Prof M Braun

Qualifications

• PhD (Physics) – University of Tuebingen, Germany, 1993
• MSc (Physics) – University of Tuebingen, Germany,1990

NRF Rating

Currently teaching

• Theoretical Physics
• Computational Physics 

Fields of academic interests

Research interests

• Theoretical Physics
• Computational Physics
• Inverse Scattering
• Few-Body Physics

Field of Specialisation

My main research area is Computational Physics in general with a focus on the method   of finite elements in its applications to molecular physics. In addition, I have an interest in inverse scattering, especially for its application to geophysical prospecting.

Journal articles

• KO Obodo, LL Noto, SJ Mofokeng, CNM Ouma, M Braun, MS Dhlamini Influence of Tm, Ho and Er dopants on the properties of Yb activated ZnTiO3 perovskite: a density functional theory insight, Materials Research Express 5 (10), 106202
• Moritz Braun and Kingsley Onyebuchi Obodo Finite element density functional calculations for light molecules using a cusp factor to mitigate the Coulomb potential,
  Eur. Phys. J. B (2019) 92: 230
• K. O. Obodo, C. N. M. Ouma, J. T. Obodo, M. Braun, D. Bessarabov First principles study of single and multi-site transition metal dopant ions in MoS2 monolayer.  Computational Condensed Matter 21 (2019) e00419
• O L Ezenwachukwu, M. Braun Solving differential equations of Quantum Mechanics in 1 D and 2 D using Sinc functions employing Python and Numpy. Proceedings of SAIP 2019.
• C. N. M. Ouma, K. O. Obodo, M. Braun and G. O. Amolo, Ab initio insights on the effect of embedding lanthanide atoms on nitrogenated holey doped graphene (g-C2N), J. Mater. Chem. C 6 (2018) 4015
• K. O. Obodo and M. Braun Nitrogen non-stoichiometric stabilization of UN2, Solid State Communications 254 (2017) 21-25
• K. O Obodo, C. N. M. Ouma, J. T. Obodo and M. Braun Influence of transition metal doping on the electronic and optical properties of ReS2 and ReSe2 monolayers Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 19 (2017) 19050
• M. Braun and K. O. Obodo Multi-domain muffin tin finite element density functional calculations for small molecules, Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

• Principals Prize of the College of Science in 1998
• NRF rating of C1 in 2001, C2 in 2006 and 2011 and C3 in 2017

Projects

• Density Functional Finite Element Calculations Employing a Cusp Factor.
• Optimization via Dolphin-adjoint of systems governed by partial differential equations
• Solving Differential Equations in Quantum Mechanics using Sinc Functions in 1-D, and 2-D, employing Python and Numpy.
• Geophysical Prospecting using novel computational methods.