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The WW9 running enthusiasts Running Flamingos welcomed spring by participating in several running competitions. The first one was the traditional Winterwaldlauf in Erlangen on March 16 with a distance of 10 km. Even the rather unstable weather conditions could not dampen the team spirit and enthusia...

We warmly welcome Prof. Philipp Pelz, who started his professorship for Computational Materials Microscopy at the IMN in August this year.   Before joining the IMN, he was a postdoctoral researcher working on computational electron microscopy with Prof. Mary Scott in the Materials Science...

At the summer festival of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, several prices of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering were awarded to outstanding BSc and PhD theses conducted at the IMN:   1. BSc Award: BSc Julian Kauth (Nanotechnology BSc) Title of thesis...

We are proud that the Alumni Symposium & Reunion of AG Electron Microscopy & Institute of Micro- and Nanostructure Research took place on 24th June 2022 and that so many alumni participated and made it a memorable event. Erdmann Spiecker and Mingjian Wu presented 14 years of Materials Micros...

The PhD defence of Mr. Janis Wirth took place on 22. Dec. 2021, partly virtual (online) due to the current regulations. With his comprehensive work “Scale-bridging correlative 3D microscopy methods to unravel the complex 3D microstructure of porous materials“, he has been awarded the title Dr.-Ing. ...

The PhD defence of Ms. Dorota Kubacka took place on 17. Dec. 2021, partly virtual (online) due to the current regulations. With her dedicated work “Diffusion Processes in Compositionally Complex SX Ni- and Co-base Superalloys“, she has been awarded the title Dr.-Ing with distinction. Congratulations...

The PhD defence of Ms. Lilian Vogl took place on 2. Dec. 2021, partly virtual (online) due to the current conditions. With her comprehensive work “Functional Nanowires Studied with Correlative in situ Light and Electron Microscopy", she has been awarded the title Dr.-Ing with distinction. Lil...

Ever since pandemic from 2020, it has been particularly difficult for early career researchers, particularly PhD students to effectively attend conferences and involving in academic exchanges, which has gradually developed into a new culture of online events. Despite these difficulties, IMN members ...

A new Tenure Track Professorhip Computational Materials Microscopy (W2 / Associate Professor) is available at the Center for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy that is embedded at the Institute of Micro- and Nanostructure Research. The research focus of this professorship should be on computationa...

Structure-property relationships are key for an in-depth understanding and development of modern materials utilized to solve grand challenges in today's society like sustainable energy conversion and catalysis. The Center for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy (CENEM) and the Institute of Micro- a...