Group Leader
Positions
2019 – present: Vice-Rector Innovation and Transfer at Ruprecht-Karl University Heidelberg
2008 – present: Full Professor (Chair) for Experimental Physics at the Ruprecht-Karl University Heidelberg
2013 – 2018: QianRen Jihua (1000Talent Plan) Chair Professor (part-time) at the Hefei National Institute for the Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei and Shanghai, China
2003 – 2008: Full Professor (Chair) for Experimental Physics at the Albert-Ludwig University Freiburg
2004 – 2006: Guest professor, Optics and Photonics Center of the University of São Paulo
2001/2002: Guest professor, University of Innsbruck
2000-2003: Research Group Leader “Laser Cooling Group”, Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg
2000: Habilitation in Physics at the Ruprecht-Karl University Heidelberg
1997-2000: Researcher, Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg (Prof. D. Schwalm/R. Grimm)
1995-1997: Marie-Curie postdoctoral fellow, University of Amsterdam and FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (Prof. J.T.M. Walraven)
Education
1995: Doctorate in Physics at the Ludwig-Maximilian University München
1992-1995: Researcher, Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching (Prof. T.W. Hänsch)
1990/1991: Guest Scientist, Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel de l´Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris (Prof. S. Haroche)
1990: Diplom in Physics at the Ludwig-Maximilian University München
1987/1988: Trainee, Research Centers of Siemens, Erlangen, and Asea Brown Boveri, Baden near Zürich
1984-1990: Study of physics and philosophy, University of Bonn and University of München
Professional Activities
- Fellow of the American Physical Society
- Founding Director, Heidelberg Center for Quantum Dynamics, Heidelberg University (2012-2015)
- Fellow of the Marsilius Kolleg Heidelberg (2012/13)
- Dean, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Heidelberg University (2015-2017, Deputy Dean 2012 – 2015)
- Speaker, Research Council Field of Focus 2, Heidelberg University (2012 – 2015)
- Managing Director, Physics Institute, Heidelberg University (2010-2011, Deputy Director since 2012)
- Deputy Dean and Dean for Studies, Department of Physics and Mathematics, University of Freiburg (2006-2008)
- Member, Editorial Board of Physical Review X (since 2016)
- Member, Editorial Board of the European Physical Journal ST (since 2014)
- Member, Editorial Board of the European Physical Journal D (2005 – 2014)
- Elected Member, Council of the German Physical Society (since 2018)
- Member, Stern-Gerlach Prize Committee, German Physical Society (since 2017)
- Chairman, Section “Atoms, Molecules, Quantum Optics and Plasmas”, German Physical Society (2011 – 2015)
- Chairman, Division “Quantum Optics and Photonics”, German Physical Society (2006-2008, Vice-Chairman 2004-2006)
- Coordinator, EU ITN “COHERENCE – Cooperativity in Highly Excited Rydberg Ensembles – Control and Entanglement”
- Coordinator, Collaborative Research Project “QUDIPMOL – Quantum-degenerate dipolar gases of bialkali molecules” within the ESF EUROCORES “Cold Quantum Matter”
- Member, General Physics Advisory Committee of the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI) (2006-2012)
- Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Research Programme “Coherent Processes in Complex Structures” (funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of Baden-Württemberg, 2004-2007)
- Member, Steering Committee ESF Programme “Collisions in Atom Traps” (2004-2006)
- Organizer and co-organizer of international workshops and conferences (Selection: “Current Trends in Atomic Physics“ (Les Houches 2016), “Rydberg Physics with Two-Electron Systems” (Hamburg 2015), “Sino-German Symposium on Quantum Information and Quantum Simulation” (Heidelberg, 2015), German-Japanese Symposium on Laser Science (Heidelberg, 2014),“Rydberg Gases and Ultracold Plasmas” (Harvard, 2009)
- Vertrauensdozent, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (2005-2013)
Publications
2003
Thermodynamics in an ultracold mixture of optically trapped atomic gases Book Chapter
In: Weidemüller, M.; Zimmermann, C. (Ed.): in: Interactions in Ultracold Gases: From Atoms to Molecules, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2003.
Towards an ultracold dense gas of Rydberg atoms Book Chapter
In: Weidemüller, M.; Zimmermann, C. (Ed.): in: Interactions in Ultracold Gases: From Atoms to Molecules, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2003.
Phase-coherent addition of laser beams Journal Article
In: Opt. Comm., vol. 218, pp. 371–377, 2003.
Und es kondensiert doch ... [in german] Journal Article
In: Physik Journal, vol. 2, pp. 18–19, 2003.
Interactions in Ultracold Gases: From Atoms to Molecules Book
2003.
Towards a new test of the relativistic time dilation factor by laser spectroscopy of fast ions in a storage ring Journal Article
In: Hyperf. Int., vol. 146, pp. 71–75, 2003.
2002
Sympathetic Cooling with Two Atomic Species in an Optical Trap Journal Article
In: Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 88, iss. 25, pp. 253001, 2002.
2001
Mixture of ultracold lithium and cesium atoms in an optical dipole trap Journal Article
In: Applied Physics B, vol. 73, iss. 8, pp. 791-799, 2001, ISSN: 0946-2171.
2000
Very long storage times and evaporative cooling of cesium atoms in a quasielectrostatic dipole trap Journal Article
In: Phys. Rev. A, vol. 62, iss. 3, pp. 031402, 2000.
1999
Simple scheme for tunable frequency offset locking of two lasers Journal Article
In: Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 242-243, 1999.
Cold inelastic collisions between lithium and cesium in a two-species magneto-optical trap Journal Article
In: The European Physical Journal D, vol. 7, iss. 3, pp. 331-340, 1999, ISSN: 1434-6060.
1998
Magneto-optic trapping of lithium using semiconductor lasers Journal Article
In: Optics Communications, vol. 158, no. 1–6, pp. 263 - 272, 1998, ISSN: 0030-4018.