
Sebastian Fava
PhD Student 2020-2024
Currently:
Postdoc, Baldini Lab, The University of Texas, Austin
sebastian.fava@austin.utexas.edu
Thesis PDF

Gregor Jotzu
Postdoc 2017-2023
Currently:
Assistent professor tenure track, EPFL Lausanne
Email: gregor.jotzu (at) epfl.ch
Denitsa Baykusheva
Guest 2023
Currently:
Mitrano Lab, Harvard University
dbaykusheva@g.harvard.edu

Bo Yuan
Postdoc 2021-2022
Currently:
Postdoc/neutron instrument scientist
McMaster university, Ontario/Ca

Ankit Disa
Postdoc, Humbold Fellow, Guest 2016-2022
Currently:
Assistant Professor, School of Applied & Engineering Physics, Cornell University, NY/USA
Lab Website
E-mail: asd47 (at) cornell.edu

Meredith Henstridge
Postdoc 2018-2021
Currently:
Research Assoc-Experimental, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Email: mhenst (at) stanford.edu

Alexander von Hoegen
PhD Student 2016-2021, PostDoc 2021
Currently:
Postdoc at MIT, Gedik Group
Email: avonhoe (at) mit.edu
Thesis PDF

Issam Khayr
Guest at MPSD in 2019-2020.
Currently:
PhD student at University of Minnesota
Email: khayr007 (at) umn.edu

Kenneth Beyerlein
Postdoc 2017-2020
Currently:
Assistant professor at INRS in Montreal
Email: kenneth.beyerlein (at) inrs.ca

Biaolong Liu
PhD student, Postdoc 2014-2020
Currently:
Staff Scientist, PSI, Switzerland
Email: biaolong.liu (at) psi.ch
Thesis PDF

James McIver
Humboldt Fellow, Scientist 2015-2019
Assistant Professor of Physics, Columbia University
Max Planck Research Group Leader, MPSD
Email: james.mciver@mpsd.mpg.de

Tobia Nova
PhD student, Postdoc 2013-2020
Currently:
ETH Postdoctoral Fellow, Quantum Photonics Group, Prof. Atac Imamoglu
Email: tonova (at) phys.ethz.ch
Thesis PDF

Antonio Picano
Master student in Hamburg 2017-18 (thesis)
Currently:
PostDoc at Collège de France / CNRS

Gunda Kipp
Master student 2019
Currently:
Ultrafast Quantum Transport Group at MPSD
Email: gunda.kipp@mpsd.mpg.de
Thesis PDF

Young-Mi Park
Postdoc 2016-2017
Currently:
Assist. Professor – Incheon National University, Department of Physics
Email: ymb (at) inu.ac.kr

Hubertus Bromberger
Beamline Scientist in Hamburg 2010-2017
Currently:
Laser physicist at CFEL in the Controlled Molecule Imaging group
Email: hubertus.bromberger (at) cfel.de

Omar Mehio
Guest at MPSD in 2016
Currently:
PhD student at Caltech in Hsieh Research group

Zhanybek Alpichshev
Guest 2017-2018
Currently:
Assistant Professor, Institute of Science and Technology, Vienna
Email: alpishev (at) ist.ac.at

Enrico Pomarico
PostDoc 2015-2016
Currently:
Senior Academic Associate UAS
Haute école du paysage, d’ingénierie et d’architecture de Genève – HEPIA

Roman Mankowsky
PhD-Student 2011-2017, PostDoc 2017/18
Currently:
Paul Scherrer Institute, SwissFEL Bernina
Email: roman.mankowsky (at) psi.ch
Thesis (PDF)

Sam Moore
Guest in Hamburg 2016-2017
Currently:
PhD student in Dmitri Basov’s group at Columbia University
Email: lm2236 (at) columbia.edu

Wanzheng Hu
PostDoc, Scientist 2010-2017
Currently:
Assist. Professor – Boston University, Department of Physics
Email: wanzhen (at) bu.edu

Vincent Kemlin
PostDoc in Hamburg 2015
Currently:
Lecturer at l’Ecole polytechnique, Paris-Palaiseau

Yannis Laplace
PostDoc in Hamburg 2012-2016
Currently:
Assistant Professor, École polytechnique, Université Paris-Saclay
Email: yannis.laplace (at) polytechnique.edu

Haiyun Liu
Beamline Scientist in Hamburg 2010-15
Currently:
Strong-field and Ultrafast Photonics Lab, Institute of Laser Engineering, Beijing University of Technology

