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| Schmidt | - Curriculum Vitae : Lebenslauf | 
| 1989-1994 | Study of physics,
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany Diploma thesis with Alfred Hüller. Diplom 2/1994. | 
| 1994-1995 | Further study, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München with Hartmut Löwen. | 
| 1995-1996 | Continued study, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (HHUD) Dr. rer. nat. 12/1996, summa cum laude Best PhD Thesis 1997 at the HHUD. | 
| 1997 | Software developer, Siemens AG, Nürnberg, Netzleittechnik (see Wikipedia for explanation in German.) | 
| 1998 | Postdoc, HHUD. | 
| 1999-2004 | Wissenschaftlicher Assistent (C1), HHUD. | 
| 2001 (autumn) | Postdoc with 
Alan R. Denton,
North Dakota State University
(which is located in a city whose inhabitants tend to have very strong feelings about the movie Fargo.) | 
| 2003-2004 | Postdoc with 
   Marjolein Dijkstra,
Soft Condensed Matter Group, 
Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands (one leave from HHUD). | 
| 12/2004 | Hochschuldozent (C2), HHUD. | 
| 1/2005 | Habilitation in Theoretical Physics, HHUD, Privatdozent. | 
| 8/2005 | Lecturer, Theoretical Physics Group, University of Bristol, United Kingdom. | 
| 8/2007 | Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol. | 
| 2008 | Promotion to Professor, University of Bristol. | 
| 7/2008 | Professor (Chair, W3), Theoretische Physik II,
Universität Bayreuth,
Germany, supported by the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung, under the programme Rückkehr deutscher Wissenschaftler aus dem Ausland, administered by the German Scholars Organization (GSO). | 
| 10/2015 | Universitätspreis für herausragende Lehre der Universität Bayreuth | 
| 10/2016 | Preis für gute Lehre 2015 des Staatsministers für Bildung, Kultus, Wissenschaft und Kunst des Freistaates Bayern |