Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light

Research at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light covers a wide range of topics, including nonlinear optics, quantum optics, nanophotonics, photonic crystal fibres, optomechanics, quantum technologies, biophysics, and—in collaboration with the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin – links between physics and medicine. MPL was founded in 2009 and is one of the over 80 institutes that make up the Max Planck Society, whose mission is to conduct basic research in the service of the general public in the natural sciences, life sciences, social sciences and the humanities.

Hanieh Fattahi receives ERC Consolidator Grant to advance ‘Label-free microscopy’ research

Dr. Hanieh Fattahi from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) is delighted to have been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant and will receive around two million euros in funding over a period of five years. She will advance the next generation of laser-driven biological microscopy with her research project ‘Beyond the Visible’. 

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1.5 million euros in funding for Mario Krenn's research into artificial intelligence in physics

Researcher Dr. Mario Krenn is developing artificial intelligence (AI) to complement the ingenuity and creativity of human researchers. The resercher at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light has now been awarded an ERC Starting Grant.

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Research on solar lasers at MPL receives funding from Europe-wide APACE project

Dr. Hanieh Fattahi, independent leader of the research group “Femtosecond Fieldoscopy”, and her team at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen are aiming to develop a new type of solar laser. This research project has been funded with 476,000 euros.

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Physicist Markéta Icha Kubánková awarded Hermann Neuhaus Prize

The Max Planck Society (MPS) has awarded the Hermann Neuhaus Prize to Markéta Icha Kubánková (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light) and 0ren Moscovitz (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces). The prize, recognizes excellent postdocs and research group leaders who are conducting research with the potential for application at a Max Planck Institute.

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Grand Opening Symposium 2024 | Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin

On 18 and 19 September 2024

Renowned international speakers from the scientific fields of physics, medicine and biology will give keynote and cutting-edge insights into their latest studies, highlighting the extraordinary potential of the MPZPM.

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With Benoit Ladoux, the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin wins an additional Humbold-Professor and expands the scope of its research

Since May, physicist Professor Benoit Ladoux and his research group 'Tissue mechanobiology' have been investigating the role of mechanical constraints and force transmission in multicellular systems at the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin (MPZPM). With Ladoux, the MPZPM not only gains a world-leading researcher in the field of biophysics, but now has a fourth Humboldt Professor on…

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Hanieh Fattahi receives ERC Consolidator Grant to advance ‘Label-free microscopy’ research

Dr. Hanieh Fattahi from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) is delighted to have been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator…

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1.5 million euros in funding for Mario Krenn's research into artificial intelligence in physics

Researcher Dr. Mario Krenn is developing artificial intelligence (AI) to complement the ingenuity and creativity of human researchers. The researcher…

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For a new understanding of life: young international scientists present their pioneering visions

At a distinguished science symposium, 14 young international scientists presented their current research at the interface of physics and medicine.

 

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Prof. Vahid Sandoghdar, Ph.D.


Please contact:
Julia Graßer (PA)
Email: sandoghdar-office@mpl.mpg.de
Phone: +49 9131 7133 301

 

Head of Infrastructure
Dr. Dorothe Burggraf

Please contact:
Lisa Spann (PA)
Email: lisa.spann@mpl.mpg.de
Phone: +49 9131 7133 801

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Grand Opening Symposium 2024 | Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin

GRAND OPENING SYMPOSIUM on the occasion of the new Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin in Erlangen 18-19 September 2024.  [...]

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