Steffen Hackbarth

Steffen Hackbarth received his Ph.D. degree in experimental physics from HU Berlin in 2000. Ever since, he has been working in the field of time-resolved spectroscopy in the time range ps to ms with a special focus at the triplet processes of photosensitizers. He is head of the singlet oxygen lab and as such, recently became a faculty member of the mathematical and natural sciences faculty. Since 2011 he is leader of the advanced practical courses for the physics students at HU Berlin. His...See more

Steffen Hackbarth received his Ph.D. degree in experimental physics from HU Berlin in 2000. Ever since, he has been working in the field of time-resolved spectroscopy in the time range ps to ms with a special focus at the triplet processes of photosensitizers. He is head of the singlet oxygen lab and as such, recently became a faculty member of the mathematical and natural sciences faculty. Since 2011 he is leader of the advanced practical courses for the physics students at HU Berlin. His research focuses on molecular photobiophysics, especially on fundamental research in the field of photosensitization, passive drug delivery, and diffusion processes during Photodynamic Therapy. Technical developments focus on singlet oxygen luminescence detection in vivo and other heterogeneous environments at highest sensitivity toward real-time supervision of individualized medical tumor treatments. In 2012, he was awarded (together with his colleague, Jan Schlothauer) the innovation award of the SPIE Europe for the development of a compact time-resolved table-top singlet oxygen luminescence detection system, which since then was improved to in vivo capability. See less