News & Events
2020
December
Maria Chekhova appointed FAU professor
Maria Chekhova, head of the independent research group Quantum Radiation, was appointed professor (20%) at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). She will be part of the Chair of Experimental Physics (Optics).
Maria Chekhova studied physics at the Lomonosov Moscow State…
November
Yazgan Tuna obtained his doctoral degree
Congratulations! On November 19, 2020, Yazgan successfully defended his doctoral PhD thesis on “Electrostatic Trapping and Anomalous Diffusion of Gold Nanoparticles“
Daqing Wang wins German Physical Society (DPG) dissertation award
Congratulations! On November 13, 2020, Daqing received the German Physical Society (DPG) dissertation award (AMOP Section) for his dissertation “Coherent Coupling of a Single Molecule to a Fabry-Perot Microcavity“.
October
IMPRS annual meeting 2020
The Annual Meeting 2020, organized by the International Max Planck Research School Physics of Light (IMPRS-PL), took place between October 21st and 23rd.
30 students, supervisors and external speakers all met in a virtual setting for three days of learning, exchanging ideas and socializing.…
September
August
Research group leader Birgit Stiller interviewed on Deutschlandfunk
Birgit Stiller appeared on a podcast of the series "Forschung aktuell" broadcasted by Deutschlandfunk. She talked about her research on converting light to sound and how to achieve longer storage times.
July
Jochen Guck appointed FAU professor
Jochen Guck, Director of the Division Biological Optomechanics, was appointed professor at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). He will be Professor of Biological Optomechanics.
Jochen Guck is also founding director of the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, which is…
Hsuan-Wei Liu earned his doctoral degree
Congratulations! In July 2020 Hsuan-Wei Liu successfully defended his doctoral thesis on “Strong Near-Field Coupling of Single Emitters to Plasmonic Nanoantennas”
June
Congratulations to Jasmin!
Today Jasmin Graf defended online her “mini-thesis” as part of the IMPRS PhD program, and passed with flying colors! Congratulations to Jasmin!
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February
Daqing Wang has been granted „the 2019 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Student Abroad“
Congratulations! In February 2020 Daqing Wang was granted „the 2019 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Student Abroad“ by China Scholarship Council.
This Award, starting in 2003, was founded by the Chinese government with the purpose of rewarding the academic excellence of…
