Calendar
Colloquia, Disputations, Public Lectures and Events
The events are aimed at everyone interested in physics research and the work of our department: scientists, students, physics teachers, and the general public with prior knowledge of physics.
Some events are hosted by the Department of Physics of Freie Universität, others are organized by various scientific institutions in Germany.
Physics Qolloquium: Prof. Dr. Peter Zoller: Programmable Quantum Simulators and Quantum Sensors with Atoms and Ions
University of Innsbruck, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Theoretical Quantum Optics and Quantum Information and Austrian Academy of Science, Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI), Innsbruck, Austria
Location: Großer Hörsaal (0.3.12) Department of Physics Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
Disputation Novid Ghassemi Tabrizi
Thema der Dissertation: Evaluation eines Lehramtsmasterstudiengangs mit dem Profil Quereinstieg im Fach Physik - Erkenntnisse zu Eingangsbedingungen, professionellen Kompetenzen und Aspekten individueller Angebotsnutzung
Location: Seminarraum E3 (1.4.31) Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin
Open Lecture Halls "Diversity Generates Science": Prof. Dr. Tanja Tajmel "Diversity-Diskurse in den MINT-Fächern und -Fachbereichen"
Talk by Prof. Dr. Tanja Tajmel Centre for Engineering in Society, Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science, Concordia University (Montréal, Canada)
Location: Freie Universität Berllin Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy Lecture Hall B Arnimallee 22 14195 Berlin
Festive Event: Theater Premiere ”Core Issues - in memoriam Lise Meitner”
Premiere of the English version of the "Kernfragen - Gedenken an Lise Meitner", theater play in memory of the honorary doctor of physics of Freie Universität Berlin.
Location: Max-Kade-Auditorium (Auditorium Maximum) Henry-Ford-Bau Garystraße 35 14195 Berlin
Master Session: Master's Program of Physics at Freie Universität Berlin
We present our English-language Master's program and the French-German double-degree program .
Location: Online via Webex Please just click on the link "Join" above.
Physics Colloquium: Dr. Maxim Breitkreiz
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Physics, Emmy Noether-research group "Microscopic and Nanoscopic Physics of Topological Metals" and Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems (DCCQS), Berlin
Location: Lecture Hall A (1.3.14) Department of Physics Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
Physics Colloquium: Prof. Dr. Gustavo Scuseria
Rice University, Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Houston, Texas, USA
Location: Lecture Hall A (room 1.3.14) Department of Physics Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
EPS Forum 2024
A unique opportunity for exchanges between young researchers, world-renowned physicists and industrial leaders
Location: Freie Universität Berlin Henry Ford Building Garystraße 35 14195 Berlin-Dahlem
Open Lecture Halls "Diversity Generates Science": Prof. Dr. Jarita Holbrook "Intersectional Issues of Astrophysicists"
Prof. Dr. Jarita Holbrook, Science, Technology & Innovation Studies, The University of Edinburgh (UK) ASTROMOVES is an EU MSCA funded project focused through an intersectional lens on the career decision-making of astrophysics and related scientists. Over 40 interviews were completed with half of them being available to use in the forthcoming documentary films. Included in the ASTROMOVES interviews are Queer, disabled, underrepresented and those that have left the field. As astrophysics continues to try to become more diverse and more inclusive, the interviews with intersectional astrophysicists provide insights into supportive and unsupportive factors related to their retention. This presentation will contain film clips from the interviews to illustrate points.
Location: Freie Universität Berllin Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy Lecture Hall B Arnimallee 22 14195 Berlin
Klung Wilhelmy Science Award in Physics 2023
The Klung-Wilhelmy Science Prize is awarded to outstanding junior researchers. The prize is awarded to scientists in physics and chemistry in an annual rotation as part of a cooperation between Otto Klung Foundation at Freie Universität Berlin and Dr. Wilhelmy Foundation.
Location: Henry Ford Building of Freie Universität Berlin (Garystr. 35, 14195 Berlin).
