SF Maehrlein Info

Current Positions

  • since 2024: Department Head, Institute of Radiation Physics, HZDR
  • since 2024: Professor for High-Field THz Physics at TU Dresden (W2)
  • since 2020: Research Group Leader at Fritz-Haber-Institute of the MPG

Academic Services & Distinctions

  • 2026 – now: Steering Committee Member FELS OF EUROPE
  • 2025 – now: Scientific Coordinator of DALI (proposed, BMFTR 330 M€)
  • 2022 – now: Emmy Noether Research Group (DFG, 1.75 M€)
  • 2021 – 2025: PI at Max Planck – Radboud University Center (MPG, 77 k€)
  • 2021 – 2025: ANR-DFG French-German Research Grant (DFG, 250 k€)
  • 2018 – 2020: Feodor Lynen Fellowship (A. v. Humboldt Foundation)
  • 2019 Certificate: "Evidence-Based Teaching in Science and Engineering" (Columbia U.)
  • 2012 Certificate: “Advanced Design Thinking” (HPI Potsdam)

Expertise & Selected Publication

  • Nonlinear Phononics: S.F. Maehrlein et al., PRL 119, 127402 (2017) ; D.M. Juraschek and S.F. Maehrlein, PRB, 97, 174302 (2018) 
  • Axial / Chiral Phonons: O. Minakova et al., Nat. Phys. (2026) [Cover]; D.M. Juraschek et al., Nat. Phys. 21, 1532 (2025)  
  • Ultrafast Phenomena in Emerging Semicondutors: M. Frenzel et al., Sci. Adv. 9, 21, eadg3856 (2023) ; J.M. Urban et al., Adv. Mat., e02204 (2026)
  • THz Method Development: M. Frenzel et al., Optica 11, 3, 362 (2024) ; M.S. Spencer, npg LSA 14, 1, 69 (2025)
  • TELBE User Highlights: T. Guo et al., Nature (2026)

Major Previous Positions & Outreach

  • 2017–2020: PostDoc at Columbia University, New York
  • 2016–2017: PostDoc at Fritz-Haber-Institute of the MPG
  • 2012–2016: PhD Student at Free University of Berlin
  • Outreach: Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften, Open Lab Days, COSMO Science Forum, Girls' Day, RealScientists Nano Podcast (Spotify/Youtube), National Competition "Jugend Forscht" Mentor