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.
Welcome and Orientation Events for New Master's Students
A warm welcome to all new physics master’s students!
Physics Colloquium: Dr. Yann Mairesse "Novel chiral light-matter interaction schemes in the gas phase"
Yann Mairesse, CNRS – CELIA, Université de Bordeaux, France
Location: Lecture Hall A (Room 1.3.14) Department of Physics Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
Webinar "Master's Program in Physics"
In a one-hour webinar, we present our Master's program and the French-German double-degree program .
Location: Online via Webex
Friday Light Talks ׀ Malte Schwank
Location: BoB (Room 0.3.01) Physics Department Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
DCCQS Kolloqium: Prof. Judy Cha
Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Cornell University
Location: Lecture Hall A (1.3.14) Department of Physics Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
Pathways in Physics: Transforming Drug Discovery Using Machine Learning and Molecular Simulations by D. E. Shaw Research
Two German physicists working at a New York-based research company will talk about their professional lives and career opportunities at D.E. Shaw Research (DESRES).
Location: Leture Hall B Department of Physics Freie Universität Berlin Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
Friday Light Talks ׀ Sofiia Zuieva
CRC 1772
Location: BoB (Room 0.3.01) Physics Department Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
Webinar "Master's Program in Physics"
In a one-hour webinar, we present our Master's program and the French-German double-degree program .
Location: Online via Webex
Friday Light Talks ׀ Filippo Albani
AG Clementi
Location: BoB (Raum 0.3.01) Fachbereich Physik Arnimallee 14 14915 Berlin
Campus Tour for Erasmus and Exchange Students of Physics
We’ll show you around our Physics Department and the campus so you can get to know Freie Universität Berlin and find your way around.
Location: Department of Physics Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin Meeting point is Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, below the bridge between Trakt 1 and 3 of the Physics building.
Disputation Shozab Qasim
Thema der Dissertation: Thermalization in Quantum Many-Body Physics
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Disputation Sida Tian
Thema der Dissertation: Non-equilibrium Behaviours and Fluctuation Corrections to the HiggsMode in Superconductors
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Disputation Shima Farhoosh
Thema der Dissertation: Operando Investigation of Water Electro-Oxidation Kinetics in Bulk- Active Cobalt Oxyhydroxides
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Disputation Giulia Carini
Thema der Dissertation: Accessing Anisotropy in Phonon Polaritons
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Disputation Marcel Walter
Thema der Dissertation: Mono- and Dinuclear Spin-Crossover Molecules: X-Ray, Infrared, and Electron-Paramagnetic Spectroscopy
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
NT 26: The 26th International Conference on the Science and Applications of Nanotubes and Low-Dimensional Materials
Discover Nanotubes and Low-Dimensional Materials in Berlin
Location: Campus of Freie Universität Berlin
Disputation Oisin Garrity
Thema der Dissertation: Excitonic Signatures in Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides: Linking Electronic, Optical, and Vibrational Properties
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Disputation Qizhi Li
Thema der Dissertation: Ab-initio Simulations of Transient Response Functions
Location: Seminarraum E2 (1.1.53) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Disputation Denis Iagodkin
Thema der Dissertation: Engineering of excitonic landscapes
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Disputation Ronja Rabea Paschke
Thema der Dissertation: Investigating the Channel Opening Mechanism of the Influenza A M2 Protein by Combining Vibrational and Computational Spectroscopy
Location: Hörsaal B (0.1.01) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Disputation Zhuang-Yan Zhang
Thema der Dissertation: Probing photoexcitation dynamics in molecules by ultrafast soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy at the nitrogen K-edge
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Graduation Ceremony and Summer Party 2026
In a festive atmosphere accompanied by live music, graduates will receive their Bachelor's and Master's certificates as well as doctoral degree certificates. After the ceremony, a relaxed summer party will take place 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
Disputation Jendrik Gördes
Thema der Dissertation: Magnetization dynamics in Mn 2 Au/ferromagnet bilayers and Co/Mn/Co trilayers
Location: Hörsaal B (0.1.01) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Friday Light Talks ׀ Alkisti Vaitsi, FHI "Light Flashes at the End of the Tunnel"
Alkisti Vaitsi is a PhD student at the Fritz Haber Institute in the research group of Prof. Dr. Melanie Müller.