DCCQS Colloquium: Dr. Anton Akhmerov: Quantized chiral transmission that isn't quantum Hall
Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Quantum Nanoscience, Delft, The Netherlands Colloquium of the Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems
Location: Lecture Hall B (0.1.01) Department of Physics Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
Open Lecture Halls "Diversity Generates Science": Prof. Dr. Maria Rentetzi „To Weak Discouraged Men: Gender and Radium in the Early 20th Century US”
Prof. Dr. Maria Rentetzi, Philosophische Fakultät, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Location: Freie Universität Berllin Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy Lecture Hall B Arnimallee 22 14195 Berlin
Physics Colloquium & TRR 227: Prof. Dr. Alexander Holleitner: How to observe an excitonic Bose-Einstein condensate
Technical University of Munich, Department of Physics and Walter Schottky Institute, Munich Joint Colloquium of the Physics Department and the TRR 227 „Ultrafast Spin Dynamics“ In this lecture, Prof. Holleitner will present his research in the field of excitons. In particular, he will discuss the Bose-Einstein condensate and the impact of temperatures
Location: Lecture Hall B (0.1.01) Department of Physics Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
Physics Colloquium: Barbora Špačková: Label-free single-molecule imaging
Czech Academy of Sciences (FZU), Institute of Physics, Laboratory of Biophotonics, Prague, Czech Republic
Location: Lecture Hall B (0.1.01) Department of Physics Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
Open Lecture Halls "Diversity Generates Science": Dr. Pauline Gagnon "What’s Wrong With Me? Diversity and Discrimination in Science"
Talk by Dr. Pauline Gagnon, Senior research Scientist (retired), Indiana University (USA)
Location: Freie Universität Berllin Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy Lecture Hall B Arnimallee 22 14195 Berlin
Physics Colloquium: Dr. Sigrid Milles: Extremely dynamic protein systems - Integrating single molecule fluorescence and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), Structural Biology, Integrated Structural Dynamics, Berlin
Location: Lecture Hall B (0.1.01) Department of Physics Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
22nd Einstein Lecture: Prof. Dr. Peter Hegemann "OPTOBIO-Berlin: Designing Biology with Light"
Location: Henry Ford Building Freie Universität Berlin Garystr. 35 14195 Berlin
Berlin Science Week 2023: "Lights… Camera… Quantum! The Science behind Quantum Physics in Movies and Series" - Public Talk and Discussion
Einstein Research Unit on Quantum Devices PhD student Fernando Gago Encinas ( Research Group Koch ) and Dr. Sabrina Patsch (Tagesspiegel science editor and former PhD student in Koch's group) explain in simple terms for all audiences some common concepts in quantum physics that have appeared in movies and TV.
Location: Berlin Science Week CAMPUS Deep Dive Forum Museum für Naturkunde Berlin Invalidenstraße 43 10115 Berlin
DCCQS Colloquium: Dr. Jelmer Renema: Integrated Photonic Quantum Information Processing
University of Twente, Adaptive Quantum Optics Group and QuiX Quantum B.V., Enschede, The Netherlands Colloquium of the Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems
Location: Room 1.1.16 Department of Physics Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
Postponed: Physics Colloquium: Prof. Dr. Ofer Firstenberg - Photon-photon interactions: From conditional phase to quantum vortices
Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Rehovot, Israel
Location: Lecture Hall A (1.3.14) Department of Physics Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
Disputation Florian Nikolas Brünig
Thema der Dissertation: Non-Markovian Dynamics and Vibrational Spectroscopy of Hydrated Protons and Water
Location: FB Raum (1.1.16) Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin
Welcoming for New Master's Students
We are happy to welcome new master's students of physics!
Location: Lecture Hall B (room 0.1.01) Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin
Disputation Ameer Al-Temimy
Thema der Dissertation: The Investigation of Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene Surface Chemistry for Electrochemical Energy Storage
Location: Hörsaal B (0.1.01) Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin
Disputation Ingo Roth
Thema der Dissertation: Semi-device-dependent quantum system identification
Location: Hörsaal B (0.1.01) Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin
Disputation Tim Hempel
Thema der Dissertation: Markov field models of molecular kinetics
Location: Hörsaal B (0.1.01)
Academic Graduation and Summer Party
Graduates receive their degrees bachelor's, master's and PhD certificates in a festive atmosphere with musical accompaniment. It will be followed by a relaxed summer party in the garden of the Department of Physics.
