Faculty Members of the MPSP
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 56 Fellows of which 12 are Associate Fellows and 2 are Honorary 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

Carlo Holly
FellowBerlin

Christiane Koch
FellowResearch Field: Theoretische Physik Quantum dynamics and control
Braunschweig

Stefanie Kroker
Associate FellowResearch field: Photonics for optical high-precision and quantum metrology
Erlangen

Maria Chekhova
FellowResearch Topic: Nanolayer sources of entangled photons

Peter Hommelhoff
FellowResearch Fields: Advanced Imaging, Ultrafast Physics, Strongfield Physics, Laser-Driven Particle Acceleration

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

Flore Kunst
FellowResearch Field: Theory of non-Hermitian topological phenomena
Research Topics: Non-Hermiticity, topological phases of matter, optics
Research Topics: Non-Hermiticity, topological phases of matter, optics

Christoph Marquardt
FellowResearch Fields: Nanophotonics, Quantum Optics, Nonlinear Optics
Research Abstract: Our group is doing theory at the intersection between nanophysics and quantum optics. In particular, these days a heavy focus is on the application of machine learning to physics in these domains

Florian Marquardt
FellowResearch Topic: Theory of Quantum Optomechanics

Bernhard Schmauß
FellowResearch Topic: Fiber Optic Sensor Networks.
Göttingen

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

Jan Huisken
Associate FellowResearch Fields: Multiscale bioimaging, 3D fluorescence microscopy, Fast and gentle light sheet microscopy

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

Steffen J. Sahl
Associate FellowResearch Fields: Advanced Imaging, Biophotonics, Nanophotonics

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

Franz X. Kärtner
FellowResearch Topic: Ultrafast Laser Physics, Attosecond Science and High-Gradient Accelerators

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

Alexander Heisterkamp
Associate FellowResearch Field: Biophotonics
Research Topics: Cellular imaging and manipulation using lasers, biomedical imaging, optogenetics, nonlinear optics
Research Topics: Cellular imaging and manipulation using lasers, biomedical imaging, optogenetics, nonlinear optics

Michèle Heurs
FellowResearch Field: Quantum optics, interferometric gravitational wave detection
Research Topic: Non-classical light, quantum noise cancellation techniques
Research Topic: Non-classical light, quantum noise cancellation techniques

Michael Kues
Associate Fellow
Manfred Lein
Fellow
Uwe Morgner
FellowResearch Field: Ultrafast Lasers, Strong Field Laser Physics, Computational Photonics

Bernhard Roth
Associate FellowResearch Field: Applied Optics and Photonics
Research Topics: Micro- and Nanooptics, Integrated Photonics and Analytics, Biomedical Optics
Research Topics: Micro- and Nanooptics, Integrated Photonics and Analytics, Biomedical Optics

Birgit Stiller
FellowAdditional e-mail address:
birgit.stiller@mpl.mpg.de
Research Fields: Nonlinear Optics, Quantum Optics, Fiber Optics, Integrated Photonics
Research Topics: Light-sound interactions, photonic neuromorphic computing, quantum technologies
birgit.stiller@mpl.mpg.de
Research Fields: Nonlinear Optics, Quantum Optics, Fiber Optics, Integrated Photonics
Research Topics: Light-sound interactions, photonic neuromorphic computing, quantum technologies
Jena

Falk Eilenberger
FellowResearch Fields: Fiber Optics, Nanophotonics, Quantum Optics, Nonlinear Optics
Research Abstract: Integration of 2D-Materials in Nanophotonics and Quantum Optical Systems, Wave Simulation using Quantum Algorithms, creation of nanophotonic components and devices
Research Abstract: Integration of 2D-Materials in Nanophotonics and Quantum Optical Systems, Wave Simulation using Quantum Algorithms, creation of nanophotonic components and devices

Stefanie Gräfe
FellowResearch Topic: Theoretical strong-field physics, High-order harmonic generation, Attosecond physics and spectroscopy, Ultrafast light–matter interaction, Quantum optics in intense laser fields, Nonclassical states of light

Rainer Heintzmann
Associate FellowResearch Fields: Modern optical microscopy for biomedical research, Research and implementation of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy through linear and non-linear structured illumination (SIM) and localization microscopy (dSTORM, DNA-PAINT), Hyper-spectral Raman-imaging for combined spatial and spectral information in medical research, Affordable microscopes based on 3D-printig and smartphones for education and research, Advanced image processing in microscopy, Solving inverse problems in microscopy (e.g. image deconvolution and 3D-reconstruction)

Malte Kaluza
Associate FellowResearch Fields: High-power laser development, Novel schemes for particle accelerators
Research Topic: Multi-color probing of ultra-fast phenomena
Research Topic: Multi-color probing of ultra-fast phenomena

Jens Limpert
FellowFriedrich Schiller University Jena, Fraunhofer IOF Jena
Research Focus:
laser physics, laser technology, fiber optics, laser applications, ultrashort laser pulses, secondary sources including Xray, XUV, mid-IR and THz radiation

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

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

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

Isabelle Staude
Fellow & MPSP Person of Trust
Fabian Steinlechner
FellowResearch Fields: Photonic Quantum Technology, Quantum Networks, Quantum Communication and Information Processing, Quantum Sensing and Imaging

Andreas Tünnermann
FellowResearch Topic: Quantum Source Development and Application.

Matt Zepf
Associate FellowHelmholtz Institute Jena, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Karlsruhe

David Hunger
Fellow & MPSP Person of TrustResearch Fields: Biophotonics, Quantum Optics

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

Uli Lemmer
Fellow
Maryna Leonidivna Meretska
FellowResearch Focus: Nanophotonics in a wide spectral range spanning from EUV to MWIR parts of the spectrum. Applications of nanophotonics to bioimaging, holography, complex light beam generation, and sustainable technologies

Anja Metelmann
Fellow
Carsten Rockstuhl
Fellow
Martin Wegener
FellowResearch Fields: Advanced Imaging, Ultrafast Physics, Nanophotonics, Photonic Production and System Design
München

Monika Aidelsburger
Associate FellowResearch Fields: Quantum simulation, Ultracold atoms, Topology, Hubbard models, Lattice gauge theories

Stefan Karsch
FellowResearch Fields: Laser Source Development, Strongfield Physics, Laser-Driven Particle Acceleration, X-Ray Science

Matthias Kling
Associate FellowUltrafast Physics, Laser Source Development, Nanophotonics, Strongfield Physics, X-Ray Science, Nonlinear Optics
Research Topic: Attosecond imaging and spectroscopy of light-induced dynamics in molecules and nanostructures

Ferenc Krausz
Honorary FellowResearch Topic: Ultrafast laser physics and spectroscopy
Paderborn

Christine Silberhorn
FellowResearch Fields: Quantum Optics, Photonic Production and System Design, Nonlinear Optics

Thomas Zentgraf
FellowResearch Fields: Nanophotonics, Quantum Optics, Nonlinear Optics
Siegen

Otfried Gühne
Associate FellowUniversität Siegen
Research Focus: Quantum information theory, foundations of quantum mechanics
Stuttgart
Tübingen

Daniel Braun
Associate FellowEberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen
Research Focus: Quantum metrology, with a focus on quantum optics, quantum imaging, opto-mechanical systems, and small gravitational effects; quantum information theory





