Invited Speakers

The Symposium intends bringing together leading experts on the various fields listed under "Scope & Topics". For this purpose, in total 26 Speakers are invited, the majority from outside the two Cooperative Research Centers, each of which will be represented by 3 speakers.

The following list contains exclusively those speakers who already have confirmed their attendance.

• Joachim Ankerhold, Universität Ulm, D
  "Charge transfer in dissipative environments"

• Dario Anselmetti, Universität Bielefeld, D
  "Nanobiophysics: soft matter, weak interactions and complex mechanisms"

• Markus Antonietti, MPI KGF Golm, D
  "Nanomaterials for new energy cycles and the raw material change "

• Gerrit Bauer, TU Delft, NL
  "Spin and Heat Currents in Magnetic Nanostructures"

• Richard Berndt, Universität Kiel, D
  "Conductance of single molecules in a low-temperature STM"

• Miles Blencowe, Dartmouth College, NH, USA
  "Classical and Quantum Damping in Nanomechanical Resonators"

• Jasna Brujic, New York University, USA
  "Unexpected scaling laws in the mechanical unfolding of proteins"

• Andrew Cleland, University of California, USA
  "Quantum control of photons and phonons using superconducting integrated circuits"

• Klaus Ensslin, ETH Zürich, CH
  "Graphene quantum dots"

• Vladimir I. Falko, Lancaster University, UK
  "Optics of electric flows in graphene and electron focusing in graphene p-n junctions"

• Karsten Flensberg, University of Copenhagen, DK
  “Transport in quantum dots with spin-orbit coupling”

• Andre Geim, University of Manchester, UK
  "Graphene: Magic of flat carbon"

• Jean-Michel Gérard, CEA/INAC, Grenoble, F
  "Highly-efficient single photon sources based on a quantum dot in a nanowire"

• Gaetano Granozzi, University of Padova, I
  " Stoichiometric Titania ultrathin films on Pt(111) and Pt(110): role of spatial confinement in the stabilization of distorted bulk-like phases"

• Werner Hofer, University of Liverpool, UK
  "Dynamic processes observed by scanning tunnelling microscopes: conformation changes, diffusion and vibrations"

• Takayuki Homma, Waseda University, Tokyo, J
  "Electrochemical nanostructuring processes for fabricating functional surfaces"

• Harry Hoster, Universität Ulm, D
  "Local balance of energy and entropy in ordered organic adlayers on solid surfaces"

• Rupert Huber, Universität Konstanz, D
  "Terahertz nonlinear optics of semiconductor systems"

• Bengt Kasemo, Göteborg University, S
  "Biological surface science – overview and selected examples"

• Tobias Kippenberg, MPI for Quantum Optics, D
  "Cavity Optomechanics using Microresonators"

• Anna Köhler, Universität Bayreuth, D
  "Triplet state diffusion as double-charge transfer process in organic semiconductors"

• Berndt Koslowski, Universität Ulm, D
  "An STM and STS study of mercaptopyridine and di-pyridine-disulfide on Au(111) at low temperature"

• Tilmann Kuhn, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D
  "All-optical spin manipulation of a single manganese atom in a quantum dot"

• Paul Müller, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D
  "Exploring stars and hunting giraffes: The physics of coordinated metal ions"

• Stuart Parkin, IBM Almaden, USA
  "Racetrack Memory: a current controlled magnetic domain wall based storage class memory"

• Niek van Hulst, ICFO, Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona, E
  "Nanoscale Control of Single Molecule Excitation and Emission by optical Nano-Antennas and Tailored fs Pulses"

• Jan van Ruitenbeek, Leiden University, NL
  "Physical properties of single-molecule junctions"

• Julius Vancso, University of Twente, NL
  "Stimulus Responsive Organometallic Polymer Nanostructures for Release of Molecular Payloads"

• Wulf Wulfhekel, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), D
  "Quantum excitations in nano-magnets studied with scanning tunneling microscopy"

• Frank Würthner, Universität Würzburg, D
  " Morphogenesis of Chiral Self-assembled Merocyanine Dye Nanorods"

• Dominik Zumbühl, Universität Basel, CH
  "Spin Relaxation and Spin Tunneling in GaAs Single Electron Quantum Dots"

• Andreas Zumbusch, Universität Konstanz, D
  "Ultrasensitive microscopy in living cells"