Prof. Dr. Holger Cartarius

Current Research Topics, Physics Education

• Didactic reconstructions for classical and digital teaching units of modern physics and astronomy in school and extracurricular learning environments
• Didactic approaches on quantum physics and quantum technologies
• Introductory phase and math education in physics teacher education
• Teaching concepts for profession-specific augmentation of theoretical physics in physics teacher education

Previous Research Topics, Theoretical Physics

• Open and nonlinear quantum systems, Bose-Einstein condensates with gain and loss effects
• Quantum mechanics of PT-symmetric Hamiltonians
• Branch points, exceptional points
• Bose-Einstein condensates with long-range interactions
• Atoms in external fields
• Semiclassical theories

2023

• P. Scheiger, H. Cartarius, R. Nawrodt
  Why and how to implement worked examples in upper division theoretical physics
  American Journal of Physics 91, 764 (2023)External link
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• L. Broßmann, F. Bauer, J. Grabs, M. Böwe, S. Becher, B. Miersch, K. Gebhardt, F. Kuß, S. Czempiel, B. Kracke, H. Cartarius
  Differenzierte Heimexperimente mit dem Smartphone
  In: Frühjahrstagung des Fachverbandes Didaktik der Physik 2023, H. Grötzebauch, S. Heinicke (Eds.)
  PhyDid B -- Didaktik der Physik -- Beiträge zur DPG-Frühjahrstagung, submitted (2023)
  
  
• S. Aehle, H. Cartarius
  Die Rolle des Zufalls in der Quantenphysik - Grundlagen und technische Anwendungen
  Naturwissenschaften im Unterricht Physik 198, 16 (2023)External link
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• S. Aehle, P. Scheiger, H. Cartarius
  Aufgaben mit Bezug zum Nobelpreis für Physik 2022
  Plus Lucis Jg. 2023 (2), 24 (2023)External link

2022

• S. Aehle, P. Scheiger, H. Cartarius
  An Approach to Quantum Physics Teaching through Analog Experiments
  Physics 4, 1241 (2022)External link
  
  
• S. Aehle, P. Scheiger, H. Cartarius
  Entwicklung von Analogie-Experimenten zum quantenmechanischen Messprozess
  In: Frühjahrstagung des Fachverbandes Didaktik der Physik 2022, H. Grötzebauch, S. Heinicke (Eds.)
  PhyDid B -- Didaktik der Physik -- Beiträge zur DPG-Frühjahrstagung, pp. 419-424 (2022)External link
  
  
• J. Schneider, H. Cartarius
  Mit Arduino und Spielzeugeisenbahn zur Relativitätstheorie: Analogieexperimente zur Zeitdilatation und Längenkontraktion
  In: Frühjahrstagung des Fachverbandes Didaktik der Physik 2022, H. Grötzebauch, S. Heinicke (Eds.)
  PhyDid B -- Didaktik der Physik -- Beiträge zur DPG-Frühjahrstagung, pp. 391-394 (2022)External link
  
  
• P. Scheiger, R. Nawrodt, H. Cartarius
  Peer Instruction in der Theoretischen Physik
  In: Frühjahrstagung des Fachverbandes Didaktik der Physik 2022, H. Grötzebauch, S. Heinicke (Eds.)
  PhyDid B -- Didaktik der Physik -- Beiträge zur DPG-Frühjahrstagung, pp. 101-106 (2022)External link
  
  
• T. Reinsch, L. Maczewsky, H. Cartarius, R. Nawrodt
  Quantenphysik und Astronomie– mehr als nur bunte Farben?
  In: Frühjahrstagung des Fachverbandes Didaktik der Physik 2022, H. Grötzebauch, S. Heinicke (Eds.)
  PhyDid B -- Didaktik der Physik -- Beiträge zur DPG-Frühjahrstagung, pp. 115-118 (2022)External link

2021

• S. Aehle, H. Cartarius
  Didaktische Ansätze für Quantum Random Number Generators (QRNG)
  In: Frühjahrstagung des Fachverbandes Didaktik der Physik 2021, V. Nordmeier, H. Grötzebauch (Eds.)
  PhyDid B -- Didaktik der Physik -- Beiträge zur DPG-Frühjahrstagung, pp. 489-493 (2021)External link 
   
