About the Faculty

With more than 40 professors and over 200 research assistants, the Institute of Physics is the largest institute in our faculty. It is distinguished by its outstanding range of research, for example in materials science, quantum and atomic physics, and particle and hadron physics.

Research at the Institute of Nuclear Physics aims to explore the basic building blocks of matter and, using innovative precision measurements—particularly via the university’s own electron accelerator—to search for “new physics” beyond the Standard Model of particle physics.

With its specialization in Meteorology, the Institute for Atmospheric Physics is the third physics institute at JGU. Meteorological research at the faculty deals with the physical and chemical properties of the atmosphere and, based on this knowledge, enables us to understand the serious changes in our climate.

The Institute of Mathematics is characterized by an exceptionally broad spectrum of all mathematical subfields, ranging from algebraic geometry to analytical and stochastic modeling to numerical applications, e.g., in computer tomography and hydrodynamics.

The Institute of Computer Science is interdisciplinary and has close ties to various institutes, with a focus on methods from mathematics and the natural sciences as well as applications in these areas. Techniques of machine learning and methods of high-performance computing play a special role and are used for simulations, data analysis, and understanding patterns in real-world data.

Other individuals are listed in the JGU directory of individuals and institutions. You can also use the search function to find members of the individual institutes.

Our faculty is committed to creating a collegial, cooperative, and constructive atmosphere in which the equality of all members and students is paramount. We attach great importance to ensuring that the faculty’s culture of conduct does not discriminate on the basis of gender, religion, skin color, origin, or sexual orientation. Equality tasks and challenges therefore concern all members of our faculty. A central component is the promotion of women, especially in the scientific field and in leadership roles.

The Ada Lovelace Project has set itself the goal of motivating girls and women to study and work in STEM subjects. The project is named after Ada, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852), who wrote the first programs for operating calculating machines more than 150 years ago – at a time when women were forbidden from accessing universities, academies, and libraries.

Today, more than 53% of all those who finish school with a university entrance qualification and over 50% of new students at German universities are women. Nevertheless, only a small number of women choose STEM subjects.

The Ada Lovelace Project relies on role models: female students in STEM programs inform, advise, and support female pupils. They go to schools, organize project days at universities, and present themselves as examples to small groups of interested female pupils.

Dr. Elke Göbel and Dr. Rainer Göbel have been closely associated with Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz as alumni for many years and support numerous university projects and institutions. Many important facets of their foundations are directed towards our faculty and are therefore close to the scientific discipline of the founding couple themselves.

The Drs. Elke and Rainer Göbel Foundation primarily aims to promote international students in physics and to strengthen the connection of the graduates of Faculty 08 with JGU.

With the Dres. Göbel Klima-Stiftung, the founding couple Dr. Elke Göbel and Dr. Rainer Göbel would like to particularly promote climate research at JGU, including through the provision of funding for young scientists in this field.

With the award for outstanding scientists in early career phases, JGU honors excellent dissertations and artistic final projects.

Francesca Bonaiti | DAAD prize for foreign students
Dr. Daniel Wenz | Research grant from the Friends of the University of Mainz e.V.
Dr. Robin Kobus | Prize of the Dres. Elke and Rainer Göbel Foundation
Dr. Marvin Schnubel | Research grant from the Friends of the University of Mainz e.V. – Professor Herminghaus-Prize
Dr. Renata Ferrero | Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Dissertation Award
Dr. Ashreya Jayaram | Prize of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz – Faculty 08 Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science

The faculty awards prizes for outstanding theses in the three subject groups Physics/Meteorology, Mathematics, and Computer Science at its annual graduation ceremonies.

André Hans-Jürgen Dallwig | Master’s thesis (M. Ed. Mathematics)
Johannes Miedema | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Applied Bioinformatics)
Felix Peter Paul | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Computer Science and Natural Sciences)
Mathias Stefan Vatter | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Informatik)
Collin Wittenstein | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Mathematics)

Maurice Sylvester Anderson | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Physics)
Hannah Antoni | Master’s thesis (M. Ed. Mathematics)
Andrea Sophie Beyer | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Computer Science)
Tillmann Veit Bolik | Master’s thesis (M. Ed. Computer Science)
Vincent Dietrich | Masterarbeit (M. Sc. Applied Bioinformatics)
Julian Gläßer | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Ed. Physics)
Sonja Knierim | Master’s thesis (M. Ed. Physics)
Kyra Mossel | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Physics)
Tobin Johannes Ott | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Mathematics)
Nick Johannes Peter Rassau | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Computer Science and Natural Sciences)
Lukas Andrian Schuch | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Ed. Mathematics)
Helena Zoe Schuh | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Meteorologie)
Timon Pascal Tausendpfund | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Mathematics)
Franziska Weyland | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Meteorology)

