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Research & Competence Fields

PIER concentrates on four pioneering research fields and two areas of expertise that form interdisciplinary networks between the research fields.

The four PIER research fields:

Research Teams

Particle and Astroparticle Physics
 

Thanks to the collaboration between Universität Hamburg (UHH) and DESY research centre, Hamburg is recognised internationally as one of the most powerful and highly regarded German sites for high-energy physics.

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Research Teams

Nanoscience
 

Hamburg is an internationally recognized location for research into nanomaterials. This research focuses on both the synthesis and the non-destructive analysis and study of new kinds of functional materials and their molecular processes under conditions of environmental, technological and industrial relevance.

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Research Teams

Photon Science
 

As a research location, Hamburg boasts a globally unique constellation of complementary expertise in the following closely interrelated fields: laser physics, quantum optics, short-time physics, X-ray physics and atomic and molecular physics. All of these fields are heavily involved in photon research.

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Research Teams
Infection and Structural Biology
 

Universität Hamburg and the University Hospital in Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) are currently establishing an interdisciplinary research area whose focus is on “global and newly occurring infections”.

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The two PIER competence fields:

Research Teams
Accelerators
 

The DESY research centre is one of the world’s leading institutes when it comes to building and operating large particle accelerators. DESY and Universität Hamburg have been closely collaborating on accelerator research for decades. Together, the two partners develop new technologies and study accelerator physics at existing facilities.

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Research Teams

Theoretical Physics
 

The Wolfgang Pauli Centre (WPC) unites the various theoretical physics research groups that are working on particle and astroparticle physics, cosmology, mathematical physics, condensed matter, quantum optics and chemical physics at Universität Hamburg and DESY.

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Fellows
Jennifer Popp
Particle and Astroparticle Physics
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Leonardo Ranasinghe
Nanoscience
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Alumni
Linda Vanessa Thesing
Photon Science
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Ángel Ferran Pousa
Accelerators
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Event Calendar
 06 Oct. 2021 to 22 Dec. 2021
Communication and Conflicts - 12 sessions
05 Nov. 2021 to 10 Dec. 2021
Visualize it! Graphic Design for Scientists
Chaired by: Theresa Schredelseker (PIER (Partnership for Innovation, Education and Research))
Location: link will follow
Room: online
29 Nov. 2021 - 09:30
Two half-day Workshop: Scientific Storytelling, Nov 29 and Dec 3, 2021 (virtual)
Location: Online - the links will be sent seperately
29 Nov. 2021 - 13:00
PhD defense: Phonon engineering in thin tin films for tuning photon-nuclei interaction
Speaker: Sven Velten (FS-PS (FS-PS Fachgruppe MCP))
29 Nov. 2021 - 15:00
no seminar
29 Nov. 2021 - 15:00
PhD defense: Self-Absorption Corrected X-Ray Microtomography with Structural and Elemental Contrast
Speaker: Dennis Bjoern Brueckner (FS-PETRA (PETRA III))
30 Nov. 2021 - 10:00
Communicating in International and Interdisciplinary Teams
Chaired by: Maximilian Fernandes Barros
Location: online via Zoom
30 Nov. 2021 - 16:00
Quantum Universe Colloquium: tba
Location: Hamburg
Room: Auditorium
02 Dec. 2021 - 10:00
tba
Speaker: Jan Hermann
Location: https://desy.zoom.us/j/83631120632, password 235618
Room: CFEL 99, SR IV and zoom
02 Dec. 2021 - 15:00
Influence of magnetic field on beta-processes in supernova matter
Speaker: Alexandra Dobrynina (University of Hamburg, Germany & P.G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University, Russia)
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