Professors
Prof. Dr. Gisela Anton
Chair of Experimental Physics (Particle and Astro Particle Physics)
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-27151
- Email: gisela.anton@physik.uni-erlangen.de
- Website: https://ecap.nat.fau.de/index.php/person/prof-anton/
Astroparticle physics
Neutrino astronomy, neutrino physics
Detector development
Medical physics
Prof. Dr. Maria Chekhova
Chair of Experimental Physics (Optics)
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28373
- Email: maria.chekhova@fau.de
- Website: https://mpl.mpg.de/research-at-mpl/independent-research-groups/chekhova-research-group/
Quantum nonlinear optics
Bright quantum light
Entangled photons
Prof. Dr. Martin Eckstein
Chair for Theoretical Solid State Physics
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28824
- Email: martin.eckstein@fau.de
- Website: https://www.tfkp.nat.fau.de/
Theory of strongly correlated solids
Dynamical molecular field theory
Quantum mechanical many body systems far beyond equilibrium
Prof. Dr. Christopher van Eldik
Professur für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) (Prof. Dr. van Eldik)
Astro particle physics
Ground based gamma astronomy with H.E.S.S. and CTA.
Galactic gamma sources
Development of advanced reconstruction and analyzing algorithms
Prof. Dr. Ben Fabry
Lehrstuhl für Biophysik (Prof. Dr. Fabry)
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-25610
- Email: bfabry@biomed.uni-erlangen.de
- Website: http://bio.physik.fau.de
Biomechanics of cells and tissues
Molecular and cellular mechanosensing and mechanotransduction
Microscopy techniques in cell biology
Active matter and complex living systems
Prof. Dr. Thomas Fauster
Chair of Solid-State Physics
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28401
- Email: thomas.fauster@fau.de
- Website: https://www.fkp.physik.nat.fau.eu/person/thomas-fauster/
Surface physics:
Electronic structure of metal and semiconductor surfaces
Ultra thin metal films
Photoelectron spectroscopy with femtosecond laser excitation
Prof. Dr. Stefan Funk
Chair of Physics
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28964
- Email: s.funk@fau.de
- Website: https://ecap.nat.fau.de/index.php/person/prof-dr-stefan-funk/
Astroparticle physics
Gamma astronomy
Origin of cosmic rays
Search for dark matter
Prof. Dr. Kristina Giesel
Professur für Theoretische Physik (Prof. Dr. Giesel)
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28470
- Email: kristina.giesel@gravity.fau.de
- Website: http://www.gravity.physik.fau.de
Loop quantum gravity
General theory of relativity
Cosmology
Quantum field theory
Prof. Dr. Stephan Götzinger
Professur für Physik (Prof. Dr. Götzinger)
- Phone number: +49 9131 7133 315
- Email: stephan.goetzinger@mpl.mpg.de
- Website: http://www.mpl.mpg.de/en/sandoghdar/teaching.html
Solid state and quantum optics
Nano-optics
Single molecule microscopy and spectroscopy
Plasmonics
Prof. Dr. Jochen Guck
Lehrstuhl für Biologische Optomechanik (Prof. Dr. Guck)
- Phone number: +49 9131 7133-500
- Email: jochen.guck@mpl.mpg.de
- Website: https://www.mpl.mpg.de/
Cellular Biophysics
Biophotonics
Biomechanics
Biophysical Medicine
Prof. Dr. Philipp Hansmann
Professur für Theoretische Physik mit dem Schwerpunkt Molekulare Materialien (Prof. Dr. Hansmann)
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28836
- Email: philipp.hansmann@fau.de
- Website: http://www.agmm.nat.fau.eu/
- Treatment of strongly correlated compounds with material-realistic models: transition metal oxides, correlated surface lattices, organic superconductors
- Spectroscopy from photoemission (PES, ARPES) to core level techniques (XAS, RIXS, NIXS)
- Cluster extensions of dynamical mean-field theory
Prof. Dr. Michael J. Hartmann
Chair of Theoretical Physics
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28461
- Email: michael.j.hartmann@fau.de
- Website: http://www.quantumtheory.nat.fau.eu/
quantum simulation
quantum computing
superconducting circuits
