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FAU is offering a free online tutorial on the topic of Gender-sensitive appointment procedures and recruitment. This one hour tutorial aims to raise awareness of (unconscious) gender biases and how they affect staffing decisions and is accessible for Non-FAU-members as well.

Diversity (in) Physics There was significant interest among students and researchers at FAU: The symposium “Diversity in physics for the diversity of physics – Erlangen”, DIPHER 22 for short, took place for the first time from October 25 till October 27, 2022. The organizers had set themselves the ...

The winter 2022/23 program of the QuCoLiMaTalks is now online. The QuCoLiMaTalks take place, unless otherwise noted, Tuesdays during the semester at 12:00. All talks hybrid: We have a mixture of on-site talks at all three main sites of QuCoLiMa (Erlangen, Mainz, Saarbrücken) as well as online ta...

Our annual retreat took place this year in Lohr am Main: - Dates - RTG School: October 09 - 11, 2022 TRR Annual Meeting: October 11 - 14, 2022 - Location - Michel & Friends Hotel Franziskushöhe Ruppertshüttener Straße 70 97816 Lohr am Main Tel.: +49 (9352) 604 – 0 Webpage: https://f...

This online workshop will give a short introduction on how Gender matters in our daily life at university. We will discuss Gender stereotypes and sexism as well as how gender affects us and our academic career. The workshop will give you the opportunity to reflect on the one hand stereotypes that...

In most situations our communication is successful: we feel comfortable with it, understanding and progress take place: collaboration works, tasks are completed, goals are achieved, and solutions to problems are found. Nevertheless it happens that people find themselves in situations with others ...

QuCoLiMa’s Female Scientists is a program inspired by the corresponding program of the German Physical Society. Here, we will highlight female scientists of QuCoLiMa and their field of research in order to contribute to “fixing the leaky pipeline“ (less female professors than students in the natural...

Electron microscopes allow an unmatched insight into smallest structures. Regarding the image resolution, they outcompete light microscopes by a factor of more than 1000. They do so by using a beam of electrons instead of light rays to probe the samples.

The heaviest part of a high-end camera is the objective, made from heavy glass. In today’s smartphone camera, you find mini versions of the same, with drastically reduced weight and consumption of space. But this is nothing compared to so-called flat optics, a cutting-edge research field in photonics.

Researchers in their first leadership positions face multiple challenges: besides excelling in research and teaching, they are also expected to develop management skills and lead people in teams and/or projects to a successful outcome. Many of them find themselves in sandwich positions without any f...