Interviews

Two separate research fields have been united in Hamburg for the very first time. Ultrashort laser pulses enable us to observe and manipulate matter on very short time scales, whereas ultracold atoms permit experiments with high precision and controllability. In the cluster of excellence “The...

Leonard Borchert’s goal is to make weather forecasts for the next 10 years more accurate. To do so, he has observed the North Atlantic, which strongly influences the weather in Europe. Borchert’s findings have now been published in the Journal of Climate. As a PhD candidate at CEN, he also knows...

Although more than 16 percent of all national waters are now protected, many ecoregions and countries are not included. The current reserve system is just as expensive as it is inefficient, as Dr. Kerstin Jantke and her team show in a study recently released by Universität Hamburg’s Center for Earth...

Poor grades in elementary school almost put an early end to this young man’s pursuits. Now Mahmut Yüksel is working towards a double degree in medicine and informatics at Universität Hamburg and off to earn a medical doctorate at Harvard University.

Alexander Gerst (42) is not only the most famous astronaut from the Federal Republic of Germany, and, from October, the first German commander of the International Space Station (ISS), but also a Universität Hamburg graduate. The Doctor of Geophysics is due to arrive at the ISS with his team...

Scientists in the Faculty of Medicine and the Departments of Chemistry and Biology at Universität Hamburg investigate the role of signaling molecules in inflammatory diseases in the Collaborative Research Center “Adenine Nucleotides in Immunity and Inflammation” (CRC 1328). The Collaborative...

The Universität Hamburg “UHH global app” is now available for free download from the App Store and Google Play Store. The English-language app is another Universität Hamburg service aimed at international users to provide quick access to key information and services at the university.

The Low Frequency Array, also known as LOFAR, is an innovative digital radio telescope based in The Netherlands and spanning 6 European countries. Universität Hamburg and the University of Bielefeld also have a LOFAR receiving station in Norderstedt. In our video, Prof. Dr. Marcus Brüggen and...

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has awarded Prof. Dr. Anne van Aaken from Universität Hamburg with the renowned Alexander von Humboldt Professorship in Berlin. Prof. van Aaken is recognized internationally as a distinguished expert in the field of economic analysis of law. She investigates...

Thanks to a novel method, the quality of seasonal forecasts for the winter in many parts of Europe can now be significantly improved. To date, reliable forecasts could mostly be made for the Tropics. A team led by Dr. Mikhail Dobrynin and Prof. Johanna Baehr from Universität Hamburg’s Center for...

The EU has once again reformed its emissions trading system—even though the previous reform had yet to go into effect. Grischa Perino, professor of economics at Universität Hamburg, has taken a closer look at the planned changes for the journal Nature Climate Change. His conclusions: The changes...

For the third consecutive year the ERC has granted Prof. Roland Wiesendanger, head of the Scanning Probe Methods Group in the Department of Physics at Universität Hamburg, a €2.5 million ERC Advanced Grant.

The research group led by biologist Prof. Arp Schnittger from Universität Hamburg has received the 2018 HFSP Research Grant together with international partners from France, Chile, and the USA. The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) is an international research funding agency in the life sciences...

In 2019 the University will be celebrating its 100th anniversary. On 28 March 1919 Hamburg Parliament resolved to establish the Hamburgische Universität. The celebration depends upon the ideas and commitment of the University’s members, so we are inviting you to join our initial activities and...

One year from today, on 28 March 2019, Universität Hamburg will be celebrating its 100th anniversary! On 28 March 1919 a new democratically elected Hamburg Parliament resolved in its first session to establish a university in Hamburg. This makes Universität Hamburg the first university in Germany to...

Gravitational force, life force, work force, buying force, creative force, the force of art—our concepts of force are not restricted to the natural sciences, but are also central to a number of cultural spheres, not least aesthetics. The new DFG-funded Center for Advanced Study in the Humanities and...

In a seven-year laboratory study, Dr. Christian Knoblauch from Universität Hamburg’s Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN) and an international team have shown, for the first time, that significantly more methane is produced by thawing permafrost than previously thought. The...

Following last year's successful Particles, Strings and Cosmology summer school pilot program, 3 new international programs on climate change, health economics, and physics will be offered this upcoming summer. The goal is to attract gifted young people from all over the world to Hamburg, where they...

More than 400 research projects currently involving about 240 scientists and scholars at Universität Hamburg have a connection to the topic of sustainability. What projects these are and who is working on them—find out using the new interactive Sustainability Research Map, online now.