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Hans J. Herrmann

Hans J. Herrmann

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Engineering and Technology
Switzerland
2022

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Physics

D-Index
112
Citations
40268
World Ranking
1108
National Ranking
41

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2019 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering the use of Cherenkov radiation techniques for high energy gamma spectroscopy applications at the National Ignition and Omega Laser Facility
  • 2018 - Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics, American Physical Society
  • 2006 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his novel contributions to significant problems in computational physics including fracture, packings, percolation, granular flow, dunes and irreversible growth
  • 1986 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Hans J. Herrmann is affiliated with ESPCI Paris in France and works primarily in the fields of Physics and Astronomy. Their research spans multiple subfields including Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Cognitive Neuroscience, Condensed Matter Physics, Earth-Surface Processes, and Economics and Econometrics.

The scientist's scholarly work encompasses a range of topics such as Neural dynamics and brain function, Theoretical and Computational Physics, Aeolian processes and effects, Complex Network Analysis Techniques, stochastic dynamics and bifurcation, Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics, and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence.

Herrmann's recent papers include the following:

  • Study of Aerodynamic Grain Entrainment in Aeolian Transport, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • A single touch can provide sufficient mechanical stimulation to trigger Venus flytrap closure, 2020, PLoS Biology
  • Long-range temporal correlations in the broadband resting state activity of the human brain revealed by neuronal avalanches, 2021, Neurocomputing
  • Beyond pulsed inhibition: Alpha oscillations modulate attenuation and amplification of neural activity in the awake resting state, 2023, Cell Reports
  • On the scaling of avalanche shape and activity power spectrum in neuronal networks, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent co-authors of Herrmann include:

  • José S. Andrade
  • L. de Arcangelis
  • André A. Moreira
  • Ning Huang
  • Jan T. Burri

The scientist has contributed regularly to publication venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical review. E
  • Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Herrmann has also authored a book titled Computational Statistical Physics, published by Cambridge University Press in 2021.

Among notable recognitions, Herrmann has been named Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2006 and again in 2019, with citations highlighting contributions to computational physics, including research on fracture, packings, percolation, granular flow, dunes, and irreversible growth, as well as pioneering applications of Cherenkov radiation techniques in high energy gamma spectroscopy at major laser facilities.

Other distinctions include the Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics awarded by the American Physical Society in 2018 and being named Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1986.

Best Publications

  • Statistical Models for the Fracture of Disordered Media

    Hans J. Herrmann;Stéphane Roux

  • Mitigation of malicious attacks on networks

    Christian M. Schneider;André A. Moreira;José S. Andrade;Shlomo Havlin

  • Apollonian networks: simultaneously scale-free, small world, euclidean, space filling, and with matching graphs.

    José S. Andrade;Hans J. Herrmann;Roberto F. S. Andrade;Luciano R. da Silva

  • Fracture of disordered, elastic lattices in two dimensions.

    Hans J. Herrmann;Alex Hansen;Stephane Roux

  • A random fuse model for breaking processes

    L. de Arcangelis;S. Redner;H.J. Herrmann

  • Modeling granular media on the computer

    H. J. Herrmann;S. Luding

  • Geometrical cluster growth models and kinetic gelation

    H.J. Herrmann

  • Convection cells in vibrating granular media

    J. A. C. Gallas;H. J. Herrmann;S. Sokołowski

  • Continuum saltation model for sand dunes.

    Gerd Sauermann;Gerd Sauermann;Klaus Kroy;Hans J. Herrmann;Hans J. Herrmann

  • Backbone and elastic backbone of percolation clusters obtained by the new method of 'burning'

    H J Herrmann;D C Hong;H E Stanley

  • Physics of dry granular media

    Hans J. Herrmann;J.-P Hovi;S. Luding

  • Discrete element simulations of dense packings and heaps made of spherical and non-spherical particles

    H.G. Matuttis;S. Luding;H.J. Herrmann

  • Traffic and granular flow '99 : social, traffic, and granular dynamics

    Granular Flow;Dirk Helbing;Hans J. Herrmann

  • Granular and Traffic Flow ’99: Social, Traffic, and Granular Dynamics

    Dirk Helbing;Hans J. Herrmann;Michael Schreckenberg;Dietrich E. Wolf

  • Cycles and clustering in bipartite networks.

    Pedro G. Lind;Marta C. González;Hans J. Herrmann;Hans J. Herrmann

  • Self-organized criticality model for brain plasticity

    Lucilla de Arcangelis;Carla Perrone-Capano;Hans J. Herrmann

  • Microscopic mechanism for shear thickening of non-Brownian suspensions.

    Nicolas Fernandez;Roman Mani;David Rinaldi;Dirk Kadau

  • Minimal model for sand dunes.

    Klaus Kroy;Gerd Sauermann;Hans J. Herrmann

  • Superconductivity exponents in two- and three-dimensional percolation

    H. J. Herrmann;B. Derrida;J. Vannimenus

  • Electrical breakdown in a fuse network with random, continuously distributed breaking strengths.

    B. Kahng;G. G. Batrouni;S. Redner;L. de Arcangelis

Frequent Co-Authors

Sauro Succi
Sauro Succi Italian Institute of Technology
Stefan Luding
Stefan Luding University of Twente
Stéphane Roux
Stéphane Roux École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay
Troy Shinbrot
Troy Shinbrot Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Haim Tsoar
Haim Tsoar Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Vittorio Loreto
Vittorio Loreto Sapienza University of Rome
Marta C. González
Marta C. González University of California, Berkeley
Shlomo Havlin
Shlomo Havlin Bar-Ilan University
H. E. Stanley
H. E. Stanley Boston University
Alex Hansen
Alex Hansen Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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