Awarded Adlershof people and projects
16.12.2019
Felix Willems received Ernst-Eckhard-Koch Award 2019 for his PhD thesis on ultrafast magnetization dynamics
He had analysed ultrafast switching processes using spectroscopic methods at synchrotron sources like BESSY II:
In his research, Willems combined static experiments with synchrotron radiation at BESSY II with femtosecond time-resolved experiments on a laser-based high harmonic generation source at MBI. Via measurements of both the real...
11.12.2019
Paul Rappaport Award presented to FBH authors
The Electron Device Society honored the best work published in last year's IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices:
For the publication “Local 2DEG Density Control in Heterostructures of Piezoelectric Materials and Its Application in GaN HEMT Fabrication Technology” the authors Konstantin Osipov, Joachim Würfl, Ina Ostermay, Frank Brunner,...
10.12.2019
Innovative Training Network iSwitch receives “Étoiles de l'Europe 2019”
IRIS Adlershof members Prof. Norbert Koch and Prof. Stefan Hecht support the project:
The Innovative Training Network iSwitch is awarded the "Étoiles de l'Europe" prize of the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation for its outstanding and European-oriented research. With this, the...
08.11.2019
Berlin Science Award: Young Talent Award for Steve Albrecht
Governing Mayor honours HZB scientist for outstanding research achievements in the field of novel tandem solar cells:
On November 7, 2019, Michael Müller, Governing Mayor of Berlin and Senator for Science and Research, honoured outstanding research achievements for the twelfth time. Prof. Dr. Steve Albrecht was honoured this year with the...
02.10.2019
Prize of the European Microwave Association 2019 awarded to Wolfgang Heinrich
The head of the research area III-V electronics at FBH is honored for his outstanding engagement:
Making microwave research visible and connecting the players in research and industry – this has been Wolfgang Heinrich's driving force for many years. For his outstanding engagement, the head of the research area III-V...
30.09.2019
Julius Upmeier zu Belzen is winner of the Falling Walls Lab Adlershof 2019
With around 30 applications, Adlershof was again the most successful lab in Germany:
Great minds, 3 minutes, 1 day – Falling Walls Labs take place globally throughout the year. The Lab is a platform for excellent academics, entrepreneurs and professionals from all disciplines who get the opportunity to...
27.09.2019
The tradition goes on: Richard-Sebastian Moeller was awarded this year’s LUM Young Scientist
Nominated research work contributes to a better understanding of particle adhesion on surfaces:
LUM GmbH hosts since 2011 periodically the international scientific conference for researchers and users of particle and dispersion measuring technologies. Since 2013 areas of expertise in materials testing are also included....
03.09.2019
Crystal growth under the magnifying glass
IKZ researcher Kaspars Dadzis receives ERC Starting Grant:
For the first time in the history of the Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ) the prestigious grant from the European Research Council (ERC) is awarded to an IKZ researcher. As one of a total of four scientists in...
07.08.2019
IKZ researcher Dr. Reinhard Uecker receives Frank Prize from the International Organization for Crystal Growth (IOCG)
Award for new findings in the field of crystal growing:
Prof. Dr. Darrell Schlom, Cornell University, USA, and Dr. Reinhard Uecker, Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ), Germany, received the Frank Prize of the International Organization for Crystal Growth (IOCG) for their...
22.07.2019
Berlin University Alliance Wins Excellence Status
Second huge success for three major Berlin universities and Charité in the German Excellence Strategy competition:
Major award for Berlin: The Berlin University Alliance has won funding as a group in the Universities of Excellence funding line of the German federal and state governments’ Excellence Strategy. The German Council of Science...
24.06.2019
Steve Albrecht wins the 2019 Karl Scheel Prize
The Physikalische Gesellschaft zu Berlin honours the researcher of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin for his work in the field of highly efficient tandem solar cell absorbers made of metal-halide perovskites:
The award will be presented to Prof. Steve Albrecht in Magnus House of the Physikalische Gesellschaft zu Berlin on Friday, June 28, 2019. Albrecht will also deliver a lecture entitled “Highly Efficient Tandem Solar Cell...
21.05.2019
The NEW KILOGRAM: Powered by Adlershof Technology
Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ) helped to replace original masure by new International System of Units (SI):
In addition to Ampere, Kelvin, Mol and Co., the kilogram also is now defined by a natural constant. In concrete terms, this means that the original kilogram, which has been the measure of all things for 130 years, has now...
28.03.2019
Two Million Euros for HU Mathematician Gavril Farkas
ERC Advanced Grant awarded for groundbreaking research in the field of algebraic geometry:
Professor Dr. Gavril Farkas is regarded worldwide as one of the leading mathematicians in the field of algebraic curves. ‘My research is internationally oriented, and my networks have also been shaped by my time in Princeton...
28.03.2019
For the second time, an ERC Advanced Grant has been awarded to Prof. Thomas Elsaesser
Project “Electric Interactions and Ultrafast Structural Dynamics of Biomolecules”:
Thomas Elsaesser receives a prestigious Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) which supports, for a period of 5 years, basic research on dynamic electric interactions of DNA and RNA with ions and their water...
19.12.2018
Slovenian president awards HZB scientist with "Apple of Inspiration"
The Berlin scientists as the first foreigners receive the prize together with colleagues from the University of Ljubljana:
Marko Jošt, Steve Albrecht and Bernd Rech, researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and the Technische Universität Berlin (TUB) receive a rare award today, 19 December 2018 in the slovenian Grand Hall of Presidential...
28.11.2018
Physio-chemist Prof Dr Janina Kneipp is this year’s awardee of the Caroline von Humboldt-Professorship
The renowned professorship is funded with 80,000 euros annually:
The professorship named after Caroline von Humboldt is awarded each year to honour an excellent female professor at HU. It aims at increasing the recognition and visibility of female academics. This year’s awardee is the...
22.11.2018
“Top 40 under 40” - Markus Krutzik awarded by business magazine Capital
Adlershof scientist was honored as an outstanding talent:
The business magazine Capital has selected Dr. Markus Krutzik as a talent in the category "Society and Science" for its "Young Elite - Top 40 under 40". On November 21, the scientist, who researches at Humboldt-Universität zu...
08.11.2018
Dr. Daniela Rupp received the “Mayor‘s Young Talent Award”
The MBI researcher was honored for her achievements in the field of ultra-short-time physics:
In an award ceremony held at the Berlin town hall ("Rotes Rathaus") on Wednesday November 7th, Dr. Daniela Rupp, the leader of the Junior Research Group "Ultrafast Dynamics Dynamics in Nanoplasma" received the Mayor's Young...
24.10.2018
ERC Synergy grant with HZB participation
Novel X-ray microscope to produce microstructural images in situ and in vivo:
An interdisciplinary team of scientists will develop a new imaging method to investigate osteoporosis and other bone diseases in living subjects. Prof. Silke Christiansen, a scientist at HZB and physics professor at Freie...
11.10.2018
Family-friendly employer: Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung
Adlershof-based research institute receives the certificate for the audit berufundfamilie (work and family audit) again:
On September 30, 2018, the Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ) was awarded the berufundfamilie audit certificate for further three years. The certificate is awarded to the institute for its commitment in the area of...
