Dr. Christian Spielmann

Prof. Dr. Christian Spielmann is a distinguished physicist specializing in quantum electronics and ultrafast optics. He holds a diploma and a doctorate in Electrical Engineering from the Vienna University of Technology, where he also completed his habilitation. Currently, he serves as a Full Professor and Chair of Quantum Electronics Abbe Center of Photnics, at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany and is also with Helmholtz Institute Jena, Germany. His academic journey includes professorships at the University of Würzburg and Vienna University of Technology. Prof. Spielmann has co-authored over 200 publications in top-tier journals, with pioneering contributions to femtosecond lasers and attosecond pulse generation—research that contributed to the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics. A co-founder of Femtolasers GmbH, he has bridged academic research with industrial applications. He is a member of several scientific boards and societies and has received numerous honors, including the Thuringian Research Award (2010), the Kohlrausch Prize (1997), and an APART Fellowship from the Austrian Academy of Sciences. His current research focuses on high harmonic generation, ultrashort laser-matter interactions, and advanced soft x-ray imaging techniques.