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The research at the International Max Planck Research School for Condensed Matter Science (IMPRS-CMS) at the Stuttgart Campus (University of Stuttgart and Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research) hosts an extraordinary array of research groups with a wide spectrum of expertise in fundamental condensed matter science.
Every company or institution can only be as good as the people working for it. Therefore we take great care to select excellent researchers with the right team spirit. The picture shows some of our Alumni on the first level of their professional career as Ph.D. student. Now all of them are pursuing successful careers in academia or industry. Have a look on the pages inside to meet some of our Principal Investigators, current students and Alumni in person.
Congratulations Robin!
Congratulations to Robin Scholle, who has successfully defended his thesis “The zoo of states in the Hubbard model” on 27th of March 2026!
Well done! We wish you all the best and much success in your future endeavours!
Photo ©Robin Scholle
Congratulations Yuanshan!
We are delighted to congratulate Yuanshan Zhang on the successful defence of his thesis “Electronic and structural instabilities in the putative excitonic insulator Ta2NiSe5“ on 25th February 2026!
Wishing you all the best!
Photo ©Yuanshan Zhang
Congratulations Steffen!
Congratulations to Steffen Bollmann, who has successfully defended his thesis “Quantum Phases of Topological Many-Body Systems” on 19th of December 2025!
Well done! We wish you all the best and much success in your future endeavours!
Photo © Steffen Bollmann
Congratulations Andrés!
Warmest congratulations to Andrés Rodriguez Camargo, who has successfully defended his thesis “Integrating Metals in Covalent Organic Frameworks: Molecular Engineering for Energy Conversion” on 21st of November 2025!
Well done Andrés! We wish you all the best and much success in your future endeavours!
Photo © IMPRS-CMS office
Congratulations Sabrina!
Congratulations to Sabrina Steffens, who has successfully defended her thesis “Improving n-channel organic field-effect transistors for complementary circuit applications” on 21st of November 2025!
Wishing you all the best for as you take the next steps in your journey!
Photo © IMPRS-CMS office
Congratulations Ksenia!
Warmest congratulations to Ksenia Rabinovich, who has successfully defended her thesis “Exploration and Control of Optical, Magnetic, and Structural
Properties of Ruthenium-Oxide Mott Insulators” on 17th of October 2025!
Wishing you all the best for as you take the next steps in your journey!
Photo © Ksenia Rabinovich
Congratulations Duc Hien!
We are delighted to congratulate Duc Hien Nguyen on the successful defence of his thesis “Slurry-processing, microstructural optimization, and full-cell cycling of thiophosphate solid electrolytes: From fundamentals to applications“ on 13th October 2025!
Wishing you all the best!
Photo © Duc Hien Nguyen
Congratulations Philip!
We are delighted to congratulate Philip Haupt on the successful defence of his thesis “Development of the Transcorrelated Full Configuration Interaction Quantum Monte Carlo Method“ on 30th April 2025!
Wishing you all the best as your embark on the next chapter of your journey!
Photo © C.Khor
Congratulations Yu-Jung!
Congratulations to Yu-Jung Wu who has defended her thesis on “Opening New Perspectives in Nanotechnology: Symmetry Forbidden Interfaces, Vector Substrates and Self-assembled Nanocrystals" on 4th of February 2025.
Well done Yu-Jung! We wish you all the best and much success in your future endeavours!
Photo © Renate Zimmermann
Alumna Eva Zurek has been named a SUNY Distinguished Professor
Congratulations!
Eva Zurek was one of the first students of the IMPRS-AM, (the predecessor of IMPRS-CMS). One month ago, she was appointed as a SUNY Distinguished Professor, the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system. She has also been nominated as a finalist for the upcoming Falling Walls Science Sumit in the Physical Sciences category.
Photo © Douglas Levere