Workgroup Prof. Artur Widera
 Prof. Dr. Artur Widera
addressErwin-Schrödinger-Str.
 Gebäude 46
room46-424
phone+49 (0)631 205-4130
fax+49 (0)631 205-3906
e-mailwidera(at)physik.uni-kl(dot)de

Short CV

since 2010Professor at TU Kaiserslautern
2007 - 2010Scientific assistant in the group of D. Meschede, Bonn
2003 - 2007PhD in the group of I. Bloch, Mainz
2002 - 2003Diploma thesis in the group of T.W. Hänsch, München
2000 - 2001Master thesis in the group of M. Raizen, Austin, Texas
1997 - 2002Studies of physics at university in Würzburg

Awards

2025Academy Award of the state Rhineland-Palatinate of the academy of science and literature, Mainz
2025ERC Advanced Grant
2020Teaching award of the state Rhineland-Palatinate
2020APS Outstanding Referee
2016Teaching award of the state Rhineland-Palatinate
2013Teaching award of TU Kaiserslautern
2011ERC Independent Starting Researcher Grant
2009 - 2010Head of a young researchers group of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
2008Dissertation award from the University Mainz
2000 - 2003Fellow of Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes

Activities

2025 - Dean of the physics department of RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau
2025 - Member of the G7 Joint Working Group on Quantum
2024 - Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Bad Honnef Physics Center of the German Physical Society
2024 -Chair of the examination board for the distance learning program "Quantum Technologies"
2024 -Head of the Rhineland-Palatinate State Physics Competition, sponsored by the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Education
2022 -Member of the award committee for the Herbert Wather Prize of the German Physical Society and OPTICA
2020 - Local coordinator of the Erasmus Mundus program "QUANTEEM – Quantum Technology and Engineering"
2019 -Member of the Editorial College (physics) of the journal SciPpost
2018 - 2020Member of the Accreditation Committee at TU Kaiserslautern
2018 -Lecturer representative for the German National AcademicFoundation
2017 - 2020Member of the Executive Board of the Hesse-Rhine-Saar Regional Association of the German Physical Society
2016 -Chair of the Examination Board for the international master's program "Advanced Quantum Physics"
2016 - 2025Chair of the Technical Committee for Studies and Teaching (Dean of Studies)
2015 -Vice-chair of the committee for the Bachelor of Science program in physics