Department of Material Physics

Our PhD student Jona Grümbel was awarded the prestigious Paul Drude Medal at the 13th Workshop on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry in Genoa in February 2026 for his contribution:
Anharmonic phonon broadening in high symmetry crystals: rocksalt MgO and ScN, and wurtzite AlN 
The Paul Drude Medal is awarded by the Working Group on Ellipsometry (AKE) to exceptional young scientists (students, PhD candidates, or early postdocs) for outstanding contributions to ellipsometric metrology. We congratulate Jona to this great success! This marks the second Paul Drude Medal for our group, distinguishing us as the only research team globally to receive this honor twice mirroring the excellent scientific mentorship provided in the Department of Material Physics!

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