Prof. Dr. Laura Maria Herz

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsExperimental Condensed Matter Physics,Spectroscopy
KeywordsLight harvesting, Hybrid perovskites, organic and hybrid solar cells, nanomaterials, semiconductors
Honours and awards

2018: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Bessel Award, Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation

Current contact address

CountryUnited Kingdom
CityOxford
InstitutionUniversity of Oxford
InstituteDepartment of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Anna KöhlerLehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik II, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2018

Programme(s)

2018Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Herz is an international authority in the field of fundamental light harvesting and energy conversion pathways in semiconducting materials. Her work has contributed greatly to our understanding of new semiconductors, nanostructures and pi-conjugated molecules. Such systems are fascinating from a fundamental scientific point of view, but also form crucial ingredients in applications such as solar cells, light-emitting devices, and sensors. During her stay in Germany, she will continue her research on hybrid metal halide perovskites.