Appointment Procedures at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics

On this page you will find all ongoing and completed appointment procedures in the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, together with useful information for the application process.

Ongoing Appointment Procedures

Professorship Deadline Current Status
W3TTW3-Professur "Theoretische Quantenoptik" 08.01.2026 to 13.02.2026
You can find the call for applications here.

Application phase

W2-Professur "Quantensimulation" 20.11.2025 to 02.01.2026 Sichtung der Unterlagen durch die Auswahl-/Berufungskommission

Appointment Procedure

Appointment procedures consist of the following steps:

  • Application phase
  • Inspection of the documents by the selection/appointment committee
  • Lectures
  • Call for external expert opinions
    (may be replaced by the participation of at least three external voting members in the appointment committee)
  • Decision on the appointment list in the Faculty Council
  • Decision on the appointment list in the Senate
  • Decision on the list of appointments in the Presidential Board
  • Decision on the list of appointments in the University Council
  • Offer of professorship
  • Acceptance of professorship

Once the professorship has been accepted, the appointment procedure is concluded.


CONCLUDED APPOINTMENT PROCEDURES

Junior Professorship 
Salary Scale W1 NBesO
Tender
Junior Professorship in the field of Algebraic Geometry

-

W1 titular professorship "Gravitational wave astronomy" according to the Thuringian model

-

Ultrafast photoelectron research -  
Quantum Technologies 12.06.2018
Nanomembrane based energy storage devices 16.02.2017
Pure Mathematics 15.01.2016
Physics Education 28.03.2014
Pure Mathematics 02.10.2013

Professorship
Salary Scale W 2 NbesO

Tender

W2-Professur "Quantensimulation"

-

Mathematics Education

-    

Solid State Quantum Metrology

-    

W2 Professorship with tenure track according to W2 NBesO for mathematical modelling, especially in the life sciences 

-    

Optical Fibre Sensor Technology and Photonics

26.02.2018    

Scientific Computing

26.07.2016

Applied Mathematics

28.08.2015

Non-classical laserinterferometry

27.08.2015 (canceled)

Pure Mathematics

05.11.2014

Physical Radioecology

04.06.2014

Analysis

21.03.2013

Didactics of Mathematics

04.10.2012

Number Theory

26.07.2012

Discrete Mathematics

26.07.2012

Professorship
Salary Scale W 3 NBesO
Tender
W3-Professur "Algebra" -
W3-Professur "Optik und Photonik" -
W3 Professorship "Analysis" -
W3 Professorship "Quantum Optics with Non-Classical States of Matter" -
Quantum sensor technology and quantum metrology according to the Jülich model process cancelled
Arithmetic and geometry -    
Titular professorship in experimental physics with a focus on quantum optics and metrology -    
Mathematical Stochastics -    
Multi-field and multi-scale problems PhoenixD -    
Algebraic Geometry 07.08.2018    
Insurance Mathematics 23.10.2017    
Numerical Analysis 26.08.2015
Experimental Nanophysics 13.11.2015
Photovoltaic Material Research 27.03.2015
Scientific Computing 14.08.2013 (process cancelled)
Experimental Solid State Physics 19.07.2012 (process cancelled)
Biophotonics Be omitted pursuant to §26 para 1 sentence 2 Nr. 5 NHG

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Franziska Lorenz
Office
Address
Appelstraße 11/11a
30167 Hannover
Building
Room