Prof. Dr. Thorsten Hugel

Professor of Physical Chemistry

Institute of Physical Chemistry
Albertstraße 21
79104 Freiburg

Secretary

Lesley Göbel
Phone: +49 761 203-6191

Career and Training

Since 09/2014 Full Professor (W3) at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
12/2011 Tenured Professor W2
10/2008 Professor W2 (Tenure Track) "Molecular Machines" at the Department of Biophysics (TUM), IMETUM and Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM)
06/2005 – 10/2008 Juniorprofessor at the Department of Biophysics and at the Institute for Medical Engineering of the Technische Universität München (TUM), Institute of Medical Engineering TUM (IMETUM)
06/2003 – 05/2005 Postdoc at the University of California Berkeley (USA) in the group of Prof. Bustamante: "Single Molecule Fluorescent Studies of Bacteriophage Phi29 DNA Packaging"
02/2003 – 05/2003 Postdoc at the LMU München in the group of Prof. Gaub:
"Desorption of Polymers from Solid Substrates"
01/2000 – 02/2003 PhD at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) in the group of Prof. Gaub:
"Towards Synthetic Molecular Motors Interfaced by AFM"
PhD: 02/03/2003 (summa cum laude)
09/1995 – 06/1996 Study of Physics at the University of Bristol (GB)
Third Year Project: "High Pressure Scanning Electron Microscopy"
10/1993 – 10/1999 Study of Physics at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Diplom: October 1999 (very good), Title: "Lamellenbildung in teilkristallinen Polymeren"

12/2015 ERC Consolidator Grant

02/2012 Rudolf-Kaiser-Preis 2011 read more...

11/2011 Dissertation award from the Stiftung-Industrieforschung for my PhD student Dr. Michael Geisler

01/2006 – 10/2010 Several publication awards from the Center for Nanosciences (CeNS)

09/2003 – 05/2005 Emmy Noether Scholarship

10/1999 Award for the best Diplom (Department of Physics of the Universität Freiburg)

04/1994 – 10/1999 Scholarship of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes