News – Orbital Cinema

Dr. Anja Meier receives Jülicher Excellence Prize 2025

2025-10-16/in News/by Anja Meier

Forschungszentrum Jülich has awarded this year’s Excellence Prize to Dr. Anja Meier. In her doctoral work, the chemist played a pivotal role in advancing the field of photoemission orbital tomography (POT). This technology now allows for a much more comprehensive analysis of the chemical properties of molecules and is also more versatile than before. Meier completed her doctoral thesis at the Peter Grünberg Institute for Quantum Nanoscience (PGI-3) at Forschungszentrum Jülich and successfully defended her thesis at the Faculty of Physics in RWTH Aachen University in spring 2024. She now works as a postdoc at PGI-3.

Project Meeting 2025 at Schloss Seggau

2025-10-07/in News/by Anja Meier

After two years, the Orbital Cinema consortium finally met again in person from 28.09. – 01.10.2025 at Schloss Seggau in Leibnitz, Austria. Researchers, postdocs, and doctoral students from the participating institutions came together to present and discuss the latest progress within the project.

The meeting featured a series of talks and poster presentations highlighting recent findings and achievements. These contributions showcased the diverse and successful work carried out across the different research groups over the past two years.

In addition to reviewing past and ongoing results, participants engaged in lively discussions about future directions and upcoming experiments. The exchange of ideas and perspectives provided valuable impulses for further collaboration and innovation within the project.

Beyond the scientific program, the meeting offered an excellent opportunity to reconnect, strengthen partnerships, and foster interdisciplinary exchange in an inspiring atmosphere.

New NanoESCA MARIS

2024-03-01/in News/by Anja Meier

The next generation photoemission analyzer NanoESCA MARIS allows to perform both, Momentum and Real Space Imaging Spectroscopy. The instrument has been delivered before Christmas and was finally installed at PGI-3 in February 2024 by an expert from Scienta Omicron. From now on, scientists from PGI-3 will carry out photoemission orbital tomography experiments for the „Orbital Cinema“ project funded by the European Research Council (ERC).

Kick-Off Meeting

2023-11-27/in News/by Anja Meier

From 15. to 17. November 2023, the first Kick-Off Meeting took place at one of the top 100 Unesco monuments in the Netherlands, the Abbey Hotel Rolduc in Kerkrade. We thank all on-site and online participants from Germany (Marburg, Regensburg, Jülich), Austria (Graz), Italy (Palermo), and Israel (Rehovot) for fruitful discussion.

The next meeting will take place in Regensburg in the beginning of May 2024.