Freyland

Prof. Dr. W. Freyland

  • Geb. 30.44
    Fritz-Haber-Weg 2
    D-76131 Karlsruhe

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Titel Datum
15.09.2011

Curriculum Vitae

 

31.10.1942

born in Halle/Saale (Germany)
parents: Maximilian Freyland and Maria Freyland, born Mietzner

 

 

1962

Abitur at Grillo-Gymnasium, Gelsenkirchen

 

 

1962-1967

Study of Physics, University of Karlsruhe

 

 

1967-1968

Study of Biophysics, University of Heidelberg

 

 

1968-1972

PhD-Thesis in Physical Chemistry with Prof. Dr. E.U. Franck and Prof. Dr. F. Hensel, University of Karlsruhe, entitled: ,,Electronic conductivity and absolute thermoelectric power of fluid potassium at elevated pressure and temperatures up to 2400 K"

 

 

1972-1973

Assistant at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Karlsruhe

 

 

1973-1988

Assistant and lecturer at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Marburg

 

 

1974

Postdoc fellow with J. Jortner and U. Even, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

 

 

1980

Habilitation in Physical Chemistry, University of Marburg; title of Habilitation thesis: ,,Metal-nonmetal transitions in fluid alkalimetals and alkalimetal alloys"

 

 

1983

Visiting scientist with M. Blander, Argonne National Laboratory, and J.J. Egan, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA

 

 

1983

Nernst-Haber-Bodenstein award of the Deutsche Bunsengesellschaft of Physical Chemistry

 

 

1988

Chair in Physical Chemistry, University of Karlsruhe

 

 

1993

Visiting Professor, University of Trondheim, Norway

 

 

2007

Member Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

 

 

Research activities:

  1. High temperature-high pressure chemistry of electronically conducting fluids: electronic and microscopic structure, electron localization and electronic phase transitions in expanded fluid metals, metal-molten salt solutions and liquid alloys;
  2. Rapidly quenched ionic liquids: transition from ionic to metallic glasses;
  3. Interfacial phase transitions in fluids with short range interaction: wetting and prewetting transitions, surface freezing;
  4. Electrodeposition from molten salts: growth kinetics and 1D-2D-3D phase formation studied with nanometer resolution (electrochemical - STM).

 

Academic Administration:

European Physical Society (EPS) Liquid Board member (1994-1999); Member of board of Deutsche Bunsengesellschaft of Physical Chemistry (1995-1999); Chairman of several international conferences (e.g. Phase Transitions at Interfaces, 1993; Euchem Conference Molten Salts, 1994; Thermodynamics of Alloys, 1998); Dean and vice-dean-of Faculty of Chemistry, University of Karlsruhe, (1996-2000); Co-editor of J. Phys. Chem., Ber. Bunsenges. (1993-1998); member of editorial board of J. Phys. Condensed Matter (1990-1994); Referee of German Science Foundation (DFG) and National Science Foundation USA (NSF) since 1990.