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| Training of a smart triangular swimmer with genetic algorithms |
| PROF. KAHL, Gerhard |
| Institut of Theoretische Physik, Technischen University, Wien |
| Prof. Gerhard Kahl received the PhD in physics at Technische Universit¨at Wien, in 1983 under the supervision of J. Hafner, as the outstanding distinction recognized by the prestigious ”Promotio sub auspiciis Praesidentis rei publicae.” After completing his doctoral studies, GK spent a brief period of research in Vienna supported by the Ludwig Wittgenstein Scholarship and then moved to Paris on an Erwin Schr¨odinger Fellowship for a postdoctoral position under the supervision of Jean-Pierre Hansen, a pillar in liquid state physics. He became assistant (1988), associate (1997) and university professor (2011) at the Institut f¨ur Theoretische Physik of the Technische Universit¨at Wien. In 2007, shortly after the establishment of the CECAM node in Vienna (DaCAM), he became its director. Under his leadership, DaCAM has become a leading center for interdisciplinary research, specializing in computational methods in physics, chemistry, and materials science. Gerhard Kahl’s research covers a wide range of topics, including the self-assembly and phase behavior of complex colloidal systems (such as patchy and inverse patchy colloids, DNA-dendrimers, and microgels), as well as various computational methods; these include density functional theory and evolutionary algorithms for predicting phase behavior and self-assembly patterns in soft matter systems, particularly in confined environments and under external fields (such as shear, electric, and magnetic fields). |
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