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15.03.2018 Professor E. List-Kratochvil inspires the Humboldt Children's University Everything should be like a real university at the Humboldt-Kinder-Uni, which means real lectures on interesting topics, smart professors, and a large auditorium. Our member, Prof. Dr. Ing. Emil J. W. List-Kratochvil, gave a lecture entitled “Bendable screens - fluorescent fish - red beets” in front of the elementary students on March 15, 2018.

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Im Rahmen der ausgebuchten Vorlesung wurt.At the fully booked lecture, it was found that the glow of fish in the deep sea, the color of leaves, and flexible screens are based on very similar material concepts. At the end of the lecture, a solar cell was made from beet juice. 27.02.2018 Professor Michael Hintermüller, a new member at IRIS Adlershof Michael Hintermüller is a new member at IRIS Adlershof. The Professor for Applied Mathematics at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Director of the Weierstraß-Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics, and Chair of the Einstein Center for Mathematics Berlin is a new member at IRIS Adlershof. His current research interests lie in the area of mathematical modeling, the analysis of the resulting variational problems or operator equations as well as in the development, analysis and numerical implementation of associated solution methods. IRIS Adlershof is looking very much forward to a fruitful collaboration. 19.02.2018 Jürgen P. Rabe re-elected Chairman of the Berlin-Brandenburgischen Verband für Polymerforschung (BVP) The General Assembly of the Berlin-Brandenburgischen Verband für Polymerforschung (BVP) has re-elected its Executive Board for further two years. Chairman is Prof. Jürgen P. Rabe (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Deputies are Prof. Rainer Haag (Freie Universität Berlin) and Prof. Dieter Neher (Universität Potsdam), treasurer is Prof. Michael Gradzielski (Technische Universität Berlin), and Managing Director is Prof. Andreas Lendlein (Universität Potsdam). 19.02.2018 IRIS Junior Scientist Christian Seifert successfully defended his dissertation "Control of the electrical transport through single molecules and graphene" IRIS Junior Scientist Christian Seifert successfully defended his dissertation Control of the electrical transport through single molecules and graphene. His work was supervised by IRIS director Prof. Jürgen P. Rabe. Congratulations! 13.02.2018 Professor Jürgen P. Rabe re-elected as director of IRIS Adlershof The IRIS General Assembly re-elected Prof. Jürgen P. Rabe as the director and Prof. Norbert Koch as his deputy for the second IRIS funding phase (Nov. 01, .2017 - Oct. 31, .2021). Matthias Staudacher, Bridge Professor for Mathematics and Physics, and Emil List-Kratochvil, Bridge Professor for Chemistry and Physics, have been elected as members of the IRIS Council. All elections were unanimous. The elected representative of the IRIS junior scientist Julian Miczajka is also a member of the council. 05.02.2018 Art competition for the IRIS research building has been judged Following an earlier than planned Berlin wide application process, the Senate Department for Culture and Europe together with the Senate Department for Urban Development and Housing held an art competition in August 2017 with 10 invited artists for the newly built research building of the IRIS Adlershof (Integrative Research Institute for the Sciences) at the HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin. The goal of the art competition was to develop independent artistic designs that also corresponded with the scope of the institute’s cutting-edge research work. The artwork was supposed to reflect and contribute to the ongoing discussion with the architecture, urban environment of the Adlershof campus, and the use of the building as a lively place of research and exchange. The jury, which was chaired by the artist Veronike Hinsberg, unanimously awarded on February 1st, 2018, first prize to the artist group BORGMAN | LENK (Anna Borgman and Candy Lenk). Second prize was awarded to Gunda Förster and Barbara Trautmann and an honorable mention went to Thomas Henninger.

The winning proposal designed by BORGMAN | LENK with the title “Accesses” is an installation of inoperative golden building blocks and elements thus contrasting the working processes and approaches of the institute. The jury therefore honors the artistic idea of contradicting architecture’s functionality. Gold-colored elements like an air lock door, entrance hatch, and elevator display give a new momentum to a “free and searching movement of thoughts.” The proposed design has a dry humor and great sensitivity for the used materials. We plan to exhibit all the submitted entries of art competition in IRIS Adlershof in due time.

more... 29.01.2018 Dr. Agostino Patella accepted a new position at Humboldt-Universität Dr. Agostino Patella (Theoretical Physics Department, CERN) has accepted the W2-Professorship "Theoretical Particle Physics - Lattice Field Theory" at the Department of Physics of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

26.01.2018 IRIS Junior Scientist David Meidinger successfully defended his dissertation "Integrability in weakly coupled super YangMills theory: form factors, onshell methods and Qoperators" IRIS Junior Scientist David Meidinger successfully defended his dissertation Integrability in weakly coupled super YangMills theory: form factors, onshell methods and Qoperators . His work was supervised by IRIS council member Prof. Matthias Staudacher. Congratulations! 23.12.2017 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2018!

19.12.2017 The first IRIS Roots-Day At an IRIS Roots-Day, which was being held for the first time this year, numerous participants followed with much interest and pleasure the contributions from nine IRIS young scientists who took up the challenge to give a synopsis of their current research work in just five minutes. The jury, who was made up of IRIS members and representatives from IRIS’s young scientists, found it difficult to choose the best ones. In the end, they decided to increase the award money so they could give a second third place. The first prize, which was coupled with a travel grant so that the awardee could take an active part at a national or international scientific conference, went to Ms. Inna Kviatkovska who came to Dr. Ramelow’s IRIS young scientists a few months ago to do research on infra-red quantum imaging. The second prize was awarded to Yuhang Zhao who is doing a doctorate in Prof. Yan Lu’s group at the HZB. Wadim Wormsbecher, a doctoral student in Prof. Plefka’s group, and Matthias Runge, a master student in Prof. List-Kratochvil’s group, each received third place. Afterwards, the young and senior scientists as well as the guests could continue discussing their research with bagels, fruitcake, and mulled wine.

Inna Kviatkovsky Yuhang Zhao Wadim Wormsbecher Matthias Runge

IRIS Adlershof cordially congratulates the awardees and already announces that the successful format of the IRIS Roots-Day will be continued.

15.12.2017 Leibniz-Preis für Prof. A. Buonanno (MPI-G,UP,HU) The gravitational physicist Alessandra Buonanno, director at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam-Golm and honorary professor at the Humboldt-Universität and the University of Potsdam, is awarded the Leibniz Prize, the most important German research prize. She is among those who have demonstrated in 2014 the gravitational waves postulated by Einstein. She and 10 other scientists will receive the award on March 19, 2018 in Berlin. On the occasion of the awarding of the honorary professorship on December 19, 2017 she will give a lecture at the © A. Buonanno Department of Physics. IRIS Adlershof congratulates. more... 14.12.2017 Longer lifetimes for perovskite absorbers An international team of scientists has improved greatly the stability of organic-inorganic lead halide perovskites. These materials have enormous potential for photovoltaic applications but still suffer from comparably moderate device lifetime. The scientists, led by researchers from the EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, incorporated a large organic cation – guanidinium - into the perovskite crystal structure, in part replacing the traditionally used methylammonium and formamidinium cations. Overall, the new material delivered average power conversion efficiencies over 19%, and stabilized performance for 1,000h under continuous light illumination. This is a fundamental step within the perovskite field. These groundbreaking research results were recently published in Nature Energy. Among the authors is the member of IRIS Adlershof, Prof. Norbert Koch. more... 13.12.2017 Julian Miczajka and Dr. Sven Ramelow were elected young scientist representatives IRIS Adlershof’s young scientists have elected Julian Miczajka to be their representative and Dr. Sven Ramelow as their substitute representative in IRIS’s committees. The young scientists are therefore being represented in IRIS general meetings as well on IRIS’s board with rights to speak, submit applications, and vote. Julian Miczajka who is a doctoral student in Prof. Jan Plefka’s group is focusing on an exceptional class of higher spin theories in flat spaces, especially on their relationship with hidden Julian Miczajka Dr. Sven Ramelow symmetries, integrability, and duality. Dr. Sven Ramelow is © : Albert-Einstein-Institut the head of an independent Emmy-Noether young scientist group “Nonlinear Quantum Optics.” As their first official act, both young scientist representatives will sit in the jury of the IRIS Roots Day and evaluate the pitches of in total nine IRIS young scientists. IRIS Adlershof cordially congratulates Mr. Miczajka und Dr. Ramelow and loooks forward to a good cooperation. 16.11.2017 15 years Matheon The research center MATHEON, in which IRIS Adlershof-member Prof. Jürg Kramer is participating, celebrated its 15th anniversary on 15.11.2017 with a festival of Berlin Mathematics. IRIS Adlershof congratulates warmly! more... 13.11.2017 Beating the thermodynamic limit with photo-activation of n-doping in organic semiconductors using “hyper-reductants” In an article that just appeared in Nature Materials, a team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, the HelmholtzZentrum Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Princeton University demonstrates a new approach towards n-doping of organic semiconductors, which allows bypassing the dopant sensitivity to the ambient and simultaneously enables doping organic electron transport materials that have been out of reach for n-doping so far. “We believe that our work enables simple processing of n-doped organic semiconductors in numerous device architectures, where the critical step - doping activation - can take place after standard device encapsulation. This will contribute substantially to improved device lifetime and in some case simplify device fabrication.” notes Prof. Norbert Koch from Humboldt-Universität, member of IRIS Adlershof.

Image by Jing Wang and Xin Lin

more... 04.11.2017 Prof. Jürgen P. Rabe appointed to Advisory Committee of the Executive Board of the Einstein Foundation Berlin Jürgen P. Rabe, Professor at the Department of Physics of HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin and Director of IRIS Adlershof, has been appointed as new member of the Advisory Committee of the Executive Board of the Einstein Foundation Berlin. We congratulate warmly and wish him success in his new additional function.

27.10.2017 Dr. Christian Bogner was awarded a Einstein Junior Fellowship Christian Bogner was working as a postdoc and principal investigator of a DFG project in the group of Prof. Dirk Kreimer, who is a member of IRIS Adlershof, at the Department of Physics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Since May 2013 Christian Bogner is a candidate for postdoctoral lecture qualification (Habilitand). He is involved in the field of elementary particle physics at the interface between mathematics and physics. His interest is in new function classes that play an role in the calculation of Feynman integrals. From January 2018, Christian Bogner will be supported by a Einstein Junior Fellowship.

We are delighted that the talented young scientist will remain in Berlin and cordially congratulate!

Dr. Christian Bogner, Foto: Anne Kathrin Doerr

20.10.2017 “Distinguished Award 2017 for Novel Materials and their Synthesis” for Prof. Norbert Koch At the IUPAC NMS-XIII conference in Nanjing, Norbert Koch, Professor at the Department of Physics, member of IRIS Adlershof and head of a joint research group at the HelmholtzCentre Berlin for materials and energy, has been awarded the "Distinguished Award 2017 for Novel Materials and their Synthesis "of IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) and of the Conference Committee. Norbert Koch received the award for his research on hybrid electronic materials and their interfaces in electronic and optoelectronic components. IRIS Adlershof congratulates warmly.

06.10.2017 Prof. Dr. Arno Rauschenbeutel accepted professorship Prof. Dr. Arno Rauschenbeutel (Technische Universität Wien) has accepted the W3-professorship "Fundamentals of Optics and Photonics" at the Department of Physics of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The laureate of the renowned Alexander von HumboldtProfessorship is going to research in the field of experimental quantum optics and quantum information. IRIS Adlershof gratulates and is looking forward to a fruitful cooperation.



Foto: Jacqueline Godan 02.10.2017 Berlin Science successfully clears first hurdle within the framework of the Excellence Strategy

A total of nine research projects from Berlin are invited for the full application within the framework of the Excellence Strategy. IRIS Adlershof and its members participate in the Cluster of Excellence projects Matters of Activity: Image Space Material A new Culture of Matter MATH+ The Berlin Mathematics Research Center The Power of Mathematics Unifying Systems in Catalysis (UniSysCat) Sustainability needs Catalysis Research. more...

29.08.2017 Dr. Edoardo Vescovi receives Springer Thesis Award 2016 The Springer Thesis Award 2016 has been awarded to Edoardo Vescovi for his PhD Thesis “Perturbative and non-perturbative approaches to string sigma-models in AdS/CFT”. Edoardo’s dissertation, nominated by the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, was published in Springer Theses, a book series to recognize outstanding doctoral research. The thesis introduces readers to the type II superstring theories in the AdS5×S5 and AdS4×CP3 backgrounds, fokussing on fundamental aspects. Eduardos’s work, conceived and performed at IRIS Adlershof of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, was supervised by Dr. Valentina Forini, one of our associated research group leaders. IRIS Adlershof would like to congratulate Edoardo Vescovi and wishes him much success in his future work. Dr. E. Vescovi Perturbative and Non-perturbative Approaches to String Sigma-Models in AdS/CFT ISBN 978-3-319-63420-3

16.08.2017 Prof. K. Balasubramanian, Prof. C. Cocchi and Prof. I.M. Sokolov new members at IRIS Adlershof Kannan Balasubramanian (left image), and Caterina Cocchi (center), both new professors at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin since the beginning of the year, and Igor M. Sokolov (right) are new members of IRIS Adlershof. Kannan Balasubramanians research focuses on nanostructured materials, systems and devices for the development of novel analytical tools in a microscopic environment. In the focus of Catherina Cocchi's research interests is Light-matter interaction with advanced first principles methods, based on density-functional theory (DFT) and its time-dependent extension (TDDFT) as well as of many-body perturbation theory (MBPT). The main interest of Igor Sokolov's research is on statistical physics and the physical chemistry of condensed and soft matter, especially problems in which the discrete, disordered structure and fluctuations play the leading role. IRIS Adlershof would like to congratulate all new members and is looking very much forward to a fruitful collaboration.

18.07.2017 Water makes the proton shake A team led by Prof. Thomas Elsässer, who is a meber of IRIS Adlershof, reported on the mapping of fluctuating proton transfer motions and provides direct evidence that protons in liquid water are predominantly shared by two water molecules, applying ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy. They could identify the Zundel cation as the predominant species in liquid water. This new picture of proton dynamics is highly relevant for proton transport by the infamous von Grotthuss mechanism, and for proton translocation mechanisms in biological systems. more... 17.07.2017 Prize for good teaching in 2016 to Professor Jürg Kramer The Prize for Good Teaching 2016 of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin was awraded to Professor Jürg Kramer, who is a member of IRIS Adlershof. The prize has been awarded annually since 2009 for special achievements in teaching.-Mitglied. We congratulate warmly!! more... 13.07.2017 Topping ceremony of the new research building of IRIS Adlershof At the invitation of the Senator for Urban Development, Katrin Lompscher, and in the presence of the Governing Mayor of Berlin, Michael Müller, and the President of the HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. Sabine Kunst, and the architect Prof. Hans Nickl of Nickl & Partner, this Thursday, the 13th of July, the topping ceremony of the new research building of. IRIS Adlershof was celebrated. more.. 07.07.2017 "Image Knowledge Gestaltung. An Interdisciplinary Laboratory" celebrates its five-year anniversary The Cluster of Excellence "Image Knowlegde Gestaltung. An Interdisciplinary Laboratory", celebrated its five-year anniversary on 7 July 2017. The Interdisciplinary Laboratory brings together the humanities, the natural sciences and engineering sciences, medicine and – for the first time in basic research – design and architecture, with the objective to strengthen and enrich each discipline through interdisciplinary collaboration. IRIS Adlershof, which is actively involved with four of its members in the interdisciplinary research of the cluster, warmly congratulates. mehr... 26.06.2017 Distinguished Professor Rich Spontak at IRIS Adlershof Distinguished Professor Rich Spontak from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering of North Carolina State University visits IRIS Adlershof from June 26th through July 27th as a guest professor of the Cluster of Excellence Image Knowledge Gestaltung within the project Experimental Systems. Professor Spontak’s focus areas in research are polymer morphology and phase stability, multifunctional and nanostructured polymers, blends and networks, and the application of microscopy techniques to polymer science and engineering. 15.06.2017 Humboldt-Universität continues to improve in the physical sciences of THE Ranking. The Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin reached the rank of 51-60 in the current Times Higher Education (THE) World Reputation Ranking. On a national level, this is the second place behind the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, together with the University of Heidelberg. The strategic international partner of IRIS Adlershof and Profile Partner of HU, Princeton University and the National University of Singapore are ranked number 7 and 24 (# 1 in Asia). In the physical sciences, the HumboldtUniversität has improved to 46th place in the World University Ranking, and in Germany it was ranked 4th. more... 12.06.2017 Advanced Material Competition 2017 The Innovation Network for Advanced Materials (INAM) announces the Advanced Materials Competition (AdMaCom), a two week workshop from September 25 to October 06, 2017 to be held in Berlin. The AdMaCom addresses scientific driven startups with outstanding technologies and business models in the area of advanced materials and related digital services. Startups with applications ranging from lighting and displays to sensors and wearables can apply for participation until July 26, 2017. more... 30.05.2017 Alexander von Humboldt professorship for Arno Rauschenbeutel Prof. Dr. Arno Rauschenbeutel does research in the area of experimental quantum optics. One of his most important research topics is the coupling of individual atoms and photons with optic fibers that are now being used to transfer information. This successful approach is a milestone in optic quantum technology and fundamental quantum physics that will lead to concrete new applications in the future. The “Fundamentals in Optics and Photonics” professorship for Arno Rauschenbeutel is a starting signal for the “Berlin Joint Lab for Photonic Quantum Technologies.”



Foto: Jacqueline Godany

This lab will bring together the unique expertise in photonics, optics, microsystem technology, and fundamentals of quantum physics at the Technology and Science Campus of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU). In close cooperation with the department of Physics, IRIS Adlershof, and research institutions at other universities, especially the Ferdinand-Braun Institute, the goal is to integrate research and advance viable quantum systems in the immediate area, which then can picked up by local high tech companies. The HU is therefore in the good position to be a driving force in new photonic quantum technologies for the new EU billion-Euro quantum technology program. more... 27.04.2017 Prof. Yan Lu, a new member at IRIS Adlershof Yan Lu is a new member at IRIS Adlershof. She was previously associated with IRIS as an HZB junior research group leader, and in April 2017 she started a W2-S professorship for "Polymer-based Hybrid Materials" at the Universität Potsdam. Her new position is linked to the management of a working group at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH. There she is researching in the field of colloid chemistry, focusing on the synthesis and characterization of hybrid functional materials. IRIS Adlershof would like to congratulate Yan Lu and is looking very much forward to a continuation of the fruitful collaboration.

27.04.2017 Call for applications: Postdoc fellowships in Analytical Sciences The School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof (SALSA) at Humboldt-Universität Berlin is announcing a call for postdoc fellowships in selected areas of Analytical Sciences. Research areas of interest include nanoanalytics, x-ray structure analysis, inorganic mass spectrometry, ambient mass spectrometry, plasmon enhanced nanospectroscopy and in situ optical spectroscopies. Candidates should apply with their own project in the research areas named above and take into account the research of the hosting groups. Please apply via email only. Detailed information on the application process and requirements, on project areas defined by the hosting groups and on the conditions of the fellowship can be found here. 25.04.2017 IRIS founding chairman Prof. J.P. Rabe elected as chairman of the Academic Council (HU) Professor Jürgen P. Rabe, physicist, material- and nanoscientist at the Department of Physics and founding chairman of IRIS Adlershof, has been elected as the new chairman of the Academic Council of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU). His deputies are Heidi Neugebauer, Maren Huberty and Christine Ilgert. IRIS Adlershof congratulates warmly and wishes him success in his new additional function. more... Prof. Jürgen P. Rabe Image: Ralph Bergel

22.04.2017 22. Berlin Day of Mathematics on the Campus Adlershof of HU Berlin About 1,000 pupils took part in the annual Berlin Day of Mathematics at the Campus Adlershof of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) on 22 April 2017. The winning team is Die Hankinators 2.0 from the Herder-Gymnasium in Berlin-Charlottenburg. Like the winning teams from the years before, they travel to Oslo to receive the Abel Prize 2017, one of the world's most important awards in mathematics. The student competition was organized with great help this year by theIRIS Adlershof.

