Research Interests. Education. Professional Experience

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Work/Mail Address: Private Address Centre for Theoretical Chemistry and Physics (CTCP) Bldg. 40, NZIAS Massey University (Albany Campus) Private Bag North Shore MSC, Auckland, New Zealand 3 Oban Road Browns Bay 0630, Auckland, New Zealand Work Phone: ext Work Fax: Private phone: t.ernst@massey.ac.nz Webpage: Thomas Ernst, Ph.D. Research Interests Analytical, mathematical, and computational research in the fields of Resonant scattering of bright solitons in ultracold gases Many-body theories, such as HFB, MCTDH and MCTDHB Main developer of the QiwiB software package (qiwib.googlecode.com) Transport phenomena in Bose Einstein condensates Dynamics of dark solitons in one-dimensional rings Ultracold few-body systems Granular materials Education Doctor of Philosophy, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand Thesis Advisor: Prof. Joachim Brand Thesis title: Quantum many-body dynamics of bright matter-wave solitons Diplom in Physik, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany German equivalent to a masters degree in physics Thesis Advisers: Prof. Klaus Richter and Prof. Peter Schlagheck Thesis title: Many-body effects in the transport of Bose-Einstein condensates Abitur, Wilhelm-Diess Gymnasium Pocking, Pocking, Germany 2000 German university entrance qualification Special focus on natural sciences and mathematics Professional Experience Employment Research Associate, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand (Research, software development, teaching responsibilities) Graduate Assistant, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand (Teaching responsibilities as well as administrative tasks) Student Research Assistant University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (Computations on granular material, Prof. Klaus Richter and Prof. Jens Siewert)

2 Research Visits University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany 2009 Collaborations Alexander Yu Cherny, 2008 Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia Approximate expression for the dynamic structure factor in the Lieb-Liniger model Andrey Kolovsky, Kirensky Institute of Physics, Krasnoyarsk, Russia Dynamical creation of dark solitons in a ring Peter Schlagheck, present Département de Physique, Université de Liège, Belgium Transport of matter-waves through disorder potentials Hans-Dieter Meyer, present Theoretische Chemie, Physikalisch Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Multi-Configurational Time-Dependent Hartree for few body simulations Referee : Physical Review A : Physica A Other Dunedin, New Zealand, 2010 Chair for a BEC session at the Koala student conference Student representative of the IFS (Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University) postgraduate committee, 2008 University of Regensburg, Germany, 2007 Organisation of the program for the DPG (German Physical Society) spring meeting Webmaster of the CTCP webpage ( Memberships Member of the Australian Optical Society Member of the New Zealand Mathematical Society Member of the DPG (German Physical Society) Teaching Experience Research Supervisor, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand Supervision of Jake Gulliksen for his Masters project Ultracold bosons in one-dimensional single- and double-well potentials Supervision of visiting student Kathrin Schaffert (University of Bochum, Germany) on her project Sobolev gradient for minimisation problems Lab Supervisor, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand present Laboratory supervision for first year physics (physics for life sciences and engineering students) as well as astronomy for non-science students Responsibilities included demonstrating and supervising experiments, setting up and operating equipment as well as marking lab reports and supervision of exams Designing practical lab sessions as part of a new astronomy course offered at Massey University Tutorials, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany Tutorials for the advanced quantum mechanics course and supervision of exams Tutorials for the first semester physics course and supervision of exams

3 Skills Computer skills Operating systems: Linux, Windows Very good programming skills in C/C++, Octave/Matlab Good bash scripting skills Good webpage programming skills (see Basic programming skills in fortran Applications: Latex, Mathematica, Matlab, Office (LibreOffice/OpenOffice) Scientific applications: MCTDH Good knowledge of computer hardware Languages German, native language English, fluent in spoken and written French, basic skills Awards NZIAS (New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study) Postgraduate Research Excellence Award 2011 Student's choice for best talk at the IFS (Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University) Postgraduate Research Symposium 2008 in Palmerston North Runner-up for Professor's choice for best talk at the IFS (Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University) Postgraduate Research Symposium 2008 in Palmerston North IFS (Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University) Graduate Research Fund 2007 Publications QiwiB software package, Simulating strongly correlated multiparticle systems in a truncated Hilbert space T. Ernst, D. W. Hallwood, J. Gulliksen, H. D. Meyer, and J. Brand Phys. Rev. A 84, (2011) Robust Mesoscopic Superposition of Strongly Correlated Ultracold Atoms D. W. Hallwood, T. Ernst, and J. Brand Phys. Rev. A 82, (2010) Resonant trapping in the transport of a matter-wave soliton through a quantum well T. Ernst and J. Brand Phys. Rev. A 81, (2010) Transport of ultracold Bose gases beyond the Gross-Pitaevskii description T. Ernst, T. Paul, and P. Schlagheck Phys. Rev. A 81, (2010) Talks, Conferences and Workshops Invited talks Swinburne University Melbourne, Australia, 2011 Talk and tutorial at the VSSUP 2011 summer school QiwiB - Quantum integrator with interacting Bosons University of Leeds, UK, 2009 Invited talk at the physics departement Solitons in cold gases Scattering on a well University of Regensburg, Germany, 2008 Invited talk at the department for complex systems (Richter) Resonant trapping in the transport of a soliton through a quantum well

