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Three Prize winners at the Cluster Meeting 2025
© Alexander Imre

At the 2025 Cluster Meeting im Prague, three prizes were awarded to members of the Surface Physics group, to Andrea Conti, Johanna Hütner and David…

Alexander Imre (center) at the award ceremony
© Stefan Uttenthaler

Alex Imre of the Surface Physics group got awarded the prize for the best contribution of a young scientist at the 16th European Conference on Surface…

Lena Puntscher & Gareth Parkinson
© Moritz Eder

Lena Puntscher has successfully defended her thesis "Metal-oxide surfaces as a support for model single atom catalysis". She may adorn herself with…

Paul Haidegger with his thesis advisors Michael, Alex and Michele
© Stefan Uttentaler

In his master thesis, Paul Haidegger has worked out new methods for surface structure search, in the framework of the ViPErLEED project. He has…

Erik Rheinfrank and David Rath defending their PhD theses
© Hermann Rheinfrank & Nail Barama

Erik Rheinfrank and David Rath have successfully defended their PhD theses – both with distinction!

The Surface Physics Group at the summit of the Sonnwendstein
© Panukorn Sombut

The Surface Physics Group demonstrates fitness by hiking three peaks on one day.

The award-winning poster of Paul Haidegger
© Alexander Imre & Paul Haidegger

At the Annual Meeting of the Austrian Physical Society, the poster of Paul Haidegger, Alex Imre, other members of the ViPErLEED team, and…

Group picture in the lab. From the left: Jan Balajka, Andrea Conti, Ulrike Diebold, Johanna Irina Hütner, Michael Schmid, David Kugler
© TU Wien

Scientists at the TU Wien and the University of Vienna have uncovered the detailed structure of the aluminum oxide surface, a challenge that has…