Team Die Hankinators 2.0: John Huynh, Julius Paul Russmann, Hanke Guo, Paul Barth und Arman Pour Tak Dost (v.l.n.r.) Foto: Nora Butter, IRIS Adlershof

more... 18.04.2017 Berlin's governing mayor Michael Müller visited the Technologypark Adlershof On April 18, 2017 Berlin's governing mayor Michael Müller visited the Technologypark Adlershof. The visit was under the motto: "Growth Accelerator Adlershof - How to come from science to business". Among the participants was the founding chairman of IRIS Adlershof, Prof. Jürgen P. Rabe. more... 03.04.2017 Einstein Center Digital Future has opened up On April 3rd 2017 the Einstein Center Digital Future (ECDF) opened up at the Robert Koch Forum on Wilhelmstrasse in the Berlin district Mitte. Fifty new professorships will be filled in core areas of digital infrastructure, methods, and algorithms as well as in the innovative areas of digital health, digital society, and social sciences and in digital industry and services. Altogether 38.5 million euros will flow into the project. The speaker of ECDF is Prof. Dr. Odej Kao from the Technische Universität Berlin. Johann-Christoph Freytag, professor for computer sciences at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and a member of IRIS Adlershof, is speaker for the area of digital infrastructure, methods, and algorithms. more... 01.04.2017 IRIS’s head of an independent junior research group Yan Lu has been appointed a university professor at Potsdam Dr. Yan Lu, head of an independent junior research group at the Helmholtz Center Berlin for Materials and Energy (HZB) and at IRIS Adlershof, has been appointed a W2-S professor by the Universität Potsdam. She also leads a research group at the Institute for Soft Matter and Functional Materials at the HZB. Yan Lu is involved with the design and synthesis of colloid particles for tailor-made mesoscopic structures as well as organic/inorganic hybrid particles and their application as energy storage devices, sensors, and solar cells. IRIS Adlershof cordially congratulates Professor Lu and anticipates with pleasure a further fruitful cooperation. 28.03.2017 IRIS Junior Scientist Wan-Ing Lin successfully defended her dissertation "Enhanced Raman Scattering of Molecular Monolayers" IRIS Junior Scientist Wan-Ing Lin successfully defended her dissertation Enhanced Raman Scattering of Molecular Monolayers. Her work was supervised by IRIS founding spokesman Prof. Jürgen P. Rabe and Prof. Renato Zenobi (ETH Zürich) in the SALSA School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof. Congratulations! 03.03.2017 IRIS Junior Scientist Manuel Gensler successfully defended his dissertation "Binding forces in metallo-supramolecular coordination compounds" IRIS Junior Scientist Manuel Gensler successfully defended his dissertation Binding forces in metallo-supramolecular coordination compounds. His work was supervised by IRIS founding spokesman Prof. Jürgen P. Rabe in the Integriertes Graduiertenkolleg of the CRC 765 Self-Assembled Soft Matter Nano-Structures at Interfaces: New architectures, functions and applications. Congratulations! 24.02.2017 IRIS Junior Scientist Tobias Liebig successfully defended his dissertation "Optomechanical properties of macromolecules on solid surfaces" IRIS Junior Scientist Tobias Liebig successfully defended his dissertation Optomechanical properties of macromolecules on solid surfaces. His work was supervised by IRIS founding spokesman Prof. Jürgen P. Rabe in the International Research Training Group 1524 Self-Assembled Soft Matter Nano-Structures at Interfaces. Congratulations! 22.02.2017 Dr. Raphael Schlesinger’s dissertation released by Springer Theses The dissertation of Dr. Raphael Schlesinger was selected to be published in Springer Theses, a dedicated book series to recognize outstanding doctoralresearch. Raphael’s work, conceived and performed within the CRC 951 at the physics department and IRIS Adlershof of HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin, was supervised by Prof. Norbert Koch, who is the deputy chairman of IRIS Adlershof. The thesis unravels fundamental mechanisms governing hybrid inorganic organic energy-level alignment and its purposeful manipulation.These insights pave the way towards new technological control and enable usage of hybrid materials and interfaces in future devices and applications. IRIS Adlershof would like to congratulate Raphael Schlesinger and wishes him much success in his future work. Dr. R. Schlesinger Energy-Level Control at Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Semiconductor Interfaces ISBN 978-3-319-46623-1 (Print) ISBN 978-3-319-46624-8 (Online)

17.02.2017 7th „Nano and Photonics“ meeting in the Castle of Mauterndorf, Austria From 22.3.-25.3.2017 Wolfgang Knoll (Austrian Institute of Technology), Franz Aussenegg (Universität Graz and Erwin-Schrödinger Institute) and Emil J.W. List-Kratochvil (HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin and Member of IRIS Adlershof) jointly organize the 7th “Nano and Photonics” meeting in the Castle of Mauterndorf, Austria. This year’s program was put together with a topical focus on “Sensing applications based on plasmonic nanostructures “. Invited speakers include N. Halas from Rice University, E. Maillart from HORIBA Jobin-Yvon, Paris/FRA), G. Strasser from TU Wien, and many others. The purpose of this event is to organize an international scientific meeting for those, who are interested in photonic applications of modern nanotechnology. One goal of this event is also to create an informal European wide discussion platform for state of the art work in basic research done at the various universities as well as industrial based research and development. The location, Castle Mauterndorf, provides an ideal environment to discuss the entire range of topics without any pressure of time, in particular between the morning and afternoon sessions as well as in the evening. This year again it is expected to gather 70 participants from 8 different countries.

more... 30.01.2017 GLAD makes new organic memory devices possible In the last news, nanotechweb.org (IOP Publishing) features an Nano Letters article by Giovanni Ligorio, Marco Vittorio Nardi, and Norbert Koch, who is a member of IRIS Adlershof: "Researchers in Germany have used a technique called glancing angle deposition (GLAD) to fabricate non-volatile memory devices that are smaller than 100nm2. When integrated into the appropriate architectures, these devices have a memory density of more than 1 GB/cm2. They could be used in high-density, high-speed and low-power memories of the future." more... Lithography-Free Miniaturization of Resistive Nonvolatile Memory Devices to the 100 nm Scale by Glancing Angle Deposition G. Ligorio, M.V. Nardi, N. Koch Nano Lett., Article published online

23.12.2016 Color Duality in Photons - an APS Highlight of the Year 2016 The paper “Ramsey Interference with Single Photons”[1] and accompanying Viewpoint “Photon Qubit is Made of Two Colors”[2] have been selected as one of the Highlights of the Year 2016 by APS Physics. It was co-authored by Dr. Sven Ramelow, who recently started his EmmyNoether-Group at the Institute for Physics, Humboldt-University Berlin, and is associated with IRIS Adlershof. While there have numerous highly interesting papers in Physical Review Letters in 2016, APS Physics explains their selection, writing: “It’s no surprise that LIGO’s discovery of gravitational waves tops our list of favorite Physics stories in 2016. The other slots went to research that marked a change in perspective, demonstrated an impressive experimental feat, or simply made us think.” Incidentally, Dr. Sven Ramelow is working on follow-up ideas and experiments of this paper, which he looks forward to soon being implemented at the HU Physics Department and at IRIS Adlershof and yielding new intriguing results. [1] “Ramsey Interference with Single Photons”, Stéphane Clemmen, Alessandro Farsi, Sven

Ramelow, Alexander L. Gaeta, Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 223601 (2016) [2] Viewpoint: Photon Qubit is Made of Two Colors, Philipp Treutlein, Physics 9, 135 (2016)

12.12.2016 Light controls repair of materials A team of German researchers led by chemists of the HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin has developed a new type of plastic coating, which can heal damages selectively by illumination with light. A heat-induced repair of the material occurs where the damaged area has previously been illuminated with light of a specific color. more.... 07.12.2016 Prof. Christoph T. Koch and Prof. Nicola Pinna new members at IRIS Adlershof Christoph T. Koch (photo left), professor for structural research and electron microscopy at Humboldt-Universität's physics department and Nicola Pinna, professor for functional materials at the department of chemistry of HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin are new members at IRIS Adlershof. Christop Koch's research focuses on the development of new methods in quantitative transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and their application to materials science problems. Nanostructured materials are in the focus of Nicola Pinna's research interests. Special emphasis is laid on the synthesis of novel multifunctional materials, their characterization and the study of their physical properties. IRIS Adlershof would like to congratulate both new members and is looking very much forward to a fruitful collaboration. 23.11.2016 Dr. Lorenzo Bianchi awarded with Carl-Ramsauer-Prize 2016 Dr. Lorenzo Bianchi, former member of the Emmy-Noether Junior Research group of Dr. Valentina Forini in the working group of Prof. Jan Plefka, who is a member of IRIS Adlershof, has been awarded the Carl-Ramsauer-Prize 2016 of the Physikalische Gesellschaft zu Berlin for his outstanding PhD thesis on perturbation theory for string sigma models. This is an active research field to which Bianchi contributed by developing new powerful techniques, allowing for substantial simplifications in perturbative computations. Using these innovative methods several new results in the strong coupling regime of the AdS/CFT correspondence have been obtained. IRIS Adlershof congratulates the laureate.

more... 17.11.2016 Claire Glanois awarded with a Humboldt Research Fellowship Dr Claire Glanois has been awrded an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdocs. Starting April 2017 she will join the group of Prof. Kreimer who is a meber of IRIS Adlershof, at Humboldt University. She received her PhD in mathematics in January 2016 from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris) and is currently a postdoc at the MPI Mathematics in Bonn. The number theorist concentrates on periods as they appear in computations in quantum field theory, a central topic in Prof. Kreimer's group. 15.11.2016 Dr. Ludwig Kronthaler elected as new Vice President for Finance, Personnel and Technical Matters The Humboldt University of Berlin (HU) has elected a new Vice President for Finance, Personnel and Technical Matters (VPH): At its meeting on 15 November 2016, the Council voted 43 out of 44 votes for the candidate, Dr. Ludwig Kronthaler. Ludwig Kronthaler is currently General Secretary of the Max Planck Society. He is expected to take office in the first quarter of 2017. In the area of administration, technology and service, the focus is on "enabling science to be optimal", which is a complex challenge. Core is that the administration must understand science and be its partner on the same level. IRIS Adlershof congratulates very warmly and looks forward

Dr. Ludwig Kronthaler Image: Matthias Heyde

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10.11.2016 “Lucrative quantum technology is already here” Interview with IRIS member, Prof. Thomas Elsässer Within the framework of Science Week, the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is holding the Next Frontier Debate on November 10th. Prof. Dr. Birgitta Whaley (University of California, Berkeley) and the IRIS Adlershof members, Prof. Dr. Oliver Benson and Prof. Dr. Thomas Elsässer, will be speaking in a podium discussion in the Tieranatomisches Theater on state-of-the-art quantum research and different approaches and perspectives for future developments. Prof. Elsässer has also given a few insights into the research area as a whole in the interview.

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18.10.2016 Getting Light into Shape for New Applications - A new collaborative research project for photonic nanofilms The BMBF is funding the collaborative research project „Nanofilm – Photonic Nanofilms with Comprehensive Optical Functionality,” which is being coordinated by the FriedrichSchiller-Universität Jena, with just under two million Euros for the next three years. Oliver Benson, a member of IRIS Adlershof, and Prof. Kurt Busch are taking part in the project from the HU Berlin’s side. more... 09.10.2016 Humboldt Research Fellowship for Prof. Karen Yeats Professor Karen Yeats has been awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers. The fellowship provides funding for highlyqualified scientists and scholars to make extended research visits to Germany. Karen will be spending 3 months in the summer of 2017, and then 12 months in 2018-2019, at the Humboldt University of Berlin, where she will work with Professor Dirk Kreimer, who is a member of IRIS Adlershof, and his research group. Karen joined the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization of tne University of Waterloo as an Associate Professor August 1st 2016. She received a B.Math. in Pure Mathematics from the University of Waterloo in 2003, and was the recipient of a Governor General Silver Medal. She completed her Ph.D. in mathematics from Boston University in 2008; her thesis was on Growth Estimates for DysonSchwinger Equations. In 2009, she began a professorship in the Department of Mathematics at Simon Fraser University. Karen's research interests are in combinatorics and quantum field theory. The primary objectives of her research are a mathematical understanding of the Dyson-Schwinger quantum equations of motion, and of Feynman integrals. Her work draws upon the interplay between algebraic combinatorics, graph theory, algebraic geometry, and mathematical physics. 30.09.2016 New Emmy-Noether Junior Research Group on "Mid-Infrared Quantum Imaging and Spektroscopy“ for Dr. Sven Ramelow Dr. Sven Ramelow will start this fall to establish an Emmy Noether Junior Research Group on the topic of "Mid-Infrared Quantum Imaging and Spectroscopy" at Humboldt-Universität's Physics Department. He will closely cooperate with the Nano-Optics-Group led by Prof. Oliver Benson, who is a member of IRIS Adlershof. In the past Dr. Ramelow has carryied out research at the University of Vienna (Austria) and Cornell University (Ithaca, NY, USA) on experimental topics of nonlinear quantum optics with single photons. A main goal of his group will be to pioneer and establish quantum imaging and spectroscopy in the technologically highly relevant mid-infrared wavelength regime. A special focus will be on opening up specific real-world applications in bio-medical imaging and sensing as well as on doing basic research with experimental demonstrations on how to overcome fundamental limits of classical optics by using quantum optical methods. IRIS Adlershof would like to congratulate Sven Ramelow and wishes him much success in his future work. 13.09.2016 Discovering paths from research to potential applications The Adlershofer special 46 applies to "INAM - An alliance for new materials". In the editorial founding chairman Professor Jürgen P. Rabe explains how IRIS Adlershof strengthens its cooperation to support the transition of basic research findings to final applications. 06.09.2016 The Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is currently the 5th best German university in the QS world university ranking. In the current QS World University Ranking, the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is among the best German universities and has advanced to fifth place. In the worldwide ranking list, the HU Berlin has improved itself from 126th to 121th place. The HU ranks in the top 100 in each of these subjects: computer science, mathematics, and physics. more... 18.08.2016 AdMaCom Kick-Off: Advanced Material Startups meet in Berlin As their first big internationally visible activity, the Innovation Network for Advanced Materials (INAM) will hold the Advanced Materials Competition (AdMaCom), which is a six-week workshop from August 28th to October 10th, 2016, for developing innovative product concepts with international startups. Established (large) companies like OSRAM, LG, Ledvance, and Henkel will provide the technological infrastructure and know-how and/or sponsor money. The 15 participating Berlin and international start-ups will take advantage of this to improve their existing products and create new product concepts. The participants will be able to draw upon the expertise of mentors from renowned international research facilities and industrial companies like LG Technology Center Europe, BASF Ventures, the London School of Economics, the Imperial College London as well as from Berlin like OSRAM, Direct Photonics Industries, Specs Nano Surface Analytics, Fab Lab Berlin, the Humboldt University’s IRIS Adlershof, Humboldt Innovation, ESMT, WISTA and Berlin Partner. Berlin should be visualized as an international high tech location not only for start-ups but also for innovative departments from large companies. AdMaCom is being held under the patronage of the governing Mayor of Berlin. more... 04.07.2016 Tapping the sun A team of researchers from IRIS Adlershof of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Technische Universiteit Eindhoven in the Netherlands have developed thin plastic films, which continuously move upon exposure to sunlight. These materials are able to convert the sunlight’s energy directly into motion and have great promise for the development of sun-driven active coatings and surfaces, for example self-cleaning windows. These results have been published in Nature Communications. more... 20.06.2016 Enlightening and flexing memories Researchers from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, led by Professor Stefan Hecht, who is a member of IRIS Adlershof, in collaboration with the University of Strasbourg & CNRS (France) and the University of Nova Gorica (Slovenia), have shown that a carefully chosen blend of a small photoswitchable molecule and a semiconducting polymer can be used to fabricate high-performance memory devices that can be written and erased by light. Such multilevel (8-bit) optical memories have also been implemented on flexible substrates, paving the way to applications in wearable electronics, E-papers, and smart devices. These results have been published in Nature Nanotechnology. more... 18.06.2016 Advanced Materials Competition Application open! The Innovation Network for Advanced Materials based in Berlin opens the application period for ambitious hardware startups, which are focused on the development of innovative and marketable high-tech products! These products can be based on organic and molecular electronics,surface engineering, polymer science,compounds, battery technology, photovoltaics, hybrid materials, fibers, sensors, lighting as well as printedelectronics for all sorts of game changing applications! During a period of 6 weeks, startups discuss intensively their unique needs and challenges with professionals and industry experts to establish new business opportunities. Corporate teams, start-ups, researchers and internationally selected mentors work together, receive weekly trainings as well as business and technology guidance to develop innovative products and solutions. The 20 selected start-ups will receive gratis access to a co-working space, labs and materials in order to bring their product and business to the next level. Additionally, we will invite all our international start-ups to stay in sponsored apartments. Confirmed *Partners* so far: Osram, Tesla, Henkel, Embraer *Mentors*: BASF, LG, Direct Photonics, Pilotfish, Columbia University, London School of Economics, Humboldt University, Weitnauer, Embraer, Henkel, Osram, and many more. Apply at: www.inam.berlin 07.06.2016 Forging new products in electronics, optics and photonics INAM Innovation Network for Advanced Materials founded in Berlin Adlershof

Scientists and business representatives of the Science and Technology Park have come together to form a new network. The INAM Innovation Network for Advanced Materials spans the whole value chain from basic research to product design. Next to industrial partners such as Osram GmbH, INAM’s partners include the Integrative Research Institute for the Sciences (IRIS Adlershof), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin), the economic development company Berlin Partner, and WISTA-MANAGEMENT GMBH. Initially planned for three years, the network’s aim is to develop and implement concepts for the use of new materials and technology in electronics, optics, and photonics, which in-clude, for example, new printing technology for cheaper production pro-cesses, transparent and conductive coatings for thin-film solar cells, or new organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) for the car industry. INAM e.V. was established following an initiative of the Science and Technology Park Berlin Adlershof, where non-university research institutions and innovative companies have created a competence centre for optical analyt-ics and materials science in the vicinity of IRIS Adlershof of HU Berlin. The INAM network does more than to connect science and business and research and development. It also consists of partners who help to make products ready for the market. They range from the Agentur Pilotfish GmbH, a specialist for product design, to Fab Lab Berlin, an open workshop for development, or Humboldt Innovation GmbH and the attorneys of Weitnauer Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaftsgesellschaft, who offer advisory services on patents and technology transfer. “Interdisciplinary cooperation will create new applications and, lastly, finished products which will increase the competitiveness of the companies in the region,” says Peter A. Frensch, vicepresident for research at Humboldt-Universität. This will be facilitated by the existing infrastructure of Berlin Adlershof, which can be used for joint research and development, and com-plemented by entrepreneurship, start-up, and accelerator programmes, joint events, and showcases at conferences and trade fairs. The INAM network has already successfully attracted a new company to the Technology Park Adlershof this year: “The Inuru GmbH start-up has an inno-vative idea: it offers companies unprecedented marketing opportunities by using flat OLEDs to bring light and animation to paper,” Jonas Pauly ex-plains, who is the designated head of INAM. The Certi Foundation from Brazil, which is specialized on high technology, is the network’s first strategic partner from overseas. 24.05.2016 Call for 20 SALSA doctoral fellowships open SALSA, the Graduate School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, is announcing 20 doctoral fellowships to begin between August 1 st and November 1 st, 2016. The program offers a structured, three-year period of multidisciplinary research combined with an integrated curriculum in Analytical Sciences. Deadline ends June 8 th , 2016. more… 22.04.2016 The DZLM goes into the second round The Deutsche Zentrum für Lehrerbildung Mathematik (DZLM), which was initiated by the Deutsche Telekom Stiftung, has been very successful as the first federal interstate contact point to go for further education in mathematics since October 2011. The German Telekom Foundation will be supporting the DZLM for another three years with 4.5 million euros by the end of 2019. The director of DZLM, Professor Jürg Kramer (a member of IRIS Adlershof) is very pleased about the further funding and associated recognition of the previous work of the DZLM, in which the Humboldt University played a large part as the coordinating university for the program. The DZLM has been developing research-based and applied further education programs that are continually being researched and constantly improved in cooperation with the federal states and academic institutions. Kramer projects that they will be more strongly focused on long-term further education programs for teachers who in turn will educate and accompany others as multiplicators. The existing net works and cooperation will be built up with the educational administration. IRIS Adlershof congratulates the successful project applicants and, of course, its member Jürg Kramer heartily. 19.04.2016 Bessel Preis für Professor Gabriele Travaglini Prof. Dr. Gabriele Travaglini from Queen Mary University London receives the Friedrich-Wilhelm Bessel Prize from the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation. The prize will enable him to spend one year of research at the institute of physics and IRIS Adlershof. The award is 45.000 Euro. Prof. Travaglini is a renowned theoretical physicist exploring the connection between quantum field theory and string theory. He has made substantial contributions to our understanding of scattering amplitudes in quantum field theory and gravity, which quantify the fundamental interactions of elementary particles at the microscopic scale. This core research area of high-energy theory was revolutionized in the past ten years through the development of novel so-called on-shell techniques surpassing the traditional approach due to Feynman. Travaglini has been at the forefront of these developments. During his stay in Berlin, he intends to focus on the study of and search for hidden symmetries in scattering amplitudes and form factors. Professor Travaglini is hosted by Professor Jan Plefka at the Institute of Physics and IRIS Adlershof of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 18.03.2016 Professor Thomas Elsaesser is the 2016 recipient of the Ellis R. Lippincott Award Thomas Elsaesser, Director at the Max-Born-Institute and Member of IRIS Adlershof, receives the Ellis R. Lippincott Award for his “seminal contributions to the understanding of the ultrafast coherent and incoherent vibrational dynamics of hydrogen bonds in liquids and biomolecules”. The prize recognizes his pioneering work elucidating molecular processes and interactions in water, hydrogen bonded dimers, nucleobase pairs, and biomolecules in an aqueous environment such as hydrated DNA and phospholipids. This research is based on methods of nonlinear infrared spectroscopy in the pico- and femtosecond time domain. IRIS Adlershof congratulates the laureate. more... 05.03.2016 Construction work on IRIS Research Building started After the federal and state Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonference (GWK) (Joint Science Conference) decided in June 2013 to finance a research building for IRIS Adlershof’s project, “Hybrid systems for electronics, optoelectronics, and phototonics,” and after completion of comprehensive planning and work and a subsequent call for proposals, construction has now begun on the building site of “Zum Großen Windkanal 6.” more... 25.02.2016 Professorship offered to Stefan Fredenhagen IRIS Adlershof would like to congratulate Professor Stefan Fredenhagen, who is at the MPI for Gravitational Physics and currently doing a guest professorship in Professor Staudachers research group "Space-Time-Matter", for receiving an offer for a professorship in mathematical physics in the Physics Department at the University of Vienna. 19.02.2016 Gravitational waves detected 100 years after Einstein's prediction - IRIS congratulates Gravitational waves, which were predicted on the basis of Einstein’s Theory of Gravity exactly 100 years ago in the form of ripples in space and time, have been proven for the first time by a LIGO detector in the USA. IRIS Adlershof would like to especially heartily congratulate its cooperation partners in the research field of Space-Time-Matter at MPI for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), who were significantly involved in this once-in-a-century event.

