Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems


The Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex systems is one of the 84 institutes of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, located in Dresden, Germany.
WWW mpipks-dresden.mpg.de𝕏 mpi_pksYT mpipks

Research

The research at the institute in the field of the physics of complex systems ranges from classical to quantum physics and focuses on three main areas. Additionally, independent research groups strengthen and interpolate the research in and between the divisions on a broad range of topics.

Departments

Research groups

  • Dynamics in Correlated Quantum Matter
  • Quantum aggregates
  • Mesoscopic Physics of Life
  • Fractionalization and Topology in Quantum Matter
  • Statistical Physics of Living Systems
  • Self-organization of biological structures
  • Correlations and Transport in Rydberg Matter
  • Computational Quantum Many-body Physics
  • Nonlinear Time Series Analysis
  • Computational Biology and Evolutionary Genomics
  • Quantum Many-Body Systems
  • Strongly Correlated Light-Matter Systems
  • Order and Disorder in Driven Systems
  • Correlations and Topology
  • Self-Organization of Multicellular Systems

Collaborations

The Institute hosts a Phd program for Many Particle Systems in Structured Environments . The degree is usually awarded by the Technische Universität Dresden. Apart from this, the institute closely collaborates with numerous institutes at home and overseas including, for example the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids and the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics. MPI PKS forms together with TU Dresden and the other non-university research institutions in Dresden the research alliance Dresden-concept.