Prof. Dr. Jürgen Köhler
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Köhler
Spectroscopy of soft matter
University of Bayreuth | BPI Executive committee | KeyLab coordinator
Job History
| 10/2002 | Call to a Full Professorship at the University of Linz, (A) |
| Since 09/2000 | Professor (C4) at the University of Bayreuth |
| 04/2000 | Call to a Full Professorship, University of Bayreuth |
| 02/1999 – 08/2000 | Professor (C3) at the ‘Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität’, Munich |
| 03/1998 | Call to an Associate Professorship, LMU Munich |
| 09/1990 – 01/1999 | Post-doctoral fellow at the 'Centre for the Study of Excited States of Molecules' at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands |
| 10/1987 – 08/1990 | Research associate (Solid State Physics) at the ‘Heinrich-Heine-Universität’, Düsseldorf |
| 06/1986 – 09/1987 | Community service at the Institute for Medical Statistics and Biomathematics of the Medical institutions at the ‘Heinrich-Heine-Universität’, Düsseldorf |
Education
| 10/1997 | Granting Habilitation by Mathematics and Natural Sciences Faculty of the ‚Heinrich-Heine Universität’ at Düsseldorf for experimental physics |
| 10/1997 | Habilitation at the ‘Heinrich-Heine’-Universität, Düsseldorf, in Experimental Physics |
| 11/1990 | Dissertation with Prof. D. Schmid at the University of Düsseldorf |
| 10/1987 – 08/1990 | Research associate (Solid State Physics) at the ‘Heinrich-Heine-Universität’, Düsseldorf |
| 04/1986 | Diploma in Physics with Prof. D. Schmid at the University of Düsseldorf |
| 1979 – 1986 | Study of Physics at the ‘Heinrich-Heine’-Universität’, Düsseldorf |
| 05/1979 | Qualification for university admission (Allgemeine Hochschulreife) at the 'Alexander-von-Humboldt-Gymnasium', Neuss |
Awards and other responsibilities
Panels
| 2017 – 2019 | Vice-Dean of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science of the University of Bayreuth |
| Since 2017 | Executive Director of ‘Bayreuth Institute of Macromolecular Research’ (BIMF) |
| 2015 – 2017 | Member of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science of the University of Bayreuth |
| 2010 – 2019 | Speaker of the DFG Research Training Unit (GRK 1640) “Photophysik synthetischer und biologischer multichromophorer Systeme“ |
| 2007 – 2017 | Conference Organisation Initiator and Chair of the “Light-Harvesting Processes” conferences |
| 2006 – 2007 | Member of the Board "Zukunft Bayern 2020" of the Bavarian State Government |
| 2005 – 2009 | Executive director of the Physical Institute of the University of Bayreuth |
| 2002 – 2004 | Member of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science of the University of Bayreuth |
| 2002 – 2004 | Member of the Senate of the University of Bayreuth |
| 2001 – 2007 | Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Bavarian Science Foundation |
| 2001 – 2007 | Member of the Scientific-Technical-Advisory Board of the Bavarian State Government |
Membership
| Since 1998 | Member of the ‘Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft (DPG); Association of Molecular Physics |
Awards
| 2019 | Wilsmore Fellowship, University of Melbourne |
| 11/1997 | 'Richard Heynen – und Emmy Heynen Prize' by the Society of Friends and Promoters of the ‘Heinrich-Heine-Universität’ Düsseldorf |
| 08/1997 | Grant 'Heisenbergstipendium' of the German Science Foundation (DFG) |
| 03/1996 | Gustav-Hertz-Prize of the German Physical Society (DPG) |
| 04/1995 | Grant 'Habilitationsstipendium' of the German Science Foundation (DFG) |
| 11/1994 | C.J. Kok Prize of the University of Leiden, The Netherlands |
| 07/1991 | Best Dissertation of the year of the ‚Heinrich-Heine-Universität’ Düsseldorf |
Spectroscopy of soft matter
University of Bayreuth | BPI Executive committee | KeyLab coordinator
- optical spectroscopy of individual nano objects
- electronic structure of soft condensed matter
- quantum biology
Spectroscopy of soft matter
University of Bayreuth | BPI Executive committee | KeyLab coordinator
10 selected publications
A complete list of publications of Prof. Dr. Jürgen Köhler is available here.
Enhancing Long-Range Energy Transport in Supramolecular Architectures by Tailoring Coherence Properties
Wittmann, B.; Wenzel, F:A.; Wiesneth, S.; Haedler, A.T.; Drechsler, M.; Kreger, K.; Köhler, J.; Meijer, E. W.; Schmidt, H.-W.; Hildner, R.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 8323-8330
Spectal- and structural variations of biomimetic light-harvesting nanotubes
Löhner, A.; Kunsel, T.; Jansen, T.L.C.; Sengupta, S.; Würthner, F.; Röhr, M.I.S.; Knoester, J.; Köhler, J.
J. Phys. Chem Lett. 2019
Exciton Transport in Molecular Aggregates from Natural Antennas to Synthetic Chromophore Systems
Brixner, T.; Hildner, R.; Köhler. J.; Lambert, C.; Würthner, F.
Adv. Energy Materials 2017
Deliberate Switching of Single Photochromic Triads
Maier, J.; Pärs, M.; Weller, T.; Thelakkat, M.; Köhler, J.
Scientific Reports 2017, 7, 41739-1 – 41739-8
Long-Range Energy Transport in Single Supramolecular Nanofibres at Room Temperature
Haedler, A.T.; Kreger, K.; Issac, A.; Wittmann, B.; Kivala, M.; Hammer, N.; Köhler, J.;
Schmidt, H.-W.; Hildner, R.
Nature 2015, 523, 196-199
An Organic Optical Transistor Operated under Ambient Conditions
Pärs, M.; Hofmann, C.C.; Willinger, K.; Bauer, P.; Thelakkat, M.; Köhler, J.
Ang. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 11405-11408
Refinement of the X-Ray Structure of the RC-LH1 Core Complex from Rhodopseudomonas palustris by Single-Molecule Spectroscopy
Richter, M.F.; Baier, J.; Southall, J; Cogdell, R.J.; Oellerich, S.; Köhler, J.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2007, 104, 20280-20284
Symmetry Matters for the electronic structure of core complexes from Rhodopseudomonas Palustris and Rhodobacter Sphaeroides PufX-
Richter, M.F.; Baier, J.; Prem, Th.; Oellerich, S.; Francia, F.; Venturoli, G.; Oesterhelt, D.; Southall, J.; Cogdell, R.J.; Köhler, J.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2007, 104, 6661-6665
The architecture and function of the light-harvesting apparatus of purple bacteria: from single molecules to in vivo membranes
Cogdell, R. J.; Gall, A.; Köhler, J.
Q. Rev. Biophysics 2006, 39, 227–324
Optical Spectroscopy on Individual amphi-PIC J-Aggregates
Lang, E.; Sorokin, A.; Drechsler, M.; Malyukin, Y.V.; Köhler, J.
Nano Letters 5 2005, 2635–2640
Spectroscopy of soft matter
University of Bayreuth | BPI Executive committee | KeyLab coordinator
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Köhler
University of Bayreuth | BPI Executive committee
KeyLab coordinator
Universitätsstr. 30
95447 Bayreuth
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4000
E-mail: juergen.koehler@uni-bayreuth.de
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