• T. Reinsch, H. Cartarius, A. Prokop, R. Kemmler, P. Scheiger, K. Stütz, R. Nawrodt
  Moderne Physik im Lehr-Lern-Labor
  In: Frühjahrstagung des Fachverbandes Didaktik der Physik 2021, V. Nordmeier, H. Grötzebauch (Eds.)
  PhyDid B -- Didaktik der Physik -- Beiträge zur DPG-Frühjahrstagung, pp. 341-344 (2021)External link

2020

• J. Schneider, H. Cartarius
  Experimente und Lerneinheiten zur modernen Physik im Schülerlabor - Untersuchung der Zeitdilatation mit einer relativistischen Uhr
  In: Frühjahrstagung Bonn 2020, V. Nordmeier, H. Grötzebauch (Eds.)
  PhyDid B -- Didaktik der Physik -- Beiträge zur DPG-Frühjahrstagung, pp. 423-427 (2020)External link
  
  
• E. Hammer, H. Cartarius
  Astronomie im Mathematikunterricht - Aufgaben für Mathematikschulbücher der Sekundarstufe I
  In: Frühjahrstagung Bonn 2020, V. Nordmeier, H. Grötzebauch (Eds.)
  PhyDid B -- Didaktik der Physik -- Beiträge zur DPG-Frühjahrstagung, pp. 29-34 (2020)External link
  
  
• P. Scheiger, R. Nawrodt, H. Cartarius
  Interaktive und aktivierende Lehrkonzepte in der Theoretischen Physik
  In: Frühjahrstagung Bonn 2020, V. Nordmeier, H. Grötzebauch (Eds.)
  PhyDid B -- Didaktik der Physik -- Beiträge zur DPG-Frühjahrstagung, pp. 77-83 (2020)External link
  
  
• E. Helbig, S. Fischer, R. Nawrodt, H. Cartarius
  Akustikexperimente für das Schülerlabor
  In: Frühjahrstagung Bonn 2020, V. Nordmeier, H. Grötzebauch (Eds.)
  PhyDid B -- Didaktik der Physik -- Beiträge zur DPG-Frühjahrstagung, 403-410 (2020)External link
  
  
• J. Klimmt, S. Fischer, H. Cartarius
  Physikunterricht mit dem Tablet - Einsatz von Bluetooth-Verstärkern in der Sekundarstufe II
  In: Frühjahrstagung Bonn 2020, V. Nordmeier, H. Grötzebauch (Eds.)
  PhyDid B -- Didaktik der Physik -- Beiträge zur DPG-Frühjahrstagung, pp. 313-317 (2020)External link
   
• T. Krauße, S. Fischer, H. Cartarius
  Workshop zur Physik der Energiespeicherung
  In: Frühjahrstagung Bonn 2020, V. Nordmeier, H. Grötzebauch (Eds.)
  PhyDid B -- Didaktik der Physik -- Beiträge zur DPG-Frühjahrstagung, pp. 1-5 (2020)External link

2019

• P. Scheiger, A. Donhauser, R. Nawrodt, H. Cartarius
  Mathematik im Lehramtsstudium Physik an der Universität Stuttgart
  In: Frühjahrstagung Aachen 2019, V. Nordmeier, H. Grötzebauch (Eds.)
  PhyDid B -- Didaktik der Physik -- Beiträge zur DPG-Frühjahrstagung, pp. 125-130 (2019)External link
  
  
• S. Böhrkircher, S. Erfort, H. Cartarius, G. Wunner
  Hybrid breathers in nonlinear PT-symmetric metamaterials
  Physical Review A 100,External link 063826 (2019)External link
  
  
• J. Stysch, F. Roser, D. Dast, H. Cartarius, G. Wunner
  Purity oscillations in coupled Bose-Einstein condensates
  Physical Review A 100, 063605 (2019)External link
  
  
• H. Cartarius, P. Scheiger, A. Donhauser
  Moderne Physik im Lehr-Lern-Labor -- Wahlpflichtfach im Lehramtsstudium Physik
  In: Ansätze für die natur- und technikwissenschaftliche Lehrerbildung an der Professional School of Education Stuttgart - Ludwigsburg. Eine Bestandsaufnahme im Rahmen der Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung, B. Zinn, E. Starauschek (Eds.), Logos Verlag, Berlin, pp. 9-16 (2019)
  