Location: BoB (Room 0.3.01) Physics Department, Arnimallee 14
PGzB Study Award: Master's Graduates Hélène Colinet and Rémi Gilliot Receive Honors
The Physical Society of Berlin (PGzB) invites physicists to the ceremonial presentation of the Physics Study Award.
Location: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Hermann von Helmholtz Building Lecture Hall Abbestraße 2–12 10587 Berlin Germany
Physics Colloquium: Presentation of a Habilitation Project - Dr. Nicolas G. Hörmann "Electrons, Ions, and Water at Electrified Interfaces: Toward a First-Principles Description of Electrochemical Function"
Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin
Location: Lecture Hall A (room 1.3.14), Department of Physics, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin
Disputation Ryotaro Suzuki
Thema der Dissertation: Unitary designs, complexity, and information dynamics in random and noisy quantum systems
Location: FB-Raum (1.1.16) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Pathways in Physics: Quantum Communication, Biophysics & AI - Dr. Daniel Vajner, Teresa Heinen & Dr. Tim Hempel
Three physics alumni will share their journeys in physics and professional life. Everyone who would like to learn from our alumni or reconnect with them is warmly invited. The event will conclude with an informal get-together over snacks and drinks.
Location: Cafeteria (Raum 1.1.25) Fachbereich Physik Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
Disputation Jan Philip Böhnke
Thema der Dissertation: Electron dynamics in quasi-2D Van der Waals crystals studied by time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
PGzB Karl Scheel Prize 2026: Professor Dr. Hélène Seiler to Be Honored
The Physical Society of Berlin honors Professor Dr. Hélène Seiler with the Karl Scheel Prize 2026. The award recipient will give a lecture on her research. Following the lecture, the Karl Scheel Prize will be presented to her in a ceremonial setting.
Location: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Hörsaal im Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Bau Abbestraße 2–12 10587 Berlin
Disputation Jan Luca Naumann
Thema der Dissertation: Development of Two-Dimensional Tensor Network Methods for the Variational Simulation of Quantum Many-Body States
Location: Hörsaal B (0.1.01) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Friday Light Talks | María González Viegas - Seeing Without Eyes: Time-Resolved IR Explains How Algae Sense Light
Location: BoB (Room 0.3.01) Physics Department, Arnimallee 14
Physics Colloquium & CRC 1772: Prof. Dr. Paulina Płochocka "Excitonic Landscape in Layered Semiconductors"
Laboratoire National des Champs Magnetiques Intenses, CNRS-UJF-UPS-INSA, Toulouse, France Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
Location: Lecture Hall A (Room 1.3.14) Department of Physics Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
Webinar "Master's Program in Physics"
In a one-hour webinar, we present our Master's program and the French-German double-degree program .
Location: Online via Webex
Disputation Evaldas Svirplys
Thema der Dissertation: Realizing the Promise of Attosecond Science: All-Attosecond Spectroscopy
Location: Hörsaal B (0.1.01) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Research Group Pitches – Physicists Present Their Scientific Work and Teams
Pitches and Proposals for Bachelor's and Master's Theses Different research groups will present their research and teams in short 5-minute talks. Within one hour, students can gain a quick overview of the range of topics in our department and explore possible topics for bachelor's and master's theses.
Location: Part 1: Pitches in Lecture Hall B (Room 0.1.01) Part 2: Poster sessions and individual talks in the Cafeteria (Room 1.1.25) Fachbereich Physik Arnimallee 14 14519 Berlin
Physics Colloquium & EXC 3112, TRR 227: Prof. Dr. Olga Smirnova
Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy; Technical University Berlin
Location: Lecture Hall A (Room 1.3.14) Department of Physics Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
Long Night of Science 2026
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 2026 Prospective students may join the physics program free of charge. We kindly ask you to register as our invited guests. Registration for prospective bachelor's students (in German) Registration for prospective master's students (in Englisch)
inFUtage - Study Information Days for Prospective Physics Students
On June 2 and 6, 2026, prospective students of all ages can gather information about studying physics at the Freie Universität Berlin. Questions such as the following will be addressed: What is the structure of the degree program? How do I enroll? What career opportunities does a physics degree open up? What fascinates us about physics?