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12.02.2016 The Academic Council of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) reappoints Peter A. Frensch The current Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) Vice President for Research, Prof. Dr. Peter A. Frensch, was re-elected on 9 February 2016, winning 34 votes. The Academic Council thereby confirmed his reappointment, and he will be one of the four President's office executive staff who report directly to the President, Dr.-Ing. Dr. Sabine Kunst. more... 12.02.2016 Humboldt-Universitäts-Medaille und Dissertationspreis Adlershof verliehen Gleich zwei Überraschungen gab es anlässlich der Verleihung des Dissertationspreises Adlershof 2015 am 9. Februar 2016 auf dem Campus Adlershof. Der Preis ging erstmalig in der 14-jährigen Geschichte der Auszeichnung an zwei Preisträger: Neysha Lobo-Ploch und Jan-Ferenc Kischkat. Nach der Preisvergabe betrat Jan-Hendrik Olbertz, Präsident der HU, als Überraschungsgast die Bühne, um Hardy R. Schmitz für seine Verdienste für die HU zu ehren. Schmitz war zum Jahreswechsel nach 14 Jahren als Geschäftsführer der Wista in den Ruhestand gegangen. mehr... 11.02.2016 Second Joint Call for Proposals: TAU-HU Project "Biological and Soft Matter Physics" - Deadline extended

After three years of successful cooperation between Tel Aviv University and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin IRIS Adlershof and the IRI for the Life Sciences announce a second joint call for proposals either to start or to continue the research in the field of biological and soft matter physics. Funding is available for bilateral collaborative research projects comprising researchers or research teams from the two participating universities. The main goal of the program is to support the ongoing and stimulate new collaborations between the research groups of the two universities. Joint project proposals by scientists from TAU and HU may be submitted until January 31 st, 2016. Deadline extended: March 31 st, 2016

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27.01.2016 Einstein on the Test Bench Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity provides a theory on space and time that has held up for over a hundred years of experimental testing. It nonetheless contradicts quantum mechanics, which describes small-scale matter and is almost as old and is heavily examined as well. Experiments that bring both theories closer together are particularly interesting for IRIS Adlershof’s intensively studied research area “Space-Time-Matter.” Some current examples are the recent tests that were successfully performed in the KALEXUS and FOKUS projects, which were developed by Adlershof’s researchers in Prof. Achim Peters’ group in the Physics Department at the Humboldt-Universität and at the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut. more… 19.01.2016 Prof. Sabine Kunst appointed as the new president of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin The Board of Trustees of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) has appointed Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. Sabine Kunst on Jan 19, 2016 as the new president. She is likely to take up her post at the start of the summer semester. Sabine Kunst is currently the Minister of Science, Research and Culture of the state of Brandenburg, and also chairs the Administrative Commission of the German Council of Science and Humanities, Germany's Sabine Kunst; Foto: Mark Wagner most important science policy advisory body, where she is also the coordinator of the federal state representatives on the Council. The internationally renowned university professor and politician has extensive experience in the fields of science and research and also in the development of academic institutions and structures. more... 05.01.2016 Prof. J.-C. Freytag, Ph.D. was elected into the executive committee of the Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. Professor Johann-Christoph Freytag, Ph.D., a member of IRIS Adlershof, was elected into the executive committee of the Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI) e.V. All GI members were called upon to vote so that three of the five candidates could be elected to the committee. Prof. Freytag will therefore be able to put to good use his many years of experience, including his past 6 years as the Speaker for GI’s Department of Databases and Information Systems (DBIS). mehr... 15.12.2015 Second Joint Call for Proposals: TAU-HU Project "Biological and Soft Matter Physics"

After three years of successful cooperation between Tel Aviv University and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin IRIS Adlershof and the IRI for the Life Sciences announce a second joint call for proposals either to start or to continue the research in the field of biological and soft matter physics. Funding is available for bilateral collaborative research projects comprising researchers or research teams from the two participating universities. The main goal of the program is to support the ongoing and stimulate new collaborations between the research groups of the two universities. Joint project proposals by scientists from TAU and HU may be submitted until January 31 st, 2016.

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10.12.2015 HU Wissenschaftler/innen im Dialog mit Unternehmen – Synergien in der modernen Materialforschung Am 8. Dezember fand zum vierten Mal das jährliche Wissens- und Technologietransfer-Forum „Wissenschaft trifft Wirtschaft“ der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin statt. Die Veranstaltungsreihe dient der Vernetzung zwischen Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft, fördert den Austausch untereinander und ermöglicht die Initiierung gemeinsamer Projekte. Der stellvertretende Sprecher von IRIS Adlershof und Impulsgeber des neuen Formates der Veranstaltung, Prof. Norbert Koch, sagte: „Um gemeinsame Ansätze in der modernen Materialforschung zu finden, müssen sich die Partner kennenlernen. Dies ist das Ziel am 8. Dezember. Die Wissenschaftler/innen der HU werden ihr Expertisen-Portfolio darstellen und – noch wichtiger – die Unternehmen ihre aktuellen Fragestellungen. Genaues Zuhören, mitunter auch Zwischentöne zu erhaschen, und Aufeinanderzugehen sind hier gefragt.“ mehr...

20.11.2015 Berlin Science Prize for Prof. Peter Hegemann Peter Hegemann, professor for experimental biophysics at HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin and member of UniCat, has been granted, the Berlin Sciencs Prize (Berliner Wissenschaftspreis) 2015. Prof. Hegemann is one of the founders of the research field of optogenetics – a new and innovative method, with which a wide variety of cell types can be "switched" using light once they are equipped with a specific light receptor protein. IRIS Adlershof congratulates the laureate and is sharing his delight about this outstanding award.. mehr... 19.11.2015 Prof. Emil List-Kratochvil, a new member at IRIS Adlershof Emil List-Kratochvil, Professor for Hybrid Devices at the HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin, is a new member at IRIS Adlershof. His position is a brigde-professorship of IRIS Adlershof and it is embedded in both the departments of physics and chemistry of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Prof. List-Kratochvil is an leading expert on organic and printed electronics. He is internationally well known for his work on organic devices, as for instance light emitting diodes and hybrid storage elements. IRIS Adlershof would like to congratulate Emil List-Kratochvil and is looking very much forward to his collaboration.

12.10.2015 Preis für gute Lehre 2015 der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin an PD Dr. Thomas Klose Klassische Theoretische Physik und Quantenmechanik ausgezeichnet gelehrt

„Das Ziel guter Lehre ist für mich, die Studierenden zu motivieren”, sagt Thomas Klose. Dazu sei es wichtig, stets konkrete Anwendungsbeispiele für abstrakte Fragestellungen zu geben. „Lichtstreuung klingt beispielsweise erstmal nicht so spannend. Warum sich jedoch abends der Himmel rot färbt, ist schon interessanter zu wissen.“ Auch die eigene Begeisterung für ein Thema spiele eine große Rolle. Thomas Klose, Gewinner des Humboldt-Preis für gute Lehre 2015 „Obwohl ich das Ergebnis schon kenne, Abbildung: Florian Loebbert muss ich es schaffen, das Interesse meines Publikums zu wecken. Da gehört auch ein bisschen Schauspielerei dazu“, so der Wissenschaftler. 21 Dozenten haben eine Nominierung erhalten. PD Dr. Thomas Klose aus der AG Quantenfeldund Stringtheorie von IRIS Adlershof-Mitglied Jan Plefka hat die Wahl einstimmig gewonnen. „Damit habe ich überhaupt nicht gerechnet. Das hat mich ehrlich gesagt sehr überrascht. Ich freue mich natürlich über die Auszeichnung!“ 10.000 Euro Preisgeld stehen dem Physiker nun zur Verfügung.

mehr... 15.09.2015 Im aktuellen QS World University Ranking Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin auf Platz 6 der besten deutschen Universitäten Im aktuellen QS World University Ranking gehört die HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin zu den besten deutschen Hochschulen. Sie verteidigte ihren sechsten Platz im Vergleich zum Vorjahr. In der weltweiten Rangliste verbesserte sich die HU von Platz 134 auf 126. Im Bereich der Naturwissenschaften liegt die HU weltweit auf Platz 121 und in der Informatik, der Mathematik und der Physik jeweils unter den Top 100. mehr... 01.09.2015 Professor Emil J. W. List-Kratochvil accepted a new position at Humboldt-Universität Prof. Dr. Emil J. W. List-Kratochvil (TU Graz) has accepted the offer of a W3-Professorship "Hybrid Devices" at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, beginning on October 1, 2015. This professorship is located as a bridging professorship of IRIS Adlershof both at the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Chemistry.

01.09.2015 Dr. Simone Raoux accepted a new position at Humboldt-Universität Dr. Simone Raoux (HZB) has accepted the offer of a W3-S-Professorship "Nano Spectroscopy for Design and Optimization of energy-related Materials" at the Department of Physics of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The professorship is linked to the position of a director of the Institute for Nanospectroscopy at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin GmbH. 28.07.2015 Personaler sehen Absolventen der Naturwissenschaften der Humboldt-Universität bundesweit auf Platz 3 Welche Hochschule bildet die Studenten für Ihre Bedürfnisse am besten aus? Diese Frage wurden 540 Personalern aus ganz Deutschland gestellt. In den Naturwissenschaften sehen 15,4 % die Humboldt-Universität auf Platz 1. Genau so viele nennen die LMU München. Nur die RWTH Aachen (19,6%) und die TU München (15,9%) werden noch etwas häufiger genannt. Link zum bundesweiten Hochschulranking 2015 der Wirtschaftswoche

07.07.2015 Flexible nanowires: A Berlin-Graz research team develops molecular wires with higher conductivity and bendability An international team under the direction of Stefan Hecht, who is a member of IRIS Adlershof, and Leonhard Grill from Karl-FranzensUniversity Graz could develop for the first time molecular chains that have unexpectedly high conductivity in spite of their flexibility. The researchers’ new approach will allow the design of flexible nanowires and therefore enable a detailed insight into the relationship between a chemical structure and its electronic and mechanistic properties. This type of conductible and flexible nanowires will be a key component for future logical circuitry in “molecular electronics” and for flexible electronic everyday objects like “wearable plastic electronics.” This study has appeared in the current issue of the Nature Communications. more... 26.05.2015 CRC 951 “Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Systems for Opto-Electronics (HIOS)” successful to launch second funding period CRC 951 scientists perform cutting-edge research on hybrid systems that unite inorganic semiconductors, metal nanostructures, and conjugated organic materials, with the aim to realize and tailor novel opto-electronic functions. The achievements made during the first funding period (2011-2015) laid the foundations for the next four years of exciting HIOS-research. In the long term, the CRC aims for solid-state opto-electronic devices that exhibit superior performance compared to those based on any of the individual material classes alone. The CRC's coordinator and vice-coordinator, Norbert Koch and Oliver Benson (both members of IRIS Adlershof), are delighted with the success in obtaining continued funding from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), and they look forward to the joint work of 25 principal investigators from physics and chemistry of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (coordinating university), Technische Universität Berlin, Universität Potsdam, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, and Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. more... 20.05.2015 Studentische/n Mitarbeiter/in gesucht Die IRIS-Geschäftsstelle sucht zum frühestmöglichen Zeitpunkt für die Dauer von 24 Monaten eine/n studentische/n Mitarbeiter/in mehr... 07.05.2015 Mehr Photonen durch optische Nanofaser Einem von Professor Oliver Benson, Mitglied von IRIS Adlershof, geleitetem internationalen Team aus Forschern der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) und der Universität Kyoto in Japan ist es gelungen, durch Einsatz einer neuartigen strukturierten Nanofaser die Emission von einzelnen Photonen zu verstärken. Bei dem Experiment konnte nicht nur eine außerordentlich große Anzahl an Photonen erzeugt werden, sondern es gelang auch, deren Wellenlänge genau einzustellen. Über die Faser können diese maßgeschneiderten Lichtteilchen für Anwendungen in den neuen Quantentechnologien direkt verfügbar gemacht werden. Die Forschungsergebnisse sind in der aktuellen Onlineausgabe der Open-Access-Zeitschrift „Scientific Reports“ der Nature Publishing Group erschienen.

Abbildung: a) Skizze einer strukturierten Nanofaser. Man beachte, dass die Anzahl der Gitterperioden in der Darstellung reduziert wurde; b) Scnanning-Ion-Microscope-Bild einer Nanofaser (Durchmesser 270nm, Rillentiefe 45nm, Rillenabstand 300nm, und Defektlänge 450nm); c) Elektrisches Feld, numerisch berechnet. Die schwarze Linie zeigt die Hohlraumstruktur

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17.04.2015 Christian Kassung vertritt Professur für Experimentalsysteme Christian Kassung, Professor für Kulturtechniken und Wissensgeschichte im Institut für Kulturwissenschaft der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin vertritt im Sommersemester 2015 die Professur Theorie und Geschichte der Experimentalsysteme des Exzellenzclusters „Bild Wissen Gestaltung. Ein interdisziplinäres Labor" und wird dazu auch am IRIS Adlershof lehren und forschen. mehr… 15.04.2015 Chinese Ambassador Shi Mingde visited IRIS Adlershof The Ambassador of the People's Republic of China, Shi Mingde, visited the Science and Technology Park Adlershof, on April 8th, in the “Year of innovation cooperation between Germany and China”. At IRIS Adlershof, Founding Chairman Jürgen P. Rabe informed him on the research and development at IRIS on site in Adlershof as well as on cooperations with Chinese partners such as Peking University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Shi Mingde was particular interested in the education of young scientists such as within the Berlin-wide Master Program on "Polymer Science", which has produced many, now internationally succesfull Chinese alumnae. The dialogue with Ambassador Shi Mingde, as begun here, shall be carried on. more… 15.04.2015 KOSMOS Summer University 2016 at IRIS Adlershof IRIS Adlershof will host a three-week KOSMOS program from August 15th to September 2nd 2016 on the topic of Integrability for the Holographic Universe. The program will bring together young and experienced researchers with an interest in theoretical physics, mathematics and symbolic programming. It is organised by Prof. Matthias Staudacher, Dr. Alessandro Sfondrini and Prof. Jan Plefka, and funded by Humboldt-Universität though the KOSMOS program and by the Marie Curie Network "Gauge theory as an Integrable system" (GATIS). 14.04.2015 Call for 10 SALSA doctoral fellowships open SALSA, the Graduate School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, is announcing 10 doctoral fellowships to begin on October 10st, 2015. The program offers a structured, three-year period of multidisciplinary research combined with an integrated curriculum in Analytical Sciences. Applications will be accepted upon submission via our online application tool only (www.analyticalsciences.de), which will be accessible from April 15th until May 11th, 2015. Graduate students (master’s degree or equivalent) in chemistry, biology, physics and related disciplines with an interest in Analytical Sciences as well as graduates with a background in natural sciences education are invited to apply. For further information please visit http://www.analytical-sciences.de.

12.03.2015 Humboldt-Universität among the Top 50 Universities in the World The current "Times Higher Education World Reputation Ranking" ranks Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) at position 41 of the worldwide most prestigious universities. Thereby HU advanced significantly with respect to the past year, when it was ranked in the group 71-80. HU’s Physical Sciences advanced by 31 places to rank 69th. more...

05.03.2015 Optically switchable organic field effect transistors created An international team of researchers led by Stefan Hecht, member of IRIS Adlershof, and Paolo Samori from the Université de Strasbourg (France), in collaboration with scientists from Stanford University (USA) and the Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), demonstrated that highperformance optically switchable field-effect transistors can be developed by blending photochromic molecules with small organic semiconductor molecules. Such optically addressable molecular devices are considered as key elements in future logic circuits. Their study just appeared in the journal Nature Communications.

more... 01.03.2015 Professor Christoph T. Koch accepted a new position at Humboldt-Universität Prof. Dr. Christoph T. Koch (University of Ulm) has accepted the offer of a W3-Professorship "Structural research/Electronmicroscoy" at the Physics Department of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He will start his new



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23.02.2015 Professor Norbert Koch was elected to be spokesman of the CRC 951 Prof. Dr. Norbert Koch, vice-chairman of IRIS Adlershof, was elected to be spokesman at the plenary meeting of the CRC 951: "Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Systems for Opto-Electronics" on February 20, 2015. Prof. Dr. Oliver Benson, also a member of IRIS Adlershof, was chosen as deputy spokesman.

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12.02.2015 Professor Steven L. Bernasek (Princeton University) appointed KOSMOS Fellow at IRIS Adlershof Professor Steven L. Bernasek from the Department of Chemistry of Princeton University has been appointed Fellow of the KOSMOS Summer University on Chemistry and Physics of Novel Materials for (Opto)Electronics at IRIS Adlershof. Professor Bernasek's research interest focusses on organic molecule self-assembly at graphite, graphene, and interfaces with other inorganic materials. During the next two months he will work together with scientists of IRIS-chairman Professor Jürgen P. Rabe's group, using scanning probe microscopy and optical spectroscopy methods.





01.02.2015 We deeply mourn the loss of Professor Fritz Henneberger We were very sorry and shocked to hear about the sudden, completely unexpected death of our colleague, Professor Dr. Fritz Henneberger. Professor Henneberger was a founding member of IRIS Adlershof and spokesman for the Collaborative Research Center 951. We are losing an excellent researcher, whose great commitment to research and teaching as well as to academic self-government considerably contributed to the successful development of our institution. We would like to offer Professor Henneberger’s family our deepest sympathy. more...