  
• P. Scheiger, H. Cartarius, A. Donhauser
  Evaluation der Mathematikkenntnisse von Lehramtsstudierenden der Physik
  In: Ansätze für die natur- und technikwissenschaftliche Lehrerbildung an der Professional School of Education Stuttgart - Ludwigsburg. Eine Bestandsaufnahme im Rahmen der Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung, B. Zinn, E. Starauschek (Eds.), Logos Verlag, Berlin, pp. 47-54 (2019)

2018

• F. Dangel, M. Wagner, H. Cartarius, J. Main, G. Wunner
  Topological invariants in dissipative extensions of the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model
  Physical Review A 98, 013628 (2018)External link
  
  
• M. Klett, H. Cartarius, D. Dast, J. Main, G. Wunner
  Topological edge states in the Su-Schrieer-Heeger model subject to balanced particle gain and loss
  European Physical Journal D 72, 214 (2018)External link
  
  
• T. Mathea, D. Dast, D. Dizdarevic, H. Cartarius, J. Main, G. Wunner
  Using mixed many-body particle states to generate exact PT-symmetry in a time-dependent four-well system
  Journal of Physics A 51, 315303 (2018)External link
  
  
• D. Dizdarevic, J. Main, K. Alpin, J. Reiff, D. Dast, H. Cartarius, G. Wunner
  Realization of balanced gain and loss in a time-dependent four-mode Bose-Hubbard model
  Physical Review A 97, 013623 (2018)External link
  
  
• H. Cartarius, Z. H. Musslimani, L. Schwarz, G. Wunner
  Computing eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of boundary-value problems with the orthogonal spectral renormalization method
  Physical Review A 97, 032134 (2018)External link
  
  
• D. Haag, D. Dast, H. Cartarius, G. Wunner
  PT-symmetric gain and loss in a rotating Bose-Einstein condensate
  Physical Review A 97, 033607 (2018)External link

2017

• J. Schnabel, H. Cartarius, J. Main, G. Wunner, W. D. Heiss
  Simple models of three coupled PT-symmetric wave guides allowing for third-order exceptional points
  Acta Polytechnica 57, 454 (2017)External link
  
  
• M. Wagner, F. Dangel, H. Cartarius, G. Wunner, J. Main
  Numerical Calculation of the Complex Berry Phase in Non-Hermitian Systems
  Acta Polytechnica 57, 470 (2017) External link
  
  
• P. Lunt, D. Haag, D. Dast, H. Cartarius, G. Wunner
  Balanced gain and loss in Bose-Einstein condensates without PT symmetry
  Physical Review A 96, 023614 (2017)External link
  
  
• D. Dast, D. Haag, H. Cartarius, J. Main, G. Wunner
  Stationary states in the many-particle description of Bose-Einstein condensates with balanced gain and loss
  Physical Review A 96, 023625 (2017)External link
  
  
• J. Schnabel, H. Cartarius, J. Main, G. Wunner, W. D. Heiss
  PT-symmetric waveguide system with evidence of a third-order exceptional point
  Physical Review A 95, 053868 (2017)External link
  
  
• L. Schwarz, H. Cartarius, Z. H. Musslimani, J. Main, G. Wunner
  Vortices in Bose-Einstein condensates with PT-symmetric gain and loss
  Physical Review A 95, 053613 (2017)External link 
  
  
• M. Klett, H. Cartarius, D. Dast, J. Main, G. Wunner
  Relation between PT-symmetry breaking and topologically nontrivial phases in the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger and Kitaev models
  Physical Review A 95, 053626 (2017)External link

2016

• D. Dast, D. Haag, H. Cartarius, J. Main, G. Wunner
  Bose-Einstein condensates with balanced gain and loss beyond mean-field theory
  Physical Review A 94, 053601 (2016)External link
  
  
• R. Gutöhrlein, H. Cartarius, J. Main, G. Wunner
  Bifurcations and exceptional points in a PT-symmetric dipolar Bose–Einstein condensate
  Journal of Physics A 49, 485301 (2016)External link
  