Location: Central program on June 2, 2026 at the Henry Ford Building Physics program on June 6, 2026 at the Department of Physics, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin
Friday Light Talks ǀ Alexander Krappe "Using Defects and Asymmetry to lnfluence Molecular Properties - The Beauty of lmperfection"׀
Location: BoB (Room 0.3.01) Physics Department, Arnimallee 14
Physics Colloquium: Festive Colloquium Prof. Dr. Ludger Wöste
Prof. Dr. Ludger Wöste invited alumni of his research group as speakers to the festive colloquium on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
Location: Lecture Hall A (room 1.3.14) Department of Physics Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin The get-together with drinks and food will take place in the cafeteria (room 1.1.25)
Disputation Larissa Felizitas Melischek
Thema der Dissertation: Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states in atomic-scale Josephson junctions
Location: * Bitte beachten: Die Disputation ist nicht öffentlich! * FB-Raum (1.1.16) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Friday Light Talks ׀ Adrián Dewambrechies (Bolotin's Lab): A PhD with a Twist: Chirality and 2D Materials
Adrián Dewambrechies is pursuing his PhD in the research group of Prof. Dr. Kirill Bolotin. He will talk about his research project and his daily life as a doctoral student.
Location: BoB (Room 0.3.01) Physics Department, Arnimallee 14
Disputation Josias Langbehn
Thema der Dissertation: Disspative Preparation of Many-Body States
Location: Hörsaal B (0.1.01) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Master Sessions: "Master's Program in Physics"
In a one-hour webinar, we present our Master's program and the French-German double-degree program .
Location: Online via Webex
Disputation Victor Manuel Loyo Cruz
Thema der Dissertation: Fluorescence and Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of Surface Protonation Dynamics at the K-channel Entrance and Redox-Linked Electrostatic Alterations at the Binuclear Centre of Cytochrome c Oxidase
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Disputation Anton Klimek
Thema der Dissertation: Non-Markovian dynamics of cells and proteins
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Welcome and Orientation Events for New Master’s Students and International Students
We warmly welcome all new students!
Disputation Fabian Rochus Kieser
Thema der Dissertation: Förderung physikalischer Problemlösefähigkeiten mit Largue Language Models Studien zur Entwicklung einer KI-gestützten Lernumgebung
Location: MediaLab (1.3.43/47) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Disputation Alexander-Georg Penner
Thema der Dissertation: Driven quantum systems Josephson junction arrays, Floquet systems and active quantum matter
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Disputation Weiqi Wang
Thema der Dissertation: Simulating Many-Atom Systems
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Disputation Oliver Louis Franke
Thema der Dissertation: Time-dependent Electron Transport Mediated by Magnons
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Disputation Martina Rüscher
Thema der Dissertation: Probing Time-Dependent Dynamics in Electrocatalysts via In Situ and Operando X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy - Sub-second to long-term investigations of the dynamics of mono- and bimetallic Cu-based nanocatalysts for the electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction
Location: Seminarraum T1 (1.3.21) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Physics Colloquium: Dr. Johannes Stein "DNA-based super-resolution microscopy – from biophysical principles to in situ structural biology"
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics (MPIMG) Research Group Leader "Imaging of Molecular Nuclear Organization"
Location: Lecture Hall A (room 1.3.14), Department of Physics, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin
Disputation Maximilian Huber
Thema der Dissertation: Controlling Charge-Density-Wave Order with Current and Light
Location: Seminarraum E1 (1.1.26) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Berlin Physics Colloquium: Prof. Dr. Roman Schnabel "Quantum Correlated Light – Routinely used in Gravitational Wave Detectors"
Light with squeezed quantum uncertainty allows for the sensitivity improvement of laser interferometers.
