Guest professors

ACP runs a guest professor program which besides its research focus emphasizes involvement of world-class international researchers and scholars as guest professors in the education program of the Abbe School of Photonics. These visitors from all over the world are invited to join the ACP scientists for several weeks in challenging research collaborations and teaching activities in the Master's degree and doctoral programs.

2023

Prof. Oliver Monit, University of Arizona.
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Prof. Dr. Oliver MONTI

The University of Arizona, Tucson (USA)

Carrier dynamics and quantum transport in organic semiconductors
Photovoltaic, spin and thermoelectric devices
Ultrafast photoelectron spectroscopy

Prof. Monti is invited as a Honorary Guest Lecturer financed by the Carl-Zeiss-StiftungExternal link at ACP in summer 2023. website of the Monti groupExternal link

Prof. Gregor Sauer, University of Würzburg.
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Prof. Dr. Gregor SAUER

Julius-Maximilian-Universität Würzburg (Germany)

Super-resolution microscopy
Quantification of receptors
Biophysics of fungi and optogenetics

Prof. Sauer is invited as a Honorary Guest Lecturer financed by the Carl-Zeiss-StiftungExternal link at ACP in summer 2023. website of the Sauer groupExternal link

Prof. Igor MEGLINSKI
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Prof. Dr. Igor MEGLINSKI

Aston University (United Kingdom)

Development of new non-invasive imaging/diagnostic techniques
Dynamic light scattering in heterogeneous media
Spin and orbital angular momenta in biomedical diagnosis and tissue characterization

Prof. Meglinski is a Honorary Guest Lecturer financed by the Carl-Zeiss-StiftungExternal link at ACP in March 2023. more information

2021

Prof. Dr. Chris POULTON

Technical University of Sydney (Australia)

Numerics of wave propagation in composite materials
Confined states, waveguides and metamaterials
Photon-phonon-interactions and optomechanics

at ACP and Leibniz-IPHT from August 2021 until July 2022 for a full sabbatical; and previously for three months already in 2016 more details

2020

Dr. Marc MATTINGLEY-SCOTT

IBM Quantum (USA)

Quantum Computing (Keynote lecture)pdf, 333 kb

at ACP as short-term visitor in November 2020

2019

Prof. Dr. Yuri KIVSHAR

Australian National University, Canberra (Australia)

Nonlinear physics and photonics
Physics of and nonlinear effects in metamaterials
Theoretical and experimental nanophotonics

at ACP as a Humboldt Research Award Grantee throughout in 2018/19 more details

2018

Prof. Dr. Richard MILDREN

Macquarie University Sydney (Australia)

Crystalline and diamond Raman lasers
High power lasers and applications
Laser-induced phenomena on diamond surfaces

at Fraunhofer IOF and ACP from August until December 2018 more details

Prof. Dr. Theo LASSER

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland)

Coherent imaging including OCT
Holography and interferometry- fluorescence microscopy and spectroscopy including FCS
Lifetime-imaging and biochip technology

at ACP in May and June 2018 more details

Prof. Dr. Wenshan CAI

Georgia Tech, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

Micro- and nanophotonic materials and devices
Nonlinear optics and ultrafast phenomena
Optoelectronics and integrated photonics including solar energy harvesting

at ACP in March 2018 more details

2017

Prof. Dr. Igor LEDNEV

Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Albany (USA)

Vibrational spectroscopy for biomedical research, disease diagnostics and forensic purposes
Deep UV resonance Raman spectroscopy
Attenuated total reflection (ATR) microspectroscopy

at ACP in February and March 2017 more details

Prof. Dr. Giulio CERULLO

Politecnico di Milano (Italy)

Generation and control of ultrashort light pulses
Dynamics of ultrafast systems
Applications of ultrashort pulses in microscopy and nanomachining

at ACP in November 2017 more details

2016

Prof. Dr. Jer-Shing HUANG

Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan)

