River at dusk near Hannover

Lectures & labs

Teaching

Teaching has to spark a fire.

When it comes to teaching, my heart beats for analogies. The moment when students see the relation between Young’s double slit and Ramsey’s separated oscillatory fields method makes me smile every time.

Teaching in the Guided Matter Waves lab

In the future, here you may find my teaching philosophy, lecture notes, and more.

Whiteboard estimate of how many laser-cooled atoms fit into a banana
How many laser-cooled atoms fit into a banana? ((c) Ali Lezeik/LUH)
3D density plot of a potassium-39 cloud after a microwave pi-pulse
Quasi in-situ shot of K39; F=2 hyperfine state after a microwave pi-pulse…