The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI) is a research facility established in the context of the
Universities Excellence Initiative by the German Federal and State Governments. The multidisciplinary and interinstitutional cluster is located at
Universität Hamburg
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Hamburg
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, Germany, and has been initiated on 1 November 2012. The funding with more than €25 million by the
German Research Foundation
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will run until 31. December 2018. Scientific teams cooperating in the cluster come from the Universität Hamburg, the
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
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(DESY), the
European XFEL GmbH (XFEL), the
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
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(EMBL), and the newly founded
Max-Planck-Institute
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for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD). A full application for a second research period of seven years was handed in at the end of 2017 to the German Research Foundation (DFG) for discussion. After the successful application in 2018, the new cluster
CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter started in 2019.
Aims
The
fundamental research
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at CUI aims to analyze chemical and physical processes in the field of
photon
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and
nano science: About 150 involved scientists investigate the chronological sequence of movements related to reactions and processes at the interface of quantum physics, molecular biology and nanochemistry.
The aim is to watch structural changes of systems in action and draw conclusions about the relation between structure and dynamics and how they facilitate the control of atomic systems. In this respect three research areas are regarded. In the field of "Imaging and Control of Quantum Systems", systems of different size, ranging from small molecules up to volume systems, are investigated with respect to their dynamic quantum mechanical properties, especially regarding their interaction with surrounding light fields. In the second research field "Atomically Resolved Structural Dynamics", CUI regards structural changes of macrobiological and biochemical systems on atomic and temporal levels. In the third topic of research the "Dynamics of Order Formation on the Nanoscale" are investigated.
Organization
The cluster's spokespersons are:
*
Prof. Henry Chapman, DESY, Center for Free-Electron Laser Science
*
Prof. Horst Weller, Universität Hamburg, Institute of Physical Chemistry
* Prof. Klaus Sengstock, Universität Hamburg, Institute of Laser-Physics
Teachings and Support
A graduate school with an international, interdisciplinary PhD-program is embedded within the cluster of excellence. The school lab "Light and Schools" cooperates with numerous schools in Hamburg and offers the opportunity to explore basic research and modern laser technology outside the classroom. The school lab is supported by the Joachim Herz Foundation.
Prizes and awards
In collaboration with the Joachim Herz Sitftung, CUI awarded the Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics, honoring outstanding contributions in the fields of atoms, molecules and quantum optics, as well as condensed matter with a prize-money of €40,000 . In 2018 the prize has been redesigned and for the first time, it is endowed with prize money in the amount of 100 000 euros. It is awarded by the Joachim Herz Stiftung in partnership with th
Wolfgang Pauli Centre(WPC) of Universität Hamburg, DESY, and CUI, and honors outstanding contributions to Physics in general. In addition the cluster organizes th
Program with an award including prize-money of 20,000 (senior scientist), respectively €10,000 (junior scientist), in order to recruit designated female scientist to spend a research period in Hamburg as role models for women.
Awardees for the Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics
*2010 Prof.
Maciej Lewenstein
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, ICFO Barcelona, Spain
*2011 Prof.
Peter Zoller
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, Universität Innsbruck, Austria
*2012 Prof.
Shaul Mukamel
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, University of California, USA
*2013 Prof.
Chris H. Greene
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Early life and education
Greene was bo ...
, Purdue University, USA
*2014 Prof.
Antoine Georges
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, Collège de France, École Polytechnique, Universität Genf, France/Switzerland
*2015 Prof.
Ignacio Cirac
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, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching (Munich), Germany
*2016 Prof.
Mikhail Katsnelson
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, Radboud University of Nijmegen, Netherlands
*2017 Prof.
Andrew Millis, Columbia University, USA
*2018 Prof.
Hirosi Ooguri, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), USA
*2019
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People
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, ETH Zürich
*2020
Valery Rubakov
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,
Russian Academy of Science
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, Moscow
* 2021 Prof
Eugene Demler ETH Zürich, Swiss
Awardees Mildred Dresselhaus Award
* Prof.
Tamar Seideman, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA (2013)
* Prof.
Rosario González-Férez, Universidad de Granada, Spain (2013)
* Prof.
Roseanne Sension,
University of Michigan
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, USA (2014)
* Dr.
Anouk Rijs, Radoud Universiteit, Netherlands (2014)
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Prof. Dr. Elspeth Garman, University of Oxford, England (2015)
* Dr.
Liesbeth Janssen, Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Germany (2015)
* Prof.
Cristiane de Morais Smith
Cristiane de Morais Smith Lehner is a Brazilian theoretical physicist and professor at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Utrecht, where she leads a research group studying condensed matter physics, cold atoms and stron ...
, Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands (2016)
* Dr.
Friederike Ernst, Stanford University, USA (2016)
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Prof. Dr. Anna Krylov, University of Southern California, USA (2017)
References
External links and sources
German Research Foundation (DFG) about the Excellence InitiativeDescription of CUI by the city state Hamburg*
ttp://graduateschool.pier-campus.de/network/the_hamburg_centre_for_ultrafast_imaging_cui/index_eng.html PIER Helmholtz Graduate School about CUIArticle: "Hamburg physicists successful in Excellence Initiative". European XFEL. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2015CUI Website
Participating Institutions* [http://www.lifesciencenord.de/netzwerk/clusterdatenbank/name/show/exzellenzcluster-the-hamburg-centre-for-ultrafast-imaging-cluster-of-excellence-the-hambu/ Article: "Exzellenzcluster The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging". Lifescience Nord. Retrieved 12 May 2015]
Klaus SengstockArticle: "Hamburger Wissenschaftspreis für Theoretische Physik" awarded to Maciej LewensteinArticle on ChemPhysChem: 2015 ACS National Awards November 2013 for Shaul Mukamel. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015Physics Today Post on Facebook about Chris Greene. 27. August 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2015* [http://www.joachim-herz-stiftung.de/was-wir-tun/naturwissenschaften-begreifen/forschung-international/preis-fuer-theoretische-physik/ German Article: "40,000 Euro for Achievements for Antoine Georges in Theoretical Physics". 13 November 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2015]
German Article: "Prof. Ignacio Cirac wird ausgezeichnet". 25 September 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015Rosario González FérezArticle: "Guest professorship at Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging for Anouk Rijs". Radboud University. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2015Roseanne SensionAbout the graduate school by the German Academic Exchange Service - DAADJoachim Herz FoundationArticle: "Elspeth Garman awarded prestigious Guest Professorship in Hamburg". 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2016
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