Prof. Dr. Michael Werner Zürch

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsSpectroscopy,Solid State and Surface Physical Chemistry, Material Characterisation,Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
KeywordsNonlinear Optics, Ultrafast spectroscopy, High harmonic generation, Attosecond spectroscopy, Correlated Phenomena
Honours and awards

2025: Bessel Prize, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

2024: Berkeley Collegium Award for Advancing Research-near Undergraduate Education

2024: Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

2024: Rose Hills Innovator Award

2024: Scialog Fellow, Research Corporation for Science Advancement

2023: DOE Early Career Award, Department of Energy

2023: Technical Development Award, Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science

2022: Emerging Researcher in Physical Chemistry, Journal in Physical Chemistry C

2021: Berkeley Collegium Award for Advancing Research-near Undergraduate Education

2021: Fresnel Prize, European Physical Society, Quantum Electronics and Optics Division

2021: Hellman Fellowship, Hellman Fellows Fund

2020: Innovation Award, Booz Allen Foundation

2020: W. M. Keck Foundation Science and Engineering Research Award

2018: Max Planck Research Group

2015: Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth Dissertation Award

2015: Feodor Lynen Fellowship

2015: Reichart-Prize 2015, Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Erfurt

2014: Springer Theses Dissertation Award

2010: Best diploma thesis award of the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityBerkeley
InstitutionUniversity of California, Berkeley
InstituteDepartment of Chemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. h.c. mult. Daniel NeumarkDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley
Prof. Dr. Stephen Robert LeoneDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley
Start of initial sponsorship01/11/2015

Programme(s)

2015Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs
2025Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme