Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Name Area Department Start Year Stop Year Advisor
Max Planck1879 Alexander Wilhelm Brill (grad student)
Gregor Wentzel1921 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (grad student)
Michael Schön1928 Willy (Wilhelm) Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien (grad student)
Rudolf Ortvay Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (post-doc)
Gerhard Gompper Physics19831986 Herbert Wagner (grad student)
Hartmut Löwen Physics19901995 Herbert Wagner (post-doc)
Udo Seifert19861989 Herbert Wagner (grad student)
Reinhard Lipowsky Physics19791982 Herbert Wagner (grad student)
Klaus Mecke Herbert Wagner (grad student)
Johannes Stark1897 Eugen von Lommel (grad student)
Edward Condon19261927 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (post-doc)
Abram Fedorovich Ioffe1905 Wilhelm Röntgen (grad student)
Richard Glocker1914 Wilhelm Röntgen (grad student)
David Arnold Keys19101911 Wilhelm Röntgen (research assistant)
Alfred Landé Physics1914 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (grad student)
Rudolf Seeliger1910 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (grad student)
Lloyd Preston Smith1931 Hans Albrecht Bethe (post-doc)
Manuel A. Endres2013 Immanuel Bloch (grad student)
Klaus Kroy
Wolfgang Wild1955 Fritz Bopp (grad student)
Gustav Obermair Physics1963 Fritz Bopp (grad student)
Erwin Richard Fues1919 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (grad student)
Viatcheslav Fyodorovich Mukhanov
William P. Allis19301931 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (post-doc)
Leo Graetz
Ulrich Schollwoeck
Herbert Wagner
Wolfgang Zinth
Timon Funck Department of Physics Tim Liedl (grad student)
Oskar Perron
Demetrius Hondros1909 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (grad student)
Jochen Feldmann
Tim Liedl
Fritz Wolfgang London1921 Alexander Carl Heinrich Pfänder (grad student)
Erwin Willy Becker Klaus Clusius (grad student)
Heinz Bittel1935 Walther Gerlach (grad student)
Amrita Dey20182022 Jochen Feldmann (post-doc)
Philipp von Jolly
Adolf Wüllner1856 Philipp von Jolly (grad student)
Paul Robert Bolton
Wulf Steinmann1961 Walter Rollwagen (grad student)
Walter Rollwagen1934 Walther Gerlach (grad student)
Klaus Stierstadt1956 Walther Gerlach (grad student)
Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski18721873 Philipp von Jolly (grad student)
Karl Tobias Fischer Fluid mechanics1897 Hermann Ebert (grad student), Leonhard Sohncke (grad student)
Thomas A. Klar20012007 Jochen Feldmann (post-doc)
Eugen von Lommel
George William Myers1896 Hugo von Seeliger (grad student)
Florian Hans Lindner
Gustav Conrad Baueralgebra, geometry
Ernst A. F. W. Grossmannastrometric measurements
Hans KienleAstronomy1918 Hugo von Seeliger (grad student), Ernst A. F. W. Grossmann (grad student)
Paul ten BruggencateAstronomy1924 Hugo von Seeliger (grad student)
Hugo von SeeligerAstronomy
Albrecht KarleAstronomy and Astrophysics1994 Eckart Lorenz (grad student)
Joseph J. MohrAstronomy and Astrophysics
Cristian Armendariz-PiconAstronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics Physics2001 Viatcheslav Fyodorovich Mukhanov (grad student)
Albrecht UnsöldAstrophysics1927 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (grad student)
Karl SchwarzschildAstrophysics1896 Hugo von Seeliger (grad student)
Georg A. RaithelAtomic Physics, Optics Physics1990 Herbert Walther (grad student)
Walter FriedrichBiophysics19121914 Wilhelm Röntgen (grad student), Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (post-doc), Max von Laue (collaborator)
Helmuth KulenkampffBremsstrahlung1922 Ernst Wagner (grad student)
Eduard Brücknerclimatology1985 Albrecht Penck (grad student)
Ogden Nicholas Roodcolor theory18551858 Justus Von Liebig (research scientist)
Wilmer L. Barrowcommunications engineering, radar and navigation systems1931 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (grad student)
Erich W. Schmidcomputational nuclear physics1958 Walther Gerlach (grad student)
Georg MenzerCrystallography, mineralogy
Fritz KirchnerDiffraction, nuclear physics19291930 Willy (Wilhelm) Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien (post-doc), Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (research scientist)
George Washington PattersonElectrical Engineering1899 Eugen von Lommel (grad student), Leo Graetz (grad student), Hugo von Seeliger (grad student)
Otto ScherzerElectron microscopy1931 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (grad student)
Ulrich BaurElementary Particles and High Energy Physics1985 Harald Fritzsch (grad student)
Jorrit de BoerExperimental nuclear physics
Eugen KapplerExperimental physics1938 Walther Gerlach (grad student)
Robert C HellingHigh Energy Theory, String Theory
Frank Jäckelhybrid nanomaterials Physics20082012 Jochen Feldmann (post-doc)
Vladan VuletićLaser cooling and trapping, quantum physics, quantum entanglement, quantum optics, quantum information processing. Physics1996 Theodor Wolfgang Hänsch (grad student)
Haldan Keffer HartlineLimulus, visual system, biophysics19291929 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (post-doc)
Hans Walter Meissnerlow temperature physics1948 Eugen Kappler (grad student)