Matteo Mitrano
PhD student 2010-2015, PostDoc 2015-2016 in Hamburg
Currently:
Assistant professor at Harvard Physics
Group website and contact
Thesis PDF

Stefan Kaiser
PostDoc + Scientist in Hamburg 2009-2014
Currently:
Professur für Experimentelle Festkörperphysik Techn. Univ. Dresden
Email: Stefan.Kaiser (at) tu-dresden.de

Francesca Calegari
Visiting PostDoc in Hamburg 2014-2015
Currently:
Leading scientist at DESY, Prof. University of Hamburg
francesca.calegari (at) desy.de

Andrea Caviglia
PostDoc in Hamburg 2010-2012
Currently:
Full Professor, DQMP, University Geneva
Email: andrea.caviglia (at) unige.ch

Lijian Zhang
PostDoc in Hamburg 2011-2013
Currently:
Professor, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, China
Email: lijian.zhang (at) nju.edu.cn


Matthias C. Hoffmann
Scientist / Group Leader in Hamburg 2009-2011
Currently:
Staff Scientist, LCLS Laser Department, SLAC (USA)
Email: hoffmann (at) slac.stanford.edu

Michele Ceriotti
Visiting PostDoc in Oxford 2011
Currently:
Professor, Laboratory of Computational Science and Modeling COSMO, Lausanne
Email: michele.ceriotti (at) epfl.ch

Stefano Lupi
Visiting Scientist in Hamburg 2010
Professor, CNR-IOM (Institute for Materials Manufacturing) and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma „La Sapienza“
Email: stefano.lupi (at) roma1.infn.it

Cristian Manzoni
Scientist in Hamburg 2009-2010
Currently:
IFN-CNR, Dipartimento di Fisica – Politecnico di Milano
Email: cristian.manzoni (at) polimi.it

Daniele Fausti
PostDoc in Hamburg and Oxford 2008-2010
Currently:
Head of the chair of Solid State Physics at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
Email: daniele.fausti (at) fau.de

Simon Wall
DPhil student in Oxford from 2005-2009
Currently:
Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Denmark
Email: simon.wall (at) phys.au.dk
Thesis (8MB ZIP)

Julia Stähler
PostDoc in Oxford from 2008 to 2009
Currently:
Leader of the electron dynamiχ group at the Fritz-Haber-Institute in Berlin, Germany.
Email: staehler (at) fhi-berlin.mpg.de

Stefano Bonora
Visiting Student in Oxford
Currently:
Research Scientist, Instituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (IFN – CNR), Padova, Italy
Email: bonox (at) dei.unipd.it
Edward Rowe
PhD-student 2019-2024, PostDoc 2024 (thesis)
Rashmi Singla
PhD-Student 2011-2015, PostDoc 2015-2023 (thesis)
Amit Ribak
PostDoc 2019-2022
Jacopo Albergoni
Master Student 2020-2021
Eliza Cassandruc
PhD-Student 2011-2017, PostDoc 2017 (thesis)
Benjamin Mahler
Master student in Hamburg -2017
Jesse C. Petersen
Post-Doc + Scientist in Oxford 2008-2013
Paul Popovich
PostDoc in Hamburg 2010-2012
Thomas Garl
PostDoc in Hamburg from 2008-2010
Chris Simpson
MPhys Student in Oxford
Andrew Smerald
Summer Student 2007 in Oxford
Matthias Budden
PhD student 2015-2020 (thesis)
Srivats Rajasekaran
PostDoc in Hamburg 2013-18
Falk-Ulrich Stein
PostDoc in Hamburg 2015-2018
Giovanni Cotugno
PhD-student in Hamburg/Oxford 2010-2014 (thesis)
Luca Piovani
Master student in Hamburg 2013
Sergej Brener
Visiting Scientist in Hamburg 2009-2011
Henri P. Ehrke
DPhil student in Oxford and Hamburg from 2007-2010 (thesis)
Hartmut Hafermann
Visiting PostDoc in Hamburg 2010
Alice Cantaluppi
PhD-student in Hamburg 2013-2018 (thesis), PostDoc 2018
Cassi Hunt
PhD student in Hamburg 2010-2015 (thesis)
Ekaterina Moehr
PostDoc in Oxford 2012-2014
Vikaran Khanna
PhD-student in Oxford 2009-2015
Jyotsana Gupta
PostDoc in Hamburg 2011-2012
Alexander Zhura
Post-Doc in Hamburg 2010-2011
Ra’anan (Ron) Tobey
PostDoc in Oxford from 2006-2009
Seshadri Nadathur
Summer Student 2006 in Oxford