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Present position:	Member of the Condensed Matter Theory Group
	at the Institute for Theoretical Physics,
	Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
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Research interests:	Theoretical solid state physics and density functional theory (DFT)
	in particular:
	Relativistic effects in solids, development of the relativistic version of the FPLO code
	Electronic structure of magnetic compounds, semiconductors and superconductors
	Modeling of surfaces, thin films, defects/dopants and clusters
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Scientific CV:
since Jan. 2008:	Member of the Condensed Matter Theory Group at the Institute for Theoretical Physics,
	Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
2002-2007:	Member of the Group of Theoretical Solid State Physics at the
	Institute for Theoretical Solid State Physics (ITF), IFW Dresden
June 2005:	Research stay at the Laboratoire Matériaux et Microélectronique de Provence, Marseille
Oct./Nov. 2003:	Research stay at the Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague
1998-2001:	PhD student at TU Dresden and IFW Dresden
Oct. 2001:	Degree: Dr. rer. nat.
	PhD-thesis: Dichtefunktionalberechnungen für Seltenerd- und Übergangsmetall-Verbindungen
1998-2001:	Member of the SFB 463 Seltenerd- und Übergangsmetallverbindungen: Struktur, Magnetismus und Transport
2000-2001:	PhD-position at the IFW Dresden
1998-1999:	PhD-position at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, TU Dresden
1991-1997:	Undergraduate student at the University of Heidelberg
Sep. 1997	Degree: Diplom-Physiker
	Diploma-thesis: Untersuchung des laserinduzierten Wachstums amorpher, wasserstoffhaltiger Silizium-Germanium-Legierungen mittels in situ-Ellipsometrie
1994-1995:	ERASMUS student at the University of Uppsala (Sweden)
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Selected publications:	(Press here for a complete list)
	I. Opahle et al.: Jahn-Teller like origin of the tetragonal distortion in disordered Fe-Pd magnetic shape memory alloys , Appl. Phys. Lett. 94 (2009) 072508.
	I. Opahle et al.: Effect of external pressure on the Fe magnetic moment in undoped LaFeAsO from density functional theory: Proximity to a magnetic instability , Phys. Rev. B 79 (2009) 024509.
	T. Chanier et al.: Magnetic state around cation vacancies in II-VI semiconductors , Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 (2008) 026405.
	J. Buschbeck et al.: Magnetic properties of Fe-Pd magnetic shape memory alloys: Density functional calculations and epitaxial films , Phys. Rev. B 77 (2008) 174421.
	N. Gaston et al.: Is Eka-Mercury (Element 112) a Group 12 Metal? , Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46 (2007) 1663.
	H. Rosner et al.: Pressure-induced bistable bonding in YCo 5 , Nature Physics 2 (2006) 469.
	I. Opahle et al.: Calculated de Haas-van Alphen frequencies of NpCoGa 5 , Europhys. Lett. 74 (2006) 124.
	J. Lyubina et al.: Influence of composition and order on the magnetism of Fe-Pt alloys: neutron powder diffraction and theory , Appl. Phys. Lett. 89 (2006) 032506.
	T. Chanier et al.: LSDA+ U vs LSDA : towards a better description of the magnetic nearest neighbor exchange couplings in Co- and Mn-doped ZnO , Phys. Rev. B. 73 (2006) 134418.
	N. Kozlova et al.: Magnetic-field induced band-structure change in CeBiPt , Phys. Rev. Lett. 95 (2005) 086403.
	J. Lyubina et al.: Magnetocrystalline anisotropy in L1 0 FePt and exchange coupling in FePt/Fe 3Pt nanocomposites , J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17 (2005) 4157.
	I. Opahle et al.: Calculated magnetocrystalline anisotropy of existing and hypothetical MCo 5 compounds , J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 290-291 (2005) 374.
	H. Eschrig, M. Richter, I. Opahle: Relativistic Solid State Calculations , in Relativistic Electronic Structure Theory, Part II: Applications, Elsevier, 2004, pp. 723-776.
	I. Opahle et al.: Electronic structure of the Pu-based superconductor PuCoGa 5 and of related actinide-115 compounds , Phys. Rev. B 70 (2004) 104504.
	S. Elgazzar et al.: Calculated de Haas-van Alphen quantities of Ce MIn 5 ( M =Co, Rh, and Ir) compounds , Phys. Rev. B 69 (2004) 214510.
	I. Opahle, P.M. Oppeneer: Superconductivity caused by the pairing of plutonium 5f electrons in PuCoGa 5 , Phys. Rev. Lett. 90 (2003) 157001.
	I. Opahle, K. Koepernik, H. Eschrig: Full-potential band-structure calculation of iron pyrite , Phys. Rev. B 60 (1999) 14035.
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