The research groups of Dietrich Habs (Max-Planck-Fellow, chair at LMU) and Hartmut Ruhl (chair at LMU), Florian Grüner, Stefan Karsch, and Ulf Kleineberg (associate professors at LMU), Reinhard Kienberger (associate professor at TUM), and Matthias Kling (junior group leader at MPQ) have joined forces with members of the LMU and MPQ groups of Prof. Krausz in the pursuit of LAP’s grand goals. Researchers affiliated with these groups have full, unrestricted access to the world-class research infrastructure of LAP.