Regensburg Center for Ultrafast Nanoscopy

Young Colloquium:Podiumsdiskussion: Quo Vadis, Lehrerbildung? Perspektiven im Dialog
2026-01-08 16:15 - 17:45 (Europe/Berlin)
Was macht eine gute Lehrkraft aus? Welche Rolle spielt universitäres Fachwissen bei der Gestaltung erfolgreichen Unterrichts? Auf welche Herausforderungen bereiten wir angehende Lehrer:innen überhaupt nicht vor? Der führende Bildungsforscher und Tübinger Professor Thorsten Bohl diskutiert diese und weitere Fragen rund um das Thema Lehrerausbildung mit Nachwuchsgruppenleiter Dr. Alfred Lindl von der Universität Regensburg. Im Anschluss ist auch das Publikum herzlich eingeladen mitzudiskutieren und hoffentlich einer Antwort auf die Frage näherzukommen, welche Reformen nötig sind, um das Lehramtsstudium zu modernisieren und anforderungsorientierter zu gestalten.

Prof. Thorsten BohlUniversität Tübingen

Dr. Alfred LindlUniversität Regensburg

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Young Colloquium:Errungenschaften der Deutschen E-Mobilität
2026-01-15 16:15 - 17:45
Hinter den Kulissen berichten die Entwickler Dr. Adrian Prochaska und Tim Wölfel über technische Herausforderungen, Teamwork, Entscheidungen, Rückschläge und Lösungen – praxisnah, ehrlich, direkt aus der Entwicklung von Mercedes-Benz.Dabei erzählen sie die Geschichten von drei Elektrofahrzeugen: dem Vision EQXX, dem effizientesten Mercedes-Benz aller Zeiten, dem Concept AMG GTXX, der in acht Tagen einmal um die Welt gefahren ist, und dem Experimental-Ladefahrzeug, welches das Ladeerlebnis für Kunden auf ein neues Niveau bringen soll.

Tim WölfelTeam Leader eDrive Innovation, Mercedes Benz AG

Dr. Adrian ProchaskaSoftware Engineer im Team eDrive Innovation

GRK Colloquium: Prof. Dr. Rudolf Bratschitsch
2026-01-16 14:00 - 15:00
Venue: RUN auditorium 1st floor

Title: Magnonic waveguide networks

University of Münster

Spin waves (magnons) have emerged as a promising platform for next-generation physical computing. However, current experimental realizations of magnonic waveguides suffer from limited spin-wave propagation lengths and inefficient dispersion tuning capabilities. In my talk, I will present low-loss magnonic waveguides in a thin magnetic insulator film, fabricated with a new maskless silicon ion implantation technique. We demonstrate a large-scale magnonic network, paving the way for wafer-scale magnonic integrated circuits.

GRK Colloquium: Dr. Anna Rosławska
2026-01-23 14:00 - 15:00
Venue: RUN auditorium 1st floor

Single-molecule optics with atomic precisionMPI for Solid State Research StuttgartLuminescence, photosynthesis, and energy harvesting rely on processes originating at the spatial scale of individual molecules. Investigating the details of these mechanisms requires reaching subnm precision in optics, which becomes possible by combining optical spectroscopy with scanningprobe microscopy. In my talk, I will discuss how atomic-scale optics can be used to study the optical properties of single molecules and to drive photochemistry with sub-nm precision.

Young Colloquium:The Other Climate Crisis
2026-01-29 16:15 - 17:45
As Earth warms, regional climate signals are accumulating. Some signals, for example, land warming more than the ocean and the Arctic warming the most, were expected and successfully predicted. Underlying this success was the application of physical laws across a hierarchy of complexity. With additional warming, however, discrepancies between real-world signals and expectations are piling up, especially at regional scales.

The talk will provide an overview of the successes and discrepancies of physics based climate modeling and the paths forward which include using signals to test assumptions and processes driving a warming Earth for the first time, developing testable hypotheses, and revitalizing conceptual thinking by filling gaps across climate-system components and spatial scales.

Prof. Tiffany Shaw

University of Chicago, Geophysical Sciences

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GRK Colloquium: Prof. Dr. Renske van der Veen
2026-01-30 14:00 - 15:00
Venue: RUN auditorium 1st floor

Fast electrons and hard X-rays for unraveling atomic-scale dynamics in light-energy conversionDepartment Atomic-Scale Dynamics in Light-Energy Conversion, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin

The increasing demand for renewable and low-cost energy motivates intensive research aimed at characterizing and optimizing materials that can efficiently convert (sun) light into usable energy in the form of electricity or chemical fuels. Conventional characterization techniques either lack the spatialresolution necessary to resolve individual atoms, or they lack the temporal resolution required to capture structural rearrangements as they evolve. Our group develops complementary X-ray and electron-based tools to visualize light-induced processes in materials on atomic length and time scales. In this talk I will introduce you to the techniques of ultrafast/time-resolved X-ray spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy and provide several examples of how these techniques can be used in the fields of solar energy and catalysis.

Young Colloquium:Abschlussveranstaltung
2026-02-05 16:15 - 17:45
Prof. Ferdinand Evers,Franziska Fröhlich, Philipp Erhardt, Simon Spörl

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Oliver Graydon, PhD, Chief Editor of Nature Photonics, visits the RUN
2026-04-20 16:00 - 17:00
On Monday, April 20, 2026, Oliver Graydon, chief editor of Nature Photonics, will visit the RUN. In addition to scientific discussions and lab tours, a highlight of his visit will be his lecture on “The Role of AI in scientific publishing.” For more information, click here.

RTG Colloquium: Zhiyang Zeng
2026-04-24 14:00 - 15:00
Condensed Matter Dynamics DepartmentMPI for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg

Dynamical control of structural orderCoherent excitation of lattice vibrations has emerged as a powerful approach to dynamicallycontrol functional material properties. In this talk, I will present our recent work on using nonlinearphononics—a mechanism that enables the selective displacement of specific lattice vibrations—tomanipulate structural functionalities with light [1,2]. In particular, I will discuss how this approachenables the ultrafast control of chirality [3] and ferroaxial order [4], offering new pathways to tailorsymmetry and drive phase transitions in solids on demand.

[1] Först, et al. Nature Physics 7 (2011): 854-856.[2] Disa, et al. Nature Physics 17 (2021): 611-618.[3] Zeng, et al. Science 387.6732 (2025): 431-436.[4] Zeng, et al. Science 390.6769 (2025): 195-198.

Venue: RUN Auditorium

RTG Seminar: Yiqi Fang
2026-05-21 13:00 - 14:00
Shaping electron dynamics with structured light

FAU Erlangen, Institute of Laser Physics

Laser-excited electron motions allow the investigation of fundamental physical phenomena with unprecedented resolution in time, space and energy. Structured light offers new opportunities to tailor and control the optical response of materials, far beyond the ability of conventional linearly or circularly polarized light. In this talk, I will show the physics and application of structured light when it interacts with bound electrons in atoms as well as when it interacts with electron pulses in free space.

Venue: RUN.0.35

RTG Colloquium: Thomas Taubner
2026-05-22 14:00 - 15:30
RWTH Aachen, Germany

Venue: RUN Auditorium

RTG Colloquium: Alice Kunin
2026-06-19 14:00 - 15:00
Princeton University

Venue: RUN Auditorium

RTG Colloquium: Bruno Schuler
2026-07-03 14:00 - 15:00
Empa, Switzerland

Venue: RUN Auditorium
