Prof. Dr. Stephan W. Koch

University Education

1983	Habilitation in Theoretical Physics, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, “Dynamics of First-Order Phase Transitions in Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Systems”
1979	Doctoral degree in Physics (Dr. phil. nat.), Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, dissertation on “Zur Theorie der Elektron-Loch-Tropfennukleation in stark angeregten Halbleitern”, supervisor: Prof. H. Haug
1977	Diploma degree in Physics (Dipl. Phys.), Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, supervisor: Prof. H. Haug

Professional Experience

since 2019	Senior Research Professor, Philipps-Universität Marburg
2001-2006	Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Research Center “Optodynamics”, Philipps-Universität Marburg
1995-2001	Speaker of the Sonderforschungsbereich 383 “Disorder on Mesoscopic Scales”, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Department of Physics
1993-2019	Professor (C4/W3) at the Philipps-Universität Marburg
since 1993	Adjunct Professor at the University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ, USA
1989-1993	Professor at the University of Arizona, Department of Physics and Optical Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ, USA
1986-1989	Associate Professor at the University of Arizona, Department of Physics and Optical Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ, USA
1985-1986	Heisenberg Fellow at the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
1983	Visiting Scientist at IBM Research, San Jose, CA, USA
1982-1984	Postdoc Fellow at the Sonderforschungsbereich 65, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
1981-1982	Postdoc Fellow at IBM Research, San Jose, CA, USA
1977-1981	Research Assistant at the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt

Honours, Awards and other Proofs of Qualification

2008	“Outstanding referee” lifetime award of the APS
2007	Member of the Editorial Board “Laser and Photonics Reviews”
2006	Prize for the Advancement of Women in Science, Philipps-Universität Marburg
2001-2006	Member of the Kuratorium “Physik Journal”
1999	Max-Planck Research Prize of the A. v. Humboldt Foundation & Max-Planck-Soc.
1998-2004	Topical Editor “European Physical Journal”
1997	Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
1997-2000	Divisional Associate Editor “Physical Review Letters”
1995	“The J. J. Thompson Premium” of the Inst. of Eng. & Technol., Great Britain
1993	Fellow of the Optical Society of America
1985	Heisenberg Fellow of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
1984	Fritz Thyssen Fellowship for highly gifted young scientists
1976	Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes

Selected Publications

1. H. M. Gibbs, G. Khitrova, S. W. Koch
   Exciton-polariton light-semiconductor coupling effects
   Nat. Photonics 5, 275 (2011).
2. J. L. Tomaino, A. D. Jameson, Y. S. Lee, G. Khitrova, H. M. Gibbs, A. C. Klettke, M. Kira, S. W. Koch
   Terahertz excitation of a coherent Lambda-type three-level system of exciton-polariton modes in a quantum-well microcavity
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 267402 (2012).
3. W. D. Rice, J. Kono, S. Zybell, S. Winnerl, J. Bhattacharyya, H. Schneider, M. Helm, B. Ewers, A. Chernikov, M. Koch, S. Chatterjee, G. Khitrova, H. M. Gibbs, L. Schneebeli, B. Breddermann, M. Kira, S. W. Koch
   Observation of forbidden exciton transitions mediated by Coulomb interactions in photoexcited semiconductor quantum wells
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 137404 (2013).
4. O. Schubert, M. Hohenleutner, F. Langer, B. Urbanek, C. Lange, U. Huttner, D. Golde, T. Meier, M. Kira, S. W. Koch, R. Huber
   Sub-cycle control of terahertz high-harmonic generation by dynamical Bloch oscillations
   Nat. Photonics 8, 119-123 (2014).
5. E. Almand-Hunter, H. Li, S. T. Cundiff, M. Mootz, M. Kira, S. W. Koch
   Quantum droplets of electrons and holes
   Nature 506, 471-475 (2014).
6. O. Vänskä, I. Tittonen, S. W. Koch, M. Kira
   Coherent terahertz control of vertical transport in semiconductor heterostructure
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 116802 (2015).
7. M. Hohenleutner, F. Langer, O. Schubert, M. Knorr, U. Huttner, S. W. Koch, M. Kira, R. Huber
   Real-time observation of interfering crystal electrons in high-harmonic generation
   Nature 523, 572 (2015).
8. T. Maag, A. Bayer, S. Baierl, M. Hohenleutner, T. Korn, C. Schüller, D. Schuh, D. Bougeard, C. Lange, R. Huber, M. Mootz, J. E. Sipe, S. W. Koch, M. Kira
   Coherent cyclotron motion beyond Kohn’s theorem
   Nature Physics 12, 119 (2016).
9. F. Langer, M. Hohenleutner, C. P. Schmid, C. Poellmann, P. Nagler, T. Korn, C. Schüller, M. S. Sherwin, U. Huttner, J. T. Steiner, S. W. Koch, M. Kira, R. Huber
   Lightwave-driven quasiparticle collisions on a subcycle timescale
   Nature 533, 225 (2016).
10. N. W. Rosemann, J. P. Eußner, A. Beyer, S. W. Koch, K. Volz, S. Dehnen, S. Chatterjee
    A highly efficient directional molecular white-light emitter driven by a continuous-wave laser diode
    Science 352, 1301 (2016).