Our research

From the smallest to the infinity — The Physics Department of TUM is not only the origin of the Research Campus Garching, but also one of the biggest and most prominent research centers for physics in Europe.

Research groups	Group leader
Molecular Engineering at Functional Interfaces	Wilhelm Auwärter
Experimental Physics of Functional Spin Systems	Christian Back
Physics of Energy Conversion and Storage	Aliaksandr Bandarenka
Molecular Nanoscience and Chemical Physics of Interfaces	Johannes Barth
Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics	Martin Beneke
Theoretical Particle and Nuclear Physics	Nora Brambilla
Theory of Functional Energy Materials	David Egger
Dense and Strange Hadronic Matter	Laura Fabbietti
Precision Measurement at Extreme Conditions	Peter Fierlinger
Technical Physics (Quantum Computing and Information Processing)	Stefan Filipp
Semiconductor Quantum Nanosystems	Jonathan Finley
Theoretical Physics of the Early Universe	Björn Garbrecht
Technical Physics	Rudolf Gross
Biomedical Imaging Physics	Julia Herzen
Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials	Alexander Holleitner
Theoretical Particle Physics	Alejandro Ibarra
Laser and X-ray Physics	Reinhard Kienberger
Condensed Matter Theory	Michael Knap Johannes Knolle Frank Pollmann
Quantum Algorithms and Applications	Barbara Kraus
Nonequilibrium Chemical Physics	Katharina Krischer
Particle Physics at low Energies	Bastian Märkisch
Dark Matter	Susanne Mertens
Functional Materials	Peter Müller-Buschbaum
Experimental Physics and Astrophysics	Lothar Oberauer
Soft Matter	Christine Papadakis
Hadronic Structure and Fundamental Symmetries	Stephan Paul
Biomedical Physics	Franz Pfeiffer
Topology of Correlated Systems	Christian Pfleiderer
Quantum Technologies	Menno Poot
Applied Quantum Theory	Peter Rabl
Quantum Networks	Andreas Reiserer
Experimental Physics with Cosmic Particles	Elisa Resconi
Experimental Astroparticle Physics	Stefan Schönert
Experimental Semiconductor Physics	Ian Sharp
Plasma Edge and Divertor Physics	Ulrich Stroth
Experimental Semiconductor Physics	Martin Stutzmann
Observational Cosmology	Sherry Suyu
Theoretical Particle Physics	Lorenzo Tancredi
Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics	Andreas Weiler
Particle Physics	Giulia Zanderighi