Prof. Dr. Thomas Zentgraf
Head - Professor
Center for Optoelectronics and Photonics (CeOPP)
Chairman - Professor
Institute for Photonic Quantum Systems (PhoQS)
Committee - Professor
Transregional Collaborative Research Centre 142
Committee - Professor - Projektleiter
Key research area Optoelectronics and Photonics
Member - Professor
33098 Paderborn
- Brief Profile
Professor Thomas Zentgraf holds diploma degrees in Physics from the Technical University of Clausthal, Germany, as well as in Engineering from the Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena, Germany. In 2006 he finished his Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Harald Giessen at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research Stuttgart and the University of Stuttgart, Germany. Thereafter, he worked as a Humboldt Research Fellow in the group of Prof. Xiang Zhang at the University of California at Berkeley, USA, where he led the plasmonics research activities. Since May 2011 he is head of the Ultrafast Nanophotonics Research Group at Paderborn University. In 2016 he received an ERC Consolidator Grant for studying the nonlinear light-matter-interaction. In 2020 he became the Chairman of the Center for Optoelectronics & Photonics Paderborn and in 2021 Fellow of the Max Planck School of Photonics. His present research is focused on studying nano-optical system and artificially structured materials for optical applications by linear and nonlinear optical spectroscopy.
- Research Interests
- Optical materials and hybrid systems
- Light-Matter-Interaction with nanostructures
- Nonlinear-optical spectroscopy
- Optical holography with metasurfaces
Education and Academic Career |
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Since 04/2011 |
Professor for Applied Physics, Head of the Ultrafast Nanophotonics Group Department of Physics, Paderborn University, Germany |
2019 |
Visiting Researcher Nonlinear Physics Center, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia |
08/2015 - 01/2016 |
Guest Professor Department of Physics, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand |
2012 |
Visiting Researcher Department of Physics, City University Hongkong, Hongkong |
09/2007 - 03/2011 |
Research Associate Department for Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, USA |
07/2006 - 08/2007 |
Postdoc 4th Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart, Germany |
27.06.2006 |
Doctorate Experimental Physics, University of Stuttgart, Germany. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Harald Giessen |
01/2003 - 06/2006 |
PhD student Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany |
09/2005 - 11/2005 |
Visiting Researcher Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley (USA) |
2001 - 2002 |
Degree programme M.Sc. Applied Physics, Technical University of Clausthal, Germany |
1996 - 2001 |
Degree programme B.Sc. Physical Engineering, University of Applied Sciences, Jena, Germany |
03/2000 - 01/2001 |
Master Student Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Mechanics, Jena, Germany |
Awards und Fellowships |
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2021 |
Fellow of the Max Planck School of Photonics, Germany |
2016 |
ERC Starting Grant, European Commission |
2011 |
Marie Curie Career Integration Grant, European Commission |
2007 |
Feodor Lynen Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
2006 |
Fellow of the Elite Program of the Baden-Württemberg Foundation |
2006 |
Dr.-Heinrich-Düker Award of the Heidehof Foundation, Germany |
2005 |
Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) |
2002 |
Georg-Simon-Ohm Award of the German Physical Society (DPG) |
Miscellaneous |
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Since 2021 |
Board member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the L-Lab |
Since 10/2020 |
Chairman of the Center for Optolectronics & Photonics Paderborn (CeOPP) |
Since 2020 |
Chairman of the Commission for the Allocation of Quality Improvement Funds in the Department of Physics |
Since 2019 |
Member of the Institute for Photonics Quantum Systems (PhoQS) |
Since 2019 |
Member of the managing board of the Institute for Photonics Quantum Systems (PhoQS) |
Since 2012 |
Member of the Center for Optoelectronics & Photonics Paderborn (CeOPP) |
2017 - 2023 |
Member of the Faculty Board of the Faculty of Science at the Paderborn University |
2012 - 2015 |
Member of the Faculty Board of the Faculty of Science at the Paderborn University |
Scientific Engagement |
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Organisation of Scientific Events |
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2023 |
Program Committee, "CLEO Europe", Munich, Germany |
2023 |
Program Committee, "OPTICA Optical Imaging Congress", Boston, USA |
2021 |