Plasmonic nanostructures and nanoantennas
Photophysical and photochemical light-matter-interaction at the nanoscale
Optical nanociruits and trapping

at ACP in September 2016 more details

Prof. Dr. Laura MARCU

Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis (USA)

Fluorescence lifetime and imaging techniques
Time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy
Clinical and biomedical applications

at ACP in April 2016 more details

Prof. Dr. Igal BRENER

Sandia National Laboratories and Center for Integrated Nanotechnology, Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA)

Semiconductor micro- and nanostructures
Solid-state lighting and III-nitride semiconductors
Low-index and THz metamaterials

at ACP in April 2016 more details

2015

Prof. N. Asger MORTENSEN

Denmark Technical University (Denmark)

Photonics Engineering

Semiclassical and quantum nanophotonics
Enhanced light-matter interaction by slow light and field enhancement
Hydrodynamical approach to nonlocal plasmonic responses

at ACP in March and April 2015 more details

PD Dr. Sandro WIMBERGER

Dipartimento di Fisica e Science della Terra, Università di Parma (Italy)

Nonlinear Dymamics and Quantum Chaos

Classical and quantum dynamical systems
Transport phenomena
Dissipative optical lattices

at ACP in February 2015 more details

2014

Prof. Javier AIZPURUA

University of the Basque Country, the Basque Country (Spain)

Nano- and Quantum Plasmonics

Theory of nanophotonics
Active plasmonics and plasmonic nanoantennas
Field enhanced spectroscopy and microscopy

at ACP in November 2014 more details

Prof. Benjamin EGGLETON

School of Physics, University of Sidney (Australia)

Chip-based nonlinear optics

All-optical signal processing
Applied nonlinear optics
Photonic chips

at ACP in September 2014 more details

Prof. Mikhail N. SHNEIDER

Princeton University, Princeton (USA)

Theoretical plasma physics and nonlinear optics

Atmospheric electrical phenomena
Weakly-ionized plasma processes
Molecular ensembles in optical lattices

at ACP in May 2014 more details

Prof. Sheng-Lung HUANG

Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, National Taiwan University (Taiwan)

Photonic fibers and tomography technology

Fiber based lasers and amplifiers
Optical coherence tomography
Imaging of living cells and tissue

at ACP in May 2014 more details

Prof. Andrew BERGER

University of Rochester, NY (USA)

Biomedical Optics

Biomedical optics
Turbid tissue optics
Optical spectroscopy

at ACP from November 2013 until July 2014 more details

2013

Prof. Hiro-o HAMAGUCHI

College of Science, National Ciao Tung University (Taiwan)

Raman Spectroscopy

Time-resolved vibrational spectroscopy
Biological applications of Raman spectroscopy
Imaging of living cells

at ACP in November 2013 more details

Prof. Pavel POLYNKIN

University of Arizona, Tucson (USA)

Laser-Matter Interaction

Ultrafast and extreme nonlinear optics
Laser filamentation
Laser plasmas for atmospheric applications

at ACP in November 2013 more details

Prof. Markus POLLNAU

University of Twente, Enschede (The Netherlands)

Integrated Optics

Integrated optical microsystems
Fiber, thin film & waveguide optics
Rare-earth-ion spectroscopy

at ACP from September until November 2013 more details

Prof. Dragomir NESHEV

The Australien National University, Canberra (Australia)

Nonlinear Optical Media

Experimental photonics and nonlinear optics
Funtionalized optical metamaterials
Novel optical materials

at ACP in September and October 2013 more details

Prof. em. George STEGEMAN

University of Central Florida, Orlando (USA)

Nonlinear Optics

Extreme nonlinear optics and material nonlinearities
Discrete and acousto optics
Light scattering, all-optical switching and signal processing

at ACP in September 2013 more details

Prof. David D. SAMPSON

University of Western Australia (Australia)

Optical and Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical optics
Optical coherence tomography
Optical elastography

at ACP in May and June 2013 more details

Prof. Jeff SQUIER

Colorado School of Mines (USA)

