The Research Training Group PHINT focuses on using light to induce transient structural changes in interfaces and membranes. We explore how these changes are connected to the overall structure, light-driven reactivity, and the translation of local, light-induced chemical events into macroscopic property changes.

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13.05.25

Meeting of DFG Research Training Groups

From 16 to 19 September, the RTG researchers will travel to Rostock to exchange ideas with the members of the RTG ‘Spectre’. The Rostock group was already a guest in Jena in December 2024.

25.04.25

Hike to Windknollen

Members of the PhInt RTG hiked to the Windknollen and had a BBQ afterwards.

31.03.25

Change of Spokesperson

PhInt-Spokesperson Benjamin Dietzek-Ivanšić becomes Director of IOM Leipzig.

26.03.25

Kick-Off Meeting

The Research Training Group ‘PhInt’ started its work on 1 November 2025.

03.03.25

New Position for Dr. Yannick Franzke

Dr. Yannick Franzke, former associate postdoc and supporter during the application and review phase of PhInt, is now working at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

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Life as we know it is – to a large extent – based on photosynthesis, i.e., a light-driven process, in which the absorbed light is used to separate charges across a membrane. The resulting spatially separated redox-equivalents are used to drive the synthesis of high-energy molecules. In modern technology, light-based processes are key to modulate the function of cells, for advanced material fabrication, e.g., lithography, or data handling by fast switching of states of matter or utilizing light itself as the carrier of information. Finally, light is an indispensable tool for observation, e.g., in super-resolution microscopy for characterizing living species as well as inanimate matter. Light drives and probes fundamental processes underlying macroscopic biological, chemical and physical properties and functions; and it can be used to precisely control systems and processes spatially and temporally.

The Research Training Group “PhInt” is funded by the German Research Foundation.

1st funding peroid: 1 November 2024 to 31 October 2029

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