Nano-Optics News

Congratulations! On September 11, 2023, Mahyar Dahmardeh successfully defended his doctoral thesis on "Ultra sensitive mass photometry via interferometric scattering microscopy (iSCAT)".

Congratulations! On September 4, 2023, Mahdi Mazaheri successfully defended his doctoral thesis on "Interferometric scattering microscopy for high spatio-temporal 3D tracking of nanoparticles".

The 2023 EPS-QEOD Quantum Electronics and Optics Prize for fundamental aspects is awarded to Vahid Sandoghdar, Director of the Nano-Optics Division and Managing Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany.

Small proteins play a critical role in the regulation of immune response, inflammation and neurodegenerative diseases. In order to better detect and study them, scientists at the Max-Planck-Institute for the Science of Light have combined one of the most effective microscopy methods, called iSCAT,…

Interview with Prof. Daqing Wang, an MPL alumni who is now a Tenure Track Professor at Kassel and just managed to secure a prestigious Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC)

Congratulations! On February 7, 2023, Burak Gürlek successfully defended his doctoral thesis on „Turning an Organic Molecule into an Efficient Optomechanical System“.