Working groups
- Experimental PhysicsHide
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- Prof. Dr. Oliver Bäumchen (Experimental Physics V)
Physics of soft and living matter
- Prof. Dr. Axel Enders (Experimental Physics XI and Physics Didactics)
- Prof. Dr. Thomas Fischer (Experimental Physics X)
Dynamics of soft matter
- Prof. Dr. Georg Herink (Experimental Physics VIII)
Ultrafast dynamics
- Prof. Dr. Eva M. Herzig (Experimental Physics VII)
Dynamics and structure formation
- Apl.-Prof. Dr. Lothar Kador (BIMF)
Confocal microscopy and confocal microspectroscopy
- Prof. Dr. Anna Köhler (Experimental Physics II)
Optoelectronics of soft matter
- Prof. Dr. Jürgen Köhler (Experimental Physics IX)
Spectroscopy of soft matter
- Prof. Dr. Holger Kress (Experimental Physics VI)
Biological physics
- Prof. Dr. Markus Lippitz (Experimental Physics III)
Nanooptics
- Prof. Dr. Matthias Weiss (Experimental Physics I)
Physics of living matter
- Prof. Dr. Oliver Bäumchen (Experimental Physics V)
- Theoretical PhysicsHide
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- Prof. Dr. Vollrath Martin Axt (Theoretical Physics III)
Quantum theory of condensed matter - Prof. Dr. Stephan Gekle (Theoretical Physics VI)
Biofluid simulation and modeling - Prof. Dr. Stephan Kümmel (Theoretical Physics IV)
Electronic structure and dynamics - Prof. Dr. Arthur Peeters (Theoretical Physics V)
Theoretical plasma physics - Prof. Dr. Harald Oberhofer (Theoretical Physics VII)
Computational Materials Design - Prof. Dr. Matthias Schmidt (Theoretical Physics II)
- Prof. Dr. Michael Wilczek (Theoretical Physics I)
- Prof. Dr. Walter Zimmermann (Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Senior Professorship) (Emeritus of Honour)
Theory of soft matter and nonlinear dynamics
- Prof. Dr. Vollrath Martin Axt (Theoretical Physics III)
- Didactics of PhysicsHide
- CrystallographyHide
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- Prof. Dr. Natalia Dubrovinskaia
Material Physics and Technology in Extreme Conditions
- Prof. Dr. Natalia Dubrovinskaia
- Retired members of the InstituteHide
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- Prof. Dr. Helmut R. Brand
- Prof. Dr. Hans Braun
- Prof. Dr. Helmut Büttner
- Prof. Dr. Friedrich H. Busse
- Prof. Dr. D. Haarer
- Prof. Dr. Werner Köhler (Experimental Physics IV - Dynamics and transport in soft matter, 1998-2024)
- Prof. Dr. Franz G. Mertens
- Prof. Dr. Werner Pesch
- Prof. Dr. Ingo Rehberg
- Prof. Dr. Ernst Rössler
- Prof. Dr. Hans Schamel
- Prof. Dr. Alois Seilmeier
- Prof. Dr. Markus Schwoerer (1975-2005) (Emeritus of Honor)
- Dr. Sigrid Weber (Didactics of Physics until 2022)
- Prof. Dr. Sander van Smaalen (Laboratory of Crystallography, 1995-2024)
- In MemoriamHide
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- Prof. Lorenz Kramer, Ph.D. (✝ April 5, 2005)
- Dipl.-Phys. Georg Freund (✝ January 5, 2015)
- Prof. Dr. Dierk Rainer (✝ December 5, 2016)
- Prof. Dr. Jürgen Küppers (✝ November 11, 2019)
- Prof. Dr. Georg Eska (✝ December 12, 2019)
- Dr. Susan Enders (✝ January 15, 2020)
- Prof. Dr. em. Jürgen Kalus (✝ March 23, 2020)
- Prof. Dr. Michael Kaufmann (✝ June 25, 2020)
- Prof. Dr. Harald Pascher (✝ March 23, 2023)
Collaborative research networks
The main research areas of the Physical Institute are reflected in the participation in collaborative research networks.
- Focus Areas of Bayreuth UniversityHide
- Research Centres of Bayreuth UniversityHide
- Elite degree programs in the Elite Network Bavaria (ENB)Hide
- National NetworksHide
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- Collaborative Research Centre CRC/Transregio 225: From the fundamentals of biofabrication towards functional tissue models
- Collaborative Research Centre CRC 1357: Microplastics
- Collaborative Research Centre CRC 1585: Structured functional materials for multiple transport in nanoscale confinements (MultiTrans)
- Solar Technologies Go Hybrid (SolTech)
an initiative of the Bavarian Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts
- International NetworksHide
