Diffusive Spreading in Nature, Technology and Society

Prof. Jörg KärgerProfessional Career1962 - 1968 Studying Physics at Leipzig University1968 - 1970 PhD-fellow Leipzig University, Dr. rer. nat. in Physics 19701970 - 1977 Scientific co-worker, Leipzig University1977 - 1982 Senior scientific co-worker, Leipzig University1978 Habilitation ("Promotion B")1982 - 1989 Lecturer, Leipzig University1989 - 1994 extraordinary Professor, Leipzig University1994 - April 2009 Professor with full chair (Interface Physics), Leipzig Universitysince April 2009 Professor emeritus, Leipzig University Professional Activities and Memberships1996 - 1999 Dean of the Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences at Leipzig University1996 - 1999 President of the German Zeolite Association, member of the FEZA Board (Federation of European Zeolite Associations)1997 - 2000 Ombudsman of Leipzig University2002 - 2006 Editorship www.diffusion-fundamentals.org (since 2003),Microporous and Mesoporous Materials (European Editor 2004 - 2008) Membership in Editorial BoardsZeolites (1992 - 1997), Adsorption (since 1993), Microporous andMesoporous Materials (since 1993)Honours1978 Gustav-Hertz-Award of the German Physical Society1980 Leibniz-Medal of the German Academy of Sciences1986 Donald-W.-Breck Award of the International Zeolite Association (togetherwith H. Pfeifer, D. Freude and M. Bülow)1993 Max Planck Research Award of the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation and the Max-Planck-Society2000 Member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences2005 Theodor-Litt-Award of Leipzig UniversityResearch InterestExperiment and theory of mass transfer and matter conversion in complex systems Prof. Dr. Gero Vogl, Wien Dr.phil. (Physik, Universität Wien), Dr. rer.nat.habil. (TU München) Emer. Professor

 Confirmed Invited Speakers and Tentative Titles of Talks and Book ContributionsBook Editors and Introduction "Spreading Fundamentals", Armin Bunde (Gießen), Jürgen Caro (Hannover), Jörg Kärger (Leipzig), Gero Vogl (Wien)

 Dirk Brockmann (Berlin) 

Epidemics Spreading 

 Frank Cichos (Leipzig) 

Hot Brownian Motion: Experiment 

 Marc-Olivier Coppens (London) 

Nature-Inspired Transport Optimization 

 Joaquim Fort (Girona) 

The Neolithic Transition: Diffusion of People or Diffusion of Culture?

 Albrecht Fritzsche (Erlangen) 

Spreading Innovations 

 Russel Gray (Auckland) 

Expansion of Langu

 Detlef Gronenborn (Mainz) G

 and Carsten Lemmen (Geesthacht)

The Expansion of Farming as Seen from Archaeology and Related Disciplines S

 Shlomo Havlin (Ramat Gan) 

Spreading of Failures in the Internet and in Power Grids

 Anne Kandler (London) 

Analysing Language Shift:

 Rainer Klages (London) 

Search for Food of Birds, Fish and Insects 

 Rajamani Krishna (Amsterdam) 

Uphill Diffusion 

 Klaus Kroy (Leipzig) 

Hot Brownian Motion: Theory 

 Ingolf Kühn

 Michael Leitner (Munich) 

Dispersal in Plants and Animals: Modelling 

 Philipp Maass (Osnabrück) 

Diffusive Transport in Non-Equilibrium Steady State 

 Hernán Makse (New York) 

A New Class of Superspreader: From Twitter, Cities and  the Brain 

 Christoph Neinhuis (Dresden) 

Transport Systems in Living Organisms 

 Charles Nicholson (New York) 

Brain Structure Revealed by Diffusive Spread of Molecules 

 William S. Price (Sydney) 

NMR Versatility 

 Manfred Wendisch (Leipzig) 

Diffusion Processes in Atmospheric Physics 

 Søren Wichmann (Leiden) 

Language Migration: Empirical Data and Modelling  

"It is this new view on a subject, to which also the reader of this book is cordially invited during his walk through the most diverse realms of spreading phenomena, with manifold, excellent opportunities provided by the individual chapters and with a wealth of correlations between these chapters, by which the book has become much more than their simple sum." (Armin Uhlmann, zbMATH 1405.00009, 2019)
"This book provides a broad overview of the state of the art in understanding and studying diffusive spreading throughout an impressive array of subjects. ... The book has numerous examples that will be useful to instructors in a mass transfer class, and the book should be of interest to a wide audience of chemical engineers. It is genuinely enjoyable reading in that hazy area between work-related and leisure reading." (Randall Q. Snurr, AIChE Journal, January, 2019)
"The book covers topics related to nature, technology and society, as promised by the book title. The key messages of the various chapters, twenty in total, are thoroughly elaborated and presented addressing a broad readership. The boundaries among the individual scientific disciplines are crossed. ... it is the wide scope considered in the book and the scholarly presentation which makes me warmly recommend the book for a broad audience, within and beyond the readership of our journal." (K. Hammer, Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, September, 2018)
"This book is a nicely edited and well-presented compilation of the papers given at the Sixth International Diffusion conference, held at the Technical University of Dresden in August 2015. ... this is an excellent book which should be of lasting value to anyone who is interested this important subject." (Douglas Ruthven, Adsorption - Journal of the International Adsorption Society, Vol. 24 (04), May, 2018)