Physics Colloquium
During the lecture period on selected Tuesdays, a guest usually speaks about his or her current area of research. Everyone is cordially invited to this public event. Especially for students, this offers the opportunity to get a good overview of current topics in physics and adjacent areas.
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New professors introduce themselves and their research with an inaugural lecture, a generally understandable scientific lecture in a festive setting, to students and members of the Institute of Physics as well as the general university public.
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Once a semester, the speaker in the Physics Colloquium is invited by the students.Once a semester, the speaker in the Physics Colloquium is invited by the students.
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In cooperation with the 'Absolventen- und Förderverein MPI Uni Bayreuth e.V. ', the Department of Physics organizes a special alumni colloquium at which an alumni of physics reports on his professional practice after his studies in Bayreuth.
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The lecturers of physics
Programme for the summer semester 2026
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| 28 April 2026 | Structure and History of Granular Sediments [poster] Prof. Dr. Thorsten Pöschel Institute of Multiscale Simulation, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg |
| 5 May | Nobel Laureate Lecture in collaboration with the Department of Chemistry and the JCF Bayreuth From Molecular Machines to Photopharmacology Prof. Dr. Ben Feringa (2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry) Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, NL with a live video feed to the Chemistry Lecture Hall H14! |
| 12 May | Physicists at Work - Alumni Colloquium Als Physiker im Projekt-Management (As a Physicist in Project Management) [Poster] Dr. Markus Reichenberger Head of Project Management, Kyon Energy, Munich |
| 9 June | Modeling of equilibrium and non-equilibrium time-series data: from protein folding to weather forecasting Prof. Dr. Roland Netz Theoretical Bio- and Soft Matter Physics, Freie Universität Berlin |
| 16 June | Ultrafast Nanooptics Prof. Dr. Markus Lippitz Experimental Physics III - Ultrafast Nanooptics, University of Bayreuth |
| 23 June | Brownian motion near complex interfaces [poster] Dr. Thomas Salez Research Director LOMA, CNRS, Bordeaux, France |
| 30 June | Student Colloquium Prof. Dr. Mario Chemnitz Leibnitz Institite of Photonic Technology, University of Jena |
Place and time
Unless otherwise stated, on Tuesday, 5:00 pm (s.t.) in the Emil Warburg Lecture Hall H15, building NW I.
Next event
Physicists at Work - Almni Colloquium
Als Physiker im Projekt-Management
(As a Physicist in Project Management)
Dr. Markus Reichenberger
Head of Project Management, Kyon Energy, Munich
Tuesday, 12 May 2026
5 p.m. (s.t.)
University of Bayreuth
Building NW I, Emil Warburg Lecture Hall H15
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- Wintersemester 2025/2026: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Eberhard Bodenschatz, Max Planck Institut für Dynamik & Selbstorganisation, Göttingen
- Sommersemester 2025: Prof. Dr. Florian Marquardt, Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts, Erlangen
- Wintersemester 2024/2025: Prof. Dr. Detlef Lohse, Physics of Fluids, University of Twente, NL
- Sommersemester 2023: Prof. Dr. Petra Schwille, Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Martinsried
- Wintersemester 2022/2023: Prof. Dr. Jörn Wilms, Dr. Karl-Remeis-Sternwarte, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
- Sommersemester 2022: Prof. Dr. Katia Parodi, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Wintersemester 2019/2020: Prof. Dr. Winfried Hensinger, University of Sussex, Brighton
- Sommersemester 2019: Prof. Dr. Harald Pfeiffer, Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Potsdam
- Wintersemester 2018/2019: Prof. Dr. Guido Drexlin, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
- Sommersemester 2018: Prof. Dr. Christof Wunderlich, Universität Siegen
- Wintersemester 2017/2018: Dr. Judit Angster, Fraunhofer-Institut für Bauphysik, Stuttgart
- Sommersemester 2017: Dr. Julian Barbour, University of Oxford
- Wintersemester 2016/2017: Dr. Frederic Schuller, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
- Sommersemester 2016: Prof. Dr. Harald Lesch, LMU München
- Wintersemester 2015/2016: Prof. Dr. Immanuel Bloch, MPI für Quantenoptik, München
- Sommersemester 2015: Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Meier, Universität Heidelberg
- Wintersemester 2014/15: Prof. Dr. Florian Marquardt, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- Sommersemester 2014: Prof. Dr. Timo Weigand, Universität Heidelberg
- Wintersemester 2013/14: Professor Dr. J. Leo van Hemmen, TU München Garching
- Sommersemester 2013: Daniel P. Zitterbart, Alfred-Wegener-Institut Bremerhaven
- Wintersemester 2012/2013: Christian Fischer, Universität Stuttgart
- Sommersemester 2012: Dr. Tobias Preis, ETH Zürich
- Wintersemester 2011/2012: Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Schmidt-Kaler, Universität Mainz
- Sommersemester 2011: Prof. Dr. Harald Lesch, LMU München
- Wintersemester 2010/2011: Prof. Dr. Andreas Schadschneider, Universität Köln
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- Sommersemester 2026: Dr. Markus Reichenberger, Kyon Energy, München
- Wintersemester 2025/2026: Dr. Thomas Müller, CYBEX, Bayreuth
- Sommersemester 2025: Dr. Sven Hüttner, VISHAY Intertechnology Inc, Heilbronn
- Wintersemester 2024/2025: Dr. Christian Schaaf & Dr. Lucas Treffenstädt, TNG Technology Consulting GmbH, München
- Sommersemester 2024: Dr. Armin Kögel, NETZSCH, Selb
- Wintersemester 2023/2024: Dr. Mark Thiele, TenneT TSO, Bayreuth
- Sommersemester 2023: Dr. Florian Ungar, Zeiss SMT, Oberkochen
- Wintersemester 2022/2023: Dr. Michael Cosacchi, d-fine GmbH, Frankfurt a.M.
- Wintersemester 2019/2020: Dr. Achim Guckenberger, PTV Group, Karlsruhe
- Sommersemester 2019: Dr. Tobias Schmidt, Airbus Defense and Space GmbH, Immenstaad am Bodensee
- Wintersemester 2018/2019: Dr. Matthias Dauth, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Köln
- Sommersemester 2018: Dr. Martin Gläßl, d-fine GmbH, Frankfurt am Main
- Wintersemester 2013/2014: Dr. Mark Thiele, TSO Tennet, Bayreuth
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- Wintersemester 2014/2015: Prof. Dr. Robin Santra, DESY Hamburg
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