20.12.2014 Merry Christmas and a happy New Year 2015!

IRIS Adlershof wishes you Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year 2015! 19.12.2014 Watching Single Macromolecules Move in Response to Light Nature has long inspired scientists with its seemingly unlimited ability to harness solar energy and to utilize it to drive various physiological processes. With the help of man-made molecular photoswitches, we now have the potential to outperform natural systems in many ways, with the ultimate goal of fabricating multifunctional materials that operate at different light wavelengths. An important challenge in developing light-controlled artificial molecular machines lies in attaining a detailed understanding of the photoisomerization-coupled conformational changes that occur in macromolecules and molecular assemblies. A team of chemists and physicists at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, led by David Bléger and Jürgen P. Rabe, member of IRIS Adlershof, have now used force microscopy to provide interesting insights into the behavior of individual photoresponsive molecules and to identify contraction, extension, and crawling events accompanying light-induced isomerization. In particular they have realized a system, in which single macromolecules can “work”, i.e. they were reversibly contracted and stretched on a modified graphite surface by using UV- and blue light, respectively. The paper by C.-L. Lee, T. Liebig, S. Hecht, D. Bléger, and J.P. Rabe was published in the current issue of ACS Nano (DOI: 10.1021/nn505325w), and has been highlighted with a “Perspective” by ACS & ACS Nano (DOI: 10.1021/nn506656r.

more... 19.12.2014 Humboldt-Universität schließt Profilpartnerschaft mit der National University of Singapore Die Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin und die National University of Singapore (NUS) sind nun Profilpartner: Beide Universitäten werden künftig in Forschung und Lehre eng kooperieren und ihren Angehörigen vielfältige Gelegenheiten zum gemeinsamen Forschen, Lehren und Lernen geben sowie den Austausch auf Verwaltungsebene stärken. Die NUS ist eine der besten Universitäten Asiens und mit der HU durch langjährige und erfolgreiche Forschungskooperationen verbunden. Auch IRIS Adlershof hat enge Beziehungen zur NUS aufgebaut. Sichtbarstes Zeichen hierfür sind zwei gemeinsam ausgerichetete KOSMOS Summer Universities in den Jahren 2011 und 2014, sowie Internships für NUS-Studenten und der Austausch von Masterstudenten, Doktoranden und Postdocs. mehr...

17.12.2014 Professor Jürg Kramer has been elected a member of the National Academy of Science and Engineering - acatech - gewählt The General Assembly of acatech – the National Academy of Science and Engineering has asked Jürg Kramer, who is a professor for the Department of Mathematics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and a member of IRIS Adlershof, to join their ranks. Herr Kramer’s research is concerned with arithmetic geometry and the theory of automorphic forms, as well as mathematic didactics. Furthermore, he is heavily involved with popularizing mathematics. He is the president of the German Mathematical Society, a member of Academia Europaea, speaker of the Berlin Mathematical School, the international research training group “Moduli and Automorphic Forms,” as well as the director of the German Center for Mathematics Teacher Education(DZLM). With his appointment as an acatech member, Herr Kramer will be able to draw upon his considerable expertise as a political and social advisor and help acatech’s thematic networks evaluate recommendations. IRIS Adlershof would like to congratulate Herr Kramer and wishes him much success in his future work. more...

03.12.2014 Forum Junge Spitzenforscher – Humboldt-Universität successful in this year’s competition In the annual competition „Forum Junge Spitzenforscher“ launched by the foundation Stiftung Industrieforschung in cooperation with the HumboldtInnovation GmbH, young HU researchers proved very successful: Five out of six well-endowed prizes were awarded to HU scientists. IRIS is particularly pleased to announce that Andreas Schell was awarded the second prize for his contribution “Novel hybrid materials for quantum optical applications”. Mr. Schell Dr. Joachim Paier Andreas Schell is a PhD student in the group of Prof. Oliver Benson and was financially supported by IRIS Adlershof. Another awardee is Dr. Joachim Paier, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of IRIS member Prof. Joachim Sauer. We heartily congratulate all winners. more... 02.12.2014 Prof. Matthias Staudacher was elected to be spokesman of the CRC 647 Prof. Dr. Matthias Staudacher, member of the board of IRIS Adlershof, was elected to be spokesman at the Plenary Meeting of the "CRC 647: Space Time - Matter. Analytic and Geometric Structures." on December 2nd, 2014. The previous speaker, Prof. Dr. Jochen Brüning, also a member of IRIS Adlershof, was chosen as Deputy Chairman. more...



12.11.2014 Bita Rezania was awarded the 2014 Adlershof Research Forum Poster Prize The Best Poster Prize of 500 Euros went to Bita Rezania at the November 11th Adlershof Research Forum Poster Show for her contribution “Hydration of Bilayered Graphene Oxide.” Miss Rezania is a doctoral student of Prof. Jürgen P. Rabe, the Spokesperson of IRIS Adlershof. We heartily congratulate Bita for winning the prize. more...



15.10.2014 An der Grenze des Denkbaren - ein Schlaglicht auf IRIS Adlershof Artikel in der HU-Beilage 2014 des Tagesspiegel zum Forschungsfeld Hybridsysteme von IRIS Adlershof und zur kürzlichen Entdeckung des graphitischen Halbleiters TGCN. mehr...



14.10.2014 Call for 10 SALSA doctoral fellowships open - deadline extended SALSA, the Graduate School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, is announcing 10 doctoral fellowships to begin on April 1st, 2015. The program offers a structured, three-year period of multidisciplinary research combined with an integrated curriculum in Analytical Sciences. Applications will be accepted upon submission via our online application tool only (www.analyticalsciences.de), which will be accessible from October 14th until November 16th, 2014. Graduate students (master’s degree or equivalent) in chemistry, biology, physics and related disciplines with an interest in Analytical Sciences as well as graduates with a background in natural sciences education are invited to apply. For further information please visit http://www.analytical-sciences.de.

02.10.2014 Humboldt-Universität im THE World University Ranking weiter verbessert In den Physical Sciences hat sich die Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin im Times Higher Education World University Ranking weltweit auf Platz 69 und in Deutschland auf Platz 6 hinter den Universitäten aus München, Göttingen und Heidelberg, der TU München und der Universität Bonn verbessert. Auch die Arts & Humanities und die Social Sciences zählen zu den Top 100. Die Humboldt-Universität als Ganze wird weltweit auf Platz 80 und in Deutschland auf Platz 4 geführt. mehr...

01.10.2014 Janik Wolters awarded with the Carl-Ramsauer and the Humboldt-Prize Dr. Janik Wolters received the Carl-Ramsauer Prize from the Physical Society of Berlin for his doctoral thesis, “Integrated Quantum Hybrid Systems,” which he did with Prof. Oliver Benson, who is a member of IRIS Adlershof. Dr. Wolter’s was able to present outstanding results from his optical studies of individual quantum systems in his thesis. The results will be, on the one hand, highly relevant for application in a future integrated quantum technology. On the other, the quantum zeno effect, which he was the first to observe on a single spin, illustrates special features in measurements of individually isolated quantum systems. Moreover, the Humboldt-Universität has awarded janik Wolters the Humboldt-Prize for his outstanding doctoral thesis. IRIS Adlershof would like to take this opportunity to heartily congratulate this young researcher.. more... 08.09.2014 Movie - KOSMOS Summer University 2014 The participants of the KOSMOS Summer University 2014 on "Chemistry and Physics of Novel Materials for (Opto-)Electronics" - Film have been followed by a filmteam. It can be watched here. There you can also find some pictures.

17.07.2014 Philipp Lange awarded the Lise-Meitner Prize The 2014 Lise-Meitner Prize for the best dissertation went to Dr. Phillip Lange from the Physics Department at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. This prize has been annually granted from the Vereinigung der Freunde und Förderer des Instituts für Physik e.V (Friends and Supporters of the Institute of Physics) since 1998. Dr. Lange did his summa cum laude doctoral degree in macromolecular physics on the topic of optical and structural properties of systems of conjugated molecules and graphenes with IRIS’s chairman, Prof. Dr. Jürgen P. Rabe. Dr. Lange was also supported by IRIS Adlershof. Kathrin Höfner and Johann Förster were additionally awarded for their master theses. We heartly congratulate these young researchers for their fine work. more... 02.07.2014 Prof. Christian Limberg, a new member at IRIS Adlershof Christian Limberg, Professor for Inorganic and General Chemistry at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, is a new member at IRIS Adlershof. He is internationally well known for his work on molecular metal-oxygen systems and their application for catalytic oxidation of hydrocarbons. He is a member of the Excellence Cluster “Unifying Concepts in Catalysis” (UniCat) and Spokesman for the new SFB 1109 “Understanding of Metal Oxide/Water Systems at the Molecular Scale: Structural Evolution, Interfaces, and Dissolution” which began in April 2014. IRIS Adlershof would like to congratulate Christian Limberg and is looking forward to his collaboration. more.. 30.06.2014 Einstein Professor: Claudia Draxl has become a Max Planck fellow at the Fritz-Haber-Institut Berlin Professor Claudia Draxl, who is a member at IRIS-Adlershof, has been appointed by the President of the Max-Planck Society a Max Planck fellow at the Fritz-Haber Institute of the MPG in Berlin. The Max Planck fellow program will not only be responsible for documenting and strengthening the cooperation between the universities and the Max-Planck Institutes but will also set up a research group of its own at the Fritz-Haber Institut.

more... 17.06.2014 "HoW exciting! 2014" - Workshop July 31 - August 8 Computational materials science from an ab-initio point of view is mostly based on density-functional theory, which is also the first rung on the multiscale modeling ladder to quantitatively describe processes and phenomena seen in real materials. It is an excellent technique for the calculation of structures and molecular dynamics, being used by a swiftly growing number of researchers around the world. There is, however, also rapidly increasing demand for understanding and predicting various kinds of excitations. The workshop, organized by Prof. Claudia Draxl, member of IRIS Adlershof, and coworkers, aims to introduce young scientists to the theoretical foundations of state-of-the-art ab-initio techniques through keynote lectures given by world-leading experts. They will focus on the treatment of various excitations, crucial to understand and predict electronic, optical, and thermodynamic properties of materials. This knowledge will pe put into practice by hands-on excercises with the program package "exciting" that is developed in her group. For more information see how-exciting-2014.physik.hu-berlin.de 05.06.2014 Matteo Guzzo awarded with a Humboldt Research Fellowship Matteo Guzzo was awarded with a Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. This is going to support the work in his new research area Electron-phonon Coupling in Photoemission Spectra within Advanced Greens Function Methods. Guzzo did a doctorate at the Ecole Polytechnique, where his thesis on Dynamical Correlations in Solids was awarded as the best in 2012. Since 2013 he is working as a postdoc in the group Solid State Theory of Prof. Claudia Draxl and was also funded by IRIS Adlershof. 02.06.2014 Funding of cooperation projects between Tel Aviv University and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Biological Physics and Soft Matter Physics are emerging fields for the understanding of biological structures and processes. They allow to develop materials which mimic biological structures that can be used in nano-bio-technology or for medical purposes, e.g. for regenerative therapies. The universities involved have complementing expertise in these fields, providing an attractive basis for joint highly innovative projects. The aim of the proposed program is to create an interdisciplinary platform for both senior scientists and junior researchers of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Tel Aviv University to collaborate on the physical principles governing the interdependent functioning of single biological molecules, their ensembles and aggregates, both in vitro and in living cells.

more... 23.05.2014 Long Sought Two-Dimensional Graphitic Semiconductor Discovered A European team of chemists and physicists, including Dr. Nikolai Severin and Professor Jürgen P. Rabe of the Department of Physics of Humboldt-Universität and the Joint Laboratory of Structural Research at IRIS Adlershof, have discovered a new quasi two-dimensional semiconductor related to graphene (see comment in ars technica). The novel material, ‘triazine-based graphitic carbon nitride’ (TGCN) was predicted theoretically in 1996, but this is the first time that it has been presented. TGCN is a member of the graphene family, of which only five nonmetallic 2D materials were known up to date: graphene itself, hexagonal boron nitride, boron carbon nitride, fluorographene and graphene oxide. TGCN is structurally similar to graphite but a semiconductor, which is of high interest for opto-electronic applications. Cooperation partners in this project are Dr. Michael J. Bojdys and Professor Arne Thomas (TU Berlin), Professor Markus Antonietti (MPI of Colloids and Interfaces) and five further groups from the UK, Germany and Finland. Within IRIS Adlershof 2D atomic crystals play an important role in the Research Area “Hybrid Systems for Optic and Electronics”. more...

16.05.2014 Architekten und Planer für Forschungsbau von IRIS Adlershof beauftragt Nachdem im Juni 2013 die Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz (GWK) des Bundes und der Länder beschlossen hatte, einen Forschungsbau für das am IRIS Adlershof bearbeitete Vorhaben "Hybridsysteme für Elektronik, Optoelektronik und Photonik" zu finanzieren, hat jetzt der Bauherr, die Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt Berlin, im Rahmen eines VOF-Vergabeverfahrens ein Vorentwurfskonzept ausgewählt, das nun umgesetzt wird.

Das von den Architekten Nickl & Partner und dem Planungsbüro IDK Kleinjohann entwickelte Vorentwurfskonzept sieht auf dem Grundstück Zum Großen Windkanal 6 einen eigenständigen markanten Baukörper vor, der sich wie selbstverständlich in die Bestandsstruktur zweier ehemaliger Kasernen integriert und dabei IRIS Adlershof als zusammenhängende Forschungseinrichtung präsentiert. Der Neubau wird als Verbinder zwischen beide Bestandsbauten gesetzt. So bleibt zur Straße Zum Großen Windkanal ein repräsentativer hofartiger Außenraum erhalten, der zusammen mit dem Foyer als gemeinsamer Eingangsbereich und verbindendes Element der verschiedenen Arbeitsgruppen von IRIS Adlershof fungiert.

IRIS-Sprecher Professor Jürgen P. Rabe ist von diesem Konzept begeistert: „Wir freuen uns sehr, dass es den Architekten und Planern gelungen ist, die vom Forschungsthema vorgegebenen funktionalen Erfordernisse mit einer anspruchsvollen und modernen Architektur zu verbinden. Wenn das Gebäude 2018 fertiggestellt ist, wird dies eine echte Bereicherung nicht nur für die Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler sowie die Studierenden der Humboldt-Universität, sondern auch für unsere strategischen Partner hier an unserem Standort in Berlin-Adlershof und darüber hinaus.“ 15.05.2014 DFG verlängert Graduiertenkolleg SOAMED Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) wird die zweite Phase des Graduiertenkollegs „Service-orientierter Architekturen zur Integration Software-gestützter Prozesse am Beispiel des Gesundheitswesens und der Medizintechnik“ (SOAMED) mit insgesamt ungefähr 3.5 Millionen Euro fördern. Das Graduiertenkolleg nahm im Jahr 2010 seine Arbeit auf und kann diese nun bis 2019 fortsetzen.SOAMED erforscht die Frage, wie man rechnerbasierte Systeme zur Unterstützung komplexer medizinischer Prozesse durch das Zusammenfügen verteilter Softwarekomponenten (auch Services genannt) konstruieren kann. Seitens IRIS Adlershof ist Professor Johann-Christoph Freytag am Graduiertenkolleg beteiligt. more... 10.05.2014 Science at Work @ IRIS Adlershof In time for the Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften, IRIS Adlershof joind the WISTA-Kampagne "Adlershof. Science at Work.". There are posters at the campus with four respective motives.

14.04.2014 Jürgen P. Rabe Visiting Professor at Princeton University in Spring Term 2014 Jürgen P. Rabe, Professor at the Department of Physics and Chairman of IRIS Adlershof, has been appointed Visiting Professor at the Department of Chemistry at Princeton University during Spring Term 2014. He works together with Professor Steven L. Bernasek on organic-inorganic hybrid systems, and he teaches a Graduate Course for graduate students in physics, chemistry and at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. On the other hand, Professor Bernasek and Professor Roberto Car from Princeton will contribute to the upcoming KOSMOS Summer University 2014 on Chemistry and Physics of Novel Materials for (Opto-)Electronics hosted by IRIS Adlershof. Humboldt-Universität and Princeton University are cooperating in the framework of a strategic profile partnership. Physical Sciences at Princeton University is ranked worldwide number 2 in the current „Times Higher Education“ World Reputation Ranking (after the California Institute of Technology). 08.04.2014 KOSMOS Summer University 2014 on Chemistry and Physics of Novel Materials for (Opto)Electronics

The KOSMOS Summer University 2014 on "Chemistry and Physics of Novel Materials for (Opto-) Electronics" hosted by IRIS Adlershof will take place at the Campus Adlershof from July 8-19, 2014. Organized in cooperation with the National University of Singapore and Princeton University, this summer university will focus on an integrative approach combining the key expertise from outstanding scientists.

In a creative and interactive learning environment young researchers from different backgrounds will be trained in the following topics: · Electronic structure theory · Synthesis of molecular materials · Spectroscopic techniques · Materials classes and properties · Interfacial design and analysis · Device fabrication and characterization Scientific Chairs Claudia Draxl, IRIS Adlershof & Department of Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany Stefan Hecht, IRIS Adlershof & Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany For more information see kosmos2014.iris-adlershof.de and the flyer (PDF, 876 kb), or contact our organisation team: Ms Nora Butter Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, IRIS Adlershof Zum Großen Windkanal 6, 12489 Berlin, Germany Phone: +49 30 2093 66350 Fax: +49 30 2093 66351 Email: kosmos2014 iris-adlershof.de The participants of the KOSMOS Summer University 2014 on "Chemistry and Physics of Novel Materials for (Opto-)Electronics" - Film have been followed by a filmteam. It can be watched here. There you can also find some pictures. 07.04.2014 Jan Plefka im Sommersemester 2014 Gastprofessor an der ETH Zürich Professor Jan Plefka verbringt sein Forschungsfreisemester 2014 am renommierten Institut für theoretische Physik an der ETH Zürich. Er forscht dort gemeinsam mit den Mitgliedern der Arbeitsgruppen Quantenfeldtheorie und Stringtheorie von Prof. M. Gaberdiel und Prof. N. Beisert zu Themen der Mathematischen Physik. Der Austausch stärkt die Kooperation von IRIS Adlershof mit der ETH. Darüberhinaus hält er eine Spezialvorlesung an der ETH zum Thema "Streuamplituden in Eichtheorien", einem aktuellen Forschungsthema am Schnittpunkt von mathematischer Physik und der Phänomenologie der Elementarteilchen. Diesem Thema ist auch sein kürzlich erschienenes Lehrbuch in der Lecture Notes in Physics Reihe des Springer Verlags gewidmet, das mit Dr. J. Henn (IAS Princeton) verfasst wurde. 02.04.2014 Call for 12 SALSA doctoral fellowships open SALSA, the Graduate School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, is announcing 12 doctoral fellowships to begin on October 1st, 2014. The program offers a structured, three-year period of multidisciplinary research combined with an integrated curriculum in Analytical Sciences. Applications will be accepted upon submission via our online application tool only (www.analyticalsciences.de), which will be accessible from April 7th until May 4 th , 2014. Graduate students (master’s degree or equivalent) in chemistry, biology, physics and related disciplines with an interest in Analytical Sciences as well as graduates with a background in natural sciences education are invited to apply. more... 17.03.2014 78th Annual Meeting of the DPG and DPG Spring Meeting SAMOP at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin From March 17th - 21st, 2014 the 78th Annual Meeting of the DPG and DPG Spring Meeting of the SAMOP (Department of atoms, molecules, quantum optics and plasmas) took place at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The meeting was headed and organized by the member of IRIS Adlershof, Prof. Oliver Benson.

