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Kirsten Sachse im Labor

My Workday – Between Shaking Flasks and Petri Dishes

“I love my amebae because they are more like us than you might think,” says Kirsten Sachse. Amebae are social unicellular organisms with a diameter of …
18-year-old Anna Maria Weiß

Career Aspiration: Astrophysicist – Potsdam student Anna Maria Weiß has discovered a planet

Anna Maria Weiß is fascinated by space – above all, how unexplored it is. But the 18-year-old is doing her part to ensure that it doesn’t stay that …
A sediment-covered glacier in the northwest Himalayas in a region where a lot of sediment is produced and transported away in the rivers.

Swelling Streams – Climate Change Causes More Sediment in High-Mountain Rivers

Media Information 03-12-2024 / Nr. 114

Many high-mountain rivers in Asia transport more sediment downstream compared to a few years ago. Changes in sediment levels have a particularly …
Felix Lang and Guorui He with perovskite OPV solar cells.

Record Efficiency – Tandem Solar Cells made from Perovskite and Organic Material

Media Information 28-11-2024 / Nr. 112

Trying to improve the efficiency of solar cells to become independent from fossil energy sources is a major goal of solar cell research. A team around …
Students in the chemistry lab

Chemistry of Functional Molecules and Materials – New Master’s Program for Summer Semester 2025

Media Information 25-11-2024 / Nr. 111

Interested students can apply for the new master’s degree program „Chemistry of Functional Molecules and Materials“ until 15 February 2025, starting …
Delegation from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Roorkee, India visits the University of Potsdam

A Cooperation to Serve as a Model – Delegation from the Indian Institute of Technology Visits the University of Potsdam

Media information 19-11-2024 / No. 107

A delegation from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Roorkee (India), led by its Director Prof. Dr. K.K. Pant[RJ1] , visited the University …
Students Mercy Ekua Grimmon-Thompson (left) and Diyorbek Toshniyozov (right) connect the cables for the geoelectric measurements together with Jens Tronicke.

Looking Beneath the Surface – Geophysicists and students from the University of Potsdam are searching for traces of a Jewish cemetery in Lenzen, Brandenburg

It is a summery September day in Lenzen, a small town on the Elbe river in the outer northwestern part of the state of Brandenburg, with a history of …
Symbolische Darstellung eines Netzwerks

“The Aim is to Increase the Competitiveness and Visibility of Young Universities” – The Young European Research Universities Network YERUN

The European Union has transformed a continent that was divided and even hostile for centuries into a community that exchanges ideas, makes joint …
A swallow starts out on one hand.

Infections with parasites affect the local flight behaviour of swallows

Swallows infected with parasites move less and in smaller ranges than healthy ones – with detrimental effects on their foraging success and their …
View from the Ariane 6 by YPSat on Earth and the launch container of OOV-Cube after successful release of OOV-Cube.

Launch successful – Potsdam Physicists bring first perovskite tandems into space

Medieninformation 14-10-2024 / Nr. 097

Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells, a new type of solar cell technology, promise highest efficiencies at a low price tag and could revolutionize energy …