Zeiss Ph.D. Award in Modern Optics

On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Carl Zeiss in 2016 the ZEISS company together with the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena offered the "ZEISS Ph.D. Award in Modern Optics". The prize is sponsored by ZEISS with €3,000. The aim is to support doctoral projects which are highly relevant for the development and application of modern optics, optoelectronics or photonics. The prize is awarded for the outstanding scientific research and technological implementation of aspects of this field.

Information leaflet/Award Guidelines pdf, 38 kb · de(in German only)

Announcement of the prize for 2025pdf, 152 kb · de    Deadline: 24th January 2025

Previous Prize Winners

  • 2024

    M.Sc. Marijn Rikers
    Institute of Solid State Physics
    for his doctoral project "Manipulation of magnetic dipole transitions using dielectric metasurfaces"

  • 2023
    Marco Hanft from Zeiss AG hands out the ZEISS PhD Award in Modern Optics 2023 to M.Sc. Sebastian Klimmer (right).
    Marco Hanft from Zeiss AG hands out the ZEISS PhD Award in Modern Optics 2023 to M.Sc. Sebastian Klimmer (right).
    Image: Andrey Yershov

    M.Sc. Sebastian Klimmer
    Institute of Solid State Physics
    for his doctoral project "Nonlinear optics with out-of-plane excitons in layered materials integrated on metasurfaces"

  • 2022
    Dr. Michael Kempe (right) and the Dean, Prof. Christian Spielmann, gives the Zeiss PhD Award in Modern Optics to Anindita Dasgupt
    Dr. Michael Kempe (right) and the Dean, Prof. Christian Spielmann, gives the Zeiss PhD Award in Modern Optics to Anindita Dasgupt
    Image: Falk Ronneberger

    M.Sc. Anindita DasguptaExternal link
    Institute of Applied Optics and Biophysics and Leibniz Instite of Photonic Technology
    for her doctoral project "Optimizing optical recordings of cell dynamics using correlativ SIM ans STED microscopy"

  • 2021
    Awarding of the ZEISS PhD Award in Modern Optics 2021 to Marta Gilaberte Basset by Marco Hanft from Carl ZEISS AG
    Awarding of the ZEISS PhD Award in Modern Optics 2021 to Marta Gilaberte Basset by Marco Hanft from Carl ZEISS AG
    Image: Falk Ronneberger

    M.Sc. Marta Gilaberte Basset
    Fraunhofer Institute of Applied Optics and Precision Mechanics
    for her doctoral project "Quantum imaging with undetected photons"

  • 2020
    Marco Hanft from CARL ZEISS AG is awarding the ZEISS Ph.D. Award in Modern Optics 2020 to M.Sc. Felix Wiesner.
    Marco Hanft from CARL ZEISS AG is awarding the ZEISS Ph.D. Award in Modern Optics 2020 to M.Sc. Felix Wiesner.
    Image: Volker Helmig

    M.Sc. Felix Wiesner
    Institute of Optics and Quantum Electronics
    for his doctoral project "Dreidimensional, materialaufgelöste Kohärenztomographie mit extrem ultravioletter Strahlung"

  • 2019
    Dr. Rudolf von Bünau (left) and the Dean Prof. Dr. Wipf (right) hand out the ZEISS Ph.D. Award in Modern Optics 2019 to M.Sc. Wilhelm Eschen
    Dr. Rudolf von Bünau (left) and the Dean Prof. Dr. Wipf (right) hand out the ZEISS Ph.D. Award in Modern Optics 2019 to M.Sc. Wilhelm Eschen
    Image: JAN BERNERT PHOTOGRAPHY
  • 2018
    M.Sc. Johannes Stock
    M.Sc. Johannes Stock
    Image: Falk Ronneberger

    M.Sc. Johannes Stock
    Institute of Applied Physics
    for his doctoral project on holistic simulation of optical systems

  • 2017
    Jan Reislöhner
    Jan Reislöhner
    Image: Jan Nathanael

    M.Sc. Jan Reislöhner
    Institute of Optics and Quantum Electronics
    for his doctoral project on attosecond laser physics

  • 2016
    M.Sc. Martin Gebhardt
    M.Sc. Martin Gebhardt
    Image: Jan-Peter Kasper

    M.Sc. Martin Gebhardt
    Institute of Applied Physics
    for his doctoral project on the development of ultrafast high-power laser sources in the mid infrared range