Location: Academic graduation ceremony: large lecture hall Summer party: garden between the tract 1 and tract 2
Physics Colloquium: Dr. Daniel Reich - There and Back Again - A Journey Through the World of Quantum Dynamics and Quantum Control
Freie Universität Berlin In this talk Dr. Daniel Reich will demonstrate the power of "simple quantum mechanics" in the investigation of molecular systems
Location: Lecture Hall A (room 1.3.14) Department of Physics Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
Disputation Nataliia Kuzkova
Thema der Dissertation: Ultrafast Photodynamics in Catalytic Molecular Compounds Studied by Femtosecond Time-Resolved EUV Photoemission and UV-Vis Absorption Spectroscopy
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14) Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin
Berlin Physics Colloquium - Prof. Dr. Uwe Bovensiepen "Ultrafast soft x-ray spectroscopy: Microscopic insights towards novel function"
University of Duisburg-Essen, Faculty of Physics and Center for Nanointegration
Location: Magnus-Haus Am Kupfergraben 7 10117 Berlin
Research Group Pitches – Physicists present their scientific work and teams
On-site Event at the Physics Department Different research groups will present their research and teams in short 5-minute talks. Within two hours, students can gain a quick overview of the range of topics in our department and think about possible questions for bachelor's and master's theses.
Location: Study Center "BoB": from 6 to 7.15 pm Hall on the 2nd floor between the BoB and the lecture hall A: starting approx. at 7.15 pm
Info Talk "Master's Program in Physics at Freie Universität Berlin"
The talk informs bachelor students about the Master's Program in Physics at Freie Universität Berlin.
Location: Lecture Hall B Department of Physics Arnimallee 14
Physics Colloquium: Prof. Dr. Andreas J. Heinrich - Towards Quantum Computing with Spins on Surfaces
Center for Quantum Nanoscience, Institute for Basic Science (IBS) und Department of Physics, Ewha Womans University, 03760, Republic of Korea.
Location: Lecture Hall A (room 1.3.14) Department of Physics Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
Physics Colloquium: A talk within a framework of a Biophysics Symposium - Prof. Paola Borri "Shedding new light on cells with coherent optical microscopy"
Cardiff University School of Biosciences
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14)
Physics & SFB 1078 Joint Colloquium: Lecture in the context of a symposium on biophysics
Location: Lecture Hall B (0.1.01), Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin
Physics Colloquium: Prof. Dr. Carsten Timm - Fermi surfaces in superconductors
Technical University Dresden The talk gives an overview over the physics of the Bogoliubov Fermi surfaces, touching upon its physical explanation.
Location: Lecture Hall A (room 1.3.14) Department of Physics Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
75 years of Freie Universität Berlin - Main Anniversary Celebration
Official Ceremony and Campus Party
Location: In and in front of the Henry Ford Building
Physics & SFB 1078 Joint Colloquium: Lecture in the context of a symposium on biophysics
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14)
Physics Colloquium: Prof. Dr. Johannes Knolle - Anomalous Quantum Oscillations in Metals and Insulators
Technical University of Munich
Location: Lecture Hall A (1.3.14)
DCCQS Colloquium: Prof. Dr. Martin Fertl: Low-energy particle physics with precision magnetic fields
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institute for Physics, Cluster of Excellence PRISMA+ Colloquium of the Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems
Location: Lecture hall A (room 1.3.14) Department of Physics Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
DCCQS Colloquium: Prof. Dr. Martin Fertl - Low-energy particle physics with precision magnetic fields
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Institute of Physics, PRISMA+ Cluster Of Excellence Colloquium of the Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems
Location: Lecture Hall A (room 1.3.14) Department of Physics Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
Physics Colloquium: Prof. Dr. Hannes Bernien - "Quantum Legos: Atom-by-Atom Towards Quantum Processors and Quantum Networks"
University of Chicago
Location: Lecture Hall A (room 1.3.14)
Master Session: Master's Program of Physics at Freie Universität Berlin
We present our English-language Master's program and the French-German double-degree program .
Location: Online via Webex Please just click on the link "Join" above.