Session organizer "New Frontiers in the Design, Fabrication, and Applications of Metamaterials" at MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, USA |
2020 |
Scientific Advisory Committee, "5th International Conference on Photonics Solutions", Pattaya, Thailand |
2020 |
Organizer of the focus session "Tailored Nonlinear Photonics" at the DPG Fall Meeting, Germany |
2017 |
Program Committee, "SIAM Physics Congress 2017" in Rayong, Thailand |
2015 |
Program Committee, "ICPS 2015" congress in Hua Hin, Thailand |
2014 |
Organizer of the 551. WE-Heraeus-Seminar: "Active Nanoplasmonics and Metamaterial Dynamics" in Bad Honnef, Germany |
2011 |
Program Committee of the "Metamaterials" congress in Barcelona, Spain |
Editorial Boards and Editorship |
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2017 |
Guest editor IOP, Journal of Physics D |
Membership in Scientific Societies |
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Since 2001 |
Member of the German Physical Society (DPG) |
2018 |
Founding member of the Institute for Photonics Quantum Systems (PhoQS), Paderborn University, Germany |
Since 2021 |
Board member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the L-Lab |
Since 10/2020 |
Chairman of the Center for Optolectronics & Photonics Paderborn (CeOPP) |
Since 2020 |
Chairman of the Commission for the Allocation of Quality Improvement Funds in the Department of Physics |
Since 2019 |
Member of the Institute for Photonics Quantum Systems (PhoQS) |
Since 2019 |
Member of the managing board of the Institute for Photonics Quantum Systems (PhoQS) |
Since 2012 |
Member of the Center for Optoelectronics & Photonics Paderborn (CeOPP) |
Since 04/2011 |
Professor for Applied Physics, Head of the Ultrafast Nanophotonics Group Department of Physics, Paderborn University, Germany |
Since 2001 |
Member of the German Physical Society (DPG) |
2023 |
Program Committee, "CLEO Europe", Munich, Germany |
2023 |
Program Committee, "OPTICA Optical Imaging Congress", Boston, USA |
2017 - 2023 |
Member of the Faculty Board of the Faculty of Science at the Paderborn University |
2021 |
Session organizer "New Frontiers in the Design, Fabrication, and Applications of Metamaterials" at MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, USA |
2021 |
Fellow of the Max Planck School of Photonics, Germany |
2020 |
Scientific Advisory Committee, "5th International Conference on Photonics Solutions", Pattaya, Thailand |
2020 |
Organizer of the focus session "Tailored Nonlinear Photonics" at the DPG Fall Meeting, Germany |
2019 |
Visiting Researcher Nonlinear Physics Center, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia |
2018 |
Founding member of the Institute for Photonics Quantum Systems (PhoQS), Paderborn University, Germany |
2017 |
Guest editor IOP, Journal of Physics D |
2017 |
Program Committee, "SIAM Physics Congress 2017" in Rayong, Thailand |
2016 |
ERC Starting Grant, European Commission |
08/2015 - 01/2016 |
Guest Professor Department of Physics, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand |
2015 |
Program Committee, "ICPS 2015" congress in Hua Hin, Thailand |
2012 - 2015 |
Member of the Faculty Board of the Faculty of Science at the Paderborn University |
2014 |
Organizer of the 551. WE-Heraeus-Seminar: "Active Nanoplasmonics and Metamaterial Dynamics" in Bad Honnef, Germany |
2012 |
Visiting Researcher Department of Physics, City University Hongkong, Hongkong |
09/2007 - 03/2011 |
Research Associate Department for Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, USA |
2011 |
Program Committee of the "Metamaterials" congress in Barcelona, Spain |
2011 |
Marie Curie Career Integration Grant, European Commission |
07/2006 - 08/2007 |
Postdoc 4th Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart, Germany |
2007 |
Feodor Lynen Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
27.06.2006 |
Doctorate Experimental Physics, University of Stuttgart, Germany. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Harald Giessen |
01/2003 - 06/2006 |
PhD student Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany |
2006 |
Fellow of the Elite Program of the Baden-Württemberg Foundation |
2006 |
Dr.-Heinrich-Düker Award of the Heidehof Foundation, Germany |
09/2005 - 11/2005 |
Visiting Researcher Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley (USA) |
2005 |
Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) |
2002 |
Georg-Simon-Ohm Award of the German Physical Society (DPG) |
2001 - 2002 |
Degree programme M.Sc. Applied Physics, Technical University of Clausthal, Germany |
1996 - 2001 |
Degree programme B.Sc. Physical Engineering, University of Applied Sciences, Jena, Germany |
03/2000 - 01/2001 |
Master Student Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Mechanics, Jena, Germany |