Faculty at the Physics Center
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Werner Bernreuther, retired
Institute for Theoretical Particle Physics und Cosmology
Research interests:
- Quantum chromodynamics
- Standard theory of electroweak interactions and its extensions
- Top quarks, Higgs bosons
- CP violation
- Field theories at finite temperature
- Physics at the LHC and at a future Linear Electron Positron Collider
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Univ-Prof. Dr. Mario Berta
Quantum Information - Theory
Research Area
Quantum Computing, Affiliation RWTH Institute for Quantum Information
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Prof. Dr. Kerstin Borras
Physics Institute III A
Research area
Experimental particle physics with the CMS experiment at CERN: exploring the Standard Model, strong interactions, search for dark matter.
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Research Area
Spinqubits, SQUIDs, mesoscopic scanning probe measurements (condensed matter)
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Privatdozent Dr. Dmitry Chigrin
Institute of Physics IA
Research Area
Theory of coplex Materias
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michal Czakon
Institute for Theoretical Particle Physics und Cosmology
Research Area
Top-quark physics, infrared properties of gauge theories, parton showers with quantum effects
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Volker Dohm emeritus
Institute for Theoretical Physics of Phase Transitions
Research Area
Theory of phase transitions, system independent commonalities at the critical point of different systems: universality and scale behavior. Theoretical description with field theory methods (renormalization group theroy) and lattice models
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Johannes Erdmann
Institute of Physics III A
Research Area
Big Data-Analysis in Physics Research
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martin Erdmann
Institute of Physics III A
Research Area
Particle and astro-particle physics at the highest energies with the CMS experiment at CERN and Pierre Auger in Argentia: search for new physical phenomena with top quarks, determination of extragalactic magnetic fields, development of graphic data analysis methods, radio detection of air showers
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Lutz Feld
Institute of Physics I B
Research Area
Experimental particle physics with the CMS experiment at CERN, the search for physics beyond the standard model, development and construction of tracking detectors
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. B.Ubbo Felderhof, Emeritus
Institute for Theory of Statistical Physics
Research area
Statistical physics, Hydrodynamics
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jörg Fitter
Institute of Physics I A
Research Area
Experimental biophysics: single molecule technology, fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy, studies on protein folding, relationships between structure and function, neutron spectroscopy
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Prof. Dr. Malte Göttsche
III. Physikalisches Institut B
Research Area
Nuclear verification and disarmament
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gernot Güntherodt, retired
II. Institute of Physics A
Research Area
Nanomagnetism (exchange bias), Spintronics (metals, semiconductors, graphene), Spin Transport in Nanostructures, Half-metallic Ferromagnets, Surface Magnetism, Spin-polarized Photoemission; Light Scattering, Ultrafast Time-resolved Magnetooptics and Spin Dynamics; Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE), Ultrathin Film Technology and Nanopatterning.
Further Information:https://guentherodt.org/
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Robert Harlander
Institute for Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology
Research Area
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Fabian Hassler
Institute for Theoretical Quantum Information (IQI)
Research Area
Solid-State-Qubits, Spin-Qubits, Superconducting Qubits and Cavities, Majorana Qubits and Non-Abelian Anyons
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Hebbeker
Institute of Physics III A
Research Area
Experimental elementary particle physics and astroparticle physics; the most important projects are the CMS experiment at the LHC particle collider at CERN and the AUGER observatory for measuring the most energetic cosmic radiation
Further Information: CMS and AUGER
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heidrun Heinke
Institute of Physics I A
Research Area
Physics pedagogy: development of experimental competence, didactic further development of physics lab courses (targeted lab courses, communication in labs, media use, evaluation of measurements and logs)
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Carsten Honerkamp
Institute for Theoretical Solid State Physics (Theory C)
Research Area
Theoretical solid-state physics, correlated electrons, superconduction, renormalization group
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dante Kennes
Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Theoretische Physik der kondensierten Materie
Research Area
Quantum Matter on Demand
Non-equilibrium Quantum Many-Body Physics
Renormalization Group Approaches
Density Matrix Renormalization Group
Transport Properties of Strongly Correlated Electrons
Topological Matter out of Equilibrium
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Research Area
Investigation of structure and fluctuations using x-ray scattering and acoustic emission spectroscopy; transformations in shape memory alloys and polymers; structure determinatino of thin layers/films and nanoparticles
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Krämer
Institute for Theoretical Particle Physics und Cosmology
Research Area: physics beyond the Standard Model, in particular supersymmetry, Higgs physics and dark matter; philosophy of science
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Kull, retired
Institute for Theory of Statistical Physics
Research Area
Laser and plasma physics at high field intensities
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Julien Lesgourgues
Institut für Theortische Teilchenphysik und Kosmologie
Research interests:
cosmological models, CMB physics and theory of Large Scale structure, physics of the early universe, particle cosmology (neutrinos, dark matter, other relics), Boltzmann codes (author of CLASS), model comparison with data, Bayesian inference
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Joachim Mayer
Central Facility for Electron Microscopy and Ernst Ruska-Centre
Research Area
High-resolution microscopy and spectroscopy with electrons, aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy, applications in nanoelectronics, materials science and energy research
Further Information: GFE, ER-C
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Volker Meden