  
• M. Feldmaier, J. Main, F. Schweiner, H. Cartarius, G. Wunner
  Rydberg systems in parallel electric and magnetic fields: an improved method for finding exceptional points
  Journal of Physics B 49, 144002 (2016)External link
  
  
• M. Kreibich, J. Main, H. Cartarius, G. Wunner
  Tilted optical lattices with defects as realizations of PT symmetry in Bose-Einstein condensates
  Physical Review A 93, 023624 (2016)External link
  
  
• D. Dast, D. Haag, H. Cartarius, G. Wunner
  Purity oscillations in Bose-Einstein condensates with balanced gain and loss
  Physical Review A 93, 033617 (2016)External link
  
  
• H. Menke, M. Klett, H. Cartarius, J. Main, G. Wunner
  State flip at exceptional points in atomic spectra
  Physical Review A 93, 013401 (2016)External link

2015

• D. Haag, D. Dast, H. Cartarius, G. Wunner
  PT-symmetric currents of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a triple well
  Physical Review A 92, 053627 (2015External link)
  
  
• H. Cartarius
  Structural information about the Ar₆ cluster from the frozen-Gaussian imaginary-time propagator
  Physical Review A 92, 052519 (2015)External link
  
  
• R. Gutöhrlein, J. Schnabel, I. Iskandarov, H. Cartarius, J. Main, G. Wunner
  Realizing PT-symmetric BEC subsystems in closed Hermitian systems
  Journal of Physics A 48, 335302 (2015)External link
  
  
• D. Dizdarevic, D. Dast, D. Haag, J. Main, H. Cartarius, G. Wunner
  Cusp bifurcation in the eigenvalue spectrum of PT-symmetric Bose-Einstein condensates
  Physical Review A 91, 033636 (2015)External link
• L. Schwarz, H. Cartarius, G. Wunner, W. D. Heiss, J. Main
  Fano resonances in scattering: an alternative perspective
  The European Physical Journal D 69, 196 (2015)External link
  
  
• D. Haag, D. Dast, H. Cartarius, G. Wunner
  Finite element calculations of PT-symmetric Bose-Einstein condensates
  International Journal of Theoretical Physics 54, 4100 (2015)External link
  
  
• N. Abt, H. Cartarius, G. Wunner
  Supersymmetric Model of a Bose-Einstein Condensate in a PT-Symmetric Double-delta Trap
  International Journal of Theoretical Physics 54, 4054 (2015)External link
  
  
• J. Brinker, J. Fuchs, J. Main, G. Wunner, H. Cartarius
  Verification of exceptional points in the collapse dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates
  Physical Review A 91, 013609 (2015)External link
  
  
• F. Schweiner, J. Main, H. Cartarius, G. Wunner
  Classical dynamics and localization of resonances in the high-energy region of the hydrogen atom in crossed fields
  Physical Review E 91, 012915 (2015)External link
  
  
• D. Dast, D. Haag, H. Cartarius, G. Wunner, R. Eichler, J. Main
  Description of Bose-Einstein Condensates in PT-Symmetric Double Wells
  In: Selforganization in Complex Systems: The Past, Present, and Future of Synergetics, A. Pelster, G. Wunner (Eds.), Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 129-144 (2015)External link

2014

• F. Single, H. Cartarius, G. Wunner, J. Main
  Coupling approach for the realization of a PT-symmetric potential for a Bose-Einstein condensate in a double well
  Physical Review A 90, 042123 (2014)External link
• D. Dast, D. Haag, H. Cartarius, G. Wunner
  Quantum master equation with balanced gain and loss
  Physical Review A 90, 052120 (2014)External link
  
  
• M. Kreibich, J. Main, H. Cartarius, G. Wunner
  Realizing PT-symmetric non-Hermiticity with ultracold atoms and Hermitian multiwell potentials
  Physical Review A 90, 033630 (2014)External link
  
  
• R. Fortanier, D. Dast, D. Haag, H. Cartarius, J. Main, G. Wunner, R. Gutöhrlein
  Dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates in a PT-symmetric double-well potential
  Physical Review A 89, 063608 (2014) External link
  
