Dr. Hanieh Fattahi

Femtosecond molecular Fieldoscopy
Detecting the electromagnetic field of molecular responses when excited by near-infrared femtosecond pulses for the first time.
Petahertz field-resolved technology
Advancing the frontiers of ambient-air field-resolved technology to petahertz frequencies.
Third-generation femtosecond technology
Advancing the frontiers of high-energy few-cycle pulses towards sub-cycle regime by field-synthesis.
Advancing Yb:YAG thin-disk laser technology
Towards higher peak and average power.

since 2020 Independent Group Leader (W2 equivalent position)
2019-2020 Visiting Scientist, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA; Chair of Prof. Sunney Xie
08/2017-02/2018 Visiting Scientist, Oxford University, Oxford, UK; Chair of Prof. Philipp Kukura
06/2017-07/2017 Konstanz University, Konstanz, Germany; Chair of Prof. Alfred Leitenstorfer
2017-2019 MINERVA Group Leader, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Munich, Germany
2015-2017 Postdoctoral Scientist, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Munich, Germany; Chair of Prof. Ferenc Krausz

2008-2015 Ph. D. in physics with summa cum laude/ highest distinction, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; Chair of Prof. Ferenc Krausz

2023 Nominated for the "The Photonics 100: The industry’s most innovative people"
2021 Member of the Max Planck Quantum Alliance, Germany
2020 Fellow of Max Planck School of Photonics
2019 Max Planck Research Group Leader, Erlangen, Germany
2019 Selected as the best lecturer by students in the Siegman international summer school on lasers, Rochester
2018 Selected as member of the Elisabeth-Schiemann Kolleg, Max Planck Society
2017-2019 Minerva fast-track position of Max Planck Society, Munich, Germany
2016-2019 Co-coordinator of the International Max Planck Research School of Advanced Photon Science (IMPRS-APS), Munich, Germany
2016 Fellow of Max Planck Center for Extreme and Quantum Photonics, Ottawa, Canada
2008-2012 PhD scholarship, International Max Planck Research School of Advanced Photon Science

2023 Chair of the technical program committee of IEEE Photonics Conference, Orlando
2023 Member of the technical program committee of CLEO Europe, Munich
2023 Member of the technical program committee of UFO XIII, Bariloche
2022 Member of the technical program committee of IEEE Photonics Conference, Vancouver
2021 Member of the technical program committee of “Ultrafast Optical Technologies and Applications, EOSAM”, Rome
2021 Member of the technical program committee of IEEE Photonics Conference
2021 Member of the technical program committee of CLEO Europe
2020 Member of the technical program committee of IEEE Photonics Conference
2019 Co-organizer of a special symposium, CLEO-Europe: Novel techniques for molecular sensing
2018 Organizer of the Theodor Maiman seminars at Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
2018 Organizer of the PhD carrier day, Ringberg castle in Munich
2017 Member of the technical program committee for the Ultrafast Optics Conference (UFO XI)
2016 Co-organizer of a special symposium, CLEO US: Ultrafast Dynamics in Solids
2016 Co-organizer of a special workshop, CLEO US: Attosecond Nonlinear Optics
2015 Organizer of trilogy workshops: Future of Ultrashort Pulses
Founder of the Green room Book Club
Co-founder of the podcast series: LIGHT WAVE

2016 Member of the German Physical Society (DPG)
2015-2021 Member of the executive committee of Short Wavelength Sources and Attosecond /High Field Physics Technical Group of Optical Society of America (OPTICA - formerly OSA)
2015-2017 Young Professional member of the Optical Society of America (OSA)
2009 Member of the Optical Society of America (OSA)