We are happy that Prof. Nir Davidson form the Weizmann Institute of Science spends six weeks with us in Bonn. We thank the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for its generous support.

Dr. Andrea Alberti wins the Rudolf Kaiser Prize 2017. Since 1989, the prize is awarded every year by the Rudolf Kaiser Foundation to a young researcher that has distinguished herself/himself in the field of experimental physics. The benefactor, born in Nuremberg in 1923, has been for many years president of the Federal Patent Court in Germany before he obtained in 1979 the habilitation (