People
Christina Kurzthaler
Group Leader
since May 2022 Max Planck Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI-PKS)
2019-2022 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Complex Fluids Group (adviser: Prof. Dr. Howard A. Stone), Princeton University
Fall 2021 Lecturer, Keller Center, Princeton University
2017-2018 PostDoc, Universität Innsbruck
Education
2017 PhD in Physics (adviser: Prof. Dr. Thomas Franosch), Universität Innsbruck
2013 MSc in Mathematics in Biosciences, Technische Universität München
2011 BSc in Technical Mathematics, Universität Innsbruck
PhD Students
since October 2022 PhD Student, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI-PKS)
2020-2022 MSc in Physics, "Physics of Complex Systems" Université Paris-Cité
2017-2020 BSc in Physics, Université Paris-Diderot
since February 2023 PhD Student, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI-PKS)
2019-2022 Engineer, UR Rao Satellite Center, Indian Space Research Organization
2014-2019 Dual Degree, B. Tech Engineering Physics and MS in Solid State Physics, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Trivandrum
since February 2025 PhD student, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI-PKS)
April 2021 - Jan 2025 M.Sc. in Physics, Study focus: Theoretical physics, University of Göttingen
Oct 2017- March 2021 B.Sc. in Physics, University of Potsdam
since October 2025 PhD student, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI-PKS)
2020-2025 Integrated BS-MS in Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
since April 2026 PhD Student, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI-PKS)
2023 - 2025 MSc in BioPhysics, Technical University of Munich
2020 - 2023 BSc in Physics, Technical University of Munich
PostDocs
since December 2022 PostDoc, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI-PKS)
2015-2022 PhD in Computational Physics (adviser: Prof. Dr. Srikanth Sastry), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR)
2012-2014 MSc in Physics, Jawaharlal Nehru University
2009-2012 BSc in Physics, Presidency College (Kolkata)
2022-present Postdoc, MPI-PKS, Germany
2021-2022 Postdoc, UC San Diego, USA
2016-2019 PhD in Fluid Mechanics, École polytechnique, France
2013-2015 MTech in Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras, India
2009-2013 BTech in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering Trivandrum, India
Mirko Residori
PostDoc
Email: mire@pks.mpg.de
Office: 0G6
since May 2024 PostDoc, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI-PKS)
2021-2024 PostDoc, TU-Dresden, Germany
2017-2021 PhD in Mathematics, University of Innsbruck, Austria
2014-2017 MSc in Mathematics, University of Verona, Italy
2011-2014 BSc in Applied Mathematics, University of Verona, Italy
since 2025 Postdoc, MPI-PKS, Germany
2022-2025 PhD in Theoretical Physics, Laboratoire de physique théorique et hautes énergies (LPTHE), Sorbonne Université, France (Supervisor: Grégory Schehr)
2021-2022 MSc (ICFP Theoretical Physics Track), École normale supérieure Paris, France
2018-2022 Postgraduate Engineering Degree, École polytechnique, France
2015-2018 BSc in Fundamental Physics (PMCP - Magistère de physique fondamentale d'Orsay), Université Paris-Saclay, France
Since March 2026 Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Germany
2024-2025 Postdoc, MIT, USA
2023 Ph.D. in Engineering Physics, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada
2018 M.Sc. in Engineering Physics, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada
2015 B.Sc. in Engineering Physics, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada
Alumni
Ursy Makanga (Postdoc 2023-2025; now PostDoc at Flatiron Institute, NY)
Anish Pandya (Summer Intern 2024; now graduate student at U of Pennsylvania)
Lea Gelo (Summer Intern 2024)