Nature offers ideal role models in the efficient use of light. One just has to be quick enough to see it. At the Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT) in Jena the Ultrafast Spectroscopy research team has focused on fast, light-dependent processes for a number of years. The team’s director, Dr. Benjamin Dietzek, was just named professor at the University of Jena at the young age of 33. [The PDF below contains the full German press release]