Retired professors
| Günther Bayreuther | Magnetism, magnetic materials, spintronics | |||
| Matthias Brack (external link, opens in a new window) | Finite fermion systems | |||
| Vladimir Braun | Quantum field theory | |||
| † | Richard Bonart | Polymer Physics | ||
| Martin Creuzburg | Matrix isolation spectroscopy, solar energy | |||
| Sergey Ganichev (external link, opens in a new window) | Terahertz physics | |||
| † | Wolfgang Gebhardt | Solid-state spectroscopy, astronomy, cosmology | ||
| Dietmar Göritz | Polymer Physics | |||
| † | Horst Hoffmann | Magnetism, magnetic materials | ||
| † | Joachim Keller | Electronic correlations and superconductivity | ||
| † | Uwe Krey | Theory of magnetism, amorphous materials, statistical physics | ||
| Hans Lengfellner | Anisotropic transport, thermoelectricity, thermoelectric sensors | |||
| Max Maier | Optics, spectroscopy, laser physics | |||
| † | Ingo Morgenstern | Superconductivity, optimisation of industrial processes | ||
| † | Gustav Obermair | Dynamics of lattice electrons, fundamental problems of quantum chemistry | ||
| † | Henning von Philipsborn | Crystallography, materials science, radiometry | ||
| Alfons Penzkofer | Femtosecond spectroscopy of organic materials | |||
| † | Wilhelm Prettl | Far-infrared spectroscopy, chaos in semiconductors | ||
| Karl F. Renk | Experimental Solid State Physics | |||
| Ulrich Rößler | Semiconductors and nanostructures | |||
| Andreas Schäfer | Quantum chromodynamics and hadron physics | |||
| Wilfried Schoepe | Superfluidity, physics at ultra-low temperatures | |||
| † | Ulrich Schröder | Structure and dynamics of complex crystals and surfaces | ||
| Dieter Strauch | Lattice dynamics | |||
| Dieter Weiss (external link, opens in a new window) | Semiconductor nanostructures | |||
| † | Ernst Werner | High Energy Physics | ||
| Josef Zweck | Electron microscopy | |||