Microintegrated Optics

Multiphoton microscopy & 3D imaging
Lab-on-a-chip optical systems
Nonlinear optics

at ACP in May 2013 more details

Prof. Federico CAPASSO

Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Boston (USA)

Advanced Photonics

Electrodynamical forces
Quantum cascade lasers
Nanophotonics

at ACP in March and May 2013 more details

2012

Prof. Fatkulla ABDULLAEV

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Sao Paulo (Brazil)

Theoretical Physics

Optical solitons in parity-time symmetric systems
Nonlinear wave phenomena in optical and atomic systems

at ACP in December 2012 more details

Prof. Colin SHEPPARD

National University of Singapore (Singepore)

Bioengineering

Pulsed beams
Scattering and imaging
Phase contrast microscopy

at ACP in July/August 2011 and November 2012 more details

Prof. Andrei LAVRINENKO

Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby (Denmark)

Photonics engineering & optical metamaterials

Artificial photonic materials
Bloch mode analysis in metamaterials
Engineering of Terahertz devices

at ACP in October 2012 more details

Prof. Nikolaos EFREMIDIS

University of Crete (Greece)

Mathematical modelling in optics

Linear and nonlinear wave phenomena
Dynamics of curved light
Numerical methods in optics and photonics

at ACP in October 2012 more details

Prof. Martijn DE STERKE

University of Sydney (Australia)

Linear and nonlinear photonic devices

Nonlinear and discrete optics
Photonic crystals and microstructured optical fibers
Semiconductor photonics

at ACP in October 2012 more details

Anne SENTENAC, PhD, Directeur de Recherche au CNRS

Institut Fresnel, Marseille (France)

High Resolution Microscopy

Optical diffraction tomography
High axial resolution microscopy

at ACP in August 2011 and August 2012 more details

Prof. Ortwin HESS

Imperial College London (United Kingdom)

Nano Plasmonics

Nano-plasmonics with gain
From light localisation to ultrafast nano-lasers

at ACP in July 2012 more details

Prof. Costantino DE ANGELIS

University of Brescia (Italy)

Nonlinear Optics

Binary plasmonic waveguide arrays/
Modeling of broadband optical pulse propagation in quadratic media

at ACP in July 2012 more details

Prof. Sergei TRETYAKOV

Aalto University (Finland)

Theoretical Electrodynamics

Split rings and related structures: artificial magnetism
Wire media: artificial plasma
Double-negative materials, backward waves, negative refraction, perfect lens

at ACP in June and July 2012 more details

Prof. Aleksei ZHELTIKOV

Aalto University (Finland) Lomonov State University, Moscow (Russia) & Texas A&M University (USA)

Fiber Optics

Tailoring ultrashort lightwaves with photonic-crystal fibers
Nonlinear optics with photonic-crystal fibers
Laser-induced filamentation

at ACP in January, June and July 2012 more details

Prof. Markus RASCHKE

JILA, University of Colorado at Boulder (USA)

Ultrafast Nano-Optics

Nanoscale optical control with optical antennas
Strong light-matter interaction: dressed states, single photon and extreme nonlinear optics
Fundamentals of nearfield optics and sub-wavelength resolution

at ACP in May and June 2012 more details

Prof. Martin RICHARDSON

CREOL, University of Central Florida, Orlando (USA)

Fiber and Ultrafast Lasers

Development of Tm fiber lasers
Ultra-fast laser materials processing

at ACP in June 2011 and March and April 2012 more details

Prof. Kathleen RICHARDSON

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Clemson University (USA)

Optical glasses

Synthesis and characterization of novel glass and glass ceramic materials for optical applications
Structure-property relationships in glasses and ceramic media
Engineering of infrared glasses for optical applications

at ACP in June 2011 and March 2012 more details

Prof. Matthias SCHNÜRER

Max-Born-Institut, Berlin (GERMANY)

Laser Matter Interaction

Laser acceleration experiments: Experimental techniques & measurement of strong fields
Strong fields in laser plasmas: Electron kinematics, laser absorption & particle acceleration

at ACP in January 2012 more details