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12.03.2014 Humboldt University in the field of Physical Sciences among the top 100 Universities in the world The "Times Higher Education World Reputation Ranking" ranks Humboldt University in Berlin among the 100 worldwide most prestigious universities. The departments "Arts & Humanities" and "Social Sciences" as well as the entire Humboldt University are counted among the top 100. In Germany in the "Physical Sciences", both universities in Munich as well as universities in Göttingen, Heidelberg, Aachen and Bonn have been added to this category. more... 21.02.2014 Norbert Koch new Chair Professor at FUNSOM, Soochow University, VR China On 19 February 2014, Professor Norbert Koch, a member of IRIS Adlershof, was appointed as Chair Professor of the Functional Nano & Soft Materials Laboratory (FUNSOM), a key institute of Soochow University in Suzhou, China (PRC). "With this appointment I can contribute to the internationalization strategy of FUNSOM, which promotes interdisciplinary research (physics, chemistry, electrical engineering, biology, medicine) in the field of nanostructured and soft materials for electronics and optoelectronics in China. The faculty pays particular attention to an excellent education of students in an open-minded environment, and I am looking forward to contributing with topical block-seminars and coaching in small groups. The mutual exchange of students between IRIS Adlershof and FUNSOM is another focus of this enticing cooperation.", says Norbert Koch. 14.02.2014 Dissertationspreis Adlershof an Dr. Martin Hempel Bei der diesjährigen Verleihung des Dissertationspreises konnte sich Herr Dr. Martin Hempel erfolgreich gegen seine beiden Mitnominierten durchsetzen. Seit 2002 wird der Dissertationspreis Adlershof jährlich von der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, der Initiativgemeinschaft Außeruniversitärer Forschungseinrichtungen in Adlershof e.V. (IGAFA) und der WISTAMANAGEMENT GMBH verliehen. Drei Nominierte treten mit Kurzvorträgen zum Thema ihrer Dissertation aus dem gerade zu Ende gegangenen Jahr gegeneinander an. Die Jury entscheidet im Anschluss, wer nicht nur sehr gut forschen, sondern auch mitreißend und überzeugend vortragen kann. Dr. Martin Hempel promovierte in der Arbeitsgruppe von IRIS-Mitglied Prof. Dr. Thomas Elsässer, Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie (MBI) und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Er hat als Doktorand am MBI Defektmechanismen in Hochleistungs-Diodenlasern untersucht. Dabei erfasste und interpretierte er den zeitlichen Ablauf der Degradation für unterschiedliche Klassen kommerzieller Diodenlaser. Hochleistungs-Diodenlaser sind derzeit die effizienteste menschengemachte Struktur zur Umwandlung von elektrischer Energie in Licht. Die Forschungsergebnisse von Martin Hempel sind von hoher Relevanz für die Angewandte Physik, die Optoelektronik und die Photonik. IRIS Adlershof gratuliert herzlich. 27.01.2014 Scientific Writing Seminar for young IRIS researchers in February IRIS Adlershof has organized a series of seminars on scientific writing targeting to young researchers working on IRIS relevant research areas. Three of these two-day-seminars will be conducted in February 2014 (18. & 19., 20. & 21., and 24. & 25. February) by Katherine Tiede, a Canadian linguist, specialized on technical and engineering communication. The seminar focuses on solving problems scientific writers face when they communicate their work in English. A series of linguistic principles for communicating research in the clearest, most coherent, convincing and concise manner will be presented. A limited number of young researchers can still be accepted as participants. If you wish to apply please contact Ms. Nora Butter: [email protected]. 30.12.2013 Frohe Weihnachten und ein glückliches Neues Jahr 2014 !

30.12.2013 Einstein Foundation is funding research project of IRIS-member Prof. Oliver Benson Oliver Benson, Professor at the Department of Physics of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and member of IRIS Adlershof, and Prof. Kurt Busch (Department of Physics of HU and Max-Born-Institute for nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy) will form a research team for the next three years with Israeli colleagues Prof. Ronen Rapaport and Prof. Uriel Levy from Hebrew University, Jerusalem. As part of Einstein's research framework "Actiplant", the scientists would like to discover how emission and absorption of light can be controlled with the help of findings from quantum mechanics. In this process they are working on a very small scale: They want to examine and manipulate single light quanta. more... 26.11.2013 New Collaborative Research Centre at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) has approved a new Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The research group entitled „Molekulare Einblicke in Metalloxid-Wasser-Systeme: Strukturelle Evolution, Grenzflächen und Auflösung“ will apriori be budgeted for three years and nine months. Spokesman of the CRC is Prof. Dr. Christian Limberg (Department of Chemistry). The member of IRIS Adlershof Prof. Dr. Joachim Sauer is participating. more... 26.11.2013 HU-Physicist Janik Wolters wins Berlins Science Slam At the 28. Science Slam Berlin on November 04, 2013 the physicist Janik Wolters from the group of Prof. Oliver Benson (member of IRIS Adlershof) exicted the audience with his contribution "observation affects movement, the quantum Zeno effect" and took the first place. He asserted in a very strong competition with the fields of law, medicine, physics and biology. 25.11.2013 Vom Schülerlabor zum Lehr-Lern-Labor Das Humboldt-ProMINT-Kolleg widmet sich gemeinsam mit der Freien Universität Berlin und mit den Universitäten in Kiel, Koblenz-Landau, Münster und Oldenburg der Frage, wie Hochschulen ihre Schülerlabore zu Lehr-Lern-Laboren weiterentwickeln und curricular ins Lehramtsstudium einbetten können. Das Ziel: Lehramtsstudierende sollen so frühzeitig Erfahrung im praktischen Unterrichten sammeln. Das Projekt wird von der Deutschen Telekom Stiftung gefördert. Seitens IRIS Adlershof ist Professor Jürg Kramer am ProMINT Kolleg beteiligt. mehr... 06.11.2013 Caroline von Humboldt-Professur 2013 für Frau Prof. Dr. Claudia Draxl Die diesjährige Caroline von Humboldt-Professur der Humboldt-Universität wird an Frau Prof. Dr. Claudia Draxl (Institut für Physik und IRIS Adlershof) vergeben. Die feierliche Verleihung findet im Dezember statt. Als Auszeichnung für herausragende Leistungen in Forschung und Lehre wird jedes Jahr eine Professorin der HU mit dieser Professur geehrt. Die Namensprofessur ist mit 80.000 Euro dotiert, die insbesondere der Projektförderung und der Unterstützung für die weitere Karriere der Preisträgerin dient. Durch die Auszeichnung soll zudem die öffentliche und internationale Sichtbarkeit der Professorin erhöht werden. Die Caroline von Humboldt-Professur wird abwechselnd in den Geistesoder Sozialwissenschaften und in den Naturwissenschaften vergeben. IRIS Adlershof gratuliert herzlich. mehr... 06.11.2013 Urania-Medaille an Herrn Prof. Dr. Anton Zeilinger Herr Prof. Dr. Anton Zeilinger (Institut für Quantenoptik und Quanteninformation Wien und Universität Wien, Präsident der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften) wurde auf einer Festveranstaltung in der Urania am 21. Oktober 2013 mit der Urania-Medaille 2013 ausgezeichnet. Er erhielt die Medaille für seine beispielhafte Verbindung von international hoch angesehener Leistung in Lehre und Forschung mit der Vermittlung komplexer wissenschaftlicher Fragestellungen an eine breite Öffentlichkeit. Herr Prof. Dr. Zeilinger ist seit 2005 Ehrendoktor der MathematischNaturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät I der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. IRIS Adlershof gratuliert herzlich. 04.11.2013 Call for Applications: 15 doctoral fellowships in Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Natural Sciences Education - Deadline shifted! SALSA, the Graduate School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, is announcing 15 doctoral fellowships to begin on April 1st, 2014. The program offers a structured, threeyear period of multidisciplinary research combined with an integrated curriculum in Analytical Sciences. Applications will be accepted upon submission via our online application tool only (www.analyticalsciences.de), which will be accessible from October 10th until November 4 th , 2013. November 17 th, 2013.Graduate students (master’s degree or equivalent) in chemistry, biology, physics and related disciplines with an interest in Analytical Sciences as well as graduates with a background in natural sciences education are invited to apply. For further information please visit http://www.analyticalsciences.de. General information for applicants Online application tool for registration List of 3rd call projects including abstracts 23.10.2013 Strategic partnership between Humboldt-Universität and Princeton University is gaining steam The strategic partnership, established between Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Princeton University at the beginning of this year is now entering a new level. From October 27 to 28, 2013 researchers from both universities presented recent scientific results on „Novel (Opto)-Electronic Materials“ during a dedicated workshop, organized by IRIS Adlershof. Ways and methods to strengthen the joined scientific cooperation in this innovative, interdisciplinary research field have be discussed. The Chairmen of the workshop are Professor Antoine Kahn (Department of Electrical Engineering of Princeton University) and Professor Norbert Koch (IRIS Adlershof and Department of Physics of Humboldt-Universität). A Young Researchers Satellite Meeting gave young academics the opportunity to participate in the collaboration. A follow-up workshop is planned in Princeton next spring. more... 14.10.2013 Konstantin Wiegandt receives Humboldt-Award Mit dem Humboldt-Preis werden ausgezeichnete wissenschaftliche Arbeiten von Studierenden sowie von Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen und -wissenschaftlern gewürdigt. Einer der diesjährigen Preisträger ist Dr. Konstantin Wiegandt, ehemaliger Doktorand der Arbeitsgruppe von IRIS-Adlershof Mitglied Prof. Plefka (AG Quantenfeld- und Stringtheorie), der für seine 2012 verteidigte Dissertation "Superconformal Quantum Field Theories in String - Gauge Theory Dualities" ausgezeichnet wurde. Im ersten Teil der Dissertation wurde die Berechnung von WilsonSchleifen in einer Quantenfeldtheorie mit anderen Symmetrien vorgenommen, der N=6 Super Chern-Simons Theorie, die ebenfalls dual zu einer Stringtheorie ist. Dabei stellte sich erstaunlicherweise nicht nur heraus, dass die Wilson-Schleifen mit den Streuamplituden dieser Theorie übereinstimmen, sondern dass diese auch noch äquivalent zu denen der N=4 SYM Theorie sind. Im zweiten Teil der Dissertation wurde die Berechnung von sog. Strukturkonstanten vorgenommen, mit Hilfe derer die Korrelationsfunktionen indirekt konstruiert werden können. mehr... 10.10.2013 Call for 15 SALSA doctoral fellowships open in Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Natural Sciences Education SALSA, the Graduate School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, is announcing 15 doctoral fellowships to begin on April 1st, 2014. The program offers a structured, threeyear period of multidisciplinary research combined with an integrated curriculum in Analytical Sciences. Applications will be accepted upon submission via our online application tool only (www.analyticalsciences.de), which will be accessible from October 10th until November 4 th , 2013. Graduate students (master’s degree or equivalent) in chemistry, biology, physics and related disciplines with an interest in Analytical Sciences as well as graduates with a background in natural sciences education are invited to apply. For further information please visit http://www.analytical-sciences.de. 07.10.2013 Humboldt-Universität listed among World University Ranking’s top 100 In the current Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2013/2014 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is listed on position 94. That means an upgrade of five positions compared to last year's ranking. In the field of global university performance comparison Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is one of the six German Universities listed among the top 100. more... 01.09.2013 Ulrich Panne neuer Präsident der Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung Professor Ulrich Panne übernimmt ab dem 1. September 2013 die Leitung der Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM). Der Chemiker löst Professor Manfred Hennecke ab, der 11 Jahre die BAM als Präsident leitete und nun in den Ruhestand geht. Bei seiner Ernennung zum BAM-Präsidenten betonte Ulrich Panne, dass er die Verbindung von Ingenieurwissenschaften und Naturwissenschaften der BAM weiter ausbauen ausmöchte. Nur so können die herausfordernden Themen der Chemie beziehungsweise der Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik multidisziplinär bearbeitet werden. Der 49-jährige analytische Chemiker ist seit 2004 an der BAM tätig und leitete die Abteilung 1 Analytische Chemie, Referenzmaterialien. Darüber hinaus ist er Professor für Instrumentelle Analytische Chemie an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Professor Panne ist Mitinitiator und seit 2012 einer der Sprecher der Graduiertenschule für Analytical Sciences Adlershof (SALSA) innerhalb der Exzellenzinitiative des Bundes und der Länder. IRIS Adlershof Adlershof gratuliert herzlich! 30.08.2013 Grundsteinlegung für das Studentendorf in Adlershof Nach mehr als sechsjähriger Planung ist auf dem Campus Adlershof der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) am 30. August 2013 der Grundstein für ein weiteres Berliner Studentendorf gelegt worden. In direkter Nähe zu den naturwissenschaftlichen Instituten der HU entsteht ein Gebäudekomplex mit rund 380 Wohnplätzen. Davon sind 120 für HU-Studierende reserviert. Die ersten Bewohnerinnen und Bewohner werden voraussichtlich im Herbst 2014 einziehen. Alle Zimmer werden über ein eigenes Bad verfügen und um Gemeinschaftsräume wie Wohnzimmer und Küche zu einer Wohnlandschaft gruppiert. Das Studentendorf erstreckt sich auf zehn Gebäude und liegt an der Abram-Joffe-Straße / Ecke Karl-Ziegler-Straße. Bauherr des neuen Wohncampus ist die Studentendorf Adlershof GmbH, ein Joint Venture der Studentendorf Schlachtensee eG und der Schweizerischen CoOpera Sammelstiftung PUK. 30.08.2013 HU Physicists measure the quantum Zeno effect for the first time at a single quantum system A team of researchers led by Prof. Oliver Benson, a member of IRIS Adlershof, has demonstrated the quantum Zeno effect of a single electron in a solid state system. This promises a deeper understanding of quantum dynamics and thus further insights into the complex interaction of individual quantum systems with their environment. more... 18.08.2013 Carl-Ramsauer-Preis der Physikalischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin an Dr. Tim Schröder Die Physikalischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin hat Herrn Dr. Tim Schröder, derzeit MIT Cambridge, USA, für seine Dissertationsschrift "Integrated photonic systems for single photon generation and quantum applications: Assembly of fluorescent diamond nanocrystals by novel nano-manipulation techniques", die er in der Arbeitsgruppe von Prof. Oliver Benson, Mitglied von IRIS Adlershof, angefertigt hat, den Carl-Ramsauer-Preis 2013 verliehen. more... 05.08.2013 Ferdinand-Braun-Institut in Adlershof mit "Advanced UV for Life" erfolgreich im Wettbewerb Zwanzig20 des BMBF "Advanced UV for Life" – so der Name des vom Ferdinand-Braun-Institut in Adlershof koordinierten Konsortiums, das künftig innovative Anwendungen von UV-Licht in Medizin, Wasserbehandlung, Produktionstechnik und Sensorik erschließen wird. Der Zusammenschluss von Forschungseinrichtungen und Industrieunternehmen unterschiedlicher Fachdisziplinen hat sich im Wettbewerb Zwanzig20 im Rahmen der Hightech-Strategie des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) durchgesetzt. IRIS Adlershof gratuliert herzlich. mehr... 01.08.2013 Cluster of Excellence-project Norbert Koch and Jürgen P. Rabe from IRIS Adlershof, Charlotte Klonk, professor for art history, and further scientists of the project "Designing Laboratories" of the Cluster of Excellence "Image Knowledge Gestaltung. An Interdisciplinary Laboratory" have visited Departments of Chiba University in Japan as well as the Faculty of Science of the National University of Singapore (NUS), and the Graphene Research Centre, the Centre for Quantum Technologies, and the Mechanobiology Institute in order to explore the design of laboratories for interdisciplinary research in the sciences. This is the last of a series of visits, which led the scientists afore to the Nano TecCenter Weiz in Austria, to departments of Princeton University, MIT, Harvard University, and Columbia University in the USA. The derived knowledge shall be used to design the IRIS research building as a prototype of an interdisciplinary laboratory in the sciences (see press release of HU, April 28, 2013).

Vice President Takeshi Tokuhisa of Chiba University welcomes the delegation of Humboldt-Universität 31.07.2013 Cooperation between Tel Aviv University and Humboldt-Universität on Biological and Soft Matter Physics IRIS Adlershof and the IRI for the Life Sciences wish to intensify their cooperation with the Tel Aviv University (TAU) in the field of biological and soft matter physics. Therefore, they call for proposals to be funded in a bilateral funding scheme. Funding is available for bilateral collaborative research projects comprising researchers or research teams from the two participating universities. The main goal of the program is to support the ongoing and stimulate new collaborations between the research groups of the two Universities. Joint project proposals by scientists from TAU and HU may be submitted until January 31st, 2014. more... 25.07.2013 Norbert Koch – Visiting Professor at Chiba University, Japan Norbert Koch, member of IRIS Adlershof, has been appointed as Visiting Professor at Chiba University, Japan. IRIS Adlershof is cooperating in particular with the group of Professor Nobuo Ueno and with the Graduate School of Advanced Integration Science of Chiba University. Together with Chiba University and the National University of Singapore IRIS Adlershof organized in 2011 the first KOSMOS Summer University on “Frontiers of Organic / Inorganic Hybrid Materials for Electronics and Optoelectronics” .

03.07.2013 Ten years Adlershof Campus of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin hase celebrated the ten years birthday of the Campus for sciences in Berlin-Adlershof more... 29.06.2013 GWK beschließt Förderung des Forschungsbau Hybridsysteme für IRIS Adlershof Einer Empfehlung des Wissenschaftsrats folgend, hat die Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz (GWK) am 28.06.2013 beschlossen, 37,4 Mio. Euro für die Errichtung eines hochmodernen Forschungsbaus für IRIS Adlershof bereitzustellen. Mit der Förderung werden entsprechend der Förderkriterien des Verfahrens nach Art. 91b GG die herausragende wissenschaftliche Qualität und die nationale Bedeutung des Vorhabens "Organisch-anorganische Hybridsysteme für die Optik, Elektronik und Photonik" gewürdigt. Der Forschungsbau mit einer Gesamtnutzfläche von gut 4.700 Quadratmetern für etwa 140 Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler soll bis zum Jahr 2018 nordöstlich des Instituts für Physik entstehen und IRIS Adlershof zu einem international noch sichtbareren Zentrum dieses innovativen Forschungsfelds ausbauen (s.a. Pressemitteilung der HU vom 28.04.2013). mehr... 08.06.2013 IRIS Adlershof in der Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften 2013 Auch in diesem Jahr stellen die Mitglieder von IRIS Adlershof im Rahmen der Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften einige ihrer Projekte einer breiten Öffentlichkeit vor. Aus einer Kooperation zwischen den Berliner Verkehrsbetrieben und dem Technologiestandort Adlershof resultiert ein besonderes Highlight: zwischen Adlershof, Schöneweide und Karlshorst werden zwei „Rollende Hörsäle“ unterwegs sein, in denen Wissenschaftler, Unternehmer und Standortmanager die Fahrgäste mit Beiträgen zu spannenden Themen der Wissenschaft unterhalten. In einem dieser „Rollenden Hörsäle“ wird IRIS-Sprecher Jürgen P. Rabe die Tram als rollenden Einstein-Zug verwenden. Abfahrt ist um 17:00 an der Haltestelle AdlershofMagnusstraße. IRIS-Mitglied Alexander Reinefeld bietet am Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Vorträge und Führungen u. a. zum Ursprung des Computers, zu autostereoskopischen Displays und zu computergestützter Molekülentwicklung an. Im Programm „Daten Striptease“ der Arbeitsgruppe Datenbanken und Informationssysteme (DBIS) von IRIS-Mitglied Johann-Christoph Freytag erfahren die Besucher anhand von alltäglichen Szenarios, wie ihre Daten aufgespürt und zu Informationen kombiniert werden, die ihnen beruflich, sozial oder finanziell schaden können. Im Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, welches von IRISMitglied Thomas Elsässer geleitet wird, können sich Besucher in Laborbsichtigungen, Ausstellungen und anhand von Experimenten zu extrem kurzen Lichtimpulsen und Lasern informieren. Mitarbeiter der IRIS-Arbeitsgruppe "Physik der Makromoleküle" geben Interessierten einen Einblick in die Welt der Moleküle. Einzelne DNA-Stränge auf Glimmer werden mithilfe der Kraftmikroskopie gerastert und anschaulich gemacht, Oberflächen mit Höhenunterschieden, nicht größer als ein einige Atome, werden genau bestimmt. In einem zweiten Experiment werden einzelne Moleküle gedehnt und zerrissen. Beide Messprinzipien werden am Modell an großen Objekten, z. B. einem menschlichen Haar, gelochter Pappkarton oder Draht, erklärt. Unter dem Titel „Was ein Lehrer wissen muss“ gibt das Humboldt-ProMINT-Kolleg einen Einblick in die Wissenschaft vom Lehren und Lernen in den mathematisch naturwissenschaftlichen Fächern. 25.05.2013 CRC 658 takes third funding period The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft has decided to pronlongate the funding of the Collaborative Research Centre CRC 658 "Elementary processes in molecular switches at surfaces" for four more years, until the end of June 2017. The CRC investigates molecular switching processes driven by external excitations in well defined molecular systems at solid surfaces. Spokesman is Professor Felix von Oppen (FU Berlin). The members of IRIS Adlershof Professor Claudia Draxl and Prof Stefan Hecht are significantly involved in the CRC 658 as principal investigators. 22.05.2013 Graduiertenkollegs „Masse, Spektrum, Symmetrie: Teilchenphysik in der Ära des Large Hadron Colliders“ und „Self-Assembled Soft Matter Nano-Structures at Interfaces” gehen in die zweite Förderperiode Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) hat die Förderung zweier Graduiertenkollegs, an denen IRIS Adlershof beteiligt ist, für weitere viereinhalb Jahre beschlossen und stellt hierfür insgesamt über sieben Millionen Euro zur Verfügung. Im Graduiertenkolleg 1504 „Masse, Spektrum, Symmetrie: Teilchenphysik in der Ära des Large Hadron Colliders“ kooperieren Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, der Technischen Universität Dresden und des DESY Zeuthen zu theoretischen und experimentellen Fragen der Teilchen- und Astroteilchenphysik. Verbindendes Glied aller Standorte ist die Mitarbeit im ATLAS-Experiment am Large Hadron Collider (LHC) des CERN in Genf. Im Sommer des vergangenen Jahres gelang dort der Nachweis der Existenz von Higgs-Bosonen. Sprecher des Kollegs ist Prof. Heiko Lacker vom Institut für Physik der HU Berlin. Seitens IRIS Adlershof sind Prof. Jan Plefka und Prof. Matthias Staudacher beteiligt. mehr... Im Internationalen Graduiertenkolleg 1524 „Self-Assembled Soft Matter Nano-Structures at Interfaces” erforschen Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen und Nachwuchswissenschaftler die Eigenschaften selbstorganisierter Nanostrukturen aus weicher organischer und biomolekularer Materie an Grenzflächen. Dabei werden sie von Forscherinnen und Forschern der Technischen Universität Berlin, der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin sowie des Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung in Potsdam betreut. Von US-Seite sind die North Carolina State University, die University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, die University of Pennsylvania sowie neu die Duke University beteiligt. Sprecher des Kollegs ist Prof. Martin Schoen von der TU Berlin. Seitens IRIS Adlershof sind Prof. Matthias Ballauff sowie als stellvertretende Sprecher des Kollegs Prof. Regine von Klitzing und Prof. Jürgen P. Rabe beteiligt. 15.05.2013 Moderner Forschungsbau für Hybridsysteme in Optoelektronik und Nanoanalytik Wissenschaftsrat empfiehlt Baufinanzierung für das IRIS Adlershof der Humboldt-Universität

