On 15 January 2026, Małgorzata Kot took the final important step towards her habilitation and completely convinced the habilitation committee of her academic calibre in the habilitation colloquium.

A manuscript with co-authors from the University of Bremen, the Swedish universities of Malmö and Lund and the synchrotron SOLEIL (France) has been published in »Surface Science«.

A manuscript with co-authors from the chair of »Experimental Physics and functional Materials« and »IHP – Leibniz-Institut für innovative Mikroelektronik« has been published in »Physica B: Condensed Matter«.

A manuscript with co-authors from the universities of Münster and Bremen has been published in »Physical Review B« and selcted as »Editor's Suggestion«.

A manuscript with co-authors from Wroclaw University of Science and Technology has been published in »Applied Optics« and is available online.

Our manuscript on hydrogen sensing via heterolytic hydrogen activation by atomic layer deposited ceria at room temperature was awarded the BEST PAPER AWARD by BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg in the »Senior Researcher« category.

A manuscript with co-authors from the Polish universities of Krakow, Wroclaw, and Gliwice as well as from the Polish Academy of Sciences has been published in »Journal of Physical Chemistry C«.

A manuscript with co-authors from the universities of Bremen, Malmö (Sweden) and Lund (Sweden) has been published in the journal »Ultramicroscopy«.

A manuscript with co-authors from the AGH University of Science and Technology Krakow and Jagiellonian University Krakow has been published in the journal »Acta Materialia«.

The presentation of Rudi Tschammer has been awarded as »Outstanding Oral Presentation« at the 10th International Conference on »Spectroscopic Ellipsometry« in Boulder (USA).