German Crystal Growth Conference (DKT 2026)

Conference Programme

Invited Speakers 

  • Prof. Balaji Raghothamachar (Stony Brook, USA) – Application of X-ray Topography to the Development of Wide Bandgap Semiconductors
  • Prof. Lorenz Romaner (Montan Uni. Leoben) - A Hybrid Modeling Approach for SiC Crystal Growth Combining Simulation and Machine Learning
  • Dr. Stefano Leone (Fraunhofer IAF) - Growth and Application of AlScN/GaN-Heterostructures and new perspectives in the MOCVD of nitrides
  • Mr. Lean Ting Jin (Uni. Tübingen) - Crystal growing as a tool for chemistry education and public engagement: insights from hobbyist communities
  • Dr. Christian Kränkel (IKZ) - Laser transitions in Tm3+-doped fluoride crystals
  • Prof. Peer Schmidt (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg) - If solids could fly – crystal growth by vapor transports
  • Dr. Holger Kalisch (RWTH Aachen) - Challenges in 2D TMDC Synthesis via MOCVD
  • Dr. Matthias Müller (TU-Freiberg) - Metamodeling in crystal growth using the example of HVPE based GaN synthesis
  • Dr. Masahiko Isobe (Max Planck Institute Stuttgart) - High-Pressure Crystal Growth and Exotic Metal-Insulator Transition of Hollandite Chromate K2Cr8O16

Intended Sessions

  • Crystal growth of intermetallics with spin- and charge correlations
  • Growth methods for optical crystals
  • Fabrication and characterisation of bulk semiconductors
  • Oxide, dielectric and laser single crystals
  • Simulation of crystal growth processes
  • Epitaxy of III/V semiconductors
  • Ultrathin layer systems and growth kinetics

Programme Committee

  • Matthias Bickermann, IKZ, Berlin (AK Optische Kristalle)
  • Sebastian Schwung, EOT GmbH, Idar-Oberstein (AK Optische Kristalle) 
  • Peter Wellmann, FAU Erlangen (AK Massive Halbleiter) 
  • Michael Heuken, Aixtron SE, Herzogenrath (AK Epitaxie) 
  • Sabine Wurmehl, IFW, Dresden (AK Intermetallika) 
  • Lev Kadinski, Siltronic AG, Burghausen (AK Simulation) 
  • Ludwig Stockmeier, Siltronic AG, Freiberg (AK Simulation) 
  • Wolfram Miller, IKZ, Berlin (AK Kinetik & 2D) 
  • Anton Jesche (Uni. Augsburg)

Conference Programme

Below, you can find the conference programme. A booklet will appear here soon.

Conference Programme (short version)

Conference Booklet

Posters need to be A0 size (84,1 x 118,9 cm) in portrait format. 

  • Registration is open on Wednesday 04.03.2026, 12:00-12:50
  • Closing is on Friday 06.03.2026, 12:35-12:45
  • There will be a labtour taking place at Campus North. We have arranged a bus that can take up to a maximum of 25 participants from Campus South to Campus North. The labtour will take place from 13:30-15:00. The bus will take you to Campus South afterwards. 

The conference dinner will be on Thursday 5th of March in Badisch Brauhaus at 19:00 o'clock. 

There is a list of food service establishments that are located close to Campus South for lunches and dinners!!!

Restaurants and Cafes Campus South

Contact / Conference administration

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Institut für
QuantenMaterialien
und Technologien
Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen

Phone: +49 721 608-22333

Fax: +49 721608-24624

Mail: amir-abbas.haghighirad@kit.edu