dissipative quantum many-body systems
quantum optics
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Heber
Dr. Karl Remeis-Observatory Bamberg
- Phone number: +49 951 95222-14
- Email: ulrich.heber@sternwarte.uni-erlangen.de
- Website: http://www.sternwarte.uni-erlangen.de
Quantitative spectroscopy of hot stars in the UV and optical spectrum
Physics of stellar atmospheres
Empirical studies on the late evolution stage of stars and on the structure of the galaxy
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Hensel
Professur für Physik in der Medizin (Max Schaldach-Stiftungsprofessur für Biomedizinische Technik) (Prof. Dr. Hensel)
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-25632
- Email: bernhard.hensel@fau.de
- Website: http://www.msbt.nat.fau.de
Medical engineering for the cardiovascular system
Biomaterials, materials for cardiological implants
Biosignal processing
Monitoring of cardiovascular respiratory system
numerical simulation of physiological processes
Prof. Dr. Rainer Hock
Professorship in Crystallography and Structural Physics
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-25188
- Email: rainer.hock@fau.de
- Website: http://www.lks.physik.uni-erlangen.de
X-ray and neutron diffraction for crystallography and material sciences
Real structure and properties of polycrystalline and semicrystalline materials
Rietveld method
Questions on element distribution
Texture and internal stress measurements
Diffraction in complex sample environments
Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff
Chair of Laser Physics
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-27090
- Email: peter.hommelhoff@physik.uni-erlangen.de
- Website: http://laserphysik.nat.fau.de/
Nano optics
Strong field physics
Attosecond physics
Laser based particle accelaration
Plasmonics
Quantum optics
Electron optics
Quantum electron microscopy
apl. Prof. Dr. Martin Hundhausen
Chair of Laser Physics
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-27259
- Email: martin.hundhausen@physik.uni-erlangen.de
- Website: http://www.laserphysik.nat.uni-erlangen.de
Vibronic properties of solids
Semiconductor spectroscopy
Applications of photovoltaics
Prof. Dr. Nicolas Joly
Professur für Experimentalphysik (Photonik) (Prof. Dr. Joly)
Photonic crystal fibers (PCF)
Nonlinear optics in PCF and dynamics of ring cavities
Prof. Dr. Uli Katz
Chair of Experimental Physics (Astro Particle Physics)
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-27072
- Email: uli.katz@physik.uni-erlangen.de
- Website: http://ecap.nat.fau.de/index.php/person/prof-dr-uli-katz/
Astroparticle physics
Detection of high energy cosmic neutrinos in neutrino telescopes
Acoustic particle detection
TeV gamma astronomy
Detector development
Prof. Dr. Vojislav Krstic
Professorship in Applied Physics
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28431
- Email: vojislav.krstic@fau.de
- Website: http://www.lap.physik.uni-erlangen.de/
Quantum-nanowire electronics with wide-bandgap semiconductors
Interactions in low-dimensional Dirac/Weyl-Fermion systems (2D layered materials)
Helical nanostructures – growth, cooperative and anisotropic electronics & optics in the PT-violating regime
Prof. Dr. Gerd Leuchs
Chair of Experimental Physics (Optics)
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28371
- Email: gerd.leuchs@physik.uni-erlangen.de
- Website: http://www.mpl.mpg.de/de/institut/abteilung-leuchs.html
Quantum optics
Micro optics
Diffractive optics
Optical measurement and testing technology
apl. Prof. Dr. Norbert Lindlein
Chair of Experimental Physics (Optics)
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28395
- Email: norbert.lindlein@fau.de
- Website: http://www.optik.nat.fau.de/forschung/odem/
Optics design and simulation,
Microstructuring
Diffractive optics
Optical measuring technique
Prof. Dr. Sabine Maier
Professur für Experimentalphysik (Rastersondenmikroskopie) (Prof. Dr. Maier)
