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Maria Chekhova

Maria Chekhova

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

Christopher Eichler

Christopher Eichler

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

Christopher van Eldik

Christopher van Eldik

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

Ben Fabry

Ben Fabry

Prof. Dr. Ben Fabry

Lehrstuhl für Biophysik (Prof. Dr. Fabry)

  • Phone number: +49 9131 85-25610
  • Email: ben.fabry@fau.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

Daniele Fausti

Daniele Fausti

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

Stefan Funk

Stefan Funk

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

Kristina Giesel

Kristina Giesel

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

Stephan Götzinger

Stephan Götzinger

Prof. Dr. Stephan Götzinger

Professur für Physik (Prof. Dr. Götzinger)

  • Phone number: +49 9131 7133315
  • 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

Jochen Guck

Jochen Guck

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

Philipp Hansmann

Philipp Hansmann

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

Michael J. Hartmann

Michael J. Hartmann

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

Ulrich Heber

Ulrich Heber

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Heber

Dr. Karl Remeis-Observatory Bamberg

  • Phone number: +4995195222-14
  • 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

Bernhard Hensel

Bernhard Hensel

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

Rainer Hock

Rainer Hock

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

Peter Hommelhoff

Peter Hommelhoff

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

Martin Hundhausen

Martin Hundhausen

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

Nicolas Joly

Nicolas Joly

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

Uli Katz

Uli Katz

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

Vojislav Krstić

Vojislav Krstić

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

Norbert Lindlein

Norbert Lindlein

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

Sabine Maier

Sabine Maier

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

Christoph Marquardt

Christoph Marquardt

Prof. Dr. Christoph Marquardt

Lehrstuhl für Optische Quantentechnologien

  • Phone number: +49 9131 85-28408
  • Email: christoph.marquardt@fau.de

Florian Marquardt

Florian Marquardt

Prof. Dr. Florian Marquardt

Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik (Prof. Dr. Marquardt)

  • Phone number: +49 9131 7133400
  • 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

Janina Maultzsch

Janina Maultzsch

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

Klaus Mecke

Klaus Mecke

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

Jan-Peter Meyn

Jan-Peter Meyn

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

Reinhard Neder

Reinhard Neder

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

Anna Nelles

Anna Nelles

Prof. Dr. Anna Nelles

Professur für Experimentelle Astroteilchenphysik, insbesondere Radionachweis von Neutrinos

  • Phone number: +49 9131 85-70725
  • Email: anna.nelles@fau.de

Astroparticle physics,
Radio detection of neutrinos,
IceCube-Gen2, LOFAR,
Lightning and clouds

Jürgen Ristein

Jürgen Ristein

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

Hanno Sahlmann

Hanno Sahlmann

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

Vahid Sandoghdar

Vahid Sandoghdar

Prof. Dr. Vahid Sandoghdar

Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Prof. Dr. Sandoghdar)

  • Phone number: +49 9131 7133300
  • Email: vahid.sandoghdar@mpl.mpg.de
  • Website: http://www.mpl.mpg.de

Quantum optics
High resolution microscopy
Plasmonics
Nano biophotonics

Manami Sasaki

Manami Sasaki

Prof. Dr. Manami Sasaki

Dr. Karl Remeis-Observatory Bamberg

  • Phone number: +4995195222-19
  • 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

Michael Schmiedeberg

Michael Schmiedeberg

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

Kai Phillip Schmidt

Kai Phillip Schmidt

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

Alexander Schneider

Alexander Schneider

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

Ana-Suncana Smith

Ana-Suncana Smith

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

www.puls.physik.fau.de

Thomas Thiemann

Thomas Thiemann

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

Tobias Unruh

Tobias Unruh

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

Heiko Weber

Heiko B. Weber

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/

Investigations on charge transport and
on the light-matter interface in tailored materials

Jörn Wilms

Jörn Wilms

Prof. Dr. Jörn Wilms

Dr. Karl Remeis-Observatory Bamberg

  • Phone number: +4995195222-13
  • Email: joern.wilms@sternwarte.uni-erlangen.de
  • Website: https://www.sternwarte.uni-erlangen.de/remeis-start/research/x-ray-astronomy/

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

Joachim von Zanthier

Joachim von Zanthier

Prof. Dr. Joachim von Zanthier

Professur für Experimentalphysik

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

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