Location: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Anna von Helmholtz Building Entrance: Corner of Marchstraße and Fraunhoferstraße 10587 Berlin
Friday Light Talks ׀ Naitik Panjwani (AG Bittl): Light, Spins, Matter - There and Back Again
Location: BoB (Room 0.3.01) Physics Department, Arnimallee 14
Physics Colloquium: Dr. Gerd Kortemeyer "Augmenting Physics Instruction and Assessment through Multimodal AI: Insights from Project Ethel"
ETH Zurich
Location: Lecture Hall A (room 1.3.14), Department of Physics, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin
Disputation Sina Zendehroud
Thema der Dissertation: Surface waves, 2D percolation-network elasticity, and tensorial molecular diffusion
Location: Hörsaal B (0.1.01) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Disputation Fernando Antonio Rodriguez Diaz
Thema der Dissertation: A high-repetition-rate ultrafast electron diffraction setup with direct detection for solid-state samples
Location: Hörsaal B (0.1.01) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Physics Colloquium: Prof. Dr. Felix von Oppen - Colloquium on the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics: John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret & John M. Martinis
This talk will give a pedagogical review of the work on macroscopic quantum tunneling in Josephson junctions devices for which John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2025.
Location: Lecture Hall A (room 1.3.14), Department of Physics, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin
Disputation Adam Yanis Chaou
Thema der Dissertation: Scattered Perspectives on topological matter Quantum transport at the nexus of topology, anomalies and disorder
Location: Hörsaal B (0.1.01) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Master Sessions: "Master's Program in Physics"
In a one-hour webinar, we present our Master's program and the French-German double-degree program .
Location: Online via Webex
Disputation Matthias Georg Krauß
Thema der Dissertation: Development and Application of Optimal Control Methods for Quantum Technologies
Location: Hörsaal B (0.1.01) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Disputation Ilia Romanovich Kulikov
Thema der Dissertation: Storage of Charge in Redox Conductive Polymers Probed with Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Location: Hörsaal B (0.1.01) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Friday Light Talks ׀ Evaldas Svirplys "Realizing the promise of attosecond science: All-attosecond spectroscopy"
Location: BoB (Room 0.3.01) Physics Department, Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
Physics Colloquium: Dr. Philippe Faist "Quantum Physics Beyond the Low-Complexity Regime"- Presentation of a Habilitation Project
Research Group Eisert, Freie Universität Berlin
Location: Lecture Hall A (room 1.3.14), Department of Physics, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin
Disputation Jorge Torres Rodríguez
Thema der Dissertation: X-ray and Visible Light Spectroscopic Investigation of Spin- Crossover Molecules Deposited in Sub- and Mono-Layers on Solid Surfaces
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Physics Colloquium: Dr. Niclas S. Mueller "Tailoring Nanoscale Light-Matter Coupling with Polaritons"
Emmy Noether Group, Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin
Location: Lecture Hall A (room 1.3.14), Department of Physics, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin
Disputation Maximilian Becker
Thema der Dissertation: Structure and Dynamics of Molecular Liquids: From Bulk Behavior to Nanoconfinement via Computational Spectroscopy
Location: Hörsaal B (0.1.01) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
24th Einstein Lecture Dahlem - UPDATE - Prof. Dr. Markus Aspelmeyer "Quantum Physics and Gravity: How does Schrödinger's Cat's Clock tick?"
20 years of Einstein Lectures in Dahlem 24th Einstein Lecture with Prof. Dr. Markus Aspelmeyer +++ UPDATE +++ Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Anton Zeilinger unfortunately had to cancel his lecture at short notice for health reasons. We are delighted to present his successor as Director of the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW): Prof. Dr. Markus Aspelmeyer !
Location: Henry Ford Building Freie Universität Berlin Garystr. 35 14195 Berlin
Friday Light Talks ׀ Clara Wassner (Eisert's Group): Holonomic Quantum Computation: Quantum Gates from Geometry
Location: BoB (Room 0.3.01) Physics Department, Arnimallee 14
Disputation Ekaterina Shabratova
Thema der Dissertation: Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy for investigating metal-doped graphitic carbon nitride catalysts and detecting X-ray induced radiation damage.
