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We are excited to welcome Dr. Katerina Kanevche to the laboratory of Lightwave Metrology. Katerina received her doctorate degree in 2022 from the department of Physics at the Free University in Berlin. In her thesis project she employed advanced near-field infrared (IR) microscopy techniques to spatially resolve the chemical composition of various biological systems and
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We are excited to announce that Dr. Martin Mičica has joined our group as a senior scientist and project coordinator. His appointment marks a significant addition to our team, and we look forward to benefiting from his expertise and leadership in this role. Martin completed his PhD in 2020 through a double degree program in
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We are delighted to announce that our colleague Pierre Koleják has received the runner-up prize in the Best Dissertation Thesis category of the 2025 Werner von Siemens Award in the Czech Republic. In its 28th year, the competition received 662 submissions overall, including 285 doctoral theses, underlining the scale and selectivity of one of the
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We welcome Jarik Böhmfeld as a chemistry master’s student who will conduct his thesis in our group. Jarik previously received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry. During his thesis, he examined the cation-sensitive photoluminescence properties of carbon-based quantum dots. Building on his interest in physical chemistry, he focused during his research internships on the automated control
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We are excited to welcome Ahan Palsole, our newest PhD candidate! He recently completed his Master’s degree in quantum technology and engineering, where he gained experience in IR laser source development during his M.Sc. thesis “Tellruite and Chalcogenide Microspheres” at Universite Bourgogne Europe in Dijon. Primarily an experimentalist, Ahan holds strengths in Photonics as well
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Our research group at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM successfully led the acquisition of a new 2,750,000.00 € research project funded by the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. The project brings together the expertise of the Fraunhofer institutes from Kaiserslautern (ITWM), Jena (IOF), and Berlin (HHI) in an attempt to realize a unique field-resolving spectrometer with a
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We are excited to welcome Dr. Alexander Theis to the Laboratory of Lightwave Metrology! Alex completed his PhD at Fraunhofer ITWM in close collaboration with RPTU, where his dissertation, “Design and Characterization of an Optoelectronic Laser Synchronization System for Spectrum and Network Analysis”, focused on the development of photonic measurement systems operating from the RF
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We warmheartedly welcome Anja Christmann as the new secretary of our team. She is based in Kaiserslautern (currently situated in building 46 on campus, but soon moving to our joint lab in der Kohlenhofstraße). Anja has worked as a secretary in a variety of industries for several years and joined our team at the beginning
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Derya Sujana-Sen and Christoph Döring In the fall of 2023, when the Laboratory for Lightwave Metrology was founded, we were driven by the vision of further developing the control and sensitivity of generating, and measuring optical waves, respectively, translating these new capabilities into instruments ready for use in biology and medicine and, thus, benefitting healthcare
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Our research group at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM has been awarded anew 600,000.00 € research project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technologyand Space (BMFTR).The project focuses on developing innovative key concepts in infrared field-resolved spectroscopy(FRS). Its goal is to enable the detection of minute, relevant concentrations of trace
