Principal Investigators

The IMPRS-EPPC brings together experts of theoretical and experimental physical chemistry from the Fritz Haber Institute, the Freie Universität Berlin, the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the Technische Universität Berlin, as well as from the Universität Potsdam.

Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society

Department of Molecular Physics

Prof. Dr. Gerard Meijer 

Main research topic: 
Structure and dynamics of molecular systems in the gas phase more

Theory Department

Prof. Dr. Karsten Reuter 

Main research topic: 
Multiscale modelling and data science for materials, energy science, and catalysis more

Interface Science Department

Prof. Dr. Beatriz Roldán Cuenya

Main research topic:
Size- and shape-selected nanostructures for catalysis and electrochemistry more

Department of Inorganic Chemistry

Prof. Dr. Robert Schögl 

Main research topic:
In situ reactivity at heterogeneous interfaces more

Department of Inorganic Chemistry

Dr. Hendrik Bluhm  

Main research topic:  
Liquid/vapor interfaces more

Department of Physical Chemistry

Prof. Dr. Martin Wolf

Main research topic:
Spectroscopy of ultrafast processes on surfaces and in solids more

Freie Universität Berlin

Department of Physics

Prof. Dr. Katharina Franke 

Main research topic: 
Electronic structure, electron transport and magnetism at the single molecule scale more

Department of Physics

Prof. Dr. Christiane Koch  

Main research topic:  
Theory of quantum control and reaction dynamics in atomic, molecular, and condensed phase systems more

Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Prof. Dr. Kevin Pagel   

Main research topic:   
Gas phase structural characterization of biomolecules more

Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Prof. Dr. Thomas Risse    

Main research topic:    
Characterization of heterogeneous model catalysts more

Department of Physics

Prof. Dr. Martin Weinelt     

Main research topic:     
Ultrafast surface and magnetization dynamics more

Humbolt-Universität zu Berlin

Department of Physics

Prof. Dr. Claudia Draxl      

Main research topic:      
Ab initio theory of interfaces and theoretical spectroscopy more

Department of Chemistry

Prof. Dr. Julia Stähler       

Main research topic:
Ultrafast dynamics of electronic excitations more

Technische Universität Berlin

Institute for Optics and Atomic Physics

Prof. Dr. Otto Dopfer        

Main research topic: 
Gas phase spectrocopy of nano- and biomaterials more

Institute of Chemistry

Prof. Dr. Arne Thomas 

Main research topic: 
Synthesis of porous and nanostructured functional materials more

Institute for Optics and Atomic Physics

Prof. Dr. Ralph Ernstorfer

Main research topic:
Electronic and structural dynamics in 2D materials more

Universität Potsdam

Institute of Chemistry

Prof. Dr. Peter Saalfrank  

Main research topic:  
Theory of ultrafast processes at surfaces more