Simon Cordes | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Mathematics)
Lena Dammermann | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Meteorology)
Daniela Fetzer | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Physics)
Adrienne Jeske | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Meteorology)
Johannes Nelgen | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Computer Science)
Immo Christoph Reis | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Physics)
Justus Christian Ringhandt | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Ed. Physics)
Rebecca Steiner | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Computer Science and Natural Sciences)

Hannah Bergner | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Meteorology)
Sophia Elisabeth Dapprich | Master’s thesis (M. Ed. Physics)
Peter Gispert | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Physics)

Michael Debertshäuser | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Meteorology)
Johanna Felicitas Ehmer | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Ed. Physics)
Anne Mareike Galda | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Physics)
Lukas Görzen | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Physics)
Timo Graffé | Master’s thesis (M. Ed. Physics)
Paul Hiller | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Ed. Computer Science)
Lisa Höfer | Master’s thesis (M. Ed. Mathematics)
Matteo Krüger | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Applied Bioinformatics)
Cedric Luger | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Mathematics)
Rebecca Maksimović | Master’s thesis (M. Ed. Physics)
Sebastian Mies | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Computer Science and Natural Sciences)
Janik Rapp | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Computer Science)
Julian Schömer | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Mathematics)

Alexander Aycock | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Mathematics)
Jean-Pierre Ehlenberger | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Ed. Computer Science)
Yanik Herrmann | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Physics)
Marvin Horst | Master’s thesis (M. Ed. Physics)
Daniel Jünger | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Computer Science and Natural Sciences)
Lena Kochler | Master’s thesis (M. Ed. Physics)
Tabea Köhler | Master’s thesis (M. Ed. Mathematics)
Jakob König | Bachelor’s thesis (B.Sc. Mathematics)
Jan Muskalla | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Physics)
Simon Reifenberg | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Meteorology)
Aaron Reith | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Ed. Mathematics)
Rebecca Steiner | Bachelor’s thesis (B.Sc. Computer Science)
Stanislav Jur‘Evic Sys | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Applied Bioinformatics)

Antonia Berger | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Mathematics)
Hannah Bloos | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Ed. Physics)
Lukas Buhr | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Mathematics)
Florian Büren | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Computer Science)
Julian Fischer | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Physics)
Daniel Franzen | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Computer Science)
Anne Mareike Galda | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Physics)
Kelly Hack | Master’s thesis (M. Ed. Mathematics)
Eva Maria Hickmann | Master’s thesis (M. Ed. Physics)
Maicon Hieronymus | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Computer Science and Natural Sciences)
Johanna Joy Krömer | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Ed. Physics)
Annika Stein | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Ed. Mathematics)

Anna Arent | Master’s thesis (M. Ed. Physics)
Derian Huibert Boer | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Computer Science and Economics)
Moritz Breitbach | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Physics)
Niklas Maria Budinger | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Physics)
Simon Felten | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Mathematics)
Fabio Frommer | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Mathematics)
Maikel Hajiabadi | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Mathematics)
Justus Henneberg | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Computer Science)
Anna Lensch | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Meteorology)
Amelie Mayer | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Meteorology)
Bastian Schlag | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Physics)
Johanna Schneider | Master’s thesis (M. Ed. Physics)
Monika Schömer | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Ed. Computer Science)
Alexandra Stillert | Master’s thesis (M. Ed. Physics)
Tobias Schütz | Master’s thesis (M. Ed. Mathematics)

Pia Brechmann | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Mathematics)
Julian Brummer | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Computer Science)
Felix Fuhrmann | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Physics)
Katharina Kaiser | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Meteorology)
Felix Jacob Kallenborn | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Computer Science and Natural Sciences)
Marius Konz | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Ed. Physics)
Manuel Krummeck | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Ed. Computer Science)
Johannes Frank Lhotzky | Master’s thesis (M. Ed. Physics)
Maria Andrea Paulus | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Ed. Physics)
Mirco Miroslav Sandfort | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Applied Bioinformatics)
Paul Weber | Master’s thesis (M. Ed. Mathematics)
Jakob Werner | Bachelor’s thesis(B. Sc. Mathematics)

Stefan Alte | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Physics)
Antonia Berger | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Ed. Physics)
Lukas Buhr | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Mathematics)
Katharina Dost | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Computer Science and Natural Sciences)
Oliver Eppers | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Meteorology)
Daniel Jünger | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Computer Science)
Wiebke Kött | Master’s thesis (M. Ed. Physics)
Matthias Liesenfeld | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Mathematics)
Amelie Mayer | Bachelor’s thesis(B. Sc. Meteorology)
David Selzer | Master’s thesis (M. Ed. Mathematics)
Kim Vosen | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Ed. Mathematics)
Sahra Alrune Wolff | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Physics)

