Michael Knap
Education and Academic Career
| 2021 - present | Associate Professor at Technical University of Munich, Germany. |
| 2015 - 2021 | Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) at Technical University of Munich, Germany. |
| 2012 - 2015 | Postdoctoral Fellow at the Condensed Matter Theory Group, Harvard University, USA, collaborations with Prof. Eugene Demler, Prof. Bertrand I. Halperin, Prof. Mikhail D. Lukin. |
| 2011 - 2012 | Research stay in the group of Prof. Eugene Demler, Condensed Matter Theory, Harvard University, USA. |
| 2009 - 2012 | Ph.D., Graz University of Technology, Austria, supervisor Prof. Wolfgang von der Linden Doctoral thesis: Collective Modes and Dynamics in Strongly Correlated Many-Body Systems: a Variational Cluster Approach. |
| 2007 - 2009 | Master's Studies: Technical Physics at Graz University of Technology, Austria Master's thesis: Quantum many body properties of strongly correlated lattice bosons and polaritons. |
| 2004 - 2007 | Bachelor's Studies: Technical Physics at Graz University of Technology, Austria Bachelor's thesis: Jackknife and Bootstrap. |
Awards and Honors
| 2024 | ERC Consolidator Grant |
| 2019 | Hans and Walter Thirring award of the Austrian Academy of Sciences |
| 2019 | ERC Starting Grant |
| 2019 | Teaching Award from the TUM Physics Department |
| 2018 | Supervisory Award from the TUM Physics Department |
| 2015 | Rudolf Mößbauer Tenure Track Assistant Professorship |
| 2013 | Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Theoretical Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics (ITAMP), Harvard University |
| 2013 | Promotion sub auspiciis Praesidentis |
