstransfer: Transregionale Beziehungen im 18. und (frühen) 19. Jahrhundert
Dr. phil., Historian of Science, Merchant Marine Captain
(Visiting Scholar,
March 9, 2012 - February 28, 2013): History of Cosmography/Geography, History of Natural Philosophy, European Expansion and Cultural Contact
Dr., Professorin für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
(Research Scholar,
since October 1, 1995): History of Philosophy in Connection with History of Science; Epistemological Fundamentals and Problems of Physics; German Idealism; Classical Natural Philosophy.
e-mail: wahsner@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
e-mail: wahsner@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
The Institute of Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
(Predoctoral Research Fellow,
September 1, 2011 - August 31, 2012): Sino-German Comparative Study
Dr.
(Lorenz Krüger Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
May 1, 2011 - April 30, 2013)
Dr.
(Research Scholar,
September 1, 2008 - December 31, 2012): Max Planck Digital Library
e-mail: jwillenborg@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
e-mail: jwillenborg@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Dr., Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz
(Visiting Scholar,
September 1, 2011 - October 31, 2014, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft): Thinking matter versus physical influx. Core debates in German philosophy of mind, ca. 1750-1800
e-mail: wunder@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
e-mail: wunder@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
(Predoctoral Research Fellow,
September 1, 2009 - March 31, 2012, funded by the Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft): Continuity and Discontinuity during the Darwinian Revolution. An analysis of public and scientific reception and impact of Darwin's Origin based on a novel framework of scientific theories
