Markus Koch

Markus Koch is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Experimental Physics, Technische Universität Graz (TU Graz). His research focuses on ultrafast molecular processes in quantum solvents (e.g., superfluid helium nanodroplets), gas-phase molecules, and surface-deposited systems, employing femtosecond laser spectroscopy and magnetic resonance.

Education:

• Habilitation (2018, TU Graz)
• Dr.techn. (2009, TU Graz)
• Dipl.-Ing. (2006, TU Graz)
• Study of Technical Physics (TU Graz, Trinity College Dublin, 1999-2009)

Research Trends: Recent work emphasizes femtosecond dynamics in quantum environments, including nuclear coherences in helium nanodroplets, electronic state population transfer, and photoinduced spin dynamics. Projects like the FWF-funded Photoinduced Dynamics in a Quantum Fluid Environment and Zukunftsfonds Steiermark’s Ultrafast Microscope highlight his expertise in time-resolved molecular physics.

Scientific Awards:

• 2019: Josef Krainer Würdigungspreis
• 2017: Inventor Tribute, TU Graz
• 2011: Molecular Physics Young Author’s Prize
• 2010: Austrian Federal Ministry’s Award of Excellence

Teaching & Leadership: He leads courses in Atomic/Nuclear Physics, Ultrafast Laser Science, and Fundamental Optics. Since 2014, he has headed the Femtosecond Dynamics research group and co-organized the 482. Heraeus Seminar on Helium Nanodroplets.