Prof. Dr. Markus K. Oberthaler

Steering Board, Principal Investigator

Involved

Kirchhoff-Institut für Physik, Universität Heidelberg markus.oberthaler@kip.uni-heidelberg.de +49-6221-54-5170 https://www.kip.uni-heidelberg.de

University Education and Academic Degrees

1993 – 1997	Doctorate in Physics, University of Innsbruck (Austria)
1990 – 1992	Studies of Physics, University of Innsbruck (Austria), diploma
1986 – 1990	Studies of Physics, University of Innsbruck (Austria)

Academic Positions

2006 –	Professor (W3) and Chair of Experimental Physics at Heidelberg University (Germany)
2003 – 2006	Professor (C3) at Heidelberg University (Germany)
2000 – 2003	Leader of an independent Research Group at the Optik-Zentrum Konstanz (Germany)
1997 – 1999	Research Fellow at Oxford University (UK)

Selected Professional Activities, Awards, Honours

2021 –	Co-Speaker of excellence cluster STRUCTURES, Heidelberg University (Germany)
2015 – 2017	Director of the Kirchhoff Institute for Physics, Heidelberg University (Germany)
2016	ERC Advanced Grant for „EntangleGen - Entanglement Generation in Universal Quantum Dynamics"
2012 – 2016	Member of the ERC selection panel for starting grants
2012 –	Member of the Senate Committee on Research Training Groups of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
2009 – 2013	Spokesperson of the Heidelberg Graduate School for Fundamental Physics (HGSFP)
2009 – 2014	Member of the Gustav-Hertz-Prize Committee of the German Physical Society
2008	Prize for Fundamental Research of the Federal State of Baden-Wurttemberg
2005 – 2008	Member of the Minerva Committee (Max Planck Society)
2001 – 2003	Emmy-Noether-Fellowship of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
1996	European Optics Prize of the European Optical Society