Patrick Dyrauf | Master’s thesis (M. Ed. Physics)
Daniel Franzen | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Computer Science)
Matthias Gluth | Master’s thesis (M. Ed. Physics)
Robert Gutmann | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc. Meteorology)
Tassilo Kugelstadt | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Computer Science and Natural Sciences)
Martin Leschner | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Meteorology)
Andrey Tyukin | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Mathematics)
Sebastian Uhrig | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Applied Bioinformatics)
Marc Ziegler | Master’s thesis (M. Sc. Physics)

2014

COMPUTER SCIENCE
» Alessa Groß | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc.)
» Thomas Kemmer | Master’s thesis (M. Sc.)

MATHEMATICS
» Pia Brechmann | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc.)
» Jennifer Pütz | State examination paper

METEOROLOGY
» Christopher Polster | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc.)
» Sebastian Schappert | Master’s thesis (M. Sc.)

PHYSICS
» Marcel Trümper | Bachelor’s thesis (B.Ed.)
» Carsten Kleppel | Master’s thesis (M.Ed.)
» Franziska Hagelstein | Master’s thesis (M. Sc.)

2013

COMPUTER SCIENCE
» Christian Guckelsberger | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc.)

MATHEMATICS
» Timo Riske | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc.)
» Julian P. Großmann | Master’s thesis (M. Sc.)

METEOROLOGY
» Elisa Johanna Spreitzer | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc.)
» Harald Rybka | Diplom paper

PHYSICS
» Stefan Alte | Bachelor’s thesis (B.Sc.)
» Markus Zinser | Master’s thesis (M.Sc.)
» Hans Christian Lange | State examination paper

2012

COMPUTER SCIENCE
» Markus Blumenstock | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc.)

MATHEMATICS
» Matthias Nickel | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc.)
» Christoph Uebersohn | Master’s thesis (M. Sc.)
» Susanne Müller | Master’s thesis (M. Sc.)

METEOROLOGY
» Marlene Baumgart | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc.)
» Matthias Voigt | Diplom paper

PHYSICS
» Sven Fischer | State examination paper
» Raoul Malm | Diplom paper
» Jonas Kunze | Diplom paper

2011

COMPUTER SCIENCE
» Niklas Wilcke | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc.)

MATHEMATICS
» Jessica Désirée Veyhelmann | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Ed.)
» Andrey Tyukin | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc.)

METEOROLOGY
» Gabriel Wolf | Diplom paper

PHYSICS
» Eren Metin Elçi | Bachelor’s thesis (B. Sc.)
» Lena Michaela Altherr | State examination paper
» Nils Ruthmann | Diplom paper

2010

COMPUTER SCIENCE
» Andreas Congiu (Bachelor’s thesis )

MATHEMATICS
» Nora Rebecca Thomas (State examination paper)
» Matthias Riedel (Diplom paper)
» Marcel Ullrich (Diplom paper)

METEOROLOGY
» Christiane Hofmann (Diplom paper)

PHYSICS
» William Lindlahr (State examination paper)
» Dorothea Wilms (Diplom paper)

Our faculty views maintaining the connection between the alumni, JGU, and the Faculty of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science as an important task. Part of this are the traditional farewell to the graduates as part of the annual graduation ceremonies as well as numerous activities organized by the three alumni associations founded on the basis of the subjects.

The Gutenberg Network offers all former students and employees the opportunity to register free of charge and join the group “FB 08 – Physik, Mathematik und Informatik”.

The association Freunde der Informatik e. V. (“Friends of Computer Science”) was founded in 2013 with the aim of promoting computer science at JGU in academia, research, learning, and teaching. The activities range from organizing summer festivals to workshops on various current computer science topics to events such as internship exchanges.

The sponsoring association Freunde der Mathematik e. V. (“Friends of Mathematics”) was founded in 1998 with the aim of making studying at JGU more attractive and inspiring students to pursue a degree in mathematics. In addition, the association has a forum for former students who want to maintain contact with the institute and with former fellow students. It is also a contact point for students who are planning to study abroad and for students who are guests at the institute.

The alumni association Gemeinschaft der Physik e. V. (“Community of Physics e. V.”) was founded in 2017 by a group of physics students at JGU with the aim of bringing current students into contact with former students who have already arrived in a professional field. It also offers students support in shaping their individual professional careers. Alumni from the local economy are regular guests, showing the professional fields in which physicists can work. Seminars and workshops on professional orientation complement the association’s offer. Lectures by scientists from JGU offer insights into current research in the working groups.