Institute for Theory of Statistical Physics
Research Area
Correlation effects in mesoscopic solid bodies
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Prof. Dr. Philipp Mertsch
Institut für Theoretische Teilchenphysik und Kosmologie
Research interests:
- acceleration and propagation of cosmic rays
- radiation modelling of non-thermal sources
- dark matter indirect searches
- CMB foreground modelling and subtraction
- high-energy neutrino astrophysics
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Markus Morgenstern
Institute of Physics II B
Research Area
Scanning probe spectroscopy at low temperatures and in magnetic fields to better understand the electronic properties of various solid state systems at the atomic level
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gero von Plessen
Institute of Physics I A
Research Area
Optical properties of metallic and dielectric nanostructures
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Apl. Prof. Dr. Oliver Pooth
Institute of Physics III B
Research Area
Experimental elementary particle physics with the CMS detector, physics of top quarks, development and operaton of trace detectors, neutron radiography
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Forschungsgebiete
Lehrerbildungsforschung. Hochschuldidaktik, Lehr-Lern-Projekte, fachbezogene didaktische Entwicklung und Materialentwicklung, schulbezogene Forschung
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Apl. Prof. Dr. Stefan Roth
Institute of Physics III B
Research Area
Experimental neutrino physics and the development of drift chamber
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Schael
Institute of Physics I B
Research Area
Involvement in international research projects in experimental particle and astroparticle physics. Focus is on the development, design, and construction of new experiments and software development for data evaluation. The goal is to understand basic physical relationships. Current questions about dark matter are also at the focus of the research.
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alexander Schmidt
Institute of Physics III A
Research Area
Experimental elementary particle physics with the CMS experiment at the LHC particle collider at CERN. Search for Dark Matter with the MADMAX experiment.
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Univ. Prof. Dr. Sebastian Schmidt, Wissenschaftlicher Direktor des Helmholtz-Zentrums Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
Research Areas:
Theory of hadrons, symmetry breaking, electric dipole moment of protons and light nuclei
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Herbert Schoeller
Institute for Theory of Statistical Physics
Research Area
Transport via quantum dot, molecular electronics, spin electronics, dissipative quantum systems, Luttinger liquids, renormalization group methods
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Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volkmar Schulz
Physics of Molecular Imaging Systems
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Walter Selke im Ruhestand
Institute of Theoretical Physics of Phase Transitions
Research Area
Statistical physics and computational physics with applications, particularly regarding magnetic and surface properties
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Achim Stahl
Institute of Physics III B
Research Area
Experimental particle physics with top quarks, tau-Leptons and neutrinos, detector development, spin-offs in medical physics
Further information: CMS, DoubleChooz, Grid, Radiation Therapy and TPC
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christoph Stampfer
Institute of Physics II A
Research Area
Experimental solid states physics with focus on fundamentals of nanoelectronics, graphene and other two-dimensional materials
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Research Area
Near-field scanning optical microscopy (SNOM), innovative infrared-optical imaging and detection methods (e.g. with super lenses and optically resonant, metallic nanostructures)
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Research area:
Experimental condensed matter and quantum physics, nanomagnetism and spinsystems, correlated electron and Kondo physics, scanning probe microscopy. Further information
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Prof. Dr. David P. DiVincenzo
Institute for Quantum Information (IQI)
Research Area
The Institute has both theoretical and experimental directions. It functions within the larger research environment of condensed matter theory and experiment at the Department of Physics at RWTH Aachen. It is also closely tied to several departments, especially theoretical nanoelectronics at Forschungszentrum Juelich, under the umbrella of the Jülich-Aachen Research Alliance (JARA)
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Silvia Viola Kusminskiy
Institute for Theoretical Solid State Physics
Research area
Since January 2022, she is professor at the Institute for Theoretical Solid State Physics at RWTH Aachen and leads the group Theory of Hybrid Quantum Systems. With the help of her team, she studies the interaction between light and collective excitations in condensed matter systems at the micro/nanoscale, with emphasis on systems based on magnetic materials. Her goal is to learn how to tailor the interactions and the dynamics of these hybrid systems, in order to unravel quantum phenomena at unprecedented scales.
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Wessel
Institute for Theoretical Solid State Physics
Research Area
Theoretical solid state physics, strongly correlated electrons, quantum magnetism, comptuer-supported physics
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christopher Wiebusch
Institute of Physics III B
Research Area
Particle astrophysics: investigation of highly energetic, cosmic neutrino radiation to research the highly energetic processes in the universe and the particle physics properties of neutrinos
Further information: IceCube and DoubleChooz
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Apl. Prof. Dr. Malgorzata Worek
Institute for Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology
Research interests:
Phenomenology of the Standard Model at Hadron Colliders, Monte Carlo simulations of physical processes,
Next-to-leading order QCD corrections to multi-particle processes, Efficient numerical evaluation of multi-particle final states, Matching of multi-leg amplitudes with parton showers
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Matthias Wuttig
Institute of Physics I A
Research Area
Physics of new materials: phase-change materials as future data storage, organic layers for optoelectronics, optical functional layers
Further Information: Institute I A, Vita,
Publication list
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Alphabetical List
An alphabetical list of the professorships can be found here.