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-27268
- Email: sabine.maier@fau.de
- Website: https://www.spm.nat.fau.de/
Surface physics
Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and non contact scanning force microscopy (NC-AFM)
Structure and reactions of molecules on surfaces
Prof. Dr. Florian Marquardt
Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik (Prof. Dr. Marquardt)
- Phone number: +49 9131 7133 400
- Email: florian.marquardt@mpl.mpg.de
- Website: http://www.mpl.mpg.de/divisions/marquardt-division/
Nano physics and quantum optics
Optomechanics
Decay time of coherence in quantum systems
Quantum electrodynamics in superconducting circuits
Prof. Dr. Janina Maultzsch
Chair of Experimental Physics
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-27073
- Email: janina.maultzsch@fau.de
- Website: https://www.exphys.nat.fau.de/person/janina-maultzsch/
Solid state physics: optical and electronical properties of novel low dimensional materials
Two-dimensional crystals, e.g. transition metal dichalcogenides, graphene/graphite, carbon nanotubes
Light-matter interaction and plasmonic structures
Prof. Dr. Klaus Mecke
Chair of Theoretical Physics
- Phone number: ++49 9131 85-28441
- Email: klaus.mecke@physik.uni-erlangen.de
- Website: http://www.theorie1.physik.uni-erlangen.de
Statistical physics
Biophysics and soft matter physics
Geometry and topology
Tomography and scattering theory
Interfaces and thin films
Porous and granular matter
Prof. Dr. Jan-Peter Meyn
Physics Education (Prof. Dr. Meyn)
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28361
- Email: jan-peter.meyn@fau.de
- Website: http://www.didaktik.physik.uni-erlangen.de
Interdisciplinary physics education
Didactical editing of current research topics
Advanced training for teachers at general secondary schools
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Neder
Professur für Allgemeine Mineralogie/Kristallographie (Prof. Dr. Neder)
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-25191
- Email: reinhard.neder@fau.de
- Website: http://www.lks.physik.uni-erlangen.de/neder.shtml
Synthesis and structual investigations on nano particles
Study of defects in crystals
Development of simulation algorithms for the characterization of disordered crystals
Evaluation of diffuse X-ray and neutron diffraction patterns
Analyzing the pair distribution function of disordered crystals
Prof. Dr. Anna Nelles
Professur für Experimentelle Astroteilchenphysik, insbesondere Radionachweis von Neutrinos
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-27086
- Email: anna.nelles@fau.de
Astroparticle physics,
Radio detection of neutrinos,
IceCube-Gen2, LOFAR,
Lightning and clouds
X-ray quantum optics
Atomic and nuclear quantum dynamics
Laser-matter interactions
Nuclear clocks
apl. Prof. Dr. Jürgen Ristein
Chair of Laser Physics
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-27088
- Email: juergen.ristein@physik.uni-erlangen.de
- Website: http://www.laserphysik.nat.uni-erlangen.de
Electronical and optical properties of semiconductor surfaces
Electronics and electro chemistry of semiconductor-electrolyte interfaces
Electronics of particulate systems,
Synthesis and characterisation of diamond
Prof. Philip Russell, D.Phil., FRS
Chair of Experimental Physics
- Phone number: +49 9131 7133 200
- Email: philip.russell@physik.uni-erlangen.de
- Website: http://www.mpl.mpg.de/en/russell/home.html
Novel optical materials
Photonic crystal fibers
Light-matter interaction on small scales
Prof. Dr. Hanno Sahlmann
Professur für Theoretische Physik (Prof. Dr. Sahlmann)
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28465
- Email: hanno.sahlmann@gravity.fau.de
- Website: http://www.gravity.physik.uni-erlangen.de
Quantum gravity
Loop quantum gravity
General theory of relativity
Alternative theories of gravitation
Quantum field theory in curved spacetime
Mathematical physics
Prof. Dr. Vahid Sandoghdar
Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Prof. Dr. Sandoghdar)
