After receiving his degree in Physics in 1962 from the
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Zurich
, Dr. Stoll became a
research assistant at the
Swiss Federal Institute of Reactor Research in
Wuerenlingen (now PSI). Here
he investigated crystal structures with thermal neutrons and the theory of
electric and electronic properties of simple metals. In 1968 he received
his Dr. sc. nat. degree from the
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Zurich
. After joining the
IBM Zurich Research Lab at Rueschlikon
in 1970, he worked on computer simulations of phase transitions, critical
phenomena, and nonlinear systems until 1982. Since then until 1992,
Dr. Stoll
has contributed to the theory and interpretation of scanning
tunneling microscopy. He has developed and implemented the graphics
tools used for processing STM and related data on the mainframe computer
at his present location. Afterwards he assists physics involved in numerically
intensive computing by designing economical algorithms and providing
instructions in the efficient use of vector computers. Examples are
simulations of
fractal systems
and
first principles
molecular dynamics programs. From 1992-2005
Dr. Stoll
supported Ph.D-students at the Physics-Institute of the University of Zurich in Electron
Density Functional Calculations, Interactive
Scientific Computing and Visualization, and High Tc
superconductors. Furthermore, interdisciplinary work has been performed
with the MultiMedia Laboratorium
of the Department of Computer Science
at the University of Zurich and the Department of
Diagnostic Radiology at
the University Hospital Zurich to process Medical
Magnetic Resonance and Computer Tomography Images. Also from 1992-2005 Dr. Stoll was Coordinator
of the University of Zurich for the CSCS/SCSC-User support in Manno.