Location: Seminarraum E3 (1.4.31) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Disputation Yannik Schaden-Thillmann
Thema der Dissertation: Generalizations of Pseudo Majorana Functional Renormalization Group and its Application to Highly Frustrated Spin Systems
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Physics Colloquium: Prof. Dr. Klaus Gerwert "Protein-Misfolding as fluid biomarker in Morbus Alzheimer and Parkinson measured by the iRS (immuno-Infrared Sensor)"
Ruhr University Bochum
Location: Lecture Hall A (room 1.3.14), Department of Physics, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin
Disputation Anna Fancelli
Thema der Dissertation: Frustrated Classical Spin Models: Equilibrium and Dynamical Properties in Connection with Real Materials
Location: Hörsaal B (0.1.01) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Berlin Science Week 2025: Prof. Dr. Jens Eisert - The Second Quantum Revolution
The second quantum revolution is giving rise to technologies such as quantum computers, quantum simulators, and secure communication — with the potential to fundamentally change our world.
Location: Freie Universität Berlin Habelschwerdter Allee 45 Raum KL 32/123 14195 Berlin
Berlin Science Week 2025: Prof. Dr. Cecilia Clementi - Einstein in the Dome: In the Universe of Atoms
Proteins are molecular machines essential to life. Prof. Dr. Cecilia Clementi uses AI-based methods to explore their structure and dynamics, offering insights into fundamental biophysical processes.
Location: Zeiss-Großplanetarium Prenzlauer Allee 80 10405 Berlin
Pathways in Physics: Dr. Marcel Goihl, Cem Yilmaz und Dr. Friederike Ernst - Physicists as Forerunners
Three physics alumni will share their journeys in physics and professional life. Everyone who would like to learn from their experiences or reconnect with our alumni is warmly invited. The event will conclude with an informal get-together with snacks and drinks.
Location: Cafeteria (Raum 1.1.25) Fachbereich Physik Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
Info Session on Studying Abroad and International Meet & Greet
Abroad and Back Again 4 - 5 pm: Info Talk "Study abroad for physics students" We inform physics students about exchange programs and a wide range of opportunities for studying or doing an internship abroad
Location: Cafeteria (Room 1.1.25)
Friday Light Talks ׀ Nele Stetzuhn, AG Bolotin: Ultrafast, Ultrathin, Ultratunable: Spinwaves in 2D materials
Location: BoB (Room 0.3.01) Physics Department, Arnimallee 14
Disputation Abhijeet Kumar
Thema der Dissertation: Ultrafast control of spin, valley, and excitons in 2D semiconductors
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Disputation Nicole Walter
Thema der Dissertation: Broken Patterns - Anomalies in the Spectra of Aluminum Monofluoride
Location: Seminarraum 1.1.16 (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Welcome and Orientation Events for New Master's Students
A warm welcome to all new Master’s students!
Location: Department of Physics Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin
Disputation Henrik Richter
Thema der Dissertation: Data-Driven Non-Markovian Models for the Analysis and Prediction of Time-Series Data
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Disputation Federico Baserga
Thema der Dissertation: Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of Experimentally Accessible Intermediate States in Cytochrome c Oxidase
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Disputation Serkan Sirt
Thema der Dissertation: Signatures of Coulomb Screening in the Quantum Hall Effect
Location: Hörsaal B (0.1.01) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Disputation Alexander Blech
Thema der Dissertation: Detection and control of chiral molecules Symmetry considerations and applications to photoelectron spectroscopy
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Disputation Huijuan Xiao
Thema der Dissertation: Magnon polarons and spin transport investigated by time- and spin-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy
Location: Hörsaal B (0.1.01) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Disputation Tim Amrhein
Thema der Dissertation: Ultrafast 4f multiplet excitation in rare-earth metals studied with Xrays
Location: Hörsaal A (1.3.14) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Disputation Harald Schmid
Thema der Disputation: Interacting quantum spins with periodic, quasiperiodic and directcurrent drives
Location: Hörsaal B (0.1.01) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Disputation Kseniia Volkova
Thema der Dissertation: Diamond-based quantum simulator - surface and material challenges
