Martin Pohl

Martin Pohl is a Lead Scientist at DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron) and Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Potsdam. He works in the field of astroparticle physics, investigating energetic particles in the universe, their origin, interactions with their environment, and decay products.

His research focuses on understanding how cosmic sources accelerate particles to very high energies, how jets and energetic particles form around supermassive black holes, and the nature of dark matter. The universe contains systems capable of accelerating particles to energies many orders of magnitude higher than human-built accelerators can achieve.

Professor Pohl leads a research group in Theoretical Astroparticle Physics at both DESY in Zeuthen and the University of Potsdam. His group is involved in projects related to:

• TeV gamma-ray astronomy with VERITAS
• Science with the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA)
• Kinetic modeling of space plasma with energetic particles
• Development of publicly available data resources including gamma-ray production matrices and 3D models of galactic gas distribution

He is also affiliated with the International Helmholtz-Weizmann Research School on Multimessenger Astronomy, providing international training in this emerging field. At the University of Potsdam, Professor Pohl teaches courses in Astroparticle Physics and supervises graduate research.