Colloquium TRR 227 & DCCQS: Prof. Dr. Karin Everschor-Sitte "Let’s TWIST again: Topological Whirls In SpinTronics"
CENIDE: Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen Joint Colloquium of Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems and TRR 227 "Ultrafast Spin Dynamics"
Location: Lecture Hall A (room 1.3.14)
Lecture in the context of a symposium on biophysics
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14)
Lecture in the context of a symposium on biophysics
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14)
Physics Colloquium & TRR 227: Prof. Dr. Kai Rossnagel – Soft X-ray Spectroscopy of Quantum Materials
Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics and KiNSIS, Kiel Universityl / Ruprecht Haensel Laboratory, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
Location: Lecture hall A (room 1.3.14), Department of Physics, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin
Pathways in Physics: Matts Nissen & Dr. Philipp Prasse – Physicists in an advising company / KMPG
Location: Online via Webex
Physics Colloquium: Prof. Karol Życzkowski - Thirty-six entangled officers of Euler
Center for Theoretical Physics, PAS, Warsaw and Jagiellonian University, Cracow
Location: Lecture hall A (room 1.3.14), Department of Physics, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin
Berlin Physics Colloquium: Prof. Dr. Peter Baum – Seeing Atoms and Electrons in Space and Time
Universität Konstanz
Location: Magnus-Haus Am Kupfergraben 7 10117 Berlin
Master Session: Master's Program of Physics at Freie Universität Berlin
We present our English-language Master's program and the French-German double-degree program .
Location: Online via Webex Please just click on the link "Join" above.
Physics Colloquium: Prof. Jens Eisert - Bell's Theorem, Absolute Randomness, and a Glimpse at Quantum Technologies
An Hommage to the Nobel Laureates Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger
Location: Great Lecture Hall (0.3.12) Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
Webinar "Master's Program in Physics at Freie Universität Berlin"
In a one-hour webinar, we present our Master's program and the French-German double-degree program .
Location: Online via Webex
Physics Colloquium: Dr. Hans Schumacher – Single Electron Pumps for the Revised Ampere
Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Braunschweig
Location: Lecture Hall A, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin
Guest Talk – Professor Donad Opitz, DePaul University, USA – Sealing-Wax and String: How Everyday Things Carried Gender into the Physical Laboratory
How was the ‘sociomaterial’ culture of experimental physics gendered historically? How did the gendering of laboratory materials draw on everyday practices? This talk focuses on everyday and physics laboratory contexts in which practitioners utilized commonplace, domestic tools like sealing-wax and string, precisely during a period in which laboratories and their technologies grew in scale and sophistication.
Location: Lecture Hall A (room 1.3.14) Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
Berlin Science Week 2022: The Second Quantum Revolution - Public Lecture by Prof. Dr. Jens Eisert at the Department of Physics
What exactly will quantum computers be used for and what might they look like?
Location: Lecture Hall A Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin
Pathways in Physics: Dr. Bianca Lim - Physicist at the interface between research and the photovoltaic industry
Bianca Lim was already interested in regenerative energies during her physics studies at Freie Universität. For her diploma thesis, she conducted research on solar cells at the former Hahn-Meitner Institute (now Helmholtz Center) in Berlin. Bianca Lim completed her doctorate at Leibniz University in Hanover. She was honored with the SolarWorld Junior Einstein Award for her dissertation in 2012.
Location: Online via Webex
Physics Colloquium & CRC 1078: Prof. Carlos R. Baiz - Picosecond interfacial dynamics in crowded lipid membranes probed with ultrafast 2D infrared spectroscopy
Prof. Carlos R. Baiz is Associate Professor of Chemistry at University of Texas at Austin, USA. In the colloquium, he will explain how his research group uses 2D IR spectroscopy to probe the local hydrogen-bond dynamics at the lipid-water interface.
Location: Lecture hall A (room 1.3.14) Department of Physics Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
TRR 227: Prof. Xin Fan "My Transversely-Polarized Spin Current Generation from Ferromagnetic Metals"
Prof. Xin Fan from the University of Denver will present his experimental observations of two unique transverse spin-orbit effects: (1) spin-to-charge interconversion with unconventional spin rotation symmetry and (2) the generation of anomalous spin-orbit torque in a single-layer magnetic film.
