February 25, 2025, 4:30 - 6:30 pm

Program: tba

May 20, 2025, 4:30 - 6:30 pm

Program: tba

September 23, 2025, 4:30 - 6:30 pm

Program: tba

December 2, 2025, 4:30 - 6:30 pm

Program: tba

March 12, 2024, 4:30 - 6:30 pm

Program:

• Ajaree Mongkolsittisilp, RA IV (Biomedical Photonics): "Fluorescence-based quantitative characterizations of Wnt signaling proteins secreted by living cells"
• David Benedikt Ritzer, RA V (Solar Energy): "Efficient Upscaling of Perovskite Photovoltaics via Laser-Scribing“

June 11, 2024, 4:30 - 6:30 pm

Program:

• Christian Rainer, RA I (Photonic Materials & Devices): “Laser assisted dopant level control in organic polymer thin films”

• Jonas Grammel, RA II (Quantum Optics & Spectroscopy): “Investigation of semiconductor Quantum Dots in open fiber cavities”

• Jannis Hessenauer, RA II (Quantum Optics & Spectroscopy): "Color centers in silicon carbide coupled to an optical resonator - A resource for quantum communication"

September 10, 2024, 4:30 - 6:30 pm

Program:

• Felix Laufer, RA V (Solar Energy): "Machine Learning for In Situ Monitoring of the Scalable Perovskite Thin-Film Formation”
• Evgenij Vasilenko, RA II (Quantum Optics & Spectroscopy): "Ensemble spectroscopy and cavity-coupled emission of Eu-based molecular systems"

December 3, 2024, 4:30 - 6:30 pm

Program:

• Daniel Baumann, RA V (Solar Energy): “Repeatable Perovskite Thin Films enabled by Fully Automated Spin-Coating"
• KM Samaun Reza, RA III (Biomedical Photonics): "Optically Functional Nano- and Micro-structures found in Nature"
• Jorge Beltran, RA IV (Optical Systems): "Spatial Harmonic X-ray Imaging for Multimodal Imaging Characterization with Magnetic Resonance"

May 3, 2023: 4:30 - 6:30 pm

Program:

• Isabel Allegro, RA IV (Optical Systems): "Lead Halide Perovskites for Lasing Applications"
• Manuel Hüpfel, RA III (Biomedical Photonics): "Optimization Strategies for 3D Fluorescence Microscopy"
• Hao Jia, RA III (Biomedical Photonics): "Towards a Versatile Lattice Light Sheet Microscope with High Spatial and Temporal Resolution"
• Kevin Rösch, RA IV (Optical Systems): "Anonymization with latent diffusion models"
• Mario Zinßer, RA V (Solar Energy): "Electrical and Optical Modeling of Thin-Film Photovoltaic Modules"

June 27, 2023: CANCELED

September 5, 2023: 4:30 - 6:30 pm

Program: 

• Robert Huber, RA IV (Optical Systems): "Fully Printed 2D-Temperature Sensor Arrays Featuring a High Lateral Resolution"
• Lintao Fan, RA IV (Optical Systems): "Determination of Wind Parameters from a Distance Using a Optical Sensor Based on Particle Tracking Velocimetry"

December 5, 2023: 4:30 - 6:30 pm

Program: 

• Ronja Pappenberger, RA V (Solar Energy): "Bandgap Engineering of Two-Step Processed Perovskite Top Cells for Perovskite-Based Tandem"
• Alexander Anton, RA III (Biomedical Photonics): "Polarization-sensitive Imaging in Medicine - Visualization of Nerve Fiber Bundles in the White Matter of the Brain"

February 1, 2022

Program:

• Erik Karsten Schneider, RA II (Quantum Optics & Spectroscopy): Structure determination of ions in the gas phase by means of ion mobility spectrometry
• Albina Julius, RA IV (Optical Systems): Development of an optofluidic device for investigation of phototaxis in cyanobacteria
• Frank Bieder, RA IV (Optical Systems): Map Learning: Automatic data generation for deep learning applications using HD maps and multi-drive mapping
• Henning Mescher, RA IV (Optical Systems): Simulation, design, and realization of printed X-ray detectors
• Simon Woska, RA V (Solar Energy): Tunable photonics based on whispering gallery resonators on an all-polymeric chip-scale platform

April 14, 2022

Program: 

• Aristeidis Lamprianidis (RA I, Photonic Materials & Devices): “On the semianalytical modeling of light scattering from nanoparticles: the topological skeleton method”
• Roman Zvahelskyi (RA I, Photonic Materials & Devices): “Towards in-situ diagnostics of multi-photon 3D laser printing by optical coherence tomography”
• Dr. Julia Zillner (RA V, Solar Energy): “Improving Environmental Aspects of Perovskite Solar Cells by Lead Alternatives”

