Felix Ritzkowsky

Postdoctoral Research position: Novel ultrafast imaging of molecules with strong-field lasers

Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL)
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
Notkestrasse 85 (building 94, room O3.024)
22607 Hamburg
Germany

Research

My research focuses on the optical control of electron dynamics in condensed matter on the femto-to-attosecond timescale, with a particular focus on artificial nano structured systems. By uncovering the relevant mechanisms governing the electron dynamics on these extreme timescales, I aim to pave the way towards electronics operating at optical frequencies.

Since 2025
Postdoctoral Research: Novel ultrafast imaging of molecules with strong-field lasers, Attosecond Science group DESY Photon Science Division, Hamburg, Germany. 
2024 - 2025

Feodor-Lynen Fellow (Postdoc) at MIT hosted by Erich Ippen and Phillip Keathley on the topic of petahertz bandwidth field-resolved spectroscopy.

2023

Postdoc at DESY in the group of Franz X. Kärtner on the topic of petahertz electronics.

2018 - 2023

PhD at DESY and University of Hamburg in the group of Franz X. Kärtner on the topic of petahertz electronics and source development.

2019 Visiting Researcher at MIT in the group of Phillip Keathley and Karl Berggren working on attosecond resolution field sampling.
2016 - 2017 Master thesis at the University of Konstanz in the group of Alfred Leitenstorfer on the topic of ultrafast charge transport on nanostructures.
2015 Bachelor thesis at the Andøya Space Center (Norway) on a compact laser based aerosol detector.