Erwin Schrödinger Center for Quantum Science & Technology (ESQ)

Roland Wester

Roland Wester is Professor for Molecular Systems at the University of Innsbruck. He studied Physics at the Universities of Konstanz and Heidelberg. He has received his Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg in 1999 for Coulomb explosion imaging experiments of molecular ions. He then worked for two years at the University of California in Berkeley on femtosecond spectroscopy. From 2003 to 2010 he carried out research on ultracold molecules and cold molecular ions at the University of Freiburg, before he became a full professor at the University of Innsbruck. Roland Wester' s research interests lie in the field of molecular interactions and reaction dynamics. He studies the atomistic dynamics of ions and ionic clusters using cryogenic ion traps and controlled collision experiments. Quantum state-specific dynamics are targeted using low temperatures and state-specific infrared and terahertz excitation. The applications of these methods range from model systems in organic chemistry to cold molecules found in interstellar gas clouds.

Research Group

University of Innsbruck