People at the Max Planck School of Photonics
Here you will find a list of all MPSP Fellows, i.e. your potential PhD supervisors. In total, the Max Planck School of Photonics has 45 fellows of which four are adjunct fellows. If you are interested in the research work of a particular fellow, we recommend that you visit the website of the respective partner institution.
MPSP-Fellows
Aachen

Constantin Häfner
Research Fields:Advanced Imagining, Ultrafast Physics, Biophotonics, Laser Source Development, Quantum Optics, Photonic Production and System Design, Nonlinear Optics

Peter Loosen
Research Fields: Fiber Optics, Laser Source Development, Optical Design / Communication, X-Ray Science

Henrich Schleifenbaum
Research Topic: SLS of high-performance polymers with fiber or diode lasers through integrated IR absorbers.
Erlangen

Maria Chekhova
Research Topic: Nanolayer sources of entangled photons

Prof. Dr. Jochen Guck
Research Fields: Advanced Imaging, Biophotonics

Peter Hommelhoff
Research Topic: Attosecond physics inside of quantum materials.

Nicolas Joly
Research Fields: Fiber Optics, Quantum Optics, Nonlinear Optics

Christoph Marquardt
Research Topic: Quantum communication in space

Florian Marquardt
Research Topic: Theory of Quantum Optomechanics

Bernhard Schmauß
Research Topic: Fiber Optic Sensor Networks.

Birgit Stiller
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Research topic: Light-sound interactions in continuum systems
Göttingen

Stefan W. Hell
Research Topic:
Far-Field Optical Imaging at Molecular Resolution

Claus Ropers
Research Topic: Ultrafast magnetic imaging using high-harmonic radiation

Steffen J. Sahl
Research Topic: Nanoscopic Analysis of Neurodegenerative Disease Proteins.

Tim Salditt
Research Topic: Curved x-ray waveguides and resonators: x-ray optic on a chip.
Hamburg

Franz X. Kärtner
Research Topic: THz acceleration promises GV/m accelerating fields

Nina Rohringer
Research Topic: Theory of ultrafast nonlinear x-ray processes of many-body systems

Ralf Röhlsberger
Research Topic: X-ray quantum optics with x-ray waveguides and diffractive structures.
Jena

Stefanie Gräfe

Rainer Heintzmann
Research Topic: Nanoimaging

Stefan Nolte
Research Topic: Spin-orbit photonics in inhomogeneous anisotropic media

Gerhard Paulus
Research Fields: Advanced Imaging, Ultrafast Physics, Quantum Optics, Strongfield Physics, X-Ray Science, Nonlinear Optics

Thomas Pertsch
Research Fields: Nanophotonics, Quantum Optics, Nonlinear Optics

Jürgen Popp
Research Fields: Biophotonics

Isabelle Staude
MPSP Ombudsperson
Andreas Tünnermann
Research Topic: Quantum Source Development and Application.
Karlsruhe

David Hunger
MPSP OmbudspersonResearch Fields: Biophotonics, Quantum Optics

Christian Koos
Research Topic: Silicon photonics and 3D integration for ultra-fast signal processing

Uli Lemmer

Ulrich Nienhaus
Research Topic: Advancing STED nanoscopy-based tools for live cell dynamics.

Carsten Rockstuhl
München

Stefan Karsch
Research Topic: Development of a multi-color Thomson X-ray source

Matthias Kling
Research Topic: Attosecond imaging and spectroscopy of light-induced dynamics in molecules and nanostructures

Ferenc Krausz
Research Topic: Ultrafast laser physics and spectroscopy

Vladislav Yakovlev
Research Topic: Theory of attosecond metrology in solids and nanoscale objects.
Paderborn

Thomas Zentgraf
Research Fields: Nanophotonics Quantum Optics Nonlinear Optics