Welcome to the Center for NanoScience

The Center for NanoScience (CeNS) was founded in 1998 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich. The mission of CeNS is to promote and coordinate interdisciplinary research in the field of nanoscience in the Munich area. CeNS is an association of junior and senior scientists from basic research and industry and is conceived as a network, joining people from various institutions (LMU, TU Munich, University of Augsburg and others).

CeNS offers a comprehensive educational program to PhD and Diploma students. Workshops, seminars, colloquia and lecture series are organized on a regular basis throughout the whole year. The topics presented by internationally renowned speakers cover the broad spectrum of nanosciences and nanobiosciences. International exchange programs and soft-skills workshops complete the interdisciplinary program. The students are incited to suggest workshop topics and organize scientific events on their own and are strongly encouraged to invite interesting speakers to seminars and workshops. In addition to the regular graduate education of CeNS, outstanding PhD students participate in the International Doctorate Program NanoBioTechnology which is part of the Elite Network of Bavaria.

In addition to the numerous research collaborations of individual CeNS members with scientists from all around the world, CeNS has established a growing number of cooperations with international nanoscience institutes. Exchange of doctoral researchers (e.g. Junior Nanotech Network) and Master's students as well as joint workshops (e.g. Workshop on Global Challenges & how Nanotech can help) are the means by which these cooperations are realized. Up to now, joint projects have been initiated with Canada (McGill University, University of Alberta), the United States (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Switzerland (University of Basel), the U.K. (University of Bristol), China (Chinese Academy of Sciences and City University of Hong Kong) and India (IIT Madras). More...