!!Jürgen Kurths - Curriculum vitae
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__Born:__ March 11th, 1953 in Arendsee (Altmark), Germany\\
__Family:__ married to Elke Kurths, born Baumgartnerl, children: Andreas und Anja Kurths
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__Education__
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*1971-1975 University of Rostock, Diploma in Mathematics
*1983 Dr.rer.nat. (PhD)
*1991 Habilitation (Theoretical Physics)
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__Positions__
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*1975-1983 Scientist, Central Institute for Solar-Terrestrical Physics, Academy of Sciences
*1984-1990 Scientist, Central Institute for Astrophysics, Academy of Sciences
*1990-1991 Project leader at the Central Institute for Astrophysics
*1991-1996 Director of the working group „Nonlinear Dynamics“ of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
*since 1994 Director of the Interdisciplinary Center Dynamics of Complex Systems at the University Potsdam
*since 1994 Full Professor (C4) for Theoretical Physics/Nonlinear Dynamics at University Potsdam
*1996-1999 Dean of the Faculty for Mathematics and Science
*since 1998 Vicespeaker of Sonderforschungsbereiches 555 "Complex Nonlinear Processes" (German Research Society)
*since 1999 Member of  Fraunhofer-Society
*since 2000 Fellow of the American Physical Society
*2000-2005 President of Section Nonlinear Processes in Geoscience of the European Geoscience Union
*2000-2004 Coordinator EU Network “Control, Synchronization and Characterization of Spatially Extended Nonlinear Systems”
*2001-2007 Co-coordinator of Schwerpunktprogramm 1114 Time Series Analysis and Image Processing (German Research Society)
*2002-2006 Speaker of the Research Group “Conflicting Rules in Cognitive Science”
*2005 Humboldt-CSIR research award
*2005-2009 Member steering committee of the new Network of Excellence BIOSIM (EU)	
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__Editorial Boards__
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* Int.Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos
* Springer-Series Synergetics
* Int. Journal of Complex Systems Research
* CHAOS
* Nonlinear Processes in Geoscience (Executive Editor)
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__Visiting Professor in__
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* China
* Japan
* Spain
* India
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__Memberships__
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* Fellow of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft
* Guest fellow of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
* Fellow of the American Physical Society