Finished projects (selection)

• 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", 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).
• 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.
• FOQUOS - Research Group for Quantum Optical Imaging by Entangled Photons, funded by the Thuringian Ministry for Economy, Science, and Digital Society (TMWWDG), in partnership with the Technical University of Ilmenau.
• 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 Applied Optics and Precision Engineering Jena.
• 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, Universé Paris Diderot - Paris 7, 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, IST Av Rovisco Pais, 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 by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and more than 45 industrial partners.
• 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, 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, LINOS-QIOPTIQ Photonics GmbH Göttingen, Carl Zeiss AG Oberkochen/Jena, and Jenoptik AG Jena.
• PolarX - Precision x-ray spectroscopy and polarimetry, collaborative research initiative funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, in partnership with the Helmholtz Institute Jena, theMax Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK) Heidelberg, and the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) Braunschweig.
• 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, Microelectronic Packaging GmbH, and Sypro Optics GmbH.
• Tailored Optical Fibers (TOF) - Growth Core ('Wachstumskern'), funded in public-private partnership by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, in collaboration with 21 industry and non-university partners.
• XCoherenT - XUV Coherence Tomography, research initiative funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
• ZIK ultra optics - Centre for Innovation Competence, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

Foundations