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Welcome to the Saalfrank Group

An artistic visualization of a laser pulse hitting an ammonia molecule adsorbed on a Cu(111) surface
Photo: Tillmann Klamroth

News

  • January 2nd, 2025: Loïse Attal, who recently finished her PhD at Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France, joined the group as a postdoc, working on quantum dynamics in open systems. Welcome Loïse!
     
  • November 16th, 2024: Anna Zehle started as a new PhD student in Evgenii Titov's subgroup, on a DFG funded project entitled "Quantifying exciton localization and isomerization efficiency in aggregates of molecular switches". Welcome Anna!
     
  • November 5th, 2024: Peter Saalfrank is one of the recipients of an ERC Synergy Grant, as announced by the ERC today.
    Lots of work, lots of fun ahead for all of us.
     
  • October 24th, 2024: Alkit Beqiraj defended his thesis successfully.
    Congratulations also to you, Alkit, and have a good time in your new job.
     
  • October 17th, 2024: Shreya Sinha successfully defended her thesis.
    Congratulations, Shreya! Fortunately, Shreya will stay in the group as a postdoc for a while.
     
  • October 1st, 2024: Nicolas Jahn and Richard Gundermann started as new PhD students in the group.
    Both will work in CRC 1636, on "Mechanisms of photochemical reactions at metallic nanoparticles" (Nicolas) and "Understanding and controlling reactivity under vibrational and electronic strong coupling" (Richard), respectively.
    Welcome to both of you!