September 6, 2022

Program:

• Dr. Vincent Hahn (APH, RA I Photonic Materials & Devices): "3D Laser Nanoprinting: Two-Step Absorption Instead of Two-Photon Absorptio"
• Xiang Xie (ITIV, RA IV Optical Systems): "Artificial Intelligence in Spectral Analysis"
• Dr. Simon Ternes (IMT, RA V Solar Energy): "In Situ Characterization and Modelling of Drying Dynamics for Scalable Printing of Hybrid Perovskite Photovoltaics"
• Dr. Saba Gharibzadeh (IMT, RA V Solar Energy): tba

February 2, 2021

Program:

• Dr. Gabriela Molinar, Institute for Information Processing Technologies, RA IV (Optical Systems): Machine Learning Tool for Transmission Capacity Forecasting of Overhead Lines based on Distributed Weather Data

• Dr. Marc Hippler, Zoological Institute, RA III (Biomedical Photonics): 3D Laser Lithography of Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels

• Marius Jacoby, Institute of Microstructure Technology, RA V (Solar Energy): Exciton diffusion in thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters: implications for hyperfluorescence

April 15, 2021

Program: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

• Simon Stock, Institute for Information Processing Technologies, RA IV (Optical Systems): An Investigation of Visual Perception using Virtual Reality, Brain-Computer Interfaces and Deep Learning

• Simon Ternes, Light Technology Institute, RA V (Solar Energy): Large-Area in situ Reflectance and Photoluminescence Imaging on Solution-Processed Perovskite Solar Cells

• Ahmed Ridoy, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, RA V (Solar Energy): Atmospheric Pressure Dry Nanotexturing for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells

July 8, 2021

Program: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

• Markus Katona, Light Technology Institute, RA IV (Optical Systems): System analysis of ILMD-based LID measurements using Monte Carlo Simulation
• Alumni lecture from Dr. Benjamin Fritz, RA V (Solar Energy)

October 14, 2021

Program: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

• Donie Yidenekachew (RA I, Photonics Materials & Devices): Disordered nanophotonic structures for energy-saving applications
• Josephine Gutekunst (RA IV, Optical Systems): Development of a liquid refractive X-ray lens
• Margarita Zhakarova (RA IV, Optical Systems): Multi-modal X-ray imaging with Hartmann masks

February 07, 2019

March 15, 2018

March 14, 2017

November 28, 2016

Program:

• Eugen Waldt, Institute of Nanotechnology, RA II (Advanced Spectroscopy):"tba"
• Lu Zhou, Institute of Applied Physics, RA III (Biomedical Photonics): "Single molecule imaging reveals dysferlin-mediated recruitment of phosphatidylserine for membrane repair"
• Ottó Markus, Institute of Microstructure Technology, RA IV (Optical Systems):
  "X-ray beam shaping optics for full-field microscopy and imaging"
• Tobias Schröter, Institute of Microstructure Technology, RA IV (Optical Systems):
  "LIGA Gratings for large Field of View X-ray differential phase-contrast imaging"

June 29, 2016

Program:

• Michael Oldenburg, Institute of Applied Physics, RA I (Photonic Materials & Devices): “Photon Upconversion at Crystalline Organic-Organic Heterojunctions“
• Tobias Schwarze, Institut für Mess- und Regelungstechnik, RA IV (Optical Systems): “Camera-based Assistance for Blind Persons“
• Nico Bolse, Light Technology Institute, RA IV (Optical Systems): “The Quenching of Photoluminescence in Optical Sensors for Trace-vapor Detection Applications”
• Stefan Gaertner, Light Technology Institute, RA V (Solar Energy): "Organic Nanoparticles for an Eco-friendly Organic Solar Cell Fabrication"

March 31, 2016

Program:

• Qiang Shi, Institute of Applied Physics, RA I (Photonic Materials & Devices):  “Wiring up pre-characterized single-photon emitters by laser lithography“

• Frieder Koch, Institute of Micristructure Technology, RA IV (Optical Systems): “Characterization of refractive X-ray optics with X-ray grating interferometry” 

• Adrian Mertens, Light Technology Institute, RA V (Solar Energy): “The photon harvesting in organic single- and tandem solar cells”

February 26, 2015

Program:

• Amos Egel, Light Technology Institute, RA I (Photonic Materials & Devices): "Optical modelling of scattering layers for an enhanced light outcoupling from OLEDs"
• Anke Lämmle, Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg, RA V (Solar Energy): "Doping of the Cu(In,Ga)Se2 layer with alkali metals"

June 30, 2015

Program:

