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 63 Fellows of which 14 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

Carlo Holly

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

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

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

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

Maria Chekhova
Research Topic: Nanolayer sources of entangled photons

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

Flore Kunst
Research Field: Non-Hermitian topological phenomena
Research Topics: Non-Hermiticity, topological phases of matter, optics
Research Topics: Non-Hermiticity, topological phases of matter, 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, Leibniz University Hannover, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Research topic: Light-sound interactions, photonic neuromorphic computing, quantum technologies
Göttingen

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

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

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.
Halle

Joyce Poon
Research Field: Photonic integrated circuits, silicon photonics, guided waves, electronic-photonic integrated systems, heterogeneous integration
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.
Hannover

Alexander Heisterkamp
Research 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
Research Field: Quantum optics, interferometric gravitational wave detection
Research Topic: Non-classical light, quantum noise cancellation techniques

Uwe Morgner
Research Field: Ultrafast Lasers, Strong Field Laser Physics, Computational Photonics

Bernhard Roth
Research 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
Jena

Falk Eilenberger
Research 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

Rainer Heintzmann
Research Topic: Nanoimaging

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

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

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

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

Matthias Kling
Ultrafast 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
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
Stuttgart