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The Faculty II mourns the death of Professor Dr. Gebhard von Oppen (1938 - 2023)
Technische Universität Berlin mourns the death of Professor Dr. Gebhard von Oppen, who researched and taught at the Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics for many years.
Gebhard von Oppen was born in Eberswalde on August 10, 1938. He studied physics at the Universities of Hamburg and Heidelberg, where he graduated under Hans Kopfermann in 1962.…
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Pokutta receives Gödel Prize
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Pokutta, head of the "Mathematical Optimization" group at the Institute of Mathematics and member of the Cluster of Excellence MATH+, and his co-authors were awarded the prestigious Gödel Prize at the end of June 2023 in recognition of their influential work in combinatorial optimization [1].
In their award-winning work,…
Prof. Dr. Ruming Zhang becomes new professor at the Institute of Mathematics
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Prof. Dr. Ruming Zhang.
She represents the chair of "Analysis and Application" at the Institute of Mathematics since May 01, 2023.
Prof. Dr. Ruming Zhang studied mathematics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and received her doctorate in 2014. After that, she worked as a postdoc researcher at the Michigan Technological…
Prof. Dr. Renske Maaß becomes new professor at the Institute of Optics & Atomic Physics
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Prof. Dr. Renske Maaß.
Since February 06, 2023, she represents the field of "Dynamics in Light Energy Conversion" at the Institute of Optics & Atomic Physics in the framework of a joint professorship with the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin.
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Schomäcker receives UNIPRENEURS award
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Schomäcker was honored with the UNIPRENEURS award for his special commitment to promoting start-ups from TU Berlin and in recognition of his significant contributions to the transfer of innovations into the economy.
UNIPRENEURS, the initiative to strengthen spin-offs from universities in Germany, awards the highest honor for the…
Prof. Dr. Matthias Höhne becomes a new professor at the Institute of Chemistry
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Prof. Dr. Matthias Höhne.
He represents the department "Biocatalysis/Biological Chemistry" at the Institute of Chemistry since February 01, 2023.
Prof. Dr. Matthias Höhne studied biochemistry at the Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald. In 2009 he received his PhD there with a thesis on the synthesis of optically active…
Prof. Dr. Hanno Gottschalk becomes new professor at the Institute of Mathematics
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Prof. Dr. Hanno Gottschalk.
As of April 1, 2023, he will represent the chair "Mathematical Modeling of Industrial Life Cycles" at the Institute of Mathematics. The appointment of Mr. Gottschalk is thus the first of three new TU professorships for the Werner-von-Siemens Centre for Industry and Science (WvSC). In the future, he…
Pioneering work in the field of X-ray technology
For her pioneering work in the field of X-ray technology, Prof. Dr. Birgit Kanngießer from the Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics at TU Berlin was awarded the EXSA- Outstanding Achievement Award on June 30, 2022. It is the first time that a woman has been honored with the award. The prize is awarded by the European X-ray Spectrometry…
Faculty II mourns the passing of Professor Dr. Peter Hugo (1930 - 2022)
The Technical University of Berlin mourns the loss of Professor Dr. Peter Hugo, who researched and taught at her institute for chemistry and has received international recognition for his diverse contributions to technical chemistry.
Peter Hugo was born in Hamburg in 1930 into a Hanseatic merchant family. He grew up in his hometown and studied…
Faculty II mourns the loss of Priv.-Doz. Dr. Frank H. Lutz
After studying mathematics in Tübingen and London, Frank Lutz received his doctorate from TU Berlin in 1999. For his dissertation "Triangulated Manifolds with Few Vertices and Vertex-Transitive Group Actions", he was awarded the Richard-Rado Prize of the Discrete Mathematics Section of the German Mathematical Society (DMV) the following year. He…