Location: Lecture Hall A (room 1.3.14) Department of Physics Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
Physics Colloquium: Prof. Dr. Thomas A. Jung – Programming electronic and spin states in 2D supramolecular architectures by modifications on the single atomic or molecular level
Professor Jung will report on the work of his research group "Molecular Nanoscience" at the Paul Scherrer Institute and "Nanolab" at the University of Basel. The laboratories develop surface-supported atomic and molecular systems that have specific electronic or spin states and show a particular advantage of addressability.
Location: Lecture Hall A (room 1.3.14) Department of Physics Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
Graduation Party
Graduates receive their degrees bachelor's, master's and PhD certificates in a festive atmosphere with musical accompaniment. It will be followed by a relaxed summer party in the garden of the Department of Physics.
Location: large lecture hall courtyard between tract 1 and tract 2
Festive Colloquium in honor of Prof. em. Bennemann and Prof. em. Matthias
On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the emeriti Prof. Eckart Matthias and Prof. Karl-Heinz Bennemann, we invite physicists to a festive colloquium. In addition to a historical review of the teaching and research activities of Prof. Matthias and Prof. Bennenmann, there will be two exciting lectures from recent research by Prof. Güdde (Uni Marburg) and Prof. Schmalian (KIT). Afterwards, guests will be able to discuss a whole range of topics from the last decades during a cozy get-together.
Location: Large Lecture Hall (0.3.12, tract 3) Department of Physics Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin Weather permitting, the get-together will take place outdoors. We recommend wearing FFP2 masks.
Berlin Physics Colloquium: Prof. Dr. Mischa Bonn "A Molecular View of the Water Interface"
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Department of Molecular Spectroscopy Water surfaces and interfaces are ubiquitous, not just in nature, but also in many technological applications. Water is a rather unique liquid, owing to its strong intermolecular interactions: strong hydrogen bonds hold water molecules together. At the surface of water, the water hydrogen-bonded network is abruptly interrupted, conferring distinct properties on the interface, compared to bulk.
Location: Magnus-Haus, Am Kupfergraben 7, 10117 Berlin
Long Night of the Science 2022 at the Physics Department
After two years of interruption due to the pandemic, Freie Universität Berlin is once again holding a "Long Night of Science" on campus. Traditionally, the Department of Physics opens its doors to everyone interested in physics and science in general for the Long Night of Science. Our guests experience a variety of exciting lectures, laboratory tours and experiments. Various experiments invite young and old to try them out and marvel. Program 2022
Research Group Pitches – Physicists present their scientific work and teams
On-site Event at the Physics Department Different research groups will present their research and teams in short 5-minute talks. Within two hours, students can gain a quick overview of the range of topics in our department and think about possible questions for bachelor's and master's theses.
Location: Study Center "BoB"
Physics Colloquium & TRR 227: Prof. Hermann Dürr - Ultrafast spin-lattice dynamics in magnetic materials
Professor Hermann Dürr leads the FREIA Lab at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the Uppsala University, Sweden. We host this colloquium jointly with the TRR 227 " Ultrafast Spin Dynamics ".
Location: Lecture hall A (room 1.3.14) Department of Physics Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
Pathways in Physics: Sebastian Beumler From mono-physicist to award-winning physics teacher
Sebastian Beumler studied physics at Humboldt University. After graduating, he benefited from a lateral entry program and started as a physics teacher at Beethoven-Gymnasium in Lankwitz. In 2015, Sebastian Beumler received a teacher’s award for his outstanding commitment to making physics lessons modern and inspiring – he was awarded the very first Heinrich Gustav Magnus Award of the Physical Society of Berlin. At "Pathways in Physics", Sebastian Beumler will talk about his entry into the teaching profession and his methods to open up the wonderful world of physics to pupils. Join
Location: Online via Webex
Meet & Greet Prof. Kuch - Master's Program in Physics
Prof. Dr Wolfgang Kuch presents the Master's program and the French-German double-degree program .
