Marc Jacquemin
About the Department
Who is head of the department and what academic self-governing bodies are there? Information about the department and its organization can be found here.
Welcome to the Department of Physics
The department of physics provides a dynamic and inspiring environment where students and researchers work together to discover the secrets of the universe.
Katrin Binner
Research
The department's six institutes, with almost 40 professorships, work on a wide range of current research topics, from nuclear and particle physics to biophysics and physics education, as well as on solid state physics and astrophysics. Find out more.
Katrin Binner
Study & Teaching
Students in this department benefit from excellent, personalized supervision and modern teaching methods at the interface of research and technology. Find out more about studying physics.
News
All ArticlesEkaterina Fedorenko
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Quantum Materials: Volkswagen Foundation provides € 2 million for Eckhardt Endowed Professorship at Goethe University
Physicist Olena Fedchenko conducts research at Goethe University on novel quantum materials that will be key to future technological breakthroughs. Since 2025, she has held the Gisela-and Wilfried Eckhardt Endowed Professorship for Experimental Physics, financed through returns from the Gisela and Wilfried Eckhardt Endowment Fund at Goethe University. This endowment fund is now being supported by the Volkswagen Foundation with two million euros as part of its Lichtenberg Program. Among other activities, Olena Fedchenko conducts research in the Collaborative Research Center/Transregio ElastoQMat as part of the joint activities of the Rhine-Main Universities (RMU).
Forschungszentrum Jülich
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Science Council Endorses HBS-I Neutron Source
The German Science and Humanities Council has highlighted the scientific and strategic importance of the planned High Brilliance Neutron Source, in the development of which Goethe University is involved. In its statement released today, it expressly recommends that the first phase of the facility, known as HBS-I, be implemented at Forschungszentrum Jülich.
Institut für Kernphysik
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The quantum trembling: Why there are no truly flat molecules
Research team led by Goethe University shows that due to quantum physical effects even “flat” molecules are always three-dimensional
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Bridge between particle accelerators and cosmic radiation: New approach for simulations
How can particle collisions at the highest energies or cosmic radiation in the Earth’s atmosphere be simulated? This question is addressed in a comprehensive review article that was recently published in the renowned journal Nature Reviews Physics. Prof. Dr. Marcus Bleicher from the Institute for Theoretical Physics is among the authors of the international research team.