The research focus of the chair (Physics Institute 1) is in the fields for neutrino and gamma astronomy. Imbedded in the Erlangen Centre for Astroparicle Physics, ECAP, different groups work on optical and acoustic neutrino detection with the ANTARES,  Amadeus, IceCube and KM3NeT  experiments, and in gamma astronomy at the H.E.S.S. and CTA experiments, the research is further described at the ECAP research page.