Professors
Prof. Dr. Daniel Burgarth
Professur für Theoretische Physik (Prof. Dr. Burgarth)
- Phone number: +490173-2671440
- Email: daniel.burgarth@fau.de
- Website: https://www.conquerlangen.de/
Research areas: Quantum Computing, Quantum Simulation, Open Quantum Systems, Mathematical Physics, Many-body Physics, Quantum Control, Quantum Mechanics
Prof. Dr. Maria Chekhova
Institute of Optics, Information and Photonics
- 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. Christopher Eichler
Chair of Experimental Physics
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28371
- Email: christopher.eichler@fau.de
- Website: http://quantum.nat.fau.de
Quantum Science and Technology Superconducting Circuits and Solid-State Quantum Devices Quantum Computing and Information Processing Quantum Optics
Prof. Dr. Christopher van Eldik
Professur für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) (Prof. Dr. van Eldik)
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-70728
- Email: christopher.van.eldik@fau.de
- Website: https://ecap.nat.fau.de/index.php/person/prof-dr-christopher-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: ben.fabry@fau.de
- Website: https://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. Daniele Fausti
Chair of Solid-State Physics
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28401
- Email: daniele.fausti@fau.de
- Website: https://www.fkp.physik.nat.fau.eu/
Quantum spectroscopy for quantum materials (Q4Q) Complex quantum materials ultrafast spectroscopy high temperature superconductors optical cavities and light matter hybrids
Prof. Dr. Stefan Funk
Chair of Physics
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-70727
- 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: https://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 7133315
- Email: stephan.goetzinger@fau.de
- Website: https://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 7133500
- 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: https://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: https://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 9131 85-81014
- Email: ulrich.heber@sternwarte.uni-erlangen.de
- Website: https://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: https://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: https://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@fau.de
- Website: https://laser.physik.fau.de
Nano optics Strong field physics Attosecond physics Laser based particle accelaration Plasmonics Quantum optics Electron optics Quantum electron microscopy
Prof. Dr. Nicolas Joly
Professur für Experimentalphysik (Photonik) (Prof. Dr. Joly)
- Phone number: +49 9131 7133215
- Email: nicolas.joly@fau.de
- Website: https://mpl.mpg.de/research-at-mpl/independent-research-groups/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: https://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. Claudio Kopper
Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Astroteilchenphysik (Prof. Dr. Kopper)
Astroparticle physics Detection of high energy neutrinos in neutrino telescopes (IceCube, IceCube-Gen2, KM3NeT, P-ONE) Development of modern reconstruction and data analysis algorithms Detector development
Prof. Dr. Vojislav Krstic
Professorship in Applied Physics
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28431
- Email: vojislav.krstic@fau.de
- Website: https://www.lap.physik.nat.fau.de/forschung-krstic/
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. Benoit Ladoux
Lehrstuhl für Biophysik
- Email: benoit.ladoux@fau.de
Physical principles governing the self-organization of cellular and tissue systems and their adaptation to the mechanical constraints of the environment, active biological matter, technologies to mimic in vivo biological processes, mechanobiology of cell and tissue growth, movement, invasion and remodeling.
apl. Prof. Dr. Robert Lahmann
Chair of Experimental Physics (Astro Particle Physics)
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-70732
- Email: robert.lahmann@fau.de
- Website: https://ecap.nat.fau.de/index.php/person/dr-robert-lahmann/
Astro particle physics; Neutrino telescopes for the detection of high energy cosmic neutrinos (KM3NeT); Acoustic and radio detection of neutrinos (RNO-G); Detector development
apl. Prof. Dr. Norbert Lindlein
Chair of Experimental Physics
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28395
- Email: norbert.lindlein@fau.de
- Website: https://www.quantum.nat.fau.de/person/norbert-lindlein/
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. Christoph Marquardt
Lehrstuhl für Optische Quantentechnologien
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-71232
- Email: christoph.marquardt@fau.de
- Website: https://www.oqt.nat.fau.de/
Prof. Dr. Florian Marquardt
Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik (Prof. Dr. Marquardt)
- Phone number: +49 9131 7133400
- Email: florian.marquardt@mpl.mpg.de
- Website: https://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: https://www.emergent.physics.nat.fau.de/mecke/
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: https://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: https://www.icsp.nat.fau.eu/neder-group/
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 85-70725
- Email: anna.nelles@fau.de
- Website: https://ecap.nat.fau.de/index.php/institute/research-groups/radio-neutrino/
Astroparticle physics Radio detection of neutrinos (RNO-G, IceCube-Gen2) Cosmic rays, lightning (LOFAR, SKA) Detector development and data analysis
see also: https://ecap.nat.fau.de/index.php/institute/research-groups/radio-neutrino/
Prof. Dr. Hanno Sahlmann
Professur für Theoretische Physik (Prof. Dr. Sahlmann)
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28465
- Email: hanno.sahlmann@gravity.fau.de
- Website: https://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 7133300
- Email: vahid.sandoghdar@mpl.mpg.de
- Website: https://www.mpl.mpg.de
Quantum optics High resolution microscopy Plasmonics Nano biophotonics
Prof. Dr. Manami Sasaki
Dr. Karl Remeis-Observatory Bamberg
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-81019
- Email: manami.sasaki@fau.de
- Website: https://www.sternwarte.uni-erlangen.de
Multiwavelength astronomy Physics of the interstellar medium and supernova remnants Star formation Evolution of galaxies
Prof. Dr. Michael Schmiedeberg
Chair of Theoretical Physics
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28449
- Email: michael.schmiedeberg@fau.de
- Website: https://www.emergent.physics.nat.fau.de/schmiedeberg/
Soft condensed matter Quasi crystals Jamming Glassy dynamics and gels Complex colloidal arrangements Anomalous diffusion Motility of bacteria
Prof. Dr. Kai Phillip Schmidt
Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik (Prof. Dr. Schmidt)
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28443
- Email: kai.phillip.schmidt@fau.de
- Website: https://www.emergent.physics.nat.fau.de/person/kai-phillip-schmidt/
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: https://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: https://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: https://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: https://www.lap.physik.nat.fau.de/
Investigations on charge transport and on the light-matter interface in tailored materials
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: https://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