Ultrashort Laser Pulses in Biology and Medicine

Braun: German Diploma in Physics, 1996, Bayreuth; PhD in Physics, 1999, Stuttgart; Feodor-Lynen fellow, Alexander-von-Humboldt foundation 2000-2001; Postdoc at the Georgia Institute of Technology U.S.A., 2000-2001; since 2001 wiss. Assistent, LMU Munchen; Research interests: Ultrafast spectroscopy, time-resolved X-ray, photoisomerization, nanoscience scattering, solid state physics Gilch: German Diploma in Chemistry, 1995, Konstanz; PhD in Physical Chemistry, 1999, TU Munchen; Albert-Weller-Preis of the GdCh, 1999; Habilitation in Experimental Physics, 2005, LMU Munchen; since 2005 Privatdozent, LMU Munchen; Research interest: Ultrafast spin dynamics, vibrational relaxation, mechanism of complex photo-reactions, time resolved Raman and fluorescence spectroscopy, recently non-linear Raman microscopy Zinth: German Diploma in Physics, 1976, TU Munchen; PhD in Physics, 1979, TU Munchen; Habilitation in Experimental Physics, 1985, TU Munchen; Professor (C3) Physik-Department, 1987-1991, TU Munchen; Professor (Ordinarius, C4), since 1991, LMU Munchen; Departmental advisor, 199-2003, LMU Munchen

• Ultrafast Lasers in Medicine.- Ultrahigh-Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography Using Femtosecond Lasers.- Two-Photon Laser Scanning Microscopy.- Femtosecond Lasers in Ophthalmology: Surgery and Imaging.- Ultrafast Lasers in Biology.- Ultrafast Peptide and Protein Dynamics by Vibrational Spectroscopy.- Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting.- Primary Photosynthetic Energy Conversion in Bacterial Reaction Centers.- Ultrafast Primary Reactions in the Photosystems of Oxygen-Evolving Organisms.- Primary Photochemistry in the Photoactive Yellow Protein: The Prototype Xanthopsin.- Structure Based Kinetics by Time-Resolved X-ray Crystallography.- Primary Reactions in Retinal Proteins.- Ultrashort Laser Pulses in Single Molecule Spectroscopy.