Ralph SkomskiResearch Associate ProfessorCenter for Materials Research and AnalysisUniversity of Nebraska2002- present Research Associate Professor, University of Nebraska1999-2002 Research Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska1998 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska1995-1997 Postdoctoral Researcher, MPI für Mikrostrukturphysik, Halle1991-1995 Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College, Dublin1991 Ph.D., TU Dresden, Thesis "Theory of partially ordered magnetic solids"1986 Dipl.-Phys., THLM Merseburg, Thesis: "Theory of the elasticity of polymer networks"