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Faculty of Physics

Welcome to the
Faculty of Physics

Welcome to the
Faculty of Physics

News

09.12.2025

The Faculty of Physics shines at "Teaching inspires 2025"

Christos Likos and Marianne Korner were named Teaching Stars 2025. We are delighted to see this recognition of the strength of physics didactics and the quality of teaching at the faculty.

05.12.2025

Andrii Chumak is awarded the IEEE Magnetics Society Mid-Career Award 2026

The head of the Nanomagnetism and Magnonics group is recognized for his foundational contributions to magnonics, spintronics, and magnon-based computing.

05.12.2025

Neue FWF-Projekte für Fakultät für Physik

Glückwunsch an Andreas Zöttl (Einzelprojekt International), Alessandro Broggio (Einzelprojekt), David Fajman (Einzelprojekt) und Andreas Nunnenkamp (Beteiligung SFB).

05.12.2025

First observation of ultra-thin two-dimensional materials in a state between solid and liquid

When ice melts into water, it happens quickly, with the transition from solid to liquid being immediate. However, very thin materials do not adhere to these rules. Instead, an unusual state between solid and liquid...

04.12.2025

New SFB "Neutral-Atom Quantum Systems with High Connectivity" Approved

The SFB (€4.1 million, 4 years) with the participation of Andreas Nunnenkamp pioneers next-generation quantum simulators using neutral atoms and molecules to tackle problems beyond the reach of classical computing.

19.11.2025

EPS Early Career Award for Vittoria Sposini

Congratulations to Vittoria Sposini, former REWIRE Fellow at the Faculty of Physics!

Events

19.01.2026 13:30

Diana Ürge-Vorsatz (CEU, Austria): Can we energy transition the world into carbon neutrality?

Montag, 19. Jänner 2026 13:30

Ort: Lise-Meitner-Hörsaal, Strudlhofgasse 4, 1. Stock

11.12.2025 16:30

Ursel Fantz (Garching, Augsburg): The role of negative hydrogen ions for the success of the international fusion experiment ITER

Donnerstag, 11. Dezember 2025 16:30

Ort: Victor-Franz-Hess Hörsaal, Währinger Str. 17, 1. Stock Kavalierstrakt

12.12.2025 10:30

Etienne Gaufres (Bordeaux): BNNT as molecular template: from single molecule chains to superradiant light emitters

Freitag, 12. Dezember 2025 10:30

Ort: Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stock

12.12.2025 15:00

Ákos Kukovecz (Szeged): Beyond the non-destructive testing uses of computer tomography: micro-CT in chemistry and materials science

Freitag, 12. Dezember 2025 15:00

Ort: Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17, Room Nr. 053.4, Sozialraum OVID Labor

16.12.2025 14:00

Gandalf Lechner (Erlangen-Nürnberg): Integrable quantum field theories -- inverse scattering, braided vector spaces, and local algebras

Dienstag, 16. Dezember 2025 14:00

Ort: Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stock

16.12.2025 16:15

Josef Pradler (Wien): Soft Gravitons and Gravitational-Wave Opacity

Dienstag, 16. Dezember 2025 16:15

Ort: Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stock

Selected Publications

09.12.2025

Science: Bui et al.

Hexatic phase in covalent two-dimensional silver iodide

01.12.2025

Adv. Mater.: Yunusa et al.

Nonlinear Optical Response in Layer-Stacked Gallenene with Ferroelectric Polarization

20.11.2025

Nat. Astron.: Egal et al.

Catastrophic disruption of asteroid 2023 CX1 and implications for planetary defence