Simone Techert

Simone Techert is a Professor for Ultrafast X-ray Physics at the University of Göttingen's Institute for X-ray Physics and a Leading Scientist at DESY's Photon Science Department. Her research focuses on ultrafast X-ray science, molecular movie methods, and structural dynamics of biochemical systems. She holds dual affiliations in Hamburg and Göttingen.

Education & Career:

• PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in Physical Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry / University of Göttingen (1996)
• Postdoc at European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble (1997–2000)
• Emmy Noether Research Group Leader at Max Planck Institute (2001–2004)
• Minerva Group Leader at Max Planck Institute (2006–2012)

Research Interests: She pioneers methods at synchrotron and free-electron laser facilities to study reaction dynamics, water dynamics, and biochirality. Her work bridges chemistry, physics, and materials science.

Publications: Her articles highlight advancements in X-ray spectroscopy, liquid jet technology, and structural dynamics. Recent work (2023) focuses on energy conversion materials analysis.

Labs & Teams: Leads the Structural Dynamics in Chemical Systems (FS-SCS) group at DESY and collaborates with the University of Göttingen's X-ray Physics Institute.