Die Mitglieder des Integrative Research Institute for the Sciences - IRIS Adlershof der HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin haben Grund zur Freude: Der Wissenschaftsrat hat auf seiner Frühjahrssitzung Bund und Ländern empfohlen, 37,4 Mio Euro für einen modernen Forschungsbau bereitzustellen. Mit einer Gesamtnutzfläche von gut 4.700 Quadratmetern wird so auf dem Campus Adlershof der HU, in unmittelbarer Nähe der Institute für Physik und Chemie, ein neuer, hochmoderner Forschungsbau für ca. 140 Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler entstehen. „Die Empfehlung des Wissenschaftsrates für den IRIS-Forschungsbau ist eine besondere Auszeichnung, die einmal mehr die hohe Leistungsfähigkeit unseres Konzepts Integrativer Forschungsinstitute sowie die der beteiligten Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler bestätigt“, sagt HU-Präsident Prof. Dr. JanHendrik Olbertz. „Wir freuen uns sehr, dass es uns gelungen ist, den Wissenschaftsrat von der Qualität und der Relevanz unseres Forschungsprogramms zu überzeugen“, unterstreicht IRIS-Sprecher Prof. Dr. Jürgen P. Rabe. „Das gibt uns die Chance, IRIS Adlershof zu einem international noch sichtbareren Zentrum der Erforschung von organisch-anorganischen Hybridsystemen für die Optik, Elektronik und Photonik auszubauen.“ Der stete und rasante Fortschritt in der Mikroelektronik und in den optischen Technologien ist Taktgeber für zahlreiche Innovationen. Die etablierte und über Jahrzehnte äußerst erfolgreiche Halbleitertechnologie stößt dabei jedoch zunehmend an Grenzen, vor allem wo es um Multifunktionalität sowie Ressourcen schonende Herstellung und energieeffizienten Betrieb einschlägiger Bauelemente geht. Der Übergang zu strukturierten Verbundsystemen aus unterschiedlichen organischen und anorganischen Materialien auf Nanoebene, die am IRIS Adlershof erforscht werden, erschließt dagegen neue Eigenschaften und damit neue Anwendungsperspektiven. Diese sind sehr breit: So können hocheffiziente Hybrid-Solarzellen dazu beitragen, die Energiewende zu beschleunigen. Die Integration von multifunktionalen Hybridelementen auf kleinsten Längenskalen bei gleichzeitig minimiertem Energieverbrauch eröffnet aber auch neue Möglichkeiten für differenziertere Diagnostik sowie für die elektronische und optische Verarbeitung von Informationen. Das Forschungsprogramm des IRIS Adlershof bündelt die Expertise von insgesamt 15 Arbeitsgruppen der HU, die auf diesem Gebiet eng mit dem Helmholtz-Zentrum für Materialien und Energie Berlin (HZB), dem Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie (MBI) sowie der Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) zusammen arbeiten. Dazu wird eine Core Facility mit dem Joint Lab for Structural Research (JLSR) und Open Access Laboratories (OPAL) for Advanced Materials und Analytical Sciences entstehen, die auch innovativen Unternehmen und Gründungsinitiativen sowie Kooperationspartnern aus der Freien Universität Berlin, der Technischen Universität Berlin und dem Fraunhofer Institut für angewandte Polymerforschung in Golm offen stehen. Internationale Kooperationen gibt es insbesondere mit der Princeton University, der National University of Singapore, der Chiba University in Tokyo sowie der Tel Aviv University. Die an der HU bereits jetzt sehr gut aufgestellte Nachwuchsförderung wird von den neuen, exzellenten Arbeitsmöglichkeiten im IRIS-Forschungsbau ebenfalls stark profitieren. Dazu ist die Einrichtung von vier neuen Nachwuchsgruppen geplant. Darüber hinaus werden Doktorandinnen und Doktoranden von Verbundprojekten wie dem Sonderforschungsbereich 951 „Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Systems for OptoElectronics“ (HIOS) und der „Graduate School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof“ (SALSA) in das Forschungsprogramm einbezogen. Auch den Studierenden des Internationalen Master Studienganges „Polymer Science“ werden die neuen Labor- und Begegnungsflächen offen stehen. Empfehlungen zur Förderung von Forschungsbauten (2014) [PDF 335 kB] (S. 59) Wissenschaftrat, 26. April 2013 15.04.2013 Call for 15 SALSA doctoral fellowships open SALSA, the Graduate School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, is announcing 15 doctoral fellowships to begin on October 1st, 2013. The program offers a structured, three-year period of multidisciplinary research combined with an integrated curriculum in Analytical Sciences. Application deadline is extended toMay 13th, 2013. more… 11.04.2013 Hochtechnologiestandort Berlin Adlershof auf klarem Wachstumskurs Professor Peter Frensch, Vizepräsident für Forschung der HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin (HU), blickt auf der Jahrespressekonferenz der Adlershofer Standortpartner auf ein ausgesprochen erfolgreiches Jahr zurück. In der zweiten Runde des Exzellenzwettbewerbs war die HU im Juni 2012 zur Exzellenzuniversität gekürt worden. Sie erreichte neben der erfolgreichen Fortsetzung von Projekten der ersten Förderperiode gemeinsam mit der Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung eine Förderzusage für die Graduiertenschule SALSA (Graduate School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof). Dank der Mittel des im Rahmen der Exzellenzinitiative geförderten Zukunftskonzepts der HU wird auch IRIS Adlershof an Fahrt gewinnen. So soll ein ehemaliger Kasernenkomplex auf dem Campus zum hochmodernen Forschungsbau für IRIS umgestaltet werden. Bericht über Adlershof (2012) [PDF 2,8 MB] WISTA Management GmbH, April 2013 mehr... 09.04.2013 Quantum Light from Diamond and Plastic A group of researchers led by IRIS Adlershof member Oliver Benson has developed a simple method to fabricate stable sources of single light quanta. The ansatz is based on a novel hybrid approach combining two completely different material systems: Nano-diamonds and photo resist. In this way it was possible to write nearly arbitrary three-dimensional structures, which contain single diamond fragments with single colour centres. more... 28.03.2013 Katharina Schultens mit dem Leonce-und-Lena-Preis ausgezeichnet Katharina Schultens, Geschäftsführerin der Graduate School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof (SALSA) ist mit dem Leonce-und-Lena-Preis der Stadt Darmstadt ausgezeichnet worden. Dieser Preis gilt als der bedeutendste Literaturpreis für junge Autorinnen und Autoren auf dem Gebiet der Lyrik im deutschsprachigen Raum. IRIS Adlershof gratuliert Frau Schultens ganz herzlich. mehr... 05.03.2013 Humboldt-Universität mit international drittbestem Ruf aller deutschen Universitäten Die Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) hat international den drittbesten Ruf aller deutschen Universitäten. Im aktuellen Reputations-Ranking des britischen Magazins "Times Higher Education" belegt die HU Platz 72. mehr... 28.02.2013 New EU Initial Training Network (ITN) for doctoral candidates in the area mathematical physics The Marie Curie Initial Training Network GATIS (Gauge Theory as to Integrable System) has started its work. The Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin participates with a team of scientists around Prof. Dr. Matthias Staudacher, member of IRIS Adlershof. more... 18.02.2013 How to make contact between carbon compounds and metals Organic electronics has already hit the market in smart-phone displays and holds great promise for future applications like flexible electroluminescent foils (a potential replacement for conventional light bulbs) or solar cells that convert sunlight to electricity. A reoccurring problem in this technology is to establish good electrical contact between the active organic layer and metal electrodes. Organic molecules are frequently used also for this purpose. Until now, however, it was practically impossible to accurately predict which molecules performed well on the job. They basically had to be identified by trial-and-error. Now, an international team of scientists around Dr. Georg Heimel and Prof. Norbert Koch (member of IRIS Adlershof) has unraveled the mystery of what these molecules have in common. Their discovery enables more focused improvements to contact layers between metal electrodes and active materials in organic electronic devices. more... 29.01.2013 Brückenschlag von der Grundlagenforschung zur Anwendung Immer mehr Forschungsergebnisse von Mitgliedern von IRIS Adlershof stoßen auf wachsendes Interesse von Wirtschaftsunternehmen und fließen in die Entwicklung innovativer Produkte ein. So haben zum Beispiel die IRIS-Mitglieder Prof. Norbert Koch und Prof. Stefan Hecht im Rahmen eines inzwischen abgeschlossenen BMBF-Verbundvorhabens grundlegende Erkenntnisse zu organischen Materialien und deren Optimierung für organische Leuchtdioden (OLEDs) gewonnen. Wie diese Resultate effektiv zur Herstellung neuartiger Bauteile für die Fahrzeugbeleuchtung und Instrumentierung verwendet werden können, wurde kürzlich auf einem von Prof. Koch moderierten Workshop im Rahmen der 13th International Conference Intelligent Automotive Lighting 2013 mit Vertretern der Wirtschaft diskutiert. mehr... 20.01.2013 Princeton University HU’s first profile partner Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Princeton University have concluded a contract on profile partnership. Members of IRIS Adlershof are substantially involved in this cooperation. An exchange of faculties and PhD-candidates is planed within the scope of the cooperation-program. Moreover, joint scientific events as symposia and summer schools will be organized. more… 18.12.2012

The Trudelturm (a vertical wind tunnel for spinning tests) in Adlershof in winter Video of a spinning experiment in a reconstruction at NASA LaRC 17.12.2012 Humboldt-Forschungspreis für Vladimir A. Smirnov Dr. Vladimir A. Smirnov von der Staatlichen Universität Moskau hat einen Humboldt-Forschungspreis erhalten. Im Rahmen des damit verbundenen Forschungsaufenthalts verbringt er in diesem und den kommenden Jahren insgesamt acht Monate an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in der Gruppe "Mathematische Physik von Raum, Zeit und Materie" von Prof. Dr. Matthias Staudacher, Mitglied von IRIS Adlershof, sowie vier Monate am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) bei Prof. Dr. Matthias Steinhauser. Mit dem Preis zeichnet die Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler aus, deren grundlegende Entdeckungen, Erkenntnisse oder neue Theorien das eigene Fachgebiet nachhaltig geprägt haben und von denen auch in der Zukunft weitere Spitzenleistungen erwartet werden können. Er ist mit 60.000 Euro dotiert. Dr. Smirnov ist einer der herausragendsten Forscher auf dem Gebiet der perturbativen Quantenfeldtheorie, insbesondere der Evaluierung von Mehrschleifen-Feynman-Diagrammen. Er hat mehrere Schlüsseltechniken entwickelt, die hochkomplizierte für die phänomenologische Teilchenphysik und die Mathematische Physik relevante Berechnungen ermöglichen. Während seines Aufenthalts in Deutschland möchte Dr. Smirnov neue Klassen von Feynman-Integralen untersuchen, die mehrere direkte Anwendungen sowohl in der Quantenchromodynamik als auch in supersymmetrischen Yang-Mills-Theorien haben. 15.12.2012 Detlef Günther, ETH Zürich, Visiting Fellow at Humboldt-Universität Detlef Günther, professor for Trace Element and Micro Analysis at ETH Zürich and member of the School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof (SALSA) at the Humboldt-Universität, is one of the world’s leading experts in the field of inorganic Mass Spectrometry. The Einstein Visiting Fellow’s funding enables him, on the one hand, to intensify current existing research projects with the colleagues at SALSA, and, on the other hand, especially to promote talented young scientists, while he will revert to his expertise in the field of the analysis of nanoparticles. IRIS Adlerhof congratulates and is looking forward to their cooperation.