  
• D. Haag, H. Cartarius, G. Wunner
  A Bose-Einstein condensate with PT-symmetric loss and gain in a harmonic trap: A test of rigorous estimates
  Acta Polytechnica 54, 116 (2014)External link
  
  
• J. Fuchs, J. Main, H. Cartarius, G. Wunner
  Harmonic inversion analysis of exceptional points in resonance spectra
  Journal of Physics A 47, 125304 (2014)External link
  
  
• D. Haag, D. Dast, A. Löhle, H. Cartarius, J. Main, G. Wunner
  Nonlinear quantum dynamics in a PT-symmetric double well
  Physical Review A 89, 023601 (2014)External link
  
  
• A. Löhle, H. Cartarius, D. Haag, D. Dast, J. Main, G. Wunner
  Stability of Bose-Einstein condensates in a PT symmetric double-delta potential close to branch points
  Acta Polytechnica 54, 133 (2014)External link

2013

• D. Dast, D. Haag, H. Cartarius, J. Main, G. Wunner
  Eigenvalue structure of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a PT-symmetric double well
  Journal of Physics A 46, 375301 (2013)External link
  
  
• H. Cartarius, D. Dast, D. Haag, G. Wunner, R. Eichler, J. Main
  Stationary and dynamical solutions of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation for a Bose-Einstein condensate in a PT symmetric double well
  Acta Polytechnica 53, 259 (2013)External link
  
  
• R. Gutöhrlein, J. Main, H. Cartarius, G. Wunner
  Bifurcations and exceptional points in dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates
  Journal of Physics A 46, 305001 (2013)External link
  
  
• W. D. Heiss, H. Cartarius, G. Wunner, J. Main
  Spectral singularities in PT-symmetric Bose–Einstein condensates
  Journal of Physics A 46, 275307 (2013)External link
  
  
• M. Kreibich, J. Main, H. Cartarius, G. Wunner
  Hermitian four-well potential as a realization of a PT-symmetric system
  Physical Review A 87, 051601 (2013)External link
  
  
• D. Dast, D. Haag, H. Cartarius, G. Wunner, R. Eichler, J. Main
  A Bose-Einstein condensate in a PT symmetric double well
  Fortschritte der Physik 61, 124 (2013)External link

2012

• K. Marquardt, P. Wieland, R. Häfner, H. Cartarius, J. Main, G. Wunner
  Macroscopic quantum tunneling of Bose-Einstein condensates with long-range interaction
  Physical Review A 86, 063629 (2012)External link
  
  
• H. Cartarius, D. Haag, D. Dast, G. Wunner
  Nonlinear Schrödinger equation for a PT-symmetric delta-function double well
  Journal of Physics A 45, 444008 (2012)External link
  
  
• H. Cartarius, G. Wunner
  Model of a PT-symmetric Bose-Einstein condensate in a delta-function double-well potential
  Physical Review A 86, 013612 (2012)External link
  
  
• H. Cartarius, E. Pollak
  First-order corrections to semiclassical Gaussian partition functions for clusters of atoms
  Chemical Physics 399, 135 (2012)External link
  
  
• M. Kreibich, H. Cartarius, J. Main, G. Wunner
  A nonlinear dynamics approach to Bogoliubov excitations of Bose-Einstein condensates
  In: Proceedings of "Let's Face Chaos through Nonlinear Dynamics" 8th International Summer School/Conference, M. Robnik, V. G. Romanovski (Eds.)External link
  AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1468, AIP, pp. 216-222 (2012)External link

2011

• G. Wunner, H. Cartarius, P. Köberle, J. Main, S. Rau
  Exceptional Points for Nonlinear Schrödinger Equations Describing Bose-Einstein Condensates of Ultracold Atomic Gases
  Acta Polytechnica 51:4, 95 (2011)External link
  
  
• H. Cartarius, N. Moiseyev
  Fingerprints of exceptional points in the survival probability of resonances in atomic spectra
  Physical Review A 84, 013419 (2011)External link
  
  
• H. Cartarius, E. Pollak
  Imaginary time Gaussian dynamics of the Ar₃ cluster
  The Journal of Chemical Physics 134, 044107 (2011)External link

