Jochen Küpper
Speaker Of The Helmholtz Program From Matter To Materials And Life (MML)
Hamburg, Germany
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Top SchoolJochen Küpper is a physicist and research leader with 16+ years advancing experimental and theoretical molecular physics, structural biology, and physical chemistry from Hamburg, Germany. He directs efforts to record "molecular movies"—ultrafast, atomic-resolution imaging of complex (bio)molecules—combining control of cold molecules, quantum-state selection, alignment/orientation, and femtosecond X-ray and photoelectron techniques. As Lead Scientist at DESY, Chair of CFEL Controlled Molecule Imaging, and a University of Hamburg professor, he bridges large-scale facility science with university teaching and method development. Since 2025 he speaks for the Helmholtz MML program, shaping interdisciplinary agendas that connect matter, materials and life. His work uniquely pairs precision control of molecular quantum states with real-time imaging of reactivity and dynamics, enabling structural insights inaccessible to conventional spectroscopy. Beyond publications and facility leadership, he has a track record of translating sophisticated manipulation techniques (Stark deceleration, conformer selection) into new experimental capabilities for chemistry and biophysics.
16 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Dr. habil., Experimental Physics, Dr. habil., Experimental Physics at Freie Universität BerlinDr. rer. nat., Physical Chemistry, Dr. rer. nat., Physical Chemistry at University of Düsseldorf
English, Dutch, German
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Github Skills (58)
molecule10
detector10
cli10
qt9
objective-c9
quantum-mechanics9
physics9
php9
chemistry9
zsh9
data-acquisition9
shell9
cpp8
swift8
macos8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
CFEL-CMI/py-confluence
May 2020 - Oct 2023
Contributions:5 pushes, 3 branches, 2 tags in 3 years 6 months
jokuha/keyboard-layouts
Apr 2020 - May 2020
Contributions:2 releases, 18 commits, 15 pushes in 1 month
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