Young Group Leaders
Young Investigator Network
Young Group Leaders
List (alphabetical)
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Murad Alim
String Mathematics
Geometry of quantum field and string theories
Group: DFG Emmy Noether Group (University Hamburg)
Hamburg
Till Bargheer
Mathematical Physics
Integrable structures and exact methods in gauge and string theory
Group: DFG Emmy Noether Group
Hamburg
Katharina Behr
Particle Physics
Data analysis and pattern recognition in high energy physics; ATLAS experiment at CERN’s LHC
Group: Helmholtz YIG (DESY and University Hamburg)
Hamburg
Lydia Beresford
LHC photon collisions with the ATLAS experiment
Particle magnetic moments, dark matter
Group: Helmholtz YIG (DESY and University Hamburg)
Hamburg
Johannes Braathen
Particle Physics Phenomenology
Precision calculations; Higgs Physics; Searches for Beyond-the-Standard-Model Physics; Early-Universe Evolution
Group: DFG Emmy Noether Group (DESY)
Hamburg
Irene Fernandez-Cuesta
Nanotechnology
Single molecule detection using nano/optics and nanofluidics. DNA analysis.
Group: ERC starting grant (Centre for Hybrid Nanostructures, CHyN, INF, University Hamburg)
Hamburg
Oliver Gerberding
Physics
Gravitational wave detection
Group: Junior Professor (University Hamburg)
Hamburg
Daria Gorelova
Light-Matter interaction
Explore opportunities to use x-ray light to observe electron and spin dynamics in real time and on atomic scale
Group: Freigeist Fellowship, Volkswagen Foundation
Hamburg
Sarah Heim
Particle Physics
Higgs and dark matter with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
Group: Helmholtz YIG (DESY and University Hamburg)
Hamburg
Andreas Hinzmann
Particle Physics
Signatures of physics beyond the Standard Model with highly boosted W,Z and Higgs bosons detected by CMS experiment at the LHC
Group: DFG Emmy Noether Group (University Hamburg)
Hamburg
Julian Holstein
Mathematics
Algebraic Geometry and Topology
Group: Junior Professor (University Hamburg)
Hamburg
Abideh
Jafari
Particle Physics
Interactions between heavy particles, most notably the top quark and interpretations of its properties in the context of the effective field theory at CMS
Group: Helmholtz YIG (DESY)
Hamburg
Gregor Kasieczka
Particle Physics
Searches for exotic new particles at the LHC, Deep learning in physics
Group: Juniorprofessor and DFG Emmy Noether Group (University Hamburg)
Hamburg
Manuel Meyer
Physics
Astroparticle physics
Gamma-ray astronomy, dark matter searches, axions and axion-like particles
Group: ERC starting grant
Hamburg
Sven Möller
Mathematics
Vertex algebras, representation theory, conformal field theory, automorphic forms, infinite dimensional Lie algebras
Group: DFG Emmy Noether Group (University Hamburg)
Hamburg
Anna Nelles
Astroparticle Physics
Radio detection of ultra-high energy neutrinos
Group: Emmy-Noether group leader, W2 Prof Erlangen
Zeuthen
Priscilla Pani
Particle Physics
Dark Matter searches with the ATLAS experiment. Focus on heavy flavour final states
Group: YIG (DESY Zeuthen)
Zeuthen
Thore Posske
Condensed Matter Physics
Topological states of matter, Kondo effect, quantum computing, Majorana fermions, quantum magnetism, topological magnetism
Group: Excellence cluster junior group, CUI:AIM
Hamburg
David Reutter
Mathematics
Higher category theory, topological quantum field theory, quantum algebra, homotopy theory, low-dimensional topology, representation theory and mathematical physics
Group: DFG Emmy Noether, Quantum Universe
Hamburg
Jan-Torge Schindler
Physics Astrophysics Formation and Early Growth of Supermassive Black Holes in the Universe's First Two Billion Years Group: Emmy Noether Junior Research Group Leader (University of Hamburg, Hamburg Observatory)
Hamburg
Eike C. Schulz
Biochemistry / Biophysics
Structural Biology, Time-resolved X-ray Crystallography
Group: BMBF junior group in Infection Biology
Hamburg
Rob Shalloo
Physics
Plasma Accelerator Physics
Development of high-quality, multi-GeV laser plasma accelerators for applications in photon science
Group: M-Division, DESY
Hamburg
Andrea Thorn
Structural Biology
Methods for the solution of macromolecular structures by Cryo-EM and X-ray crystallgraphy, AI, Coronavirus, diffraction data quality
Group: junior group at HARBOR/DFG and BMBF ErUM
Hamburg
Philipp Wessels-Staarmann
Atomic Physics
Interfacing ultracold quantum gases with ultrafast physics
Group: AIM YIG (University Hamburg)
Hamburg
Christof Weitenberg
Quantum Physics
experiments with ultracold atoms for quantum simulation of solid-state and many-body physics
Group: ERC Starting Grant (University Hamburg)
Hamburg