more... 14.12.2012 Jochen Brüning elected member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton 2012-2013 IRIS Adlershof member Prof. Jochen Brüning has been elected as member of the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton 2012-2013. more... 13.12.2012 Tiburtius-Award 2012 for Asbjörn Burow Dr. Asbjörn Burow was honored with this year’s Tiburtius Award of the Land Berlin. He was granted the first prize for best dissertation, which is endowed with € 4,000, for his thesis "Methods for chemical structures of arbitrary dimensionality based on the density functional theory under periodic boundary conditions". Dr. Burow was supervised by IRIS Adlershof member Prof. Joachim Sauer, Department of Chemistry. more... 08.12.2012 Einstein Foundation is funding research projects of Claudia Draxl and Matthias Staudacher The Einstein Foundation Berlin is funding six new research projects of Berlin’s top scientists according to the foundation’s funding policy “Einstein-Forschungsvorhaben”. This includes the joint-project “ETERNAL - Exploring Thermoelectric Properties of Novel Materials" of IRIS Adlershof member and Einstein-Professor Claudia Draxl, Department of Physics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, together with Prof. Klaus Müller, TU Berlin, and Prof. Matthias Scheffler, Fritz-Haber-Institut, as well as the project "Gravitation and High Energy Physics" of IRIS Adlershof member Matthias Staudacher, professor at the Departments of Mathematics and Physics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. more... 06.12.2012 Leibniz Prize 2013 for Peter Hegemann Peter Hegemann, professor for experimental biophysics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and member of UniCat, has been granted the DFG Leibniz Prize 2013. Prof. Hegemann is one of the founders of the research field of optogenetics – a new and innovative method, with which a wide variety of cell types can be "switched" using light once they are equipped with a specific light receptor protein. IRIS Adlershof congratulates the laureate and is sharing his delight about this outstanding award. more... 22.11.2012 CRC 647 "Space - Time - Matter" takes third funding period The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft has decided to pronlongate the funding of the Collaborative Research Centre CRC 647 "Space - Time - Matter" for four more years, until the end of 2016. Since the CRC 647 was established at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in 2005, theoretical physicists and mathematicians of the Humboldt-Universität, the Freie Universität Berlin, the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics Potsdam, as well as of the Universität Potsdam have been jointly doing basic research on topics related to gravitational and quantum field theory. With this approach, the CRC has been gradually generating a central platform for mathematical physics in the region Berlin/Potsdam. Four members of IRIS Adlershof, Prof Brüning, Prof Kreimer, Prof Plefka, and Prof Staudacher are significantly involved in the CRC as principal investigators. more... 22.11.2012 Horst Bredekamp has been granted the Berliner Wissenschaftspreis 2012 This year’s "Berliner Wissenschaftspreis des Regierenden Bürgermeisters von Berlin" (Science award of Berlins governing mayoe) has been granted to Prof Horst Bredekamp. The prize is endowed with €40,000 and dignifies the art historian – working at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - for his outstanding scientific achievements. Among other activities, Prof Bredekamp is one of the spokesmen of the Cluster of Excellence "Image Knowledge Gestaltung. An Interdisciplinary Laboratory", in which IRIS Adlershof also is involved. more... 15.11.2012 Call for 15 SALSA doctoral fellowships open The School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof, SALSA, is a new Graduate School at HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin, established in the framework of the German Excellence Inititative. SALSA started its work on November 1st , 2012 und has now launched a call for applications for altogether 15 doctoral fellowships. more… 14.11.2012 Carl-Ramsauer-Award 2012 for Sylvia Schikora For her dissertation "All-optical noninvasive delayed feedback control of semiconductor lasers", Dr Sylvia Schikora has been granted the Carl-Ramsauer-Award 2012 by the Physikalische Gesellschaft zu Berlin. Dr Sylvia Schikora is research associate in Prof Fritz Henneberger’s (member of IRIS Adlershof) research group. more... 15.10.2012 IRIS Adlershof bezieht das IRIS-Haus Zum Großen Windkanal 6 Seit seiner Gründung im Jahr 2009 war IRIS Adlershof Gast in den Räumlichkeiten des Instituts für Physik im Lise Meitner-Haus. Nun hat die Humboldt-Universität Büro-, Besprechungs- und Seminarräume im neu hergerichteten IRIS-Haus Zum Großen Windkanal 6 in unmittelbarer Nachbarschaft des Lise Meitner-Haus eingerichtet. Der erste Bauabschnitt wurde zwischenzeitlich an IRIS übergeben. Dort sind zunächst die Geschäftsstellen von IRIS Adlershof, des SFB 951 „Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Systems for Opto-Electronics“ (HIOS) und der Graduiertenschule für Analytical Sciences Adlershof (SALSA), sowie die theoretisch arbeitenden IRIS-Mitglieder Prof. Claudia Draxl (Theoretische Festkörperphysik) und Prof. Matthias Staudacher (Mathematische Physik von Raum, Zeit und Materie) mit ihren Arbeitsgruppen untergebracht. Außderdem werden IRIS-Mitglied Prof. Matthias Ballauff (Weiche Materie und funktionale Materialien) sowie Prof. Joachim Dzubiella (Theorie weicher Materie) einziehen. Darüber hinaus gibt es vor allem Büros für Mitglieder von verschiedenen nationalen und internationalen Graduiertenprogrammen sowie für Gäste. In einem zweiten Bauabschnitt soll bis Ende 2013 Platz für weitere, vorwiegend theoretisch arbeitende IRIS-Mitglieder und deren Arbeitsgruppen im IRIS-Haus geschaffen werden. Für das IRISForschungsfeld "Hybridsysteme für Optik und Elektronik" ist ein eigener dedizierter Forschungsbau mit einer Core Facility und einschlägigen Speziallaboren in der Planung. 04.10.2012 Humboldt-Universität listed among World University Ranking’s top 100 In the current Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2012/2013 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is listed on position 99. That means an upgrade of ten positions compared to last year's ranking. In the field of global university performance comparison Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is one of the four German Universities listed among the top 100. more... 27.09.2012 Polydays 2012: Polymers and Light – International Symposium of the Berlin-Brandenburg Association of Polymer Science at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in Adlershof Polymers and light are at the heart of modern science and technologies. The advantageous properties of both biological and synthetic polymers can be custom-designed and -tuned by controlling their chemical structure and -- often hierarchical -- supramolecular organization, in order to obtain functional systems capable of performing complex tasks. Light, on the other hand, provides additional means to fabricate and analyze polymeric systems, but also to control their function. For example, nature taught us how sunlight can be harvested and converted into electrical energy using organic photovoltaic systems. On the other hand electrical energy can be efficiently converted back into light in polymerbased light-emitting diodes. “Polydays 2012: Polymers and Light” aims to highlight the exciting science currently going on at the interface of polymers and light. The Polydays series is organized biannually by the Berlin-Brandenburg Association of Polymer Science (BVP) and dedicated to modern topics of polymer research. This year‘s conference will take place from September 30 to October2, 2012 at the Campus Adlershof of HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin. Among the speakers are outstanding international researchers including T. Aida (Tokyo), C.J. Barrett (Montreal), P. Fratzl (Potsdam), J.M.J. Frechét (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia), M. Havenith (Bochum), G.D. Scholes (Toronto), and C.G. Willson (Austin). more... 21.09.2012 Humboldt-Universität and Bundesdruckerei (Federal Printing Office) jointly open research lab On September 18, 2012, Professor Peter Frensch, Vice President for Research of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Ulrich Hamann, Chairman of the Management Bord of Bundesdruckerei GmbH, jointly opened the “BeID-Lab” (Berlin electronic IDentity Laboratory). The new lab is located at HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin and was launched as a result of the previous existing and well-established research cooperation between the Department of Computer Science of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Bundesdruckerei GmbH. The "BeID-Lab" partners plan push ahead with joint research activities and implement specific measures to promote talented young scientists working in the field of "Secure Identity” and advanced security technologies. more... 30.08.2012 IRIS-Mitglied Prof. Stefan Hecht mit einem ERC Starting Grant ausgezeichnet Prof. Stefan Hecht (Mitglied von IRIS Adlershof) und Prof. Hans Börner (beide Institut für Chemie der Humboldt-Universität) wurden vom Europäischen Forschungsrat (European Research Council, ERC) mit je einem der renommierten ERC Starting Grants ausgezeichnet. Damit konnten sie sich in einem zweistufigen hochkompetitiven Verfahren erfolgreich in der europäischen Nachwuchselite behaupten und erhalten nun für eine Dauer von fünf Jahren jeweils eine Fördersumme von 1,5 Mio. Euro, um ihre Forschung auf dem vom ERC attestierten Spitzenniveau zu konsolidieren. Im Projekt “Light4Function“ wird Prof. Hecht mit seiner Gruppe verschiedene Strategien verfolgen, um mit Hilfe von Licht diverse Funktionen von Reaktivität und Katalyse bis hin zu Ladungstransport und Bewegung zu steuern. „Unsere bisherigen Anstrengungen, die Vorteile von Licht zur Kontrolle von molekularen Prozessen zu nutzen, sind dadurch nicht nur gewürdigt worden, sondern wir werden diese in Zukunft nun entscheidend intensivieren können,“ freut sich Hecht über die üppigen Fördermittel aus Brüssel. Stefan Hecht hat seit 2006 den Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie und Funktionale Materialien am Institut für Chemie der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin inne. Prof. Börner und sein Team werden in ihrem Vorhaben “Sip – Specifically Interacting Polymers“ spezifisch wechselwirkende Polymere entwickeln. Seit 2009 leitet er das Labor für Organische Synthese funktionaler Systeme am Institut für Chemie der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. mehr… 03.07.2012 Julius Springer Prize awarded to IRIS-member Thomas Elsässer Thomas Elsässer, director at the Max-Born-Institute and member of IRIS Adlershof, and Horst Weller (Universität Hamburg) are awarded the Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics 2012. The scientists are honored for their pioneering achievements and detailed understanding of elementary processes on the sub-nanoscale. more... 26.06.2012 Organic Thin-Film Transistors Adressable by Light Organic semiconductors are key components for the development of printable, flexible, and large-area electronics. To realize complex device functions the materials should exhibit several (meta-stable) states, between which can be switched selectively with different stimuli ("addressing"). Amongst possible stimuli, light is very attractive as it provides unprecedented spatio-temporal control and can be easily interfaced with advanced optics. However, in order to introduce light-responsiveness in organic devices photoswitchable molecular building blocks have to be incorporated into the material, ideally in a convenient and practical process. An international research team including Stefan Hecht and Norbert Koch – both members of IRIS Adlershof – has now realized such “smart“ transistors that can be addressed by light. As described in their article in Nature Chemistry the authors demonstrated a new concept by introducing photoswitchable electron-hole traps into the active layer of the device. These specifically designed small molecules are able to interfere with the charge flow through the transistor’s semiconducting polymer in one particular state, which is generated by illumination with UV-light. Illumination with visible light disables the traps and re-establishes the initial state, in which charge flow is not affected. The new method of simple blending of trap molecules with the semiconductor matrix is highly effective yet simple, and hence applicable to large-scale device fabrication processes. The light-programmable transistors could serve as multifunctional elements in logic circuits. 25.06.2012 IRIS-member Jürg Kramer new Head of the Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung From January 1st, 2013, Jürg Kramer, professor of mathematics and it didactics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and member of IRIS Adlershof, is going to be the new president of the Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung (DMV). The decision has been announced this week by the DMV executive committee. Jürg Kramer is currently holding the position of the DMV treasurer. He will hold the presidential chair for two years and in honorary post. more... 15.06.2012 IRIS Adlershof participating in all three funding lines of the Excellence Initiative Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is one of Germany’s 11 “Universities of Excellence”. It was successful in all three funding lines in the second round of the Excellence Initiative of the German federal and state governments. In the context of its Institutional Strategy “education through learning and research” HumbodltUniversität foresees the establishment of a Strategic Innovation Fund, which will focus mainly on the successful HU research format of Integrative Research Institutes (IRIs). This plan envisages the further development of IRIS Adlershof, the establishment of the IRI for the Life Sciences, and promotion of the IRI THESys (The Great Transformation of Human-Environmental Systems) for research on the topics of sustainability, land use and globalisation. Members of IRIS Adlershof participate in the “School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof – SALSA” (Matthias Ballauff, Oliver Benson, Stefan Hecht and Jürgen P. Rabe) as well as in the Clusters of Excellence Image Knowlegde Gestaltung. An Interdisciplinary Laboratory (Jochen Brüning, Norbert Koch und Jürgen P. Rabe) and Unifying concepts in Catalysis – UniCat (Joachim Sauer). more... 08.06.2012 IRIS Adlershof in der Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften 2013 Auch in diesem Jahr stellen die Mitglieder von IRIS Adlershof im Rahmen der Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften einige ihrer Projekte einer breiten Öffentlichkeit vor: Aus einer Kooperation zwischen den Berliner Verkehrsbetrieben und dem Technologiestandort Adlershof resultiert ein besonderes Highlight: zwischen Adlershof, Schöneweide und Karlshorst werden zwei „Rollende Hörsäle“ unterwegs sein, in denen Wissenschaftler, Unternehmer und Standortmanager die Fahrgäste mit Beiträgen zu spannenden Themen der Wissenschaft unterhalten. In einem dieser „Rollenden Hörsäle“ wird IRIS-Sprecher Jürgen P. Rabedie Tram als rollenden Einstein-Zug verwenden. IRIS-Mitglied Alexander Reinefeld bietet am Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Vorträge und Führungen u. a. zum Ursprung des Computers, zu autostereoskopischen Displays und zu computergestützter Molekülentwicklung an. Im Programm „Datenstriptease“ der Arbeitsgruppe Datenbanken und Informationssysteme (DBIS) von IRIS-Mitglied Johann-Christoph Freytag erfahren die Besucher anhand von alltäglichen Szenarios, wie ihre Daten aufgespürt und zu Informationen kombiniert werden, die ihnen beruflich, sozial oder finanziell schaden können. Im Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, welches von IRISMitglied Thomas Elsässer geleitet wird, können sich Besucher in Laborbsichtigungen, Ausstellungen und anhand von Experimenten zu extrem kurzen Lichtimpulsen und Lasern informieren. Mitarbeiter der IRIS-Arbeitsgruppe "Physik der Makromoleküle" geben Interessierten einen Einblick in die Welt der Moleküle. Einzelne DNA-Stränge auf Glimmer werden mithilfe der Kraftmikroskopie gerastert und anschaulich gemacht, Oberflächen mit Höhenunterschieden, nicht größer als ein einige Atome, werden genau bestimmt. In einem zweiten Experiment werden einzelne Moleküle gedehnt und zerrissen. Beide Messprinzipien werden am Modell an großen Objekten, z. B. einem menschlichen Haar, gelochter Pappkarton oder Draht, erklärt. Unter dem Titel „Was ein Lehrer wissen muss“ gibt das Humboldt-ProMINT-Kolleg einen Einblick in die Wissenschaft vom Lehren und Lernen in den mathematisch naturwissenschaftlichen Fächern. 02.06.2012 Get in touch with members of IRIS Adlershof at the smartest night of the year On June 2nd it will be time again: leading research organisations in Berlin and Potsdam will open their doors from 5.00 pm to 1.00 am for a scientific happening of very special kind. IRIS members will introduce the visitor into their field of research at the campus Adlershof. So is e.g. Professor Plefka giving an overview on “Die Welt als Hologramm: Neues aus der Stringtheorie”. About „Wissenschaft vom Lehren und Lernen in den mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Fächern“ informs the ProMINT Kolleg. The research group around Professor Rabe will depict how single molecules can be torn apart. Meanwhile Professor Freytag’s group is inviting to a “Daten Striptease”. Professor Elsässer and his team are presenting experiments on light and laser, where the visitor is even invited to participate in, at the MBI Berlin. more... 30.05.2012 HU-Beteiligung an einem Projekt der Einstein-Stiftung zur Materialforschung an Pflanzen Silica (Siliziumoxid) kann einen positiven Effekt auf Pflanzen haben. Es erhöht die Ernteausbeute und mildert den Einfluss pflanzlicher Stressfaktoren. Der bisher nur wenig verstandene Wirkmechanismus soll in einem neuen, von der Einstein Stiftung Berlin geförderten Projekt untersucht werden. Hier arbeiten Forscherinnen und Forscher der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, der Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung und der Hebrew University Jerusalem zusammen. mehr... 15.05.2012 Polydays 2012: Polymers and Light Polymers and light are at the heart of modern science and technologies. The advantageous properties of both biological and synthetic polymers can be custom-designed and -tuned by controlling their chemical structure and -- often hierarchical -- supramolecular organization, in order to obtain functional systems capable of performing complex tasks. Light, on the other hand, provides additional means to fabricate and analyze polymeric systems, but also to control their function. Polydays 2012 aims to highlight the exciting science currently going on at the interface of polymers and light. Find out more at www.polydays.de or contact us directly: polydays2012 polydays.de. more... 14.05.2012 Einstein Stiftung bewilligt neues Einstein-Zentrum in der Mathematik Die Einstein Stiftung Berlin fördert zukünftig das neue Einstein-Zentrum für Mathematik Berlin, das die Aktivitäten dreier erfolgreicher Einrichtungen der Berliner Mathematik, dem DFGForschungszentrum Matheon, der Berlin Mathematical School (BMS) und des Deutschen Zentrums für Lehrerbildung Mathematik (DZLM) bündeln soll. An dem von den drei großen Berliner Universitäten, dem Weierstraß-Institut für Angewandte Analysis und Stochastik sowie dem Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik betriebenen neuen EinsteinZentrum ist das Mitglied von IRIS Adlershof, Prof. Jürg Kramer, als Koordinator des DZLM maßgeblich beteiligt. more... 12.05.2012 Neues internationales Graduiertenkolleg an der Humboldt-Universität eingerichtet Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) hat ein neues Internationales Graduiertenkolleg mit dem Titel „Moduli und automorphe Formen: arithmetische und geometrische Aspekte“ an der HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin eingerichtet. Sprecher ist das Mitglied von IRIS Adlershof, Professor Jürg Kramer. Kooperationspartner sind die niederländischen Universitäten in Leiden und Amsterdam. mehr... 02.05.2012 Mathematik, Physik und Chemie der HU Berlin überzeugen mit Spitzenpositionen im CHE Ranking Im aktuellen CHE Hochschulranking, das am 2. Mai 2012 im neuen ZEIT Studienführer 2012/13 veröffentlicht wurde, erzielten in IRIS Adlershof vertretene Fächer sehr gute Bewertungen. So rangiert die Mathematik bei der Forschungsreputation sowie bei den Veröffentlichungen und den Forschungsgeldern pro Wissenschaftler bundesweit auf Spitzenplätzen. Die Studierenden sind insbesondere mit der IT-Infrastruktur sehr zufrieden. Die Physik konnte vor allem in den Kategorien Veröffentlichungen und Erfindungen pro Wissenschaftler sowie Promotionen pro Professor mit Spitzenplätzen punkten. Im Votum der Studierenden wird neben der sehr guten räumlichen und ITInfrastruktur vor allem eine sehr gute Einbeziehung in die Lehrevaluation positiv gewürdigt. In der Chemie werden die Räume und die Ausstattung der Praktikumslabore mit Spitzennoten bewertet. more… 27.03.2012 Prof. J.C. Freytag, Ph.D. betreut drei Firmenausgründungen Am Lehrstuhl für Datenbanken und Informationssysteme (DBIS) werden von Prof. J.C. Freytag, Ph.D. (Member of IRIS Adlershof) zurzeit drei innovative Firmenausgründungen betreut, die mit Unterstützung der Humboldt-Innovation GmbH erfolgreich sog. eXist-Gründerstipendien des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Technologie (http://www.exist.de) eingeworben haben, mit deren Hilfe die ersten Schritte in die Selbständigkeit vollzogen werden sollen. Dabei werden die Gründerteams von Prof. Freytag als Mentor in technischer Belangen unterstützt und begleitet. Die Ausgründungen finden in den Bereichen der Textanalyse, dem Bereich selbstentworfener Möbel, sowie im Bereich des Taxi-Rufes/Bestellung statt. 06.03.2012 “Outstanding referee award” der American Physical Society an Prof. Dr. Lutz Schimansky-Geier und Prof. Dr. Oliver Benson Prof. Dr. Lutz Schimansky-Geier (Institut für Physik der HU) und Prof. Dr. Oliver Benson (Institut für Physik und IRIS Adlershof der HU) wurden mit einem “Outstanding referee award” für das Jahr 2012 der Zeitschriften der American Physical Society ausgezeichnet. Der Preis würdigt jedes Jahr etwa 150 von den ca. 60.000 aktiven Reviewern. Die Auswahl basiert auf der Qualität, Anzahl und Verlässlichkeit der Begutachtungen. more...

27.02.2012 Neue Materialien für die Photovoltaik Helmholtz-Energie-Allianz am Campus Adlershof Das Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin und das Forschungszentrum Jülich bilden zusammen mit der HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin, der Universität Potsdam und der Freien Universität Berlin eine der drei neuen Energie-Allianzen, die von der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft ins Leben gerufen wurden. Ziel dieser EnergieAllianz mit dem Namen „Anorganisch/organische Hybrid-Solarzellen und -Techniken für die Photovoltaik“ ist es, den drängenden Forschungsbedarf zum raschen Umbau der Energieversorgung gezielt zu decken. Sprecher der Energie-Allianz ist Prof. Norbert Koch, Mitglied von IRIS Adlershof. Das Vorhaben wird durch den Impuls- und Vernetzungsfonds der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft für drei Jahre gefördert, wobei die universitären Partner zusätzlich eigene Mittel einbringen. Eine Fortsetzung der Forschung auch über die drei Jahre hinaus, ist geplant. more... 02.02.2012 How Plastics become conducting through impurity molecules – mechanisms of doping organic semiconductors revealed Over the past years, organic electronics is being developed as emerging technology. In collaboration with the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), scientists in the research group around IRIS-Member Prof. Norbert Koch could now reveal the mechanism that governs the doping of organic semiconductors. Their results indicate that there is no direct electron transfer to or from dopant molecules. In contrast to previous suggestions, inter-molecular complexes are formed first. Only the excitation of such complexes leads to mobile charge carriers, which increase the conductivity. more... 28.01.2012 First place for the Team around Katja Wundermann, ProMINT-Kolleg, in the European-League of SPHERE Competition 2011 arranged by MIT, NASA and ESA Katja Wundermann, delegated teacher at the ProMINT-Kolleg, takes with pupils of the Käthe-KollwitzOberschule and in alliance with the Berliner Heinrich-Hertz-Gymnasium and a team of Turin (both secondary schools) first place in the European-League. The SPHERES-satellites are part of the ZERORobotics/SPHERES competition arranged by MIT, NASA and the European Space Agency ESA. The final round of the US-teams and the EU-teams, both have been carried out on board at the international space station ISS. Via live video conference to ISS the members of the European alliances at ESAs headquarter in Noordwijk (NL) could check the capability of their codes in direct competition. more... 16.01.2012 Moving closer towards complex nanostructures: Chemists at Humboldt-Universität succeeded in establishing a directed linkage of tiny programmable molecular components „Controlling on-surface polymerization by hierarchical and substrate-directed growth“ Published in “Nature Chemistry” (March 2012 issue, online 15 January 2012) Organizing matter on the smallest scale, i. e. in the region of just few nanometers (1 nm = one billionth of a meter), and making it utilizable are the key challenges of nanotechnology. In doing so, strong interest lies in controlled establishing of stable and well-defined nanostructures on the basis of single molecular components. A few years ago such bottom-up nano-architecture could be realized for its first time, however according to the one-step method with a limited level of complexity. The same research team, consisting of chemists of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin around Professor Stefan Hecht (member of IRIS Adlershof), succeeded in cooperation with physics of the Fritz-HaberInstitut and of the Laboratorio TASC in Trieste to considerably improve the method they once developed. more... 21.12.2011 Merry Christmas and a happy New Year 2012 !

