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Institute for Quantum Physics
Institute for
Quantum Physics

Photo: AG Moritz

Quantum Matter Group

Prof. Dr. Henning Moritz

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Head of group

Address

University of Hamburg
Institute for Quantum Physics
Luruper Chaussee 149
22761 Hamburg

Office

Building 69 (IQP)
Room: 209

Contact

Tel: +49 40 42838-5565

Key aspects of activity

  • strongly correlated systems, quantum phase transitions
  • interacting fermions in optical lattices
  • low dimensional systems
  • nonequilibrium phenomena, transport
  • mesoscopic physics, atomic gases in nanostructures

Short CV

  • since 2010: Professor at the University of Hamburg
  • 2006-2010: Postdoc at the ETH Zürich
  • 2001-2005: Phd student at the ETH Zürich
  • 1998-2001: Graduate Studies at Heidelberg
  • 1997-1998: Rotary Scholar at the University of Cambridge
  • 1995-1997: Undergraduate Studies of Physics at the University of Heidelberg

Awards

  • Teaching award of the state of Hamburg (2014).
  • ERC starting grant (2013).
  • Teaching award of the state of Hamburg (2012).
  • Prize for General Physics of the Swiss Physical Society (2005).
  • Otto-Haxel Prize of the Physics Department of the University of Heidelberg (2002).
  • Ambassadorial Scholarship of the Rotary Foundation (1997).