Light, Matter, Information

The section not only conducts excellent research, but also makes available the necessary information infrastructures and sites for academic exchange. Its institutes work in the disciplines of mathematics, natural sciences and engineering. They combine outstanding basic research with application-focused topics. Efficient concepts for the transfer of knowledge and technology facilitate the communication of research results in fields including medicine.

The overarching range of topics guiding the section’s research are:

• Communication technologies and micro-electronics,
• Optics and photonics,
• Materials research and nanotechnology,
• Biomedical research and health technologies,
• Mathematics and modelling,
• Digital transformation, research data management and infrastructures,
• Astrophysics and Earth’s atmosphere.