4 Contributed talks Dunedin, New Zealand, 2011 Talk at the Dodd-Walls symposium Full quantum dynamics of a bright matter-wave soliton Massey University Auckland, New Zealand, 2011 Talk at the CTCP group seminar Full quantum dynamics of a scattered soliton Massey University Auckland, New Zealand, 2010 Talk at the Three Minute Thesis competition (presentation of PhD thesis to a non-specialist audience) Dynamics of Ultracold Quantum Gases Wellington, New Zealand, 2010 Talk at the Dodd-Walls student conference Full quantum behaviour of ultracold atoms - MCTDH Massey University Auckland, New Zealand, 2008 IFS seminar talk as part of the confirmation report to become a fully registered PhD candidate Dynamics of solitons in quantum gases Massey University Palmerston North, New Zealand, 2008 Talk at the IFS (Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University) Postgraduate Research Symposium (student's choice for best talk and runner-up for the Professor's choice) Massey University Auckland, New Zealand, 2007 Talk at the CTCP group seminar Transport of Bose-Einstein condensates Hartree-Fock Bogoliubov University of Regensburg, Germany, 2007 Talk at the spring meeting of the DPG(German Physical Society) Transport of Bose-Einstein condensates beyond the Gross-Pitaevskii approach University of Düsseldorf, Germany, 2007 Talk at the spring meeting of the DPG (German Physical Society) Transport of Bose-Einstein condensates beyond the Gross-Pitaevskii approach University of Regensburg, Germany, 2007 Talk at the group seminar of the combined chairs Grifoni/Richter Dynamics of Bose Einstein Condensates - beyond the mean field approach Posters Dunedin, New Zealand, 2010 Poster presentation at the Koala student conference Full quantum behaviour of ultracold atoms Wellington, New Zealand, 2010 Full quantum behaviour of ultracold atoms Zakopane, Poland, 2009 Poster presentation at the Quantum Optics VII conference Scattering of a Soliton on a Well Queenstown, New Zealand, 2008 Scattering of a Soliton on a Well Dunedin, New Zealand, 2008 Wollongong, Australia, 2007 Poster Presentation at the Quantum-Atom Optics Downunder conference (ACQAO) Kioloa, Australia, 2007 Poster Presentation at the International Student Summer School on Quantum-Atom Optics

5 University of Frankfurt, Germany, 2006 Poster presentation at the spring meeting of the DPG (German Physical Society) Excitations and correlations in the dynamics of Bose Einstein Condensates Personal/Other Details Competes in many sports, e.g. tennis and volleyball (on a semi-professional level), and won several trophies and certificates Enjoys outdoor activities, hiking Worked as a carer in a rest home for one year as part of the alternative military service in Germany Worked in web design and content management for companies and universities References Prof. Joachim Brand current PhD supervisor Centre for Theoretical Chemistry and Physics New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study Bldg. 40, Massey University (Albany Campus) Private Bag North Shore Mail Centre Auckland, New Zealand Phone: Fax: j.brand@massey.ac.nz Webpage: Prof. Peter Schlagheck former MSc supervisor Département de Physique Université de Liège 4000 Liège, Belgium Phone: Fax: Peter.Schlagheck@ulg.ac.be Webpage: Dr. Patrick Bowman (Senior Lecturer) Centre for Theoretical Chemistry and Physics Institute of Natural Sciences Bldg. 40, Massey University (Albany Campus) Private Bag North Shore Mail Centre Auckland, New Zealand Phone: Fax: p.o.bowman@massey.ac.nz Webpage: