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

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Carlo Holly

Fellow
Research Field: Optical Systems, Computational Optics, EUV-Technology

Berlin

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Christiane Koch

Fellow
Research Field: Theoretische Physik Quantum dynamics and control

Braunschweig

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Stefanie Kroker

Associate Fellow

Erlangen

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Maria Chekhova

Fellow
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Peter Hommelhoff

Fellow
Research Fields: Advanced Imaging, Ultrafast Physics, Strongfield Physics, Laser-Driven Particle Acceleration
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Nicolas Joly

Fellow
Research Fields: Fiber Optics, Quantum Optics, Nonlinear Optics
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Flore Kunst

Fellow
Research Field: Theory of non-Hermitian topological phenomena
Research Topics: Non-Hermiticity, topological phases of matter, optics
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Christoph Marquardt

Fellow
Research 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
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Florian Marquardt

Fellow
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Bernhard Schmauß

Fellow

Göttingen

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Jan Huisken

Associate Fellow
Research Fields: Multiscale bioimaging, 3D fluorescence microscopy, Fast and gentle light sheet microscopy
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Claus Ropers

Fellow
Research Topic: Ultrafast magnetic imaging using high-harmonic radiation
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Steffen J. Sahl

Associate Fellow
Research Fields: Advanced Imaging, Biophotonics, Nanophotonics
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Tim Salditt

Fellow
Research Topic: Curved x-ray waveguides and resonators: x-ray optic on a chip.

Hamburg

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Franz X. Kärtner

Fellow
Research Topic: Ultrafast Laser Physics, Attosecond Science and High-Gradient Accelerators
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Nina Rohringer

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

Hannover

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Alexander Heisterkamp

Associate Fellow
Research Field: Biophotonics
Research Topics: Cellular imaging and manipulation using lasers, biomedical imaging, optogenetics, nonlinear optics
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Michèle Heurs

Fellow
Research Field: Quantum optics, interferometric gravitational wave detection
Research Topic: Non-classical light, quantum noise cancellation techniques
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Michael Kues

Associate Fellow
Research Fields: Integrated quantum photonics and quantum networks
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Manfred Lein

Fellow
Research Topic: Theoretical strong-field quantum dynamics
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Uwe Morgner

Fellow
Research Field: Ultrafast Lasers, Strong Field Laser Physics, Computational Photonics
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Bernhard Roth

Associate Fellow
Research Field: Applied Optics and Photonics
Research Topics: Micro- and Nanooptics, Integrated Photonics and Analytics, Biomedical Optics
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Birgit Stiller

Fellow
Additional 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

Jena

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Falk Eilenberger

Fellow
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
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Stefanie Gräfe

Fellow
Research 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
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Rainer Heintzmann

Associate Fellow
Research 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)
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Malte Kaluza

Associate Fellow
Research Fields: High-power laser development, Novel schemes for particle accelerators
Research Topic: Multi-color probing of ultra-fast phenomena
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Jens Limpert

Fellow
Friedrich 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
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Stefan Nolte

Fellow
Research Topic: Spin-orbit photonics in inhomogeneous anisotropic media
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Gerhard Paulus

Fellow
Research Fields: Advanced Imaging, Ultrafast Physics, Quantum Optics, Strongfield Physics, X-Ray Science, Nonlinear Optics
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Thomas Pertsch

Fellow
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Isabelle Staude

Fellow & MPSP Person of Trust




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Fabian Steinlechner

Fellow
Research Fields: Photonic Quantum Technology, Quantum Networks, Quantum Communication and Information Processing, Quantum Sensing and Imaging
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Andreas Tünnermann

Fellow
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Matt Zepf

Associate Fellow
Helmholtz Institute Jena, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

Karlsruhe

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Christian Koos

Fellow
Research Topic: Silicon photonics and 3D integration for ultra-fast signal processing
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Uli Lemmer

Fellow
Research Topic: Printed Perovskite Single Photon Devices
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Maryna Leonidivna Meretska

Fellow
Research 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
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Anja Metelmann

Fellow
Research Focus: Theory of Engineered Quantum Systems
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Carsten Rockstuhl

Fellow
Research Topic: Theoretical and Numerical Nanooptics.
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Martin Wegener

Fellow
Research Fields: Advanced Imaging, Ultrafast Physics, Nanophotonics, Photonic Production and System Design

München

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Monika Aidelsburger

Associate Fellow
Research Fields: Quantum simulation, Ultracold atoms, Topology, Hubbard models, Lattice gauge theories
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Stefan Karsch

Fellow
Research Fields: Laser Source Development, Strongfield Physics, Laser-Driven Particle Acceleration, X-Ray Science
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Matthias Kling

Associate Fellow
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
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Ferenc Krausz

Honorary Fellow
Research Topic: Ultrafast laser physics and spectroscopy

Paderborn

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Klaus Jöns

Fellow
Research Topic: hybrid quantum photonic devices
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Christine Silberhorn

Fellow
Research Fields: Quantum Optics, Photonic Production and System Design, Nonlinear Optics

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Thomas Zentgraf

Fellow
https://physik.uni-paderborn.de/en/zentgraf
Research Fields: Nanophotonics, Quantum Optics, Nonlinear Optics

Siegen

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Otfried Gühne

Associate Fellow
Universität Siegen
Research Focus: Quantum information theory, foundations of quantum mechanics

Stuttgart

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Jörg Wrachtrup

Fellow

Tübingen

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Daniel Braun

Associate Fellow
Eberhard-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

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