• Hannah Ernst, Institute of Physical Chemistry, RA II (Advanced Spectroscopy):  “Ultrafast photophysics and photochemistry in the liquide phase“
• Johannes Beck, Institute of Measurement and Control Systems, RA IV (Optical Systems): “Intrinsic Camera Calibration"
• Andreas Arndt, Light Technology Institute, RA V (Solar Energy): “Time-resolved observation of charge-transfer state emission in organic solar cells"

December 14, 2015

Program:

• Radwanul Siddique, Institute of Microstructure Technology, RA I (Photonic Materials & Devices):  “Bio-inspired nanophotonics: Analysis and fabrication of photonic nanostructures on butterfly wings“

• Sarah Krämmer, Institute for Applied Physics, RA II (Advanced Spectroscopy)

• Thorsten Beuth, Institute for Information Processing Technologies, RA IV (Optical Systems): "System parameters and optimisations of LiDARs for predictive wind turbine control"

• Ruben Hünig, Light Technology Institute, RA V (Solar Energy): "Light management in thin-film solar cells"

November 10, 2014

 Program:

• Jonathan Mueller, Institute of Applied Physics, RA I (Photonic Materials & Devices): "Exploring the mechanisms of 3D-Direct Laser Writing"
• Michael Bachmann, Zoological Institute, RA III (Biomedical Photonics): "Superresolution microscopy and microstructured substrates: valuable tools for cell biological studies"
• Simon Schneider, Institute of Photonics & Quantum Electronics, RA IV (Optical Systems): “Optical Coherence Tomography for Material Characterization”
• Ralph Eckstein, Institute of Light Technology, RA V (Solar Energy): “Aerosol Jet Digital Printing for Organic Optoelectronic Devices”
   

August 21, 2014

 Program:

• Assegid Flatae, Institute of Applied Physics, RA I (Photonic Materials & Devices): "Quantum emitters in Microcavities"
• Leilei Shinohara, Institute for Information Processing Technologies, RA IV (Optical Systems): "A broad spectrum Laser Doppler wind Lidar system with predictive control for active pitch system of wind turbines"
• Tanja Pürckhauer, Institute of Light Technology, RA V (Solar  Energy): "Characterization of p-doped side-chain polymers with small molecule moieties processed from solution"

April 22, 2014

 Program:

• Larissa Bergmann, Institute of Organic Chemistry, RA I: “Copper(I) complexes for OLED applications - Material Design and Photophysics”
• Andrea Scheiwe, Institute of Applied Physics, RA III: “Micromanipulation of single cells in tailored 3D-scaffolds”
• Siegwart Bogatscher, Institute for Information Processing Technologies, RA IV: “Large aperture at low cost three-dimensional time-of-flight range sensor based on scanning micromirrors and synchronous detector switching”
• Philipp Schindler, Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics, RA IV: “Frequency Division-Multiplexing – A New Degree of Freedom for Optical Access Networks”

December 17, 2013

 Program:

• Daniel Volz, Institute of Organic Chemistry, RA I: “Adjustable electroluminescent Cu(I) complexes for OLEDs: Singlet Harvesting, Self-Crosslinking and more”
• Yiming Li, Institute of Applied Physics, RA III: “Probing Cellular Uptake of Nanoparticles, One Nanoparticle at A Time”
• Jan Meiser, Institute of Microstructure Technology, RA IV: “From mice to men - Increasing the field of view for X-ray Phase Contrast Imaging”

September 24, 2013

 Program:

• Dominik Kölmel, Institute of Organic Chemistry, RA III (Biomedical Photonics): “Synthesis and application of fluorescently-labeled peptoids and fluorous dyes”
• Harsha Umesh Babu, Institute for Information Processing Technology, RA IV (Optical Systems): “Reflective physically unclonable function(r-PUF) based system for anti-counterfeiting”
• Manuel Reinhard, Light Technology Institute, RA V (Solar Energy): “Hybrid thin-film solar cells based on Cu(In,Ga)Se2 and organic semiconductors”

May 14, 2013

 Program:

• Yvonne Klapper, Institute of Applied Physics, RA III: "Lipid wrapped quantum dots: A versatile platform to study lipid-protein interactions via fluorescence correlation spectroscopy"
• Jörg Pfeifle, Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics, RA IV: "Microresonator-Based Frequency Comb Generator as Optical Source for Coherent WDM Transmission"
• Uwe Bog, Light Technology Institute, RA IV: "Label-free sensing with lasing microgoblets"

January 29, 2013: Ph.D. Seminar of RA I:

Program:

• Oliver Kahl, Institute of Nanotechnology: "Hybrid nanophotonic-superconducting circuits for linear optical quantum computing"
• Martin Husnik, Institute of Applied Physics: "Spectroscopy of individual optical nano-antennae"
• Prof. Heinz Kalt, Institute of Applied Physics: "Good scientific practice"

