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Regensburg physicist Gießibl elected to the European Academy!
Prof. Dr. Franz J. Gießibl from the University of Regensburg becomes a member of the European Academy of Sciences for his achievements in physics.
Regensburg physicist Gießibl elected to the European Academy!
On July 11, 2025, Prof. Dr. Franz J. Gießibl, Chair of Experimental and Applied Physics at the University of Regensburg, was admitted to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA). This election represents a significant recognition of his outstanding contributions to atomic force microscopy and quantum physics at interfaces. University of Regensburg reports that EASA is an independent, supranational organization based in Salzburg that brings together around 2,000 scientists, artists and personalities from over 70 countries.
The aim of this academy is to promote interdisciplinary and transnational scientific collaboration as well as social and technological progress. Prof. Gießibl sees his election as an incentive to further advance basic research at the interface of physics, chemistry and technology.
Scientific awards and research successes
Prof. Dr. Udo Hebel, President of the University of Regensburg, congratulated Gießibl and highlighted his scientific research strength and international visibility. Gießibl is considered a leading thinker in atomic force microscopy on the atomic scale. Back in the 1990s, he developed frequency modulation atomic force microscopy (FM-AFM), which revolutionized the atomically precise imaging of surfaces.
In 1995, Gießibl moved to Munich, where he worked as a management consultant and developed the patented qPlus sensor. This novel sensor architecture for atomic force microscopes allows high-resolution measurements in the vicinity of reactive surfaces. Two years later he returned to academic research and worked at the University of Augsburg, where he dissolved the electron clouds of individual atoms.
After his habilitation, he held professorships at the universities of Bristol and Regensburg. Gießibl was not only recognized for his scientific achievements, but also received several prestigious prizes, including the Rudolf Kaiser Prize, the Karl Heinz Beckurts Prize, the Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology and the Heinrich Rohrer Grand Medal.
Current honors and awards
Most recently, Gießibl was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2023 and an International Fellow of the Japan Society for Vacuum and Surface Science in 2024. These appointments demonstrate his continued presence and importance in the global scientific community.
With the election to EASA, Gießibl will continue to play an important role in the scientific landscape and aims to further promote the understanding and application of technologies at the interface of physics and chemistry. IDW reports about the importance of this award for the scientific community.