Previous Group Members

Postdocs

Graduate students

  • Surya Kiran Peravali (2021–2025 → Ph.D.), now at Helmut Schmidt Universität, Hamburg
  • Yahya Saleh (2020–2023 → Ph.D.), now at d-fine, Hamburg
  • Jannik Lübke (2018–2022 → Ph.D.), now at d-fine, Berlin
  • Guang Yang (2017–2022 → Ph.D.)
  • Lena Worbs (2018–2022 → Ph.D.), now at EuXFEL, Schenefeld
  • Helen Bieker (2015–2021 → Ph.D.)
  • Melby Johny (2016–2020 → Ph.D.), now at ASML, The Netherlands 
  • Nils Roth (2014–2020 → Ph.D.), now at freiheit.com 
  • Joss Wiese (2014–2020 → Ph.D.), now at ETH Zürich
  • Linda Thesing (2015–2020 → Ph.D.), now in IT 
  • Evangelos Karamatskos (2015–2019 → Ph.D.), now at Ernst & Young, Athens, Greece
  • Zhipeng Huang (2013–2019 → Ph.D.), now at Universität Duisburg-Essen
  • Bastian Deppe (2013–2018 → Ph.D.), now at Coherent Deutschland GmbH, Lübeck
  • Hong Ye (2013–2018 → Ph.D.)
  • Salah Awel (2013–2018 → Ph.D.)
  • Nicole Teschmit (2014–2018 → Ph.D.)
  • Thomas Kierspel (2012–2017 → Ph.D.), now at European XFEL, Schenefeld, Germany
  • Jens S. Kienitz (2012–2016 → Ph.D.), now at Patronus IP, München
  • Nele Müller (2011–2016 → Ph.D.), now at DESY Photon Science Division
  • Stephan Stern (2009–2013 → Ph.D.), now at DESY Detector research and developments group
  • Stephan Putzke (2008–2012 → Ph.D.), now at BAM
  • Frank Filsinger (2006-2010 → Ph.D.), now at Bruker AXS, Karlsruhe
  • Kirstin Wohlfart (2004–2008 → Ph.D.), now at Stiftung Warentest, Berlin

Technical and Administrative Staff

  • Nicolai Pohlmann (2017–2019, Technician), now at Pfeiffer Vacuum, Göttingen
  • Tim Ossenbrüggen (2014–2017, Technician)
  • Daniel Gusa (2014–2016, Engineer)

Undergraduate students

  • Sumukh Venkatesh Makam (01/2023–05/2025 → M.Sc. Physics )
  • Cédric Uden (04/2024–03/2025)
  • Berenice Icard (08/2024–01/2025)
  • Saran Sai Kiran Vanapali (02/2023–12/2024)
  • Luisa Blum (10/2023–12/2024 → M.Sc. Physics )
  • Sofiane Hannachi (10/2023–11/2024 → M.Sc. Physics)
  • Gustavo Quintero (08–11/2024), now at CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Sophie Vulpe (06–08/2024), now at MIT, USA
  • Hossein Saberiansani (04/2022–03/2024 → M.Sc. Physics)
  • Pedram Mazhar (04/2022–01/2024 → M.Sc. Physics)
  • Nayab Majid Chaudhry (01/2023–12/2023)
  • Timo Borner (10/2021–03/2022 → B.Sc. Physics)
  • Ludmila Schneider (11/2020–1/2022 → M.Sc. Physics)
  • Jannik Eggers (04/2021–1/2022 → M.Sc. Technomathematics), now at Vodafone, München
  • Jorhana Carneiro (10–12/2021 → B.Sc. Physics)
  • Cem Saribal (1/2019–12/2021  → B.Sc. Physics)
  • Simon Welker (4/2019–12/2021 → B.Sc. Computing in Science), now at Coherent Imaging Division, CFEL, Hamburg
  • Marlin Kasdorf (3/2021–10/2021 → B.Sc. Biomedicinetechnics) 
  • Vishnu Sanjay (2/2020–9/2021 → M.Sc. Applied and Computational Mathematics)
  • Lucas Gonschior (10/2020–9/2021)
  • Finn Rodenberg (4–10/2020)
  • Josina Hahne (5–7/2020 → B.Sc. Physics)
  • Tim Gutowski (3–9/2020 → B.Sc. Physics)
  • Hakan Akarsu (11/2019–3/2020)
  • Malte Hagemann (5–10/2019 → B.Sc. Physics), now at Universität Hamburg
  • Amine Gourram (2017–2019)
  • Alexander Franke (2014–2019 → M.Sc. Physics), now at Universität Hamburg
  • Andrei Duchko (2017–2018)
  • Lara Wöhlkens (4–10/2018 → B.Sc. Grammar School Teacher)
  • Pia Trapp (4–5/2018, Internship), now at Universität Bielefeld
  • Lars Dammann (2016-2018) → M.Sc. Physics)
  • Sarah Scheitz (4–12/2017 → B.Sc. Physics), now at Universität Hamburg
  • Jörn Liedtke (4–12/2017 → B.Sc. Grammar School Teacher)
  • Pau Gonzalez-Caminal (2014-2017 → M.Sc. Physics), now at Linear Accelerator Technologies, DESY
  • Miguel Angel Martinez Garcia (7–9/2017)
  • Jean-Francois Olivieri (2–7/2017, Internship), now at École Normale Supérieure, Paris
  • Tim Schmidt (2014-2016), now at Universität Hamburg
  • Bernd Lienau (2015-2016 →B.Sc. Physics), now at Universität Hamburg
  • Jan Geffert (5–7/2016, Internship), now at Harvard University
  • Moritz Lübke (4–6/2016, Internship)
  • Ekaterina Zapolnova (4–5/2016, Internship), now at Class 5 Photonics, Hamburg
  • Lena Worbs (4–9/2015 →B.Sc. Physics), now at Universität Hamburg
  • Christian Kruse (6–9/2015→M.Sc. Physics)
  • Florian Friedrich (7–9/2015), now at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
  • Jennifer Dodoo (2014–2015), now at University of Glasgow, EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Integrative Sensing and Measurement
  • Inga von Ahnen (2013–2014), now at Biological Physics at Princeton
  • Jonas Jahn (9–10/2014)
  • Leonard Schlorf (6–7/2014)
  • Wilhelm Frisch (2012–2014 → B.A. Phys.)
  • Elizaveta Motovilova (2013 → M.Sc.), now at Singapore University of Technology and Desigh
  • Izan Castro Molina (7–9/2012), now at ASML, The Netherlands
  • Fabian Grätz (2007–2008 → Dipl. Phys.)
  • Alexander Stanik (2007 → Dipl. Techn. Inf.)
  • Carol Kuhlisch (2006 → Dipl. Techn. Inf.), now at IAV GmbH Ingenieurgesellschaft Auto und Verkehr
  • Giorgio Bardizza (2003–2004 → Laurea Phys.), now at European Commission

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