September 26, 2012: Ph.D. Seminar of RA V:

Program:

• Felix Nickel, Light Technology Institute: "Organic solar cells – Transparent electrodes"
• Thomas Schnabel, ZSW: "Vacuum free fabrication of CZTS solar cells"
• Felipe Cuevas, Fraunhofer ISE: "Fresnel collectors for solar thermal energy"

July 4, 2012: Ph.D. Seminar of RA II+III:

Program:

• Patrick Schwab, Light Technology Institute: "From Optical Antennas towards a Nano-Plasmonic Circuit"
• Christoph Krämmer, Institute of Applied Physics: "CZTS(e) absorbers for thin-film photovoltaics"
• Naghmeh Azadfar, Institute of Applied Physics: "Towards investigating AGT-tagged Protein-Protein Interactions by Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) Inside Living Cells"

February 24, 2012: Research Area IV

Program:

• Harald Vogt, Institute of Microstructure Technology: "Focusing X-rays with refractive Foil lenses"
• David Hillerkuß, Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics: "Advanced Optical Multiplexing for Data Rates beyond 32 Tbit/s per Laser"
• Martin Roser, Institute for Measurement and Control Systems: "Model-based raindrop detection for improved driver assistance system"

July 28, 2011: Research Area II + III

Program:

• Tatjana Karpuschkin, Institute for Nanotechnology, RA II: “Kinetic and spectroscopic studies of multiply charged anions in a Penning Trap”
• Andreas Merz, Institute of Applied Physics, RA II: “A Spintronic Single Photon Source and Spin Manipulation in Spininjection-LEDs”
• Pauline Maffre, Institute of Applied Physics, RA III: “Characterization of protein adsorption onto FePt nanoparticles using dual-focus fluorescence correlation spectroscopy”
• Benjamin Richter, Zoological Institute, RA III: “Selective bio-functionalization of three-dimensional microstructures”

February 24, 2011: Research Area IV

Program:

• Markus Butzbach, Institute for Information Processing Technology: “Optical Coherence Tomography with a Supercontinuum Laser”
• Miriam Schönbein, Institute for Measurement and Control Systems: “Stereovision with catadioptric cameras”
• Sönke Klinkhammer, Light Technology Institute: “Tunable organic semiconductor lasers”

November 24, 2010: Research Area I, joint PhD seminar in conjunction with the "Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS)"

Program:

Talks KSOP:

• Melanie Schwingel: "Multiple Traps Optical Tweezers for Live Cell Force Spectroscopy"
• Jonas Conradt: "Time-resolved spectroscopy on self assembling molecules"
• Nina Meinzer: "Loss-Compensation in Plasmonic Metamaterials"

Talks IPCMS:

• Thomas Roland: "Femtoseconde Spectroscopy of Charge Generation in organic Donor-Acceptor Molecules and thin Films"
• Hélène Vonesch: "Coherent ultrafast magneto-optics"
• Yannick Hinschberger: "Intense and ultrashort laser-spin interactions from first principles"

June 1, 2010: Research Area II + III

Program:

• Rebecca Kelting, RA II: Ion mobility spectrometry
• Ninette Stuerzl, RA II: Spectroscopy of single walled carbon nanotubes
• José Pérez, RA III: Near Field Optical Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy

October 8, 2009: Research Area IV

Program:

• Johannes Kenntner: Fabrication of X-ray Gratings with High Aspect Ratio for Phase Contrast Computer Tomography
• Dieter Rimpf: Microfluidic integrated system for marker-free optical cell analyses and cell sorting

April 29, 2009: Research Area II + III in cooperation with Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg

Program:

• Andreas Luz, RA II: Photosensitive Bismuth Solutions
• Matthias Wissert, RA II: Dark-field Microscopy and Two-Photon Induced Luminescence
• Birgit Rudat, RA III:  Single-Biomolecule spectrometry techniques
• Jean Besbas, ULP: Theoretical and experimental studies of ultrafast demagnetization dynamics in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor nanostructures
• Emel Sungur, ULP: Photostructuration of dy-doped polymers by two-Photon Microscopy applied to optical data storage and thermoactive Microsystems
• Rafal Jasiak, ULP: Quantum electron dynamics in thin metal films

October 15, 2008: Research Area I: Photonic Materials & Devices

Program:

• Nanoscribe - a technology driven start-up
• Photovoltaics - political setting, current challenges and future outlooks
• Methods for simulating Maxwell's equations

June 11, 2008: Research Area III: Biomedical Photonics and Research Area IV: Optical Systems

Program:

• Information Displays: An overview of Technologies, Modern Applications and Market Trends
• Quantom Dots: Synthesis and Application in Neurobiological Research
• Feature Selection for Image Processing
• Classification of Weather Situations on Single Color Images