The Faculty of Physics and Astronomy is divided into three institutes with a total of 23 professorships.
Astronomical Institute
Prof. Dr. Anna Franckowiak
Executive Director
GAFO 03/919
Tel.: +49 234 32 24019
Institute for Experimental Physics
Image: Oliver Fritsch
Experimental Physics
Experimental Physics I - Hadrons and Nuclei
Experimental Hadron Physics
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Wiedner
Prof. Dr. Fritz-Herbert Heinsius
Prof. Dr. Mikhail Mikhasenko
AG Physics of Hadrons and Nuclei
Secretariat
Daniela Klobes
NB 2/131
Tel.: +49 234 32 23561
Email Office EP I:
Emmy Noether Group
Exploration of the meson spectrum with 3π photoproduction and the search for the exotic hybrid meson π1(1600) using the GlueX experiment
Junior Professor Dr. Farah Afzal
Secretariat
Alexander Querober
Phone: 49 234 32 18411
Experimental Physics II - Plasma Physics
Physics of reactive plasmas
AG Plasma Interface Physics
Secretariat
Alicia Gonzalez Fontela
NB 5/131
Tel.: +49 234 32 23800
Email Office EP II:
Experimental Physics IV - Exp. Solid State Physics
Electronic properties of solids
Prof. Dr. Simon Moser
Experimental Solid State Physics
Secretariat
Claudia Wulf
NB 4/131
Tel.: +49 234 32 23650
Email Office EP 4:
Experimental Physics V - Plasma and Atomic Physics
Plasma and atomic physics
Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules by Laser Methods
Prof. Dr. Ir. Jean-Pierre H. van Helden
Secretariat
Susanne Hentrich
ND 04/67
Tel.: +49 234 32 26218
Email Office EP 5:
Experimental Physics VI - Applied Solid State Physics
Applied solid state physics
Condensed Matter Spectroscopy Group
Secretariat
Dany Gebert
NB 03/58
Phone: +49 234 32 26726
Email Office EP 6:
Theoretical physics
Theoretical Physics I - Plasma, Laser and Atomic Physics
Plasma, laser and atomic physics
Secretariat
Alicia Gonzales Fontela
NB 5/131
Tel.: +49 234 32 23800
Email Office Prof. Grauer:
Alicia.GonzalezFontela(at)rub.de
WG Computational Plasma Physics
Prof. Dr Maria Elena Innocenti
Secretariat
Susanne Hentrich
ND 04/67
Tel.: +49 234 32 26218
Email Office Prof. Innocenti:
Theoretical Physics II - Hadrons and Nuclei
Physics of Hadrons and Nuclei
Prof. Dr Evgeny Epelbaum
Theoretical Hadron Physics
Prof. Dr. Bulava, John
Secretariat
Stefanie Hohmann
NB 6/152
Phone: +49 234 32 23707
Email Office TP II:
Theoretical Physics III - Solid State Physics
Theoretical solid state physics
Prof. Dr Ilya Eremin
AG Solid State Physics of Correlated Systems
Secretariat
Kerstin Ludwig
NB 6/55
Tel.: +49 234 32 24844
Email Office Prof. Eremin and Prof. Scherer:
Electrified liquid-solid interfaces
Secretariat
Sabine Thiele
NB 6/56
Tel.: +49 234 32 23734
Theoretical Physics / Computational Design of Functional Interfaces
Prof. Dr. Silvana Botti
ZGH 00-113
Phone: +49 234 32 28773
Theoretical Physics IV - Plasma Astroparticle Physics
Plasma Astro Particle Physics
Prof. Dr Julia Tjus
Secretariat
Vera Nowak
NB 7/56
Tel.: +49 234 32 26710
Email Office TP4:
Astronomy and astrophysics
Astronomy and cosmology
Astronomy
Observational cosmology
Radio astronomy
Prof. Dr. Christopher Riseley
Secretariat
Bettina Göldner
GAFO 03/962
Tel.: +49 234 32 28453
Email Office Astronomy:
Astrophysics
Multi-wavelength astrophysics
Secretariat
Vera Nowak
NB 7/56
Tel.: +49 234 32 26710
Email Office Astrophysics:
Didactics of physics
Didactics of physics
Secretariat
Sabine Thiele
NB 3/126
Tel.: +49 234 32 23725
Email Office Didactics: