Finished projects (selection)

German Research Foundation (DFG)

• Collaborative Research Center SFB TR7 "Gravitational Wave Astronomy: Methods-Sources-Observations",
  Partners: Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics Garching (MPA), Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics Potsdam (MPG), Leibniz Universität Hannover, and Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen.
• Collaborative Research Center CRC TR18 "Relativistic Laser-Plasma-Dynamics", funded by the DFG, in partnership with Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy Berlin (MBI), and Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics Garching (MPQ).
• International Research Training Group IRTG 2101 "Guided light, tightly packed"
• Research Training Group (FOR) 1523 Quantum and Gravitational Fields.

European Union and European Research Council (ERC)

• ACP-IPHT-FIB (2015 FOR 0005) - Combined focused electron and ion beam facility for nanostructuring and characterization at the Abbe Center of Photonics together with the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT) - funded by the State of Thuringia and the European Funds for Regional Development (EFRE).
• ACP-MESOLAB (2015 FGI 0024) - Technology equipment for a mid-infrared laser excitation and soft x-ray spectroscopy imaging of biological samples at the Abbe Center of Photonics - funded by the State of Thuringia and the European Funds for Regional Development (EFRE).
• ACP-RÖNTGEN-BIOBILD (2017 FGI 0030) - Technology Equipment for the high-resolution imaging, analysis and modification of micro- and nanostructured materials at the Abbe Center of Photonics - funded by the State of Thuringia and the European Funds for Regional Development (EFRE).
• Erasmus PLUS International Dimensions 2017/18 - Research and Study Exchange program with the USA funded by the European Commission, in partnership with University of Arizona, University of Rochester, University of Central Florida and SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York.
• International Coherent Amplification Network (ICAN) - European project for the development on fiber-based particle generators, in partnership with Ecole Polytechnique Paris, Optoelectronics Research Centre at the University of Southampton, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and Fraunhofer Institute of AppliedOptics and Precision EngineeringJena.
• NANOPHI - Europe-Asia-Pacific Exchange program in Nanophotonics, Erasmus Mundus Mobility project funded by the European Commission, in partnership with Università degli Studi di Brescia, Universität Paris VII, King's College London, Aston University, University of Crete Heraklion, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Australian National University and Massey University.
• Perspect-H2O - Coordination of EU COST Action CM1202, in partership with University of Vienna, Johannes Kepler University, Institute of Theoretical Physics, University libre de Bruxelles, University of Cyprus, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of AS, University of Southern Denmark, University of Jyvskyl Nanoscience Center, Institut de Chimie CNRS, Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, University Rostock, University of Athens, University of Crete, Dublin City University, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Università di Cagliari, Università di Messina, University of Twente, Gdansk University of Technology, CMU Portogal, University of Santiago de Compostela, Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona, Uppsala University, Lund University, University of Bern, Istanbul Technical University, KTO Karatay University, The University of Nottingham, and Queen Mary & Westfield College.
• Photonics4life - European Network of Excellence for Biophotonics.

State, federal and industrial Funding

• 3Dsensation - Interdisciplinary research consortium within the program "Twenty20 - Partnership for Innovation", funded in public-private partnership with more than 45 industrial partners
• ACP²⁰²⁰ - Agenda for Excellent Photonics, funded by the Thuringian Ministry for Economy, Science, and Digital Society (TMWWDG) in the second phase of the ProExcellence program
• ALASKA - Adapted Glasses for Lasers, Optical Converters and Photonic Applications ("Angepasste Laser- und Konvertergläser für photonische Anwendungen"), funded by the Thuringian Ministry for Economy, Science, and Digital Society (TMWWDG).
• Growth Core Freeform Optics FO+ ('Wachstumskern'), funded in public-private partnership by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, in partnership with asphericon GmbH, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering Jena (IOF), Jena-Optronik GmbH, Jenoptik AG, Optics Balzers Jena GmbH, Orafol Fresnel Optics GmbH, Photonic Sense GmbH, POG Präzisionsoptik Gera GmbH and VITRON Spezialwerkstoffe GmbH.
• HITECOM - High Temperature Conversion Optical Measurement - Collaborative Centre for Innovation Competence, in partnership with the Technical University of Freiberg and funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
• MikroInter - Mikrobielle Interaktionen, funded by the Thuringian Ministry for Education, Science, and Culture in the first phase of the ProExcellence program,
  Partners: Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technology Jena (IPHT), Leibniz Institute for Age Research Jena (FLI), Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans-Knöll-Institute Jena (HKI), and Max Planck Institute for Ecological Chemistry Jena (ICE).
• MOFA - Mode stable high power fiber laser, collaborative research project funded by the Thuringian Ministry for Education, Science, and Culture in the first phase of the ProExcellence program,
  Partners: Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering Jena (IOF) and Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technology Jena (IPHT).
• PhoNa / MeMa - Collaborative research initative on Photonic Nanomaterials, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research within the program "Spitzenforschung und Innovation in den neuen Ländern" and by the Thuringian Ministry for Education, Science, and Culture in the first phase of the ProExcellence program, partners: Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering Jena (IOF), Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technology Jena (IPHT), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics Garching (MPQ), Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems Stuttgart, Excelitas Technologies, Carl Zeiss AG and Jenoptik AG Jena.
• PolarX - Precision x-ray spectroscopy and polarimetry, federal collaborative research initiative.
• SITARA - Self-adapting intelligent multi-aperture camera modules, funded in public-private partnership by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, in partnership with Daimler AG, DResearch GmbH, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering Jena, IHP Leibniz-Institute for High Performance Microelectronics, KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG, SICK AG, First Sensor and Jabil.
• XCoherenT - XUV Coherence Tomography, BMBF-funded research project.
• ZIK ultra optics - Centre for Innovation Competence, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

Foundations and others

• Abbe Center of Photonics - Concept for structural measures ('Strukturkonzept'), funded by the Carl Zeiss Foundation.
• ACP Alumni Strategy - Concept to improve research alumni relationships, funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
• Photonic Analytics for Biomedicine - Concept for structural measures ('Strukturkonzept'), funded by the Carl Zeiss Foundation.