CV Tilman Sauer

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Academic Degrees

  • Habilitation, 2008, with a venia docendi for history of science at the Philosophisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät of the University of Bern, Switzerland.
  • Ph.D. in theoretical physics magna cum laude, 1994, Free University Berlin, title of the thesis:
    “Development and Application of Refined Path Integral Monte Carlo Methods.”
  • Diploma in theoretical physics mit Auszeichnung/with honors, Free University Berlin, 1990,
    title of the thesis: “Monte-Carlo-Untersuchungen von Zerfallsraten metastabiler Quantenzustände.”ic Degrees

Professional Career

  • Professor for History of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Mainz, Germany
    (since 10/2015).
  • Visiting Associate in History in the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the
    California Institute of Technology (07/2013-09/2014 and since 04/2017)
  • Privatdozent for History of Science at the University of Bern, Switzerland (12/2008–09/2015).
  • Various freelance activities (teaching, research) (2014–2015)
  • Senior Research Associate in History in the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences at
    the California Institute of Technology (06/2005-05/2013)
  • Lecturer in History of Science at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany (summer
    term 2013).
  • Interim Chair (Lehrstuhlvertretung) for History and Philosophy of Science at the University of
    Bern, Switzerland (09/2010–08/2011)
  • Lecturer in History of Science at the University of Mainz, Germany (summer term 2010).
  • Lecturer in History at the California Institute of Technology (occasional one-term appointments
    2006–2009)
  • Senior Research Fellow in History in the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the
    California Institute of Technology and Senior Scientific Editor at the Einstein Papers Project
    (08/2003-05/2005).
  • Visiting Associate in History in the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the
    California Institute of Technology and Visiting Editor at the Einstein Papers Project (09/2001-
    07/2003).
  • Assistant Professor (Hochschulassistent) for History and Philosophy of Science, University of
    Bern (09/1999-08/2001).
  • Research Scholar at the Institute for the History of Science, University of Göttingen, DFGProjekt
    Hilbert-Edition (01/1997-08/1999).
  • Research Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin (03/1996-
    12/1996).
  • Research Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the Human Development and Education,
    Berlin, Arbeitsstelle Albert Einstein (04/1991-02/1996).
  • Predoctoral Research Grant from the City of Berlin (Nachwuchsförderungsstipendium Nafög1990).