2010

• S. Rau, J. Main, H. Cartarius, P. Köberle, G. Wunner
  Variational methods with coupled Gaussian functions for Bose-Einstein condensates with long-range interactions. II. Applications
  Physical Review A 82, 023611 (2010)External link
  
  
• H. Cartarius, J. Main, T. Losch, G. Wunner
  Resonance wave functions located at the Stark saddle point
  Physical Review A 81, 063414 (2010)External link

2009

• H. Cartarius, J. Main, G. Wunner
  Exceptional points in the spectra of atoms in external fields
  Physical Review A 79, 053408 (2009)External link
  
  
• H. Cartarius, J. Main, G. Wunner
  Signatures of the classical transition state in atomic quantum spectra
  Physical Review A 79, 033412 (2009)External link
  
  
• P. Köberle, H. Cartarius, T. Fabčič, J. Main, G. Wunner
  Bifurcations, order and chaos in the Bose-Einstein condensation of dipolar gases
  New Journal of Physics 11, 023017 (2009)External link

2008

• H. Cartarius, T. Fabčič, J. Main, G. Wunner
  Dynamics and stability of Bose-Einstein condensates with attractive 1/r interaction
  Physical Review A 78, 013615 (2008)External link
  
  
• H. Cartarius, J. Main, G. Wunner
  Discovery of exceptional points in the Bose-Einstein condensation of gases with attractive 1/r interaction
  Physical Review A 77, 013618 (2008)External link
  
  
• G. Wunner, H. Cartarius, T. Fabčič, P. Köberle, J. Main, T. Schwidder
  Nonlinear Dynamics of Bose-Einstein Condensates with Long-Range Interactions
  In: Proceedings of the "7th International Summer School/Conference LET'S FACE CHAOS THROUGH NONLINEAR DYNAMICS", CAMTP, University of Maribor, Slovenia, 29 June -- 13 July 2008, M. Robnik, V. Romanovski (Eds.)
  AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1076, AIP, pp. 282-291 (2008)External link

2007

• H. Cartarius, J. Main, G. Wunner
  Exceptional Points in Atomic Spectra
  Physical Review Letters 99, 173003 (2007)External link
  
  
• H. Cartarius, J. Main, G. Wunner
  ℏ expansions in semiclassical theories for systems with smooth potentials and discrete symmetries
  Annals of Physics 322, 315 (2007)External link

2006

• H. Cartarius, J. Main, G. Wunner
  First-Order ℏ Corrections to Gutzwiller's Trace Formula for Systems with Discrete Symmetries
  Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems 9, 240 (2006)External link

Current teaching programme in FriedolinExternal link

• Summer term 2024
  • Digital teaching and learning in physics (compulsory module, seminar)
  • Teaching methodology in astronomy (compulsory module, seminar)
  • Exam preparation module in teaching methodology in physics (compulsory module, lecture)
  • Cosmology (elective module, lecture and exercises)
  • Thermodynamics/statistics - educational perspective for teacher students (compulsory module, seminar)
  • Astronomy from multiple perspectives - preparation seminar (elective module, seminar)
  • Research seminar in physics and astronomy education (optional offer)
• Winter term 2023/24
  • Introduction to Physics Education (compulsory module, lecture)
  • Teaching methodology in astronomy (compulsory module, seminar)
  • Exam preparation module in teaching methodology in physics (compulsory module, lecture)
  • Quantum Theory - educational perspective for teacher students (compulsory module, seminar)
  • Thermodynamics/statistics - educational perspective for teacher students (compulsory module, seminar)
  • Research seminar in physics and astronomy education (optional offer)
• Summer term 2023
  • Teaching methodology in physics 1, part 2 (compulsory module, seminar)
  • Teaching methodology in astronomy (compulsory module, seminar)
  • Exam preparation module in teaching methodology in physics (compulsory module, lecture)
  • Theory of relativity for teaching candidates (elective module, lecture and exercises)
  • Astronomy from multiple perspectives - preparation seminar (elective module, seminar)
  • Research seminar in physics and astronomy education (optional offer)
• Winter term 2022/23
  
