Director: N.N.; deputy: Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Evers
| Taushif Ahmed | Yang-Mills theory, perturbative QCD , Electroweak theory | 
| Gunnar Bali | Lattice QCD and Hadron Physics | 
| Sara Collins | Lattice gauge theory and its application | 
| Christoph Lehner | Lattice QCD / High-Energy Physics | 
| Andreas von Manteuffel | Perturbative calculations in quantum field theory | 
| Tilo Wettig | Lattice quantum chromodynamics, QCD on a Chip | 
| Ferdinand Evers | Computational Condensed Matter Theory | |
| Jaroslav Fabian | Spintronics | |
| Milena Grifoni | Quantum transport and dissipation | |
| Klaus Richter | Complex quantum systems | |
| John Schliemann | Spin dynamics in semiconductor nanostructures, spintronics | |
| Junior research groups | ||
| Jan Wilhelm | Computational Electronic Structure Theory | |
Director: N.N.; deputy: Prof. Dr. Rupert Huber
| Dominique Bougeard | Low Dimensional Semiconductor Systems | 
| Isabella Gierz | Ultrafast Electron Dynamics | 
| Franz J. Gie?ibl | Atomic Force Microscopy | 
| Rupert Huber | Ultrafast quantum physics and photonics | 
| Ferdinand Kuemmeth | Spin qubits and hybrid super-semi quantum structures | 
| John Lupton | Organic semiconductors, optical nanostructures | 
| Jascha Repp | Scanning tunneling microscopy | 
| Sascha Sch?fer | Ultrafast Nanoscale Dynamics | 
| Christian Schüller | Optical spectroscopy on semiconductor quantum structures | 
| Christoph Strunk | Mesoscopic systems | 
| J?rg Wunderlich | Magnetism, spintronics | 
| Adjunc professor | |
| Ulrich H?fer | Laser spectroscopy of surfaces and interfaces | 
| Junior research groups | |
| Andreas Hüttel | Carbon Nanotube Transport and Nanomechanics | 
| Fabian Mooshammer | Subcycle Nano-Optics | 
| Klaus-Peter Bohnen | Ab initio calculations of solids and solid surfaces | |
| Falk Bruckmann | Nonperturbative effects in QCD | |
| Andrea Donarini (apl.Prof.) | Quantum Transport and Dissipation | |
| Jonathan Eroms | Spin transport and superlattices in graphene | |
| Meinulf G?ckeler | Lattice field theory in quantum chromo-dynamics | |
| Stefan Kreitmeier (apl.Prof.) | Computer simulations of polymers | |
| Magdalena Marganska-Lyzniak | Quantum Transport and Dissipation | |
| Dmitry Ryndyk | Nanoscale Modeling | |
| Michael Seidl | Metal clusters, semiclassical methods | |
| Juan Diego Urbina (apl.Prof.) | Complex quantum systems | |
| Jan Vogelsang | Time resolved spectroscopy, single molecules | |
| Alfred J. Weymouth | Atomic force microscopy | 
| Günther Bayreuther | Magnetismus, magnetische Materialien, Spintronik | |
| ? Richard Bonart | Polymerphysik | |
| Matthias Brack | Endliche Fermionensysteme | |
| Vladimir Braun | Quantum field theory and quantum chromodynamics | |
| Martin Creuzburg | Matrixisolationsspektroskopie; Solarenergie | |
| Sergey Ganichev | Terahertz Physics | |
| ? Wolfgang Gebhardt? | Festk?rperspektroskopie; Astronomie, Kosmologie | |
| Dietmar G?ritz | Polymerphysik | |
| ? Horst Hoffmann | Magnetismus, magnetische Materialien | |
| Joachim Keller | Elektronische Korrelationen und Supraleitung | |
| ? Uwe Krey | Theorie des Magnetismus, amorphe Materialien, Statistische Physik | |
| Hans Lengfellner | Anisotroper Transport, Thermoelektrizit?t, thermoelectrische Sensors | |
| Max Maier | Optik, Spektroskopie, Laserphysik | |
| ? Ingo Morgenstern | Supraleitung, Optimierung industrieller Prozesse | |
| ? Gustav Obermair | Dynamik von Gitterelektronen; Grundlagenprobleme der Quantenmechanik | |
| Henning von Philipsborn | Kristallographie, Materialwissenschaft, Radiometrie | |
| Alfons Penzkofer | Femtosekundenspektroskopie an organischen Materialien | |
| ? Wilhelm Prettl | Ferninfrarotspektroskopie, Chaos in Halbleitern | |
| Karl F. Renk | Experimentelle Festk?rperphysik | |
| Ulrich R??ler | Halbleiter und Nanostrukturen | |
| Andreas Sch?fer | Quantum chromodynamics and hadron physics | |
| Wilfried Schoepe | Suprafluidit?t, Physik bei ultratiefen Temperaturen | |
| ? Ulrich Schr?der | Struktur und Dynamik von komplexen Kristallen und Oberfl?chen | |
| Dieter Strauch | Gitterdynamik | |
| Dieter Weiss | Semiconducting nanostructures | |
| ? Ernst Werner | Hochenergiephysik | |
| Josef Zweck | Electron microscopy | |