Location: online via webex
Berlin Physics Colloquium: Prof. Dr. Ralph Claessen "Atomic monolayers as synthetic topological insulators"
Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Universität Würzburg
Location: Magnus-Haus Am Kupfergraben 7, 10117 Berlin
Pathways in Physics: Dr. Susanne Pudollek - Physicist for Safe Disposal of Nuclear Waste
Susanne Pudollek studied at our department and received her doctorate in the research group of Professor Dr. Robert Bittl. She then worked as a project manager for a Berlin-based engineering company (DSR Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH) specializing in project management and consulting for operation and dismantling of nuclear facilities. Since March 2019, Dr. Susanne Pudollek heads the section unit “inventory and logistics” at the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste ( Nagra ). At "Pathways in Physics" Susanne Pudollek will talk about her professional path from research activities at Freie Universität into radiation protection for safe use and disposal of radioactive materials.
Location: Online via Webex
Master Session: Master's Program of Physics at Freie Universität Berlin
We present our English-language Master's program and the French-German double-degree program .
Location: Online via Webex Pease just click on the above link "Join" at the mentioned time.
TRR227 Special Colloquium: Magnetic Materials and Topology - Prof. Dr. Claudia Felser (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden)
The Collaborative Research Center TRR 227 "Ultrafast Spin Dynamics " will host a special colloquium within a kick-off meeting of the second funding period. The colloquium will run online via Webex and is open to all members of the physics departments of the Freie Universität Berlin and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg without any registration.
TRR 227 Special Colloquium: Probing electrons and electron dynamics in 2D materials and heterostructures - Prof. Tony Heinz (Stanford)
The Collaborative Research Center TRR 227 "Ultrafast Spin Dynamics " will host a special colloquium within a kick-off meeting of the second funding period. The colloquium will run online via Webex and is open to all members of the physics departments of the Freie Universität Berlin and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg without any registration.
Location: online über webex
Pathways in Physics: Dr. Catrin Ciemer - Physicist and Climate Researcher as Senior Consultant
Dr. Catrin Ciemer studied physics at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and the Freie Universität Berlin. Afterwards, she investigated in her doctoral thesis (Potsdam Institute for Climate Research and Humboldt University Berlin) the effects of rainfall changes in the Amazon on future rainforest development. For this work, Catrin Ciemer received the Leibniz PhD Award 2019.
Location: Online via Webex
Berlin Physics Colloquium at the Magnus House: Prof. Dr. Kathrin Valerius "Neutrino mass search"
Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Location: Magnus-Haus, Am Kupfergraben 7, 10117 Berlin
Physics Colloquium: Dr. Kasra Amini - Habilitation presentation talk "Visualising the structure and photochemistry of molecules on the atomic scale"
Dr. Kasra Amini researches at Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy in Berlin.
Research Group Pitches – Physicists present their scientific work and teams
Different research groups will present their research and teams in short 4-minute online talks. Within two hours, students can gain a quick overview of the range of topics in our department and think about possible questions for bachelor's and master's theses.
Location: Online via Webex and gather.town
Physics Colloquium: Dr. Cynthia Heiner-Winter - Science Education
Dr. Cynthia Heiner-Winter is a science education specialist and MINToring project coordinator at Freie Universität Berlin.
Pathways in Physics: Dr. Mathias Mews - Physicist as Development Engineer
Dr. Mathias Mews studied physics at the Freie Universität Berlin and received his doctorate at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and the Technical University Berlin. After that and during his PhD work, he conducted research at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and developed processes for silicon heterojunction solar cells using plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) and physical vapor deposition (PVD) tools.
Physics Colloquium: Prineha Narang (Harvard University)
Details will follow soon.
Pathways in Physics: Dr. Tom Seifert - Physicist as Founder and Technology Developer
Dr. Tom Seifert acquired his bachelor, master and PhD degrees at the Freie Universität Berlin and the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society. He then worked for two years in the laboratories of the ETH Zurich. Today, Tom Seifert is involved in the ultrafast physics research in the group of Prof. Kampfrath and leads as CEO the recently founded company TeraSpinTec GmbH . The spin-off of Kampfrath's research group markets worldwide spintronic terahertz emitters, which are specially developed for physics research laboratories. Dr. Tom Seifert will talk about his way into physics research as well as his tasks and visions as founder and CEO of TeraSpinTec GmbH.