- Phone number: +49 9131 7133 300
- Email: vahid.sandoghdar@mpl.mpg.de
- Website: http://www.mpl.mpg.de
Quantum optics
High resolution microscopy
Plasmonics
Nano biophotonics
Prof. Dr. Manami Sasaki
Dr. Karl Remeis-Observatory Bamberg
- Phone number: +49 951 95222-19
- Email: manami.sasaki@fau.de
- Website: http://www.sternwarte.uni-erlangen.de
Multiwavelength astronomy
Physics of the interstellar medium and supernova remnants
Star formation
Evolution of galaxies
PD Dr. Michael Schmiedeberg
Chair of Theoretical Physics
- Phone number: ++49 9131 85-28449
- Email: michael.schmiedeberg@fau.de
- Website: http://www.theorie1.physik.uni-erlangen.de/people/mschmiedeberg/index.html
Soft condensed matter
Quasi crystals
Jamming
Glassy dynamics and gels
Complex colloidal arrangements
Anomalous diffusion
Motility of bacteria
Prof. Dr. Kai Phillip Schmidt
Professur für Theoretische Physik (Prof. Dr. Schmidt)
- Phone number: ++49 9131 85-28443
- Email: kai.phillip.schmidt@fau.de
- Website: http://www.theorie1.physik.uni-erlangen.de/people/kaschm/
Theoretical solid state physics
Topological quantum systems
Correlated many particle quantum systems
Quantum magnetism
Frustrated systems
Prof. Dr. M. Alexander Schneider
Professorship in Physics
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28405
- Email: alexander.schneider@fau.de
- Website: https://www.fkp.physik.nat.fau.eu/person/m-alexander-schneider/
Surface physics
Electronic properties of nano structures and adsorbates on surfaces, many electron effects
Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy
Prof. Dr. Ana-Suncana Smith
Professur für Theoretische Physik (Prof. Dr. Smith)
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-70565
- Email: smith@physik.uni-erlangen.de
- Website: http://puls.physik.fau.de/
Statistical physics of systems with reduced dimensionality: molecular modelling of reactive solid-liquid interfaces, complex transport, hydrodynamic interactions, self-propulsion
Biophysics: adhesive properties of membranes
Organisation and growth of tissues in modulating micro-environments
Mechanosensing and mechanotransduction
Prof. Dr. Thomas Thiemann
Chair of Theoretical Physics
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28471
- Email: thomas.thiemann@gravity.fau.de
- Website: http://www.gravity.physik.fau.de
General theory of relativity
Quantum field theory
Gauge theory
Cosmology
High energy and astroparticle physics
Mathematical physics
Prof. Dr. Tobias Unruh
Professur für Nanomaterialcharakterisierung (Streumethoden) im Rahmen des Exzellenzclusters EAM (Prof. Dr. Unruh)
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-25189
- Email: tobias.unruh@fau.de
- Website: http://www.icsp.nat.fau.de
Structure and dynamics of complex colloidal systems
Dynamics in molecular liquids and membranes
Quasielastic and inelastic neutron scattering (QENS, INS),
X-ray and neutron small angle scattering (SAXS, SANS),
Molecular dynamics simulation
Prof. Dr. Heiko B. Weber
Chair of Applied Physics
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28421
- Email: heiko.weber@fau.de
- Website: http://www.lap.physik.nat.fau.de/
Electronic properties of solids: single molecule contacts
Epitaxially grown graphene
Molecular materials and high power semiconductors
Prof. Dr. Jörn Wilms
Dr. Karl Remeis-Observatory Bamberg
High energy astrophysics (space based X-ray and gamma astronomy) with focus on emission processes from accreting black holes and neutron stars
Preparation of future satellite missions
Broadband emission from active galactic nuclei
Prof. Dr. Joachim von Zanthier
Professur für Experimentalphysik (Prof. Dr. von Zanthier)
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-27603
- Email: joachim.vonzanthier@physik.uni-erlangen.de
- Website: http://www.qoqi.physik.uni-erlangen.de/
Quantum phenomena with single stored ions
Quantum optics and photon statistics
Quantum information processing
Many particle entanglement
Quantum imaging