About Me

Hi, I am Kevin Lüdemann and this page reflects my work so let me tell you about why and what made me set up this page.

Scientific careerer

But maybe before we talk about motivate, a short view back in time. I started studying physics in 2013 in Göttingen and finished my Bachelor in the recommended 6 years. Directly after that, I started to study in the master program and stayed in Göttingen. I even stayed in the same working group and had a position of student assistant. During that time I honed my skills in numerics and experimental physics so I would consider myself both, an experimental and a theoretical physicist. Especially in my chosen field, both are fully required to make advances.

Oh, by the way, my chosen field was and still is turbulence and fluid mechanics. This is a vast field of interesting concepts and not yet fully understood mechanics on all scales (meaning from small like a cup of coffee to large in planetary as well as galactic scales proportions).

Ultimately, I followed this field until the end of my Master in 2019, when the first choice of switching was to be made. As you might be able to guess, I stayed and started a Ph.D. in Physics at the same Institute and continued studying. This came to a close in 2023 when I finished my Ph.D. and was rather fed up with working in Academy.

At that time, once again had the choice to go somewhere else and continue doing research full time or do something else. As you might be able to guess, I did stay in Göttingen, but switched. Nowadays I am working as an HPC Traininer, for which my teaching experience comes in handy. I have been using massively parallel machines for my Bachelors already, so now that I had this opportunity, I took it to get away from full time research for now.

This is where I am at currently. I started my current job at GWDG in January 2024 and of man, that was quite the change to the better. But I am sure, there is much more change to come.

Photography

At this point you may ask yourself, where the photography comes in. I was always enjoying taking picture after I discovered that I lack some important skills for drawing, which I would have to work long and hard on to consider myself good (only my own perception counts here). This is when I got into photography at a side since this allows me to create representation of my reality the way I like to express it.

In 2016 I bought my first DSLR from the money I earned as a student assistant. This one served me well for many year and some of the picture presented on this page have been taken with that camera. Once I had a full job I switched to a full frame camera in 2022. And this is what I have been using the last few year and enjoying very much.

For all these years, photography was my way out. It took me outside, while I was stuck working on a computer in an office most of my time. I need to go out to take picture to find all the animals I love so much. So this is a perfect way of switching off for me, especially since this brings me away from most or all people. Check my photography trips to find out where and when I go to get “away from it all”.

Motivation

What has always motivated me to go out and be better than I was before, was the joy and fun of other people. I am a very empathic person, meaning (in my case), I feel the emotions of other people stronger than my own. Additionally, I have the ability to draw great strength from my emotions so other people (especially the ones close to me) drive me forward to become a better person today, than I was yesterday.

This is why I started this page. I want to express this passion and drive more clearly.

Photography gear

• Main Camera: Sony ɑ7IV
• Main Lens: Sony 200-600mm
• Main daily lens: Tamron 28-75mm F2.8
• For the close ups: Sony 90mm Macro f2.8
• For walking about: Sony 70-200mm f4.0