Location: Online via Webex
Gerhard Ertl Lecture: Prof. Dr. Omar M. Yaghi "Reticular Chemistry and Precision Reactions in Infinite 2D and 3D"
University of California, Berkeley/USA
Pathways in Physics: Dr. Stefanie Kreft - Physicist in Mechanical Engineering
After graduating from the Freie Universität Berlin, Stefanie Kreft went to the University of Cambridge to pursue a PhD in Materials Science. After finishing her PhD, she started working as a development engineer and has since been employed by multinational companies based in both England and Germany. Dr. Kreft will talk about her journey from studying physics to her job as a "Digital Solution Owner" for sensor solutions .
Location: Online via Webex
Prof. Dr. Monika Aidelsburger - Klung-Wilhelmy-Wissenschafts-Preis für Physik 2021
Prof. Dr. Monika Aidelsburger , Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Location: Henry-Ford-Bau der Freien Universität, Garystr. 35, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Prof. Dr. Roland Netz talks about aerosols at the Berlin Science Week 2021
What do we know about the transmission pathways of the coronavirus? Physics professor Roland Netz will explain in his online talk on November 3, 2021 during the Berlin Science Week, how potentially infectious aerosols are generated and spread.
Pathways in Physics: Johann Egger - Physicist as Project Manager for Photovoltaics
Johann Egger studied physics at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and at the Free University. During the ERASMUS year at the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, he refined his knowledge of solar cells from the more practical perspective of a technical university and acquired Portuguese language skills. With a master's degree from Freie Universität, Johann Egger joined the Berlin-based company securenergy where he now works as a project manager coordinating large-scale photovoltaic projects.
Location: Online via Webex
Pathways in Physics: Dr. Lea Bogner - Physicist as technology transfer advisor (and mom)
Lea Bogner studied chemistry, earned a PhD in physics at the Freie Universität and the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society. She then joined Peppermint VenturePartners, a healthcare-focused venture capital company, and worked as a project manager and investment analyst.
Location: Online via Webex
Research Group Pitches – Physicists present their scientific work and teams
Different research groups will present their research and teams in short 4-minute online talks. Within two hours, students can gain a quick overview of the range of topics in our department and think about possible questions for bachelor's and master's theses.
Location: Online via webex and gather.town
Research groups present themselves: AG Eisert, AG Heberle & AG Netz
Three research groups – AG Eisert, AG Heberle und AG Netz – present in a seminar-like online event in 30 minutes each their scientific foci and academic staff.
Location: Online über Webex
Prof. St. Parkin - Physkalisches Kolloquium - Chiral spintronics: non collinear spin textures with application to Racetrack Memory
Chiral spintronics: non collinear spin textures with application to Racetrack Memory
Location: online Talk
Pathways in Physics: Paul Fährmann - Towards the quantum future
After finishing John Lennon Gymnasium in Berlin, Paul Fährmann studied physics at Freie Universität. For his outstanding master's thesis, Paul Fährmann received two awards: the Physics Study Award 2020 of the Physical Society of Berlin and the Quantum Future Award 2020 funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Paul will talk about his pathway to studying physics and starting a research career in the Eisert’s group. What drives him to research quantum topics? How does he see our future?
Location: Online via Webex
Research groups present themselves: AG Franke, AG von Oppen & AG Reuther
Three research groups - AG Franke, AG von Oppen and AG Reuther - present in a seminar-like online event in 30 minutes each their scientific foci and academic staff.
Location: online via webex
Dr. Stephan Block - Physikalisches Kolloquium - Probing Catalytic Activity and Interactions of Single Proteins Using Optical Microscopy
Emmy Noether Junior Research Group “Bionanointerfaces” (stephan.block@fu-berlin.de), Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Location: Online talk
Prof. Dr. Oksana Chubykalo-Fesenko - Physikalisches Kolloquium - Modeling of spin-lattice dynamics
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (Spanish National Research Council, CSIC), Spain
Location: Online Talk
Meet & Greet Prof. Kuch - Master's Program in Physics
Prof. Dr Wolfgang Kuch presents the Master's program and the French-German double-degree program .
