Melanie Müller, head of the “Ultrafast Scanning Probe Microscopy” research group in the PC Department, took up a new professorship for experimental condensed matter physics at the University of Bonn on April 1, 2026. The group’s research continues to focus on the experimental investigation of light-matter interactions at the atomic scale and on ultrafast time scales. By combining low-temperature scanning probe microscopy with ultrashort light pulses and high-resolution spectroscopy, her group explores the ultrafast dynamics and out-of-equilibrium behavior of solid-state surfaces, quantum materials, and nanostructures at extreme spatiotemporal scales. These innovative experimental approaches enable new insights and a detailed understanding of nonequilibrium phenomena at surfaces.

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