Ulrich Lorenz studied chemistry at the University of Würzburg, where he discovered his interest in molecular physics. During his PhD in the group of Prof. Thomas Rizzo at EPFL, he worked on the spectroscopy and dynamics of cryogenic molecular ions in the gas-phase, which included a fair amount of instrument development. For his postdoctoral work in the group of Prof. Ahmed Zewail at Caltech, he switched to the field of time-resolved electron microscopy, studying the dynamics of nanoscale systems. Since 2016, he has been a group leader at EPFL. His research has been supported by an ERC Starting Grant as well as a Consolidator Grant by the SNSF.
Education.
| 2011–2015 | Postdoc, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A. |
| 2011 | Ph.D. in Chemistry, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 2007 | Diploma in Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany |
Selected Honors and Awards
| 2023–2028 | SNSF Consolidator Grant |
| 2018–2023 | ERC Starting Grant |
| 2016 | SNSF Professorship (Swiss National Science Foundation) |
| 2011–2013 | Postdoctoral fellowship of the Swiss National Science Foundation |
| 2008–2010 | Ph.D. fellowship of the German National Academic Foundation |
| 2007–2009 | Kekulé Ph.D. fellowship of the German Chemical Industry Association |
| 2009 | Outstanding teaching assistant, Institute of Basic Sciences at EPFL, Switzerland |
| 2004 & 2007 | Award of the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy of the University of Würzburg |