Peter PringsheimLuminescence1907 Wilhelm Röntgen (grad student)
Isidor Isaac Rabimagnetic resonance1927 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (post-doc)
C. L. Ferdinand LindemannMathematics
Wilhelm SchlinkMechanics1901 Gustav Conrad Bauer (grad student), C. L. Ferdinand Lindemann (grad student)
Franz J. HimpselMolecular Physics1977 Fritz Bopp (research assistant), Wulf Steinmann (grad student)
Charles T. CampbellNanoscience, Environmental Catalysis, Physical, and Bioanalytical Chemistry19791981 Gerhard Ertl (post-doc)
Friedrich H. Bussenonlinear dynamics, geophysics, dynamo theory, rotation, convection1962 Arnulf Schlüter (grad student)
Rudolf Ladenburgnuclear physics1906 Wilhelm Röntgen (grad student)
Gertrude Scharff GoldhaberNuclear physics1935 Walther Gerlach (grad student)
Walther Gerlachnuclear physics
Fritz BoppNuclear physics, Quantum field theory
Johannes BuchnerObscured Active Galactic Nuclei, Black hole growth20112015 Kirpal Nandra (grad student)
Hans Albrecht BetheParticle Theory19261928 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (grad student)
Paul Sophus EpsteinParticle Theory19111914 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (grad student)
Arnold Johannes Wilhelm SommerfeldParticle Theory
Peter J. W. DebyePhysical chemistry, structural chemistry1908 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (grad student)
Rudolf Ernst PeierlsPhysics19261928 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (research assistant)
Werner Heisenbergphysics (quantum mechanics)1923 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (grad student)
Detlef LohsePhysics of Fluids1998 Herbert Wagner (post-doc)
Jan van Calkerplasma physics1934 Walther Gerlach (grad student)
Rudolf Wieneckeplasma physics
Peter GrassmannProcess Engineering1932 Walther Gerlach (grad student)
Manfred L. Ristigquantum fluids, nuclear systems, condensed matter Physics1964 Fritz Bopp (research assistant), Gustav Obermair (research assistant)
Wolfgang Ernst PauliQuantum mechanics1921 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (grad student)
Eugene FeenbergQuantum mechanics, Nuclear physics19311933 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (research assistant)
Karl F. HerzfeldQuantum Mechnics Theoretical Physics Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (post-doc)
Immanuel BlochQuantum Optics19982000 Theodor Wolfgang Hänsch (grad student)
Herbert WaltherQuantum optics
Monika Schleier-SmithQuantum Optics, Atomic Physics, Quantum Information Science2013 Immanuel Bloch (post-doc)
Peter SchaussQuantum Optics, Atomic Physics, Ultracold Atoms2015 Immanuel Bloch (grad student)
Richard BeckerShockwaves and detonation, plasticity of metals and theory of ferromagnetism and superconductivity, statistical physics1910 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (post-doc)
Hermann E. GaubSingle Molecule Biophysics
Dipanjan ChakrabortySoft Condensed Matter Physics20092012 Klaus Kroy (post-doc)
Herbert FröhlichSolid State Physics1930 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (grad student)
William Weldon Watsonstructures and spectra of molecules, separating isotopes19281929 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (post-doc)
Cecil T. Lanesuperconductivity19301932 Walther Gerlach (post-doc)
Ernst G. Bauersurface science, thin films1955 Georg Menzer (grad student)
Mark Philipp VogelsbergerTheoretical Astrophysics2010 Simon David Manton White (grad student)
Tom AbelTheoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology1999 Simon David Manton White (grad student)
Wilhelm LenzTheoretical Chemistry1911 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (grad student)
Ikaros BigiTheoretical High Energy Physics1976 Hans-Peter Dürr (grad student)
Wojciech RubinowiczTheoretical mechanics19171918 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (post-doc)
Walter HeitlerTheoretical physics1926 Karl F. Herzfeld (grad student)
Philip M. MorseTheoretical Physics19301931 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (post-doc)
Gerd Burkhardttheoretical physics1936 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (grad student)
Otto LaporteTheoretical physics1924 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (grad student)
Adolf KratzerTheoretical physics1919 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (grad student)
Harald FritzschTheoretical physics
Ludwig HopfTheoretical Physics, Mathematics, Special Relativity, Hydrodynamics, Aerodynamics Institute of Theoretical Physics1909 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (grad student)
Henry Margenautheoretical physics, philosophy and foundations of physics19291930 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (post-doc)
Siegfried DietrichTheory, Statistical Physics, Interfaces, Wetting, Casimir Forces19791982 Herbert Wagner (grad student)
Paul Peter EwaldX-ray diffraction1918 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (grad student)
Max von LaueX-ray diffraction1909 Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (post-doc)
Wilhelm Röntgenx-rays
Ernst WagnerX-rays, properties of canal rays, absolute measurements of high pressure1903 Wilhelm Röntgen (grad student)