Marius Grundmann
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Marius Grundmann (born 14 November 1964 in Berlin) is a German physicist and university professor. He served as Director of the Felix Bloch Institute for Solid State Physics for two decades.[1]
Education and career
[edit]Grundmann attended primary school in Berlin-Schmargendorf from 1970 to 1974. He then attended the Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster, where he obtained his Abitur (German university entrance qualification) in 1982.[2] In 1983, he began studying physics at the Technical University of Berlin. He graduated in 1988 with a diploma thesis entitled Pseudomorphic Quantum Wells and Excitonic Effects, receiving the overall grade of sehr gut ("very good").[2] In 1984, he was awarded a scholarship by the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes).[2] From 1988 to 1991, he pursued doctoral studies at the Technical University of Berlin under the supervision of Dieter Bimberg. He completed his doctorate with a dissertation on Heteroepitaxy of InP on Si, graduating summa cum laude.[2] Following research appointments in the United States, Grundmann held a postdoctoral habilitation fellowship funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) from 1992 to 1994.[2] From 1994 to 2000, he worked as a senior research engineer at the Institute for Solid State Physics of the Technical University of Berlin. He completed his habilitation in 1995 and was granted the venia legendi in 1996.[2]
From 2000 to 2004, Grundmann was funded through the Heisenberg Programme of the German Research Foundation (DFG).[3] In the same year, he was appointed professor at Leipzig University.[2] Since 2002, he has been director of the Institute of Experimental Physics II at Leipzig University.[2] In 2021, he co-founded SAXON Q, a Leipzig-based quantum computing company developing room-temperature quantum computers based on nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond.[4] From 2022 to 2025, he served as dean of the Faculty of Physics and Earth System Sciences at Leipzig University.[2]
Selected publications
[edit]- The Physics of Semiconductors: An Introduction Including Nanophysics and Applications (Graduate Texts in Physics). Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2021. ISBN 978-3-030-51568-3. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-51569-0.
- Marius Grundmann (ed.), Nano-Optoelectronics (NanoScience and Technology). Springer, Berlin and Heidelberg, 2002. ISBN 3-642-62807-9. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-56149-8.
Honors and awards
[edit]- 1998 – Gerhard Hess Prize of the German Research Foundation (DFG).[2]
- 1998 – Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize, awarded jointly by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).[2]
- 2011 – Leipzig Science Prize of the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities.[5]
- 2020 – Rudolf Jaeckel Prize of the German Vacuum Society (DVG).[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Marius Grundmann". Tech Tour Europe. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Curriculum Vitae – Prof. Dr. Marius Grundmann" (PDF) (in German). Leipzig University. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
- ↑ "Physik". GEPRIS (in German). Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). Retrieved 23 June 2026.
- ↑ "Millions invested in scalable quantum computing from Saxony". Business Saxony. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
- ↑ "Leipziger Wissenschaftspreis 2011 an Prof. Dr. Marius Grundmann verliehen" (in German). Stadt Leipzig. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- ↑ "Rudolf-Jaeckel-Preis 2020 für Marius Grundmann" (in German). pro-physik. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