07.12.2011 Joint Laboratory for Structural Research (JLSR) opened at IRIS Adlershof The JLSR ist an entity of IRIS Adlershof, in which Humboldt-Universität cooperates with the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH and Technischen Universität Berlin. It covers a field ranging from crystalline semiconductors and isolators to organic molecular and supramolecular systems up to biomaterials. more... 02.11.2011 Claudia Draxl first Einstein-Professor of Humboldt-Universität With the support of the Einstein Foundation Berlin, the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin has been successful in winning the well-respected physicist Claudia Draxl. Ms Draxl is an international respected excellent scientist on the field of Theoretical Solid State Physics. One key aspect of her scientific research lies in the field of interactions and suggestions in nanostructures and hybrid material, which is thematically connected to the field of research of IRIS Adlershof. more... 28.10.2011 The Caroline-von-Humboldt-Preis 2011 goes to Ms Costanza Toninelli, scientist on the field of nanostructures With The Caroline-von-Humboldt-Preis award, endowed with €15,000.00, is annually granted to excellent young female scientists occupied at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin for outstanding research. It is the highest endowed research award of its kind in Germany, granted for the second time and is explicitly announced for young female scientists. This year’s awardee is the physicist Ms Dr. Costanza Toninelli. The award will be granted to Ms Dr. Costanza Toninelli at the Humboldt-Unversität zu Berlin’s Senatssaal on the second of November. Prof. Peter Frensch, Vice President for Research and Chairman of the Jury, explains: „Ms Toninelli’s fantastic project is extremely impressive. It deals with photonics in nanostructures and is in particular about stable molecules, which are embedded in semiconductor nanostructures”. At the moment Ms Toninelli is busy with her postdoctoral research at the ETH Zurich and will be due to the award working as “Scientist in Residence” within the research group of Prof. Oliver Benson, meber of IRIS Adlershof, at the Institute of Physics, above all at the Collaborative Research Centre HIOS (SFB 951). This Collaborative Research Center is doing research on artificial hybrid materials consisting of semiconductors, conjugated organic materials, and metal nanostructures. The scientists aim to bring these diverse materials in harmony in order to gain new physical and chemical qualities for optoelectronic elements. For registration please contact: cvh-prize hu-berlin.de more... 14.10.2011 IRIS member Professor Jürg Kramer elected to Academia Europaea Mr. Jürg Kramer, Professor for Mathematics and Math Education at the Institute of Mathematics of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and member of IRIS Adlershof, has been elected member of Academia Europaea. more... 07.10.2011 New European research project launched at IRIS Adlershof Norbert Koch, Professor for Supramolecular Systems at Humboldt-Universität’s Department of Physics and member of IRIS Adlershof, coordinates the project “Hybrid organic/inorganic memory elements for integration of electronic and photonic circuitry” (HYMEC), which is funded by the FP7-NMP Work Programme of the European Commission. Partners in this project include universities and research institutions in Belgium, Germany, Italy, Austria, France, and Poland, as well as a high-tech enterprise. The main objectives of HYMEC are to unravel all relevant properties of hybrid materials comprising metal nanoparticles and conjugated organic semiconductors, and to demonstrate their function in nonvolatile memory elements. These elements will be addressable electrically and optically, which potentially enables direct interfacing of future electronic and photonic circuitry. The project started on 1. October 2011 and is embedded in the research field "Molecular Systems", one of the core competences of IRIS Adlershof. more... Contact: Prof. Dr. Norbert Koch Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin IRIS Adlershof and Department of Physics Newtonstraße 15 12489 Berlin eMail: norbert.koch physik.hu-berlin.de 07.10.2011 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin on position 109 of World University Ranking In the current Times Higher Education World University Ranking Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is showing position 109. That means in the field of international university performance comparisons an upgrade of 69 positions compared to last year’s ranking. more... 01.09.2011 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin submits long-term requests to Excellence Competition Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin applies for funding for world-class research with 15 long-term requests in the second round of the Excellence Competition hold by the German Federal Government and the Länder in all three funding lines - with its future concept “Education through learning and research: individuality - openness - guidance” and applications for four Clusters of Excellence and ten Graduate Schools. The future concept contains comprehensive programs for the formation of three Integrative Research Institutes (IRI). Along with the enlargement of IRIS Adlershof, which has been working successfully since it was founded in 2009, further IRI’s are on the way to be established. It is planned to open up an IRI for the Life-Sciences and one dealing with sustainability, land use and globalisation. more... 08.07.2011 Chemiker entwickeln Drähte für Prototypen molekularer Computer Eine Gruppe organischer Synthetiker um IRIS-Mitglied Professor Stefan Hecht entwickelt im Rahmen des Projekts „Atomic Scale and Single Molecule Logic Gate Technologies (AtMol)“ molekulare Bausteine zur Herstellung einzelner molekularer Drähte mit dem Ziel, einen ersten Prototypen Molekülbasierter Computerchips zu realisieren. Die von der Arbeitsgruppe Hecht modellierten Nanodrähte werden anschließend in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Fritz-Haber-Institut hinsichtlich ihrer elektrischen Leitfähigkeit untersucht. Nach erfolgreicher Herstellung und Testung sollen diese Molekülschaltkreise dann von anderen Wissenschaftlern mit winzigen Nano-Elektroden kontaktiert werden und letztlich in einem kompletten molekularen Chip verpackt werden. Das Projekt, in welchem ein internationales Konsortium aus Wissenschaftlern und Ingenieuren über einen Zeitraum von vier Jahren zusammenarbeitet, wird von der Europäischen Union mit 10 Millionen Euro gefördert. mehr…

25.06.2011 Nationales Zentrum für Lehrerbildung im Fach Mathematik an der Humboldt-Universität Ein Konsortium aus sechs Hochschulen unter Führung der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin hat die von der Deutsche Telekom Stiftung initiierte Ausschreibung für ein Nationales Zentrum für Lehrerbildung im Fach Mathematik (NZLM) gewonnen. Ziel des NZLM ist es, die Lehrerbildung in Deutschland spürbar und nachhaltig zu verbessern. Dafür stellt die Deutsche Telekom Stiftung 5 Millionen Euro, verteilt auf 5 Jahre, zur Verfügung und investiert damit in ihr bisher größtes Einzelvorhaben. Am NZLM, das von IRIS-Mitglied Professor Jürg Kramer geleitet wird, sind neben der HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin auch die Freie Universität Berlin, die Deutsche Universität für Weiterbildung in Berlin, die Ruhr-Universität Bochum, die Universität Duisburg-Essen und die Universität Paderborn beteiligt. mehr... 14.06.2011 IRIS Adlershof organizes the first KOSMOS Summer University on the topic „Frontiers of Organic / Inorganic Hybrid Materials for Electronics and Optoelectronics” The first KOSMOS Summer University of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, KOSMOS 2011, will take place September 17 through 25, 2011 on the topic „Frontiers of Organic/ Inorganic Hybrid Materials for Electronics and Optoelectronics”. It will be organized by the Integrative Research Institute for the Sciences IRIS Adlershof in collaboration with Chiba University Japan and the National University of Singapore. We cordially invite Master students in the final phase of their studies, doctoral candidates and postdocs to work here, together with internationally acknowledged experts in the field of physics and chemistry of hybrid materials, on this highly promising class of new materials. Programme more...

25.05.2011 New Collaborative Research Centre on Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Systems for Opto-Electronics (HIOS) at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) has decided to support the new Collaborative Research Centre CRC 951 “Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Systems for Opto-Electronics (HIOS)”. The Collaborative Research Centre is focusing on innovative hybrid systems, uniting inorganic semiconductors, metal nanostructures and conjugated organic materials. The fundamental chemical, electronic and photonic interactions, arising from the different nature of the components, will be elucidated. In the long term the CRC aims for solid-state functional elements for Opto-Electronics scalable to mesoand nanoscopic dimensions, exhibiting superior performance not achievable with any of the individual material classes alone. On the part of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, which holds primary responsibility, the IRIS-members Matthias Ballauff, Oliver Benson, Thomas Elsässer, Stefan Hecht, Fritz Henneberger (designated spokesman), Norbert Koch and Jürgen P. Rabe as well as further scientists of the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Chemistry are involved. Moreover, members of the Technische Universität Berlin, Universität Potsdam, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Max Born Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Gesellschaft and Paul Drude Institut für Festkörperelektronik participate in the research as well. In the first quadrennial funding period the DFG will provide more than 8 million euros for eighteen scientific and three central projects. This amount is, among others, meant for approximately thirty additional positions for Ph.D. students, Postdocs and technical staff. more...

24.05.2011 The Humboldt-University succeeds in "Qualitätspakt Lehre" Sponsorship over 13million Euro to support the apprenticeship until 2016 The Humboldt-University succeeds in "Qualitätspakt Lehre". The Application with the title "Übergänge", which focusses on the transitions between the periods of school and dissertation or between the periods of university and the profession, will be supported with over 13 million Euro until 2016. The "ProMINT - Kolleg" from IRIS Adlershof achieves an important contribution to that project. more...

23.05.2011 The first German-Brazilian doctorate program at the HU The exploration of networks with a complex topology is in focus of the first German-Brazilian doctorate program called „Dynamical Phenomena in complexe Networks“. Next to the leading HumboldtUniversity IRIS Adlershof and the Institute for Physics and Mathematics participate. more...

05.05.2011 Particpiation in new DFG Research Unit The research group led by Professor Oliver Benson, member of IRIS Adlershof, will participate in the newly established DFG Research Unit „Diamond Materials and Quantum Application“. Within the subproject "Integrated quantum optics and nanophotonics with defect centers in nano-diamonds" the specific expertise concerning integrated quantum optics will be provided. The Research Unit with its spokesperson Professor Jörg Wachtrup, Universität Stuttgart, is devoted to diamonds, a very promising quantum material, and is using technological fundamentals to produce more controlled and increasingly complex diamond structures. To accomplish this, the Research Unit is bringing together experts on material growth, structure and defect creation as well as quantum optics and spintronics. Focus is primarily on the use of "quantum diamonds" in the areas of quantum photonics and spintronics. The results produced by the Research Unit could lead to applications in, among other areas, medicine. 11.03.2011 Humboldt-Universität unter den 100 renommiertesten Universitäten weltweit Das britische Magazin Times Higher Education hat am 10. März 2011 sein neues Reputations-Ranking veröffentlicht. Die Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin erlangte im internationalen Hochschulvergleich den 72. Rang. Als ein Aspekt des jährlich erscheinenden World University Ranking basiert die Erhebung zur Reputation auf einer Befragung von rund 13.400 erfahrenen Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern aus 131 Ländern. Erstmalig wurden die Daten zum Ruf einer universitären Einrichtung gesondert veröffentlicht. Die Befragten wurden beispielsweise um ihre Meinung gebeten, welche Universität sie international in ihrem Fachbereich am renommiertesten halten. HU-Präsident JanHendrik Olbertz zum Ranking: „Im nationalen Maßstab ein durchaus beachtliches Ergebnis.“ Insgesamt haben es vier deutsche Hochschulen unter die 100 renommiertesten Universitäten weltweit geschafft – neben der HU konnten sich die Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, die Technische Universität München sowie die Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg unter den Top 100 platzieren. mehr... 02.03.2011 Humboldt-Universität im Exzellenzwettbewerb in allen drei Förderlinien eine Runde weiter Die Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin bleibt im Wettbewerb um die Förderung der Spitzenforschung in der Exzellenzinitiative von Bund und Ländern weiter im Rennen. Die Humboldt-Universität wurde heute DFG und vom Wissenschaftsrat (WR) dazu aufgefordert, bis zum 1. September 2011 in allen drei Förderlinien - Graduiertenschulen, Exzellenzcluster und Zukunftskonzept – Langanträge zu erarbeiten. Der Campus Adlershof der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin geht mit Anträgen für zwei Graduiertenschulen in die nächste Phase des Wettbewerbs: Graduiertenschule für Analytical Sciences Adlershof (SALSA) Designierte Sprecher: Prof. Dr. Janina Kneipp/Chemie, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Panne/Chemie Analytische Wissenschaft ist entscheidend für viele wissenschaftliche und technische Problemlösungen und Innovationen. Die Graduiertenschule SALSA soll durch ihren interdisziplinären Ansatz in Ausbildung und Forschung, durch ein neues Curriculum und die Zusammenarbeit von Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern der Analytischen und Physikalischen Chemie, Biologie, Physik, Statistik, Modellierung und Didaktik nachhaltig zur Erneuerung der Analytical Sciences mit einem Fokus der „Analytic City Adlershof“ beitragen. FutureLand Graduate School - Wege zu einer nachhaltigen Landnutzung Designierter Sprecher: Prof. Dr. Patrick Hostert/Geografie In der FutureLand Graduate School sollen aus systemanalytischer, prozessorientierter und soziokultureller Sicht Ansätze zu nachhaltigen Landnutzungsstrategien entwickelt werden. Dazu bedarf es einer neuen Generation von Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern, um die komplexen Fragestellungen mittels interdisziplinärer Ansätze zu beantworten. Die konzeptionelle und modellhafte Verknüpfung von Methoden unterschiedlicher Fachkulturen stellt in diesem Zusammenhang eine besondere Herausforderung dar. Themen umfassen beispielsweise Anpassungsstrategien der Landwirtschaft an den Klimawandel, Wege zum Erhalt von Ökosystemleistungen oder Untersuchungen zum Ein-fluss unserer Lebensgewohnheiten auf die globale Landnutzung und den Kohlenstoffhaushalt. mehr... 27.01.2011 Dissertation-Prize Adlershof 2010 goes to Dr. Michael Barth The Dissertation-Prize Adlershof 2010 goes to Dr. Michael Barth (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Physics). Dr. Barth did his PhD in the research group Nano-Optics led by IRIS-member Prof. Oliver Benson. The main topic of his thesis was the investigation of two-dimensional photonic crystal structures, such as microstructured optical fibres and photonic crystal membrane resonators. These structures are of paramount importance for the study of fundamental light-matter interaction. At the same time applications in integrated quantum technology and quantum enhanced sensing are envisioned. The selection committee acknowledged the outstanding scientific achievements as well as Dr. Barth’s comprehensible presentation of his results to a wider audience. The research is a cooperation of the Physics Department and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and is also embedded within the Integrative Research Institute for the Science IRIS Adlershof.

11.12.2010 Die kleinste Lichtquelle der Welt Physikern der Humboldt-Universität ist es gelungen, die kleinste fasergekoppelte Lichtquelle der Welt zu konstruieren. Diese Lichtquelle besteht aus nur zwei Komponenten – aus einem speziellen, winzig kleinen Diamanten und aus einer handelsüblichen Glasfaser. Auf Grund des Durchmessers der Glasfaser von nur 90 Mikrometern (1 Mikrometer = 1 Millionstel Meter) hat das gesamte System lediglich die Ausmaße eines menschlichen Haares. Die Ergebnisse der Arbeit wurden jetzt in der Online-Ausgabe von Nano Letters veröffentlicht. mehr...

28.11.2010 Alexander von Humboldt-Forschungspreis für Prof. Jelena Vučković Frau Prof. Jelena Vučković (Stanford University), die ab 2011 am IRIS Adlershof sowie am Institut für Physik der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Forschungsarbeiten zum Thema „Hybride Quantensysteme für die fundamentale Optik und Photonik“ betreiben wird, ist nun mit dem renommierten Alexander von Humboldt-Forschungspreis ausgezeichnet worden. mehr...

03.11.2010 CHE ExcellenceRanking 2010: Spitzenplatzierungen für die Humboldt-Universität Erneut konnte die Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin im aktuellen ExcellenceRanking des Centrums für Hochschulentwicklung (CHE) für drei mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fächer Spitzenplatzierungen erreichen. Damit zählen die Biologie, die Mathematik und die Physik an der HU im europäischen Vergleich zu den besonders forschungsstarken und international orientierten Fachbereichen. mehr... 18.10.2010 Stefan Hecht mit Klung-Wilhelmy-Weberbank-Preis ausgezeicnet Stefan Hecht, Professor für Organische Chemie und funktionale Materialien an der HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin und Mitglied von IRIS Adlershof hat für seine bahnbrechenden Arbeiten auf dem Gebiet funktionaler organischer Nanostrukturen den mit 100.000 € dotierten Klung-WilhelmyWeberbank-Preis zuerkannt bekommen. Der Preis wurde am 5. November 2010 feierlich im Henry-FordBau der Freien Universität Berlin verliehen. Der Klung-Wilhelmy-Weberbank-Preis zählt zu den angesehensten wissenschaftlichen Auszeichnungen für Nachwuchswissenschaftler in Deutschland – nicht zuletzt deshalb, weil fünf der bisherigen Preisträger später den Nobelpreis und weitere Preisträger andere bedeutende nationale und internationale Auszeichnungen erhalten haben. mehr...

17.09.2010 Joachim Sauer mit Liebig-Denkmünze ausgezeichnet Joachim Sauer, Professor für Quantenchemie an der Humboldt- Universität und Mitglied von IRIS Adlershof, erhält die Liebig- Denkmünze 2010, mit der die Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker seit 1903 hervorragende Leistungen auf dem gesamten Gebiet der Chemie auszeichnet. Der Preis wird am 20. September 2010 auf einer Festsitzung anlässlich der diesjährigen Tagung der Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte in Dresden verliehen.

mehr... 19.08.2010 DFG flexibilisiert Förderbedingungen Die von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) geförderten Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler sollen ihre Fördermittel künftig noch freier und ganz an den konkreten Bedürfnissen des geförderten Projekts ausgerichtet verwenden können. Um dies zu erreichen, hat die DFG ihre Förderbedingungen in einem zentralen Punkt neu geregelt und weiter flexibilisiert. Aufgrund dieser Neuregelung kann die Entscheidung darüber, ob die Fördermittel für Personal, Sachmittel oder Geräte verwendet werden, in Zukunft grundsätzlich von den Universitäten und Forschungseinrichtungen selbst getroffen werden. Die bislang praktizierte Form der sogenannten Stellenbewilligung wird damit durch ein System der freien Umdisposition von Mitteln ersetzt. Als Konsequenz wird die DFG künftig statt Stellen pauschalierte Geldbeträge bewilligen. mehr... 02.08.2010 Grenzüberschreitender Ansatz: Bericht der Berliner Zeitung über IRIS Adlershof Neues Interdisziplinäres Institut in Adlershof verzahnt Forschung aus Physik, Mathematik, Chemie und Informatik. Ein Artikel von Jan Steeger in der Berliner Zeitung vom 28.07.2010 mehr... 08.07.2010 Thomas Elsässer zum Mitglied der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften gewählt Der Physiker Thomas Elsässer, Mitglied von IRIS Adlershof, S-Professor am Institut für Physik der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin und Direktor am Max-Born-Institut, wurde zum ordentlichen Mitglied der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften gewählt. Er gehört der MathematischNaturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der BBAW an. mehr...

22.06.2010 ERC Starting Grant für Janina Kneipp Der Europäische Forschungsrat (European Research Council, ERC) hat Janina Kneipp mit einem ERC Starting Grant ausgezeichnet. Diese Preise werden seit 2007 an international herausragende Nachwuchswissenschaftler vergeben und wurden 2009 zum dritten Mal ausgeschrieben. Für die Auswahl der durch den ERC geförderten Projekte bilden die Exzellenz von Antragsteller und Projekt sowie das Umfeld des Antragstellers die Auswahlkriterien. Janina Kneipp ist seit 2008 Junior(S)Professorin für Analytische Chemie am Institut für Chemie der Humboldt-Universität und der Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung (BAM). Im Rahmen des durch den ERC geförderten Projektes wird sie in den nächsten 5 Jahren mit ihrer Gruppe neue mikrospektroskopische Methoden für analytische Anwendungen weiterentwickeln. 22.06.2010 Alexander von Humboldt-Professur für Dirk Kreimer Der Physiker Dirk Kreimer, international führender Forscher auf dem Gebiet der Mathematischen Physik, ist jetzt mit einer Alexander von Humboldt-Professur ausgezeichnet worden. An den Preis geknüpft ist der Antritt der Professur an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. mehr... 04.06.2010 1st International IRIS-Symposium on Hybrid Systems for Optics and Electronics - IRIS 1 The 1 st International IRIS-Symposium on Hybrid Systems for Optics and Electronics - IRIS 1 will take place on July 13th, 2010 and July 14th, 2010 in Berlin Adlershof. more...

31.03.2010 Ruf an Frau Dr. Saskia Fischer Frau Dr. Saskia Fischer (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) hat einen Ruf auf die W3-Professur "Neue Materialien" am Institut für Physik der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin erhalten. mehr... 25.03.2010 Rufannahme durch Dr. Matthias Staudacher Herr Dr. Matthias Staudacher hat seinen Ruf auf die Professur "Mathematische Physik von Raum, Zeit und Materie" mit Wirkung zum 1. April 2010 angenommen. Die W3-Professur ist von den Instituten für Physik und Mathematik der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin als gemeinsame Brückenprofessur eingerichtet worden. 22.03.2010 Press Conference in Adlershof more... 14.03.2010 Leibniz-Preis an Prof. Peter Fratzl Professor Fratzl, Direktor am Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung Potsdam/Golm und seit 2004 Honorarprofessor am Institut für Physik der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin hat den von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) jährlich für Spitzenleistungen in der Forschung verliehenen Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preis 2010 erhalten. mehr... 14.03.2010 Bunsen-Kirchhoff-Preis an Prof. Janina Kneipp Frau Kneipp, seit April 2008 S-Juniorprofessorin für Analytische Chemie an der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin und der BAM (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung), hat den von der Deutschen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Angewandte Spektroskopie (DASp) vergebenen "Bunsen-Kirchhoff-Preis für analytische Spektroskopie" erhalten, der für herausragende Leistungen vor allem jüngerer Wissenschaftler aus Universitäten, Forschungsinstituten oder der Industrie in der analytischen Spektroskopie vergeben wird. mehr... 14.03.2010 ERC Grant für Prof. Dr. Thomas Elsässer Professor Thomas Elsässer, Direktor am Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie im Forschungsverbund Berlin e. V. und S-Professor am Institut für Physik der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, erhält vom Europäischen Forschungsrat (ERC) einen "Advanced Grant" in Höhe von 2,49 Millionen Euro. mehr... 14.03.2010 CHE-Forschungsranking im Fach Physik aktualisiert Das Institut für Physik der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin rangiert unter den ersten sechs deutschen Physikfachbereichen beim Parameter "Publikationen pro Jahr", der sich aus der über die Jahre 2005-07 gemittelten Zahl der Publikationen und der Zitationsrate ergab. mehr...

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