Teaching

Find here general information to the Bachelor's and Master's program in physics at the Universität Innsbruck.

Summer Term 2023

PS Theoretical Physics 4 (Statistical Physics) (Abolfazl Ahmadirahmat, Dr. Michele Caraglio, Regina Rusch)
VU Advanced Quantum Many-Body Physics: Transport phenomena and correlation functions (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch)
VU Advanced Methods in Quantum Many-Body Physics (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch)
SE Research Seminar: Theoretical Biophysics and Nanophysics 2023 (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch)
SE Seminar (I): Theoretical biophysics and nanophysics 2023 (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch)
SE MIP-Seminar (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch, Prof. Dr. Karin Schörkhuber, Prof. Dr. Cezary Kaliszyk)
SE Seminar with Bachelor's Thesis (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch)

Winter Term 2022/2023

PJ Research study: Many-Body Physics (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch)
VU Many-Body Physics I: Advanced Statistical Physics I (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch)
SE Research Seminar: Theoretical Biophysics and Nanophysics 22/23 (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch)
PR Research Class in Theoretical Ion, Plasma and Energy Physics (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch)
SE MIP-Seminar (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch)
PJ Forschungsstudie: Computational Physics (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch)

Summer Term 2022

VO Theoretical Physics 4 (Statistical Physics) (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch, Dr. Michele Caraglio)
PS Theoretical Physics 4 (Statistical Physics) (Abolfazl Ahmadirahmat, Dr. Michele Caraglio, Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch)
SE Research Seminar: Theoretical Biophysics and Nanophysics 2022 (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch)
SE Seminar (I): Theoretical biophysics and nanophysics 2022 (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch)
SE MIP-Seminar (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch, Prof. Dr. Karin Schnass, Dr. Peter Thoman)
SE Seminar with Bachelor's Thesis (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch)
SE Introduction course MIP (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch)
SE CIM DK Seminar (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch and others)

Winter Term 2021/2022

PJ Research study: Many-Body Physics (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch)
VU Many-Body Physics I: Computer Simulations in Statistical Physics I (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch, Dr. Michele Caraglio)
VU Many-Body Physics II: Computer Simulations in Statistical Physics II (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch, Dr. Michele Caraglio)
VU Special Topics in Quantum Science A: Computer Simulations in Statistical Physics I (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch, Dr. Michele Caraglio)
VU Special Topics in Quantum Science B: Computer Simulations in Statistical Physics II (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch, Dr. Michele Caraglio)
VU Applications of Computational Physics A: Computer Simulations in Statistical Physics I (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch, Dr. Michele Caraglio)
VU Applications of Computational Physics B: Computer Simulations in Statistical Physics II (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch, Dr. Michele Caraglio)
VU Special Theoretical Topics 1: Computer Simulations in Statistical Physics I (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch, Dr. Michele Caraglio)
VU Special Theoretical Topics 2: Computer Simulations in Statistical Physics II (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch, Dr. Michele Caraglio)
VU Bridge Course Mathematics (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch)
SE Seminar (I): Theoretical biophysics and nanophysics (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch)
SE Research Seminar: Theoretical Biophysics and Nanophysics 2022 (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch)
PR Research Class in Theoretical Ion, Plasma and Energy Physics (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch)
SE MIP-Seminar (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch)
SE Introduction course MIP (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch)
VO Modern physics (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch)
PJ Forschungsstudie: Computational Physics (Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch)
PR Methods in Computational Physics A: Laboratory Class Computational Physics (Dr. Michele Caraglio)
PR Special Advanced Laboratory Class A: Laboratory Class Computational Physics (Dr. Michele Caraglio)

Previous lectures

Theoretical Physics 1 (Mechanics), Theoretical Physics 3 (Electrodynamics), Theoretical Physics 4 (Statistical Physics), Statistical Physics II: Dynamics, Statistical Field Theory, Theoretical Biophysics: Stochastic Processes, Mechanics of Continua and Theoretical Plasma Physics

Theses

Topics are available for Bachelor, Master, and PhD candidates! Please contact Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch.

Completed theses

PhD theses

Target search of active particles in complex environments, Luigi Zanovello (2022)
Quasi-confined Colloidal Liquids-Structure and Dynamics, Lukas Schrack (2021)
The dynamics of self-propelled particles and the buckling transition of a semiflexible polymer, Christina Kurzthaler (2017)
Complex transport, Sebastian Leitmann (2017)
Structure and dynamics of liquids in confined environments, Simon Lang (2014)

Master theses

First Passage Times of Active Brownian Particles, Francesco Di Trapani (2022)
Transport Properties of Brownian Particles: Analytical Result and Computer Simulations, Regina Teresa Rusch (2022)
Solving two Parabolic Partial Differential Equations with the Boundary-Integral Method, Philip Pfahl (2021)
Transport properties of run-and-tumble chemotaxis, Nicola Schmidt (2019)
Long-time tails in memory kernels for the Brownian motion of a colloidal System, Jonas Nussdorfer (2017)
Higher moments in the field driven Lattice Lorentz gas, Thomas Schwab (2016)

Bachelor theses

Active Brownian Particles in a Bistable Potentia, Michael Oswald (2022)
Feynman-Kac formula and electrostatics, Florian Gschößer (2021)
Memory effects in glass-froming liquids, Thomas Kiechl (2020)
Model of artificial spin ice, Beatriz Barroso Gstrein (2020)
Steady-state probability distribution of active Brownian particles in confining potentials, Larissa Kröll (2020)
Movement of emergent magnetic monopoles in lattices of nanomagnets, Leah Rank (2019)
Lineare Antwort und darüber hinaus, Andre Gladbach (2019)
Disorder in models of artificial spin ice, Ben Silwa (2018)
Active particle with memory (subjected to colored noise), Simon Brunner (2018)
Brownian circle swimmer in a gravitational field, Martin Zobernig (2017)
Dynamics of a self-propelled anisotropic particle in the gravitational field (2016)
Dynamics of a Brownian circle swimmer, Victor Wenin (2016)