Dr. Hans-Gerd Lohmannsroben

Professor Hans-Gerd Lohmannsroben
Institute of Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Center for Innovation Competence innoFSPEC Potsdam

University of Potsdam
Potsdam-Golm, Germany

"Modern Aspects of Laser Spectroscopy and (Fibre) Optical Chemical Sensing"

After a brief outline of photonics activities in the Berlin-Potsdam region and at Potsdam University the talk will focus on our current activities in the following fields:

*Spectroscopy with Photon Density Waves

(radiation transport theory, phase-resolved measurements for determination of absorption and scattering properties of opaque materials, dependent scattering, particle sizing, process analytical technology)
*Laser-based Ion Mobility Spectrometry (multiphoton ionization, ion-molecule collisions and reactions in the gas phase, electron detachment spectroscopy, structural analysis of aromatic Ð-stacks, detection of explosives)
*Laser Immunoanalysis and in-vivo Sensing (Förster Resonance Energy Transfer with quantum dots, antibody/antigene-detection, tumor markers, spectral multiplexing, O₂-detection in plant and animal cells, monitoring of photosynthesis and hormone activity)
Furthermore, innoFSPEC Potsdam, a joint program with the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam (AIP), will be introduced. The center’s research is focussed on two fields: Multichannel Spectroscopy and Fibre-Optical Chemical Sensing.

Hans-Gerd Lohmannsroben's CV
1975 - 1978 Study of Physics at the Universities of Oldenburg and Göttingen

1978 - 1979 Research Student with Fulbright Scholarship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/USA

1979 - 1981 Diploma Thesis in the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the University of Göttingen with Prof. Dr. J. Troe, April 1981, Diploma in Physics

1981 - 1985 Ph. D. Thesis in the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the University of Göttingen with Prof. Dr. J. Troe, Research and Teaching Assistant, May 1985, Doctorate in Natural Science (Ph. D.)

1985 - 1995 Senior Research Scientist and Lecturer (Akademischer Rat, Lehrbeauftragter) in the Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry at the Technical University of Braunschweig

June 1992 Habilitation in the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the TU Braunschweig; venia legendi "Physical Chemistry"

July/August 93 Scholarship for International Scientific Exchange from the German Academic Exchange Agency (DAAD), Research Stay at the University of Helsinki/Finland

January 1994 NATO Collaborative Research Award for Environmental Research

1995 - 1996 Professor at the University of Applied Sciences Emden, Institute of Applied Laser Technology, field „Laser Applications in Environmental Analysis and Chemistry“

1996 - 2000 Professor for Physical Chemistry at the University of Erlangen‑Nürnberg

since 2000 Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Potsdam (UP)

2002 – 2006 Vice Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences at UP

2004 - 2008 Founding Member of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Photonics at UP

since April 2008 Leader of the project team “Photonics of Nanostructured Polymer Materials (NanoPolyPhotoncs)” at the Fraunhofer Institute IAP in Potsdam-Golm.

Since July 2008 Founding Member of the Center for Innovation Competence innoFSPEC Potsdam.