Jens Kreisel

Jens Kreisel
Rector of the University of Luxembourg
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 January 2023
Preceded byStéphane Pallage
Personal details
Born1969 (age 56–57)
Dortmund, West Germany
EducationGrenoble Institute of Technology; University of Karlsruhe

Jens Kreisel (born 1969) is a German physicist and currently serves as rector of the University of Luxembourg since 1 January 2023. His research covers functional materials, including phase transitions, spectroscopy and crystal structure–property relationships.

Early life and education

Kreisel was born in Dortmund in 1969. He studied physics and materials science in Karlsruhe, Lyon and Grenoble, and obtained a PhD in materials physics from the Grenoble Institute of Technology in 1999. He subsequently held a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Oxford.

Career

From 2002 to 2011, Kreisel served as advisor to the President and later Deputy Vice-President for International Relations at Grenoble INP. During 2011–2012, he was a Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Warwick.

In 2012, he moved to Luxembourg to become the founding director of the Materials Research and Technology (MRT) Department at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST). In 2013 he was awarded a PEARL grant by Luxembourg’s National Research Fund (FNR). The FNR’s 2013 annual report records that €5 million was awarded to his project.

Kreisel joined the University of Luxembourg in September 2018 as Vice-Rector for Research and Full Professor in physics and materials science. He became rector on 1 January 2023.

In May 2025, the University of Luxembourg joined The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities. In the university’s announcement, Kreisel described the membership as “a centrepiece of our international strategy”.

Kreisel has also spoken publicly about artificial intelligence, digital transformation and sustainability.

Research and publications

Kreisel’s research focuses on functional materials, especially phase transitions and optical spectroscopy. He has authored peer-reviewed publications in journals including Physical Review B, Applied Physics Letters, Nature Reviews Physics and Nature Communications.

Selected publications

Honours

References

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  15. ↑ "University of Luxembourg joins network of prestigious European unis". Luxembourg Times. 26 May 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
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