Location: online via webex
Pathways in Physics: Dr. Matthias Schönborn - Biophysics, solar panels, batteries
Matthias Schönborn researched in biophysics and earned his doctorate at Freie Universität. Afterwards, he worked as a process engineer for solar and high-tech systems and dealt with sustainable technologies for a green future. Today, Matthias Schönborn builds batteries at Tesla. He will talk about his path from bachelor's degree to his job as engineer at Tesla.
Research groups present themselves: AG Koch, AG Bolotin & Prof. Lips, ASPIN HZB
Three research groups - AG Koch, AG Bolotin and Prof. Lips - present in a seminar-like online event in 30 minutes each their scientific foci and academic staff.
Location: online via webex
Prof. Dr. Lyderic Bocquet - Physikalisches Kolloquium - Iontronics in 1D and 2D nanomaterials
Ecole Normale Supérieure and CNRS, http://www.phys.ens.fr/~lbocquet/
Location: online Talk
Prof. Dr. Monika Aidelsburger - Physikalisches Kolloquium - Ultracold atoms in optical lattices out-of-equilibrium
Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München & Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), 80799 Munich, Germany
Location: online Talk
Research groups present themselves: AG Reich, AG Clementi & AG Kuch
Three research groups - AG Reich, AG Clementi and AG Kuch - present in a seminar-like online event in 30 minutes each their scientific foci and academic staff.
Location: Online via Webex
Dr. Alexey Chernikov - Physikalisches Kolloquium - Interactions in two-dimensional van der Waals materials
Department of Physics, University of Regensburg, Germany; Institute of Applied Physics, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
Pathways in Physics: Prof. Dr. Christiane Koch - Stepping forward towards a professorship
Christiane Koch studied physics at Humboldt University and earned her doctorate at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society. As a young scientist, she participated in numerous research projects in Germany, Israel and France. Since 2019, Christiane Koch has been a professor of theoretical physics at Freie Universität. Christiane Koch will talk about her pathway from leading an Emmy Noether junior group towards a professorship at the Freie Universität. How can one become a professor? What is important for a successful career in academia and research?
Dr. Marcel Risch - Phsikalisches Kolloquium - Sustainable electrocatalysis: Importance of X-ray spectroscopy for understanding the active state of earth-abundant oxides in water-splitting catalysis
Young Investigator Group - Oxygen Evolution Mechanism Engineering (NOME), Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB)
Pathways in Physics: Dr. Jannis Fischer, the developer of medical technology and founder of Positrigo
Jannis Fischer, who was born in Berlin, gained a bachelor degree in Physics at our department. He then continued to graduate in physics at universities in Germany, Switzerland and the USA. During his research work at ETH Zurich, Jannis Fischer developed a new type of PET scanner that makes functional brain imaging at a fraction of today’s cost possible, thus enabling Alzheimer's prevention on a broad scale. Jannis Fischer will talk about his pathway from studying in Berlin to starting up Positrigo and share his vision for the future.
Location: Online via Webex
Research Group Pitches – Physicists present their scientific work and teams
Different research groups will present their research and teams in short 4-minute online talks. Within two hours, students can gain a quick overview of the range of topics in our department and think about possible questions for bachelor's and master's theses.
Dr. Ioachim Pupeza - Physikalisches Kolloquium - Electric-field-resolved infrared spectroscopy of biological systems
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Location: Online event hosted by the Department of Physics, Freie Universität
Prof. Simon Stellmer - Physics Colloquium - Optical Clocks: From frequency measurements to applications across various disciplines
Bonn University, Germany
Location: Online event hosted by the Department of Physics, Freie Universität
Prof. Margaret Murnane - Physics Colloquium - Ultrafast electron calorimetry: Uncovering new light-induced phases in magnetic and 2D materials
Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder CO 80309, USA
Location: Online event hosted by the Department of Physics, Freie Universität
Berlin Physics Colloquium at the Magnus House
Prof. Dr. Thomas Sunn Pedersen, Max Planck Institut for Plasma Physics, Greifswald "Plans for the creation of electron-positron plasmas in the laboratory"
Location: Magnus-Haus, Am Kupfergraben 7, 10117 Berlin