Department of Physics

Since the end of 2020, a great many people worldwide have been vaccinated against Covid-19, but until now the exact structure of these vaccines was not known. Prof. Dr. Tobias Unruh from the Chair of Crystallography at FAU and his team have now begun to rectify this. The results of these elaborate a...

The Faculty of Natural Sciences has awarded Kai Phillip Schmidt the teaching prize for the 2023 academic year. He was nominated for his courses Theoretical Physics III (Quantum Mechanics) and Calculation Methods in Physics for first-year students. The prize was presented by the dean, Jürgen Schatz. ...

With the Renate-Wittern-Sterzel Prize, the university honours ideas and projects in research and teaching that contribute to the promotion of gender equality and greater diversity at the university. This year, the "ESFZ Student Research Camps for all kids in Durban" project is one of the award winne...

Hodabalo Kondo-Feou was honoured with the German Academic Exchange Service Prize (DAAD Prize) 2024. He accepted the award at the FAU Awards ceremony on 22 October 2024. The orphan from Togo was supported by a sponsor family near Erlangen. Thanks to his outstanding academic achievements, he was ab...