Otto Lehmann researched liquid crystals at the Technical University of Karlsruhe, from which KIT emerged, and thus laid the foundation for modern displays.

To mark the 60th birthday of Prof. Marc Weber, Head of Division V (Physics and Mathematics), a celebratory colloquium was held on 11.7.2025. The keynote speech was given by Prof. Christian Weinheimer, University of Münster.

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Husemann is an elected member of the Executive Committee of the European Physical Society, EPS, for two years. The EPS promotes scientific exchange and represents around 100,000 physicists in Europe.

The international KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino Experiment (KATRIN) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has once again set new standards: An upper limit of 0.45 electron volt/c^2 (equivalent to 8 x 10^(-37) kilograms) for the mass of the neutrino can be derived from the current data.

A new 20 km long fiber optic test track connects specially equipped laboratories at KIT's South Campus and North Campus as a quantum optical transmission link. State-of-the-art technology is used here, which can be used to transmit quantum keys, for example

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding the KIT with 8.2 million euros. This sum will enable the Institute of Experimental Particle Physics to play a greater role in the further development and data analysis of the two international particle detector projects CMS and Belle II.

On 8.6.24, a sunny Saturday, KIT opened its campus for prospective students and their parents during the annual "Campus Day". At the KIT-Department of Physics, a team of professors, scientific staff and students were available to answer questions and explain the various study programs available in Physics, Geophysics, and Meteorology and Climate Physics.

The Physics Student Council is the winner of the Teaching Award of the Physics Department in recognition of its commitment and service to students. Congratulations!

A high-resolution climate simulation ensemble reveals the future development of heatwaves with climate change and the local heat stress for southern Germany.

Professor Anja Metelmann of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has the opportunity to teach and conduct research in quantum computing across borders with the European Confederation of Upper Rhine Universities (EUCOR).

Prof. Sarah Jones, former professor in the Department of Tropospheric Research at the Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, was appointed as first female President of the German Weather Service by the Federal Minister for Digitization and Transport on August 1st, 2023. The German Weather Service is a federal agency based in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. It provides the weather forecast for the German public and users such as shipping, agriculture and the international scientific community. We warmly congratulate our former colleague on her new position!

Jörg Schmalian received the 2023 Dresden Physics Prize  for his research in condensed matter theory and in recognition of his achievements in promoting close cooperation between the Max Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems (MPI-PKS) and the TU Dresden.

For outstanding teaching in the Introduction Week for international first-year students in the MSc Meteorology and Climate Physics, Dr. Alexander Lemburg receives the Teaching Award of the Physics-Department 2023.

Professor Anke-Susanne Müller of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) will receive the Baden-Württemberg 2022 State Research Award, which honors the top physicist for her achievements in basic research. With her team, Müller is making groundbreaking contributions to making particle accelerators more stable, compact, and energy-efficient.

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) brings another world-leading researcher to Germany: Particle physicist Markus Klute is awarded a Humboldt Professorship. With this, KIT aims to achieve a world-leading position in the LHC program at CERN.

The prestigious Bardeen Prize of 2022 will be awarded to Jörg Schmalian (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Mohit Randeria, (The Ohio State University), and Peter Hirschfeld (University of Florida). The prize recognizes their pioneering theoretical work that has provided significant insights into the nature of superconductivity, its realization in strongly correlated systems, and the experimental study of unconventional superconductors.