Welcome to the Albert Einstein Institute!

The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) is the largest research institute in the world specializing in general relativity and beyond. The institute is located in Potsdam and in Hannover where it closely collaborates with the Leibniz Universität Hannover.

Seminars, Colloquia & Events

The AEI Hannover together with Leibniz University Hannover offers a colloquium, an institute seminar, and a student seminar.

Departments

Diagram showing on the horizontal axis “Qubits in Quantum Volume” and “Relative Duration of Ref. Mean” on the vertical axis. The diagram has two graphs, one in orange labeled “Heuristic”, staying flat at a a value of 100% for all qubit values, and on in green labeled “RLIonS (ours)” monotonically dropping from 83% to 64% for increasing qubit values.

Machine learning optimizes trapped-ion quantum computing

Reinforcement learning beats state-of-the-art techniques for ion shuttling

The illustration shows how gravitational waves are partially reflected by the Earth and the Moon.

Prisms and mirrors for gravitational waves

Modified gravity could allow matter to disperse, or even reflect, gravitational waves

Simulation of microlensing signals.

Listening to the stars beneath the waves

A new reduced-order model makes the complex diffraction of gravitational waves by stellar fields accessible to data…

Two black dots (black holes) are surrounded by wave-like structures (gravitational waves) in orange (top) and blue (bottom).

Calculating black hole scattering for any mass ratio

State-of-the-art predictions can now be used to create waveform models for next-generation gravitational-wave detectors.

This graph shows the results for SBI and the calibrated and uncalibrated universal relations when applied to a single neutron star.

A new way to study neutron stars using simulations and universal patterns

Simulation-based inference helps to deal with the uncertainty about neutron star matter.

Graphs showing ellipticity as a function of rotational frequency.

Probing three supernova remnants with Einstein@Home

The volunteer distributed computing project enables a close look at central compact objects in Cassiopeia A, Vela Jr…

Career

Job Offers

Deadline: 23 November 2026 (open until all positions are filled)
Deadline: 30 June 2026 (open until the position is filled)
Talent, creativity and passion – those are the qualities the Max Planck Society and our institute in particular rely on. Our mission is to create a welcoming environment and support employees of all backgrounds, regardless of their gender, nationality, religion, disability, age, sexual identity, socioeconomic status or cultural background. As a STEM institution, we particularly aim to attract female scientists to work at our Institute and to strengthen their visibility in the scientific community.
The AEI signed the “Charta der Vielfalt” diversity charter in February 2022, in order to express its commitment to diversity and equality of opportunity.  
The Institute offers PhD trainings in the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Gravity at the Extreme.
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