Location: Hörsaal B (0.1.01) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Academic Graduation and Summer Party 2025
Graduates will receive their bachelor's, master's, and PhD certificates in a festive ceremony 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
Friday Light Talks ׀ Dr. Daniel Reich, AG Koch: "15 Years, 15 Lessons: About Teaching Physics & Designing Card Games"
Location: BoB (Room 0.3.01) Physics Department, Arnimallee 14
Physics Colloquium: Prof Hyunsoo Yang "THz Spin Dynamics and Magnon Torques"
National University of Singapore
Location: Lecture Hall A ( Room 1.3.14) Physics Department Freie Universität Berlin 14195 Berlin
Disputation Frederik Jasper Büchau-Vender
Thema der Dissertation: Zweiphotonenmikroskopie mit zeitlicher und räumlicher Femtosekundenlaser-Pulsformung
Location: Hörsaal B (0.1.01) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Research Group Pitches – Physicists present their scientific work and teams
Take a quick lunch break to find inspiration for your bachelor’s or master’s thesis. Different research groups will present their research and teams in short 5-minute talks. Within one hour, 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: Part 1: Pitches in Lecture Hall B (Room 0.1.01) from 12 am to approx. 1 pm Part 2: Poster sessions and individual talks in the Cafeteria (Room 1.1.25) from approx. 1 pm to 2 pm Fachbereich Physik Arnimallee 14 14519 Berlin
Special Colloquium: Prof. Dr. Harald Brune "Magnetism of Adatoms – from Storage to Qubits"
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Location: Lecture Hall A (Room 1.3.14) Physics Department Freie Universität Berlin 14195 Berlin
Physics Colloquium & TRR 227: Prof. Dr. Sebastian F. Maehrlein "Driving Coherent Phonon-Phonon Angular Momentum Transfer via Lattice Anharmonicity"
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Radiation Physics; Technical University Dresden, Institute of Applied Physic; Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max Planck Society, Department of Physical Chemistry
Location: Lecture Hall A (Room 1.3.14) Physics Department Freie Universität Berlin 14195 Berlin
Disputation André Kussicke
Thema der Dissertation: Photonic pressure measurements using absorption spectroscopy and Fabry-Pérot refractometry
Location: Hörsaal B (0.1.01) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
The Long Night of the Sciences 2025
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 2025
Friday Light Talks ׀ Dr. Christian Lotze, AG Franke: The Huge Tiny World of Scanning Probe Microscopy: More than just Pretty Images
Location: BoB (Room 0.3.01) Physics Department, Arnimallee 14
Physics Colloquium: Dr. Andrés Ordóñez "Chiral light-matter interaction in the multiphoton regime"
Emmy Noether Group Leader at the Freie Universität Berlin
Location: Lecture Hall A ( Room 1.3.14) Physics Department Freie Universität Berlin 14195 Berlin
Disputation Fan Yang
Thema der Dissertation: Operando X-ray absorption and Raman spectroscopy studies of electrochemical CO 2 reduction catalyzed by copper-based materials
Location: Hörsaal B (0.1.01) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Pathways in Physics: Driving Forward Innovations in Business and Technology
Three physics alumni will share their journeys in physics and professional life. Everyone who would like to learn from our alumni or reconnect with them is warmly invited. The event will conclude with an informal get-together over snacks and drinks.
Location: Cafeteria (Raum 1.1.25) Fachbereich Physik Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin
Physics Colloquium: Prof. Dr. Angela Wittmann "Exploring spin and chirality at unconventional hybrid interfaces"
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Location: Lecture Hall A Physics Department Freie Universität Berlin 14195 Berlin
Infotalk "Exchange Programs for Physics Students" and "International Meet & Greet" - International Month
Abroad and Back 4 -5 pm: Info Talk "Study abroad for physics students" We inform physics students about exchange programs and a wide range of opportunities for studying or doing an internship abroad.
Location: Cafeteria (Raum 1.1.25)
Disputation Ben John
Thema der Dissertation: Development of a Phase-Sensitive Sum Frequency Generation Microscope for the Investigation of Molecular Structures at Interfaces
Location: Hörsaal B (0.1.01) (Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin)
Webinar "Master's Program in Physics"
In a one-hour webinar, we present our Master's program and the French-German double-degree program .
Location: Online via Webex