  • Teaching methodology in physics 1, part 1 (compulsory module, lecture)
  • Teaching methodology in astronomy (compulsory module, seminar)
  • Exam preparation module in teaching methodology in physics (compulsory module, lecture)
  • Numerics and sensors for physics classes in schools (elective module, lecture and exercises)
  • Pre-Course mathematics for BSc and teaching candidates in physics (optional offer, lecture)
  • Research seminar in physics and astronomy education (optional offer)
• Summer term 2022
  • Teaching methodology in physics 1, part 2 (compulsory module, seminar)
  • Teaching methodology in astronomy (compulsory module, seminar)
  • Exam preparation module in teaching methodology in physics (compulsory module, lecture)
  • Advanced topics of quantum physics from the viewpoint of school student's questions (elective module, lecture and exercises)
  • Research seminar in physics and astronomy education (optional offer)
• Winter term 2021/22
  
  • Teaching methodology in physics 1, part 1 (compulsory module, lecture)
  • Teaching methodology in astronomy (compulsory module, seminar)
  • Exam preparation module in teaching methodology in physics (compulsory module, lecture)
  • Theory of relativity for teaching candidates (elective module, lecture and exercises)
  • Research seminar in physics and astronomy education (optional offer)
• Summer term 2021
  • Teaching methodology in physics 1, part 2 (compulsory module, seminar)
  • Teaching methodology in astronomy (compulsory module, seminar)
  • Exam preparation module in teaching methodology in physics (compulsory module, lecture)
  • Cosmology (elective module, lecture and exercises)
  • Research seminar in physics and astronomy education (optional offer)
• Winter term 2020/21
  
  • Teaching methodology in physics 1, part 1 (compulsory module, lecture)
  • Teaching methodology in astronomy (compulsory module, seminar)
  • Exam preparation module in teaching methodology in physics (compulsory module, lecture)
  • Theory of relativity for teaching candidates (elective module, lecture and exercises)
  • Pre-Course mathematics for BSc and teaching candidates in physics (optional offer, lecture)
• Summer term 2020
  • Teaching methodology in physics 1, part 2 (compulsory module, seminar)
  • Exam preparation module in teaching methodology in physics (compulsory module, lecture)
  • Advanced topics of quantum physics from the viewpoint of school student's questions (elective module, lecture and exercises)
• Winter term 2019/20
  • Teaching methodology in physics 1, part 1 (compulsory module, lecture)
  • Exam preparation module in teaching methodology in physics (compulsory module, lecture)
  • Theory of relativity for teaching candidates (elective module, lecture and exercises)

• since 2023 Professor (W3) for Teaching Methodology in Physics at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
• 2019-2023 Professor (W2 tenure track to W3) for Teaching Methodology in Physics at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
• 2017-2019 Academic staff and lecturer (Privatdozent) in the physics education section of the University of Stuttgart, Germany
• 2014-2017 Academic staff  and lecturer (Privatdozent) at the Institute of Theoretical Physics 1 of the University of Stuttgart, Germany
• 2011-2014 Habilitation in theoretical physics at the University of Stuttgart, Germany
• 2010-2011 Postdoc at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
• 2009-2010 Academic staff at the Institute of Theoretical Physics 1 of the University of Stuttgart, Germany
• 2004-2008 PhD thesis (Dr. rer. nat.) at the University of Stuttgart, Germany
• 1999-2004 Studies in physics (Dipl.-Phys.) at the University of Stuttgart, Germany

• Current positions
  • Dean of Studies of the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy (since April 2023)
  • Member of the advisory committee general studies (since November 2022)
  • Member of the board of directors of the  Centre for Teacher Training and Educational Research (since April 2022)
  • Member of the Evaluation Committee of the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy (since June 2020)
  • Member of the Committee of Study Affairs of the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy (since October 2019)
  • Member of the Centre for Teacher Training and Educational Research (since September 2019, ex-officio as Professor in Teaching Methodology)
• Former positions
  • Member of the Managing Teacher Training Committee (according to a previous ZLB  constitution January 2020 - April 2022)
  • Member of the Teacher Training Committee (according to a previous ZLB constitution October 2019 - April 2022)
  • Head of the Working Group for the Reformation of Physics Teacher Studies of the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy (October 2019 - April 2021)