About me
My name is Matthias Sitte and I am a 32-year old postdoctoral researcher in the group of Allan MacDonald at the Center for Complex Quantum Systems at The University of Texas at Austin. One of the goals of this website is to present myself and my work, so obviously a big topic of this site is Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics.
I am also working as an editor of freiesMagazin, a German Linux magazine that is published monthly at no charge. Its focus is on all topics related to the Linux and Open Source world, and delivers a number of interesting articles and reviews each month.
Personally, I am an average guy who tries to live a decent, calm and peaceful life together with my wife Karin and our daughter Marie. I enjoy the small and beautiful things in life, and I am not really a big fan of noise, action and stress.
Short CV
- since 07/2013: Postdoc in the group of Allan H. MacDonald at The University of Texas at Austin
- since 07/2013: DAAD Postdoctoral research fellowship the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst)
- 10/2012 – 06/2013: Postdoc in the group of Achim Rosch at the University of Cologne
- 10/2012: Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics (PhD Thesis: Quantum Hall Effect and Surface Criticality in 3D Topological Insulators)
- 07/2008 – 10/2012: PhD student in the group of Achim Rosch at the University of Cologne
- 07/2008: Diploma in Physics (Diploma Thesis: Quantum Criticality at a Conductance Plateau Transition in a Quantum Wire)
- 04/2007 – 06/2011: Scholarship of the Bonn-Cologne Graduate School of Physics and Astronomy
- 04/2007 – 10/2012: Student member of the Bonn-Cologne Graduate School of Physics and Astronomy
- 09/2005: Intermediate diploma in Physics and Mathematics
- 11/2003 – 07/2008: Scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
- 04/2004 – 07/2008: Undergraduate studies of Mathematics at the University of Cologne at the University of Cologne
- 04/2003 – 07/2008: Undergraduate studies of Physics at the University of Cologne at the University of Cologne
- 07/2002 – 03/2003: Basic military service in the Fernmeldeaufklärungsregiment 940 in Daun, special training in communication intelligence (COMINT)
- 06/2002: Abitur, passed with distinction (diploma from German secondary school qualifying for university admission or matriculation) from Gymnasium Kreuzgasse