CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Prof. Dr. Walter METZNER Address: Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research Heisenbergstr. 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany Date of birth: July 21, 1961 Place of birth: Munich, Germany Nationality: German Position: Director at the MPI for Solid State Research Education: 1971 - 1980 Gymnasium (final examination 1980) 1980 - 1981 Military service 1981 - 1987 Study of Physics and Mathematics at the Technical University Munich 1987 Diploma in Physics at the Technical University Munich 1987 - 1989 Doctoral thesis on "Correlated Lattice Fermions in high dimensions" (supervisor: Professor D. Vollhardt) 1989 Doctoral examination in Theoretical Physics at the Technical University Aachen 1995 Habilitation at the Technical University Aachen  Employment: 1987 - 1990 Research Associate at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, Technical University Aachen 1990 - 1993 Postdoc in the group of Professor C. Di Castro at the University "La Sapienza" in Rome 1993 - 1994 Research Fellow in the Condensed Matter Theory Group at Princeton University 1994 - 1996 Research Associate at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, Technical University Aachen 1996 - 1998 Associate Professor for Theoretical Solid State Physics at the University Munich 1998 - 2001 Full Professor for Theoretical Physics at the Technical University Aachen 2001 - now Director at the MPI for Solid State Research 2002 - now Honorary Professor at the University Stuttgart Fellowships, Awards and Honours: 1988/1989 Scholarship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes 1990 Friedrich-Wilhelm-Preis (Technical University Aachen) 1991 Physik-Preis (Academy of Science in Göttingen) 1995 Gustav-Hertz-Preis (German Physical Society) 2006 Agilent Europhysics Price (European Physical Society) 2016 Outstanding Referee Award (American Physical Society)