Deutsche Physikerinnentagung 2025

17 Sept 2025, 09:00 → 21 Sept 2025, 23:30 Europe/Berlin

Kiel

Anna Benecke (UCLouvain), Franko Greiner (IEAP, Kiel University)

The German Conference of Women in Physics (Deutsche Physikerinnentagung) has taken place annually since 1997. The conference is supported by the Working Group on Equal Opportunities (AKC) of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG). This year's conference will be hosted by the Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel.

The conference offers female physicists of different areas and at different career levels, from student to professor, as well as physicists in industry, the possibility for networking and professional exchange. The program of the conference covers scientific talks from different areas of physics, the presentation of professional perspectives for physicists, school and didactic events, as well as events on topics like equal opportunity, work-life balance, or career management.

The scientific program will consist of keynote talks, invited talks and a selection of contributing talks. If you are interested in giving a talk (oral or poster ), you will have the opportunity to upload an abstract.  You will also have the ability to register for various workshops during registration.

For further questions or help, contact the local organization committee.

If you want to support this event, send us an email, we will send you a list of sponsorship opportunities.

The following sponsors kindly support the DPT2025:

CAU, IPN, KINSIS, jDPG, DESY,  SFB 1261 biomagnetic sensing, DAPHNE 4NFDI,  European XFEL, Forschungszentrum Jülich,

 

                     

              

 

 

PDF DIN-A2 Poster of the DP25

Wednesday 17 September

16:00 → 18:00 Registration

18:00 → 20:00 Social programme: Reception

Thursday 18 September

08:00 → 09:00 Registration

09:00 → 09:30 Welcome

09:30 → 10:30 Keynote talk: Part 1

10:30 → 10:50 Coffee break

10:50 → 12:20 Parallel

10:50 → 12:20 Physics and Profession

10:50 → 12:20 Workshops: Part 1

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 15:00 Keynote : A Physicist’s Perspective on Plasma Catalysis: Applications, Challenges, and Opportunities

In light of the current climate crisis, scientists around the world are searching for innovative
solutions that could play a major role in the electrification of the industry. A new focus in this
field is the combination of plasmas with catalysis as a key process to store renewable energy
in chemical resources. Plasma catalysis is an emerging interdisciplinary field at the
intersection of plasma physics, surface science, and chemical engineering, offering novel
pathways for driving chemical reactions under non-equilibrium conditions.
This talk will introduce the fundamental principles of plasma catalysis, focusing on how non-
thermal plasmas interact with catalytic surfaces to enable and enhance chemical
transformations that are otherwise challenging under conventional thermal conditions. We
will explore the unique physical mechanisms at play, including the generation of reactive
species, energy transfer processes, and the role of surface-plasma synergy. Recent
experimental and theoretical advances will be highlighted, with particular attention to
applications in sustainable energy, such as CO₂ conversion and ammonia synthesis.
Throughout the talk, I will emphasize the open questions and opportunities for physicists to
contribute to this rapidly developing field, from modeling plasma-surface interactions to
designing new plasma reactor architectures. The goal is to provide a comprehensive overview
that bridges fundamental plasma physics with real-world catalytic applications, inspiring
further research and collaboration.
This research is funded by the German Research Foundation within CRC 1316.

Speaker: Prof. Judith Golda

15:00 → 16:00 Parallel

15:00 → 16:00 Physics and Profession

15:00 → 16:00 Workshops: Part 2

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 → 18:30 Social programme: Poster session

Friday 19 September

09:00 → 10:00 Keynote: Unethical Behavior in Academia: Forms, Causes, and Countermeasures

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Leising (TU Dresden)

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee break

10:30 → 12:00 Lab visit

10:30 → 12:00 Parallel

10:30 → 12:00 Physics and Profession

10:30 → 12:00 Workshops: Part 4

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 → 14:30 Keynote: Quantum-computing

Speaker: Heike Riel

14:30 → 16:00 Parallel

14:30 → 16:00 Physics and Profession

14:30 → 16:00 Workshops: Part 5

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 → 17:30 Panel discussion: Science Communication

17:30 → 17:50 Conference picture

19:00 → 22:00 Conference dinner

Saturday 20 September

09:00 → 15:00 Schülerinnenprogramm

09:00 → 10:00 [TBC] Keynote: Higgs Physics

Speaker: Juliette Alimena (CMS (CMS Fachgruppe Searches))

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee break

10:30 → 12:00 Panel discussion: Physics Careers: Stories of Challenge & Change

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 16:00 AKC Mitgliederversammlung (general meeting of the Equal opportunities working group)

14:00 → 16:00 Parallel

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee break