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.
Organizer
The lecturers of physics
Programme for the winter semester 2025/2026
| 13 October 2026 |
From Scientific Discovery to Entrepreneurial Opportunity: Entrepreneurship & Innovation Support at the University of Bayreuth
Prof. Dr. Matthias Baum Business Administration XVI – Entrepreneurship and Digital Business Models, University of Bayreuth |
| 17 November 2026 |
Physicists at Work - Alumni Colloquium
Die große Welt der kleinen Dinge. Physiker im Beruf: Von der Grundlagenphysik zur Halbleiterfertigung bei Infineon (The big world of small things. A physicist’s career: from fundamental physics to semiconductor manufacturing at Infineon) Dr. Vanessa Weith Director Unit Process Development bei Infineon Technologies, Villach, Austria |
| 24 November 2026 |
Physics of active matter
Prof. Dr. Hartmut Löwen Theroretical Physics II - Soft Matter, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 1 December 2026 |
Micro and nanoscale elastohydrodynamics with complex fluids
Dr. Joshua McGraw Gulliver CNRS, ESPCI Paris, France |
| 8 December 2026 H36, NW III |
In connection with the BZMB seminar
Population dynamics of starving bacteria Prof. Dr. Ulrich Gerland Phyics of Complex Biosystems, TU Munich, Germany |
| 15 December 2026 |
Die Umwandlung von Licht in andere Energieformen und eine physikalische Gralssuche (The conversion of light into other forms of energy and a physical quest for the Holy Grail) Prof. Dr. Stephan Kümmel Theoretical Physics IV - Electronic Structure and Dynamics, University of Bayreuth |
| 12 January 2027 |
Warum steht ein "i" in der Schrödingergleichung? (Why is there an ‘i’ in the Schrödinger equation?) AOR PD Dr. Oliver Passon Physic and its teaching methodology, University of Wuppertal |
| 26 January 2027 |
Prof. Dr. Natalie Banerji
FemtoMat, University of Bern, Switzerland |
| 2 February 2027 |
Kolloquium der Studierenden
Precision Spectroscopy in Ion Coulomb Crystals and Search for New Physics Prof. Dr. Tanja Mehlstäubler Experimental Quantum Metrology, PTB & Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany |
Place and time
Unless otherwise stated, on Tuesday, 5 pm (s.t.) in the Lecture Hall H18, building NW II.
Next event
Talk
From Scientific Discovery to Entrepreneurial Opportunity:
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Support at the University of Bayreuth
Prof. Dr. Matthias Baum
Business Administration XVI – Entrepreneurship and Digital Business Models, University of Bayreuth
Tuesday, 13 October 2026
5 p.m. (s.t.)
University of Bayreuth
Buidling NW II, Lecture Hall H18
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- Sommersemester 2026: Prof. Dr. Mario Chemnitz, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
- 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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