Research Areas Accelerator Science Bio & Medical Physics Chemical Dynamics Condensed Matter Physics & Nanoscience Molecular Imaging Spectroscopy Strong Field Physics Theory Ultrafast Optics Research Groups Accelerator Science Accelerator Physics Group Jörg Roßbach general accelerator physics and technology synchrotron radiation an free-electron lasers (FELs) diagnostics of particle beam properties DynamiX Group Markus Drescher single-shot metrology for FEL pulses direct and indirect FEL seeding Laser Plasma Driven Light Sources Group Andreas Maier laser plasma acceleration terawatt laser-systems Novel Accelerators Group Florian Grüner laser-driven plasma wakefield acceleration (PWA) PWA-based FELs Ultrafast Optics and X-Rays Group Franz X. Kaertner THz and in-vacuum electron acceleration compact X-ray sources large-scale timing distribution and synchronization