Nils Huse

Prof. Dr. Nils Huse is a full Professor of Physics and head of the Condensed Phase Dynamics Group at the Institute for Nanostructure and Solid State Physics, University of Hamburg, Germany. His group operates within the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences and is located at the HARBOR building on the campus in Hamburg.

Education: While explicit degrees are not listed, his title "Prof. Dr." indicates completion of doctoral and habilitation qualifications necessary for a German professorship.

Research Focus: The Condensed Phase Dynamics Group investigates ultrafast transformations of matter in molecules, nanostructures, and solids. Core techniques include femtosecond X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy exploiting core-level transitions for atomic-specific insight on femtosecond timescales. Complementary optical, infrared, and THz multidimensional spectroscopies are employed to probe transient states of matter and correlated quantum systems.

Funding & Collaborations: The group is supported by the German Research Foundation through SFB 925 "Light induced dynamics and control of correlated quantum systems", the Cluster of Excellence "Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging", the International Max Planck Research School for Ultrafast Imaging & Structural Dynamics (IMPRS-UFAST), the PIER partnership between Universität Hamburg and DESY, and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

Student Mentoring: Prof. Huse has supervised doctoral researchers including Antonia Freibert, who defended her PhD in June 2024 and continues as a postdoc in the group, and Jessica Harich, an active doctoral candidate who has received multiple poster prizes.

Laboratory & Infrastructure: The group operates state-of-the-art femtosecond laser systems and end-stations at large-scale X-ray facilities such as synchrotrons and free-electron lasers, enabling cutting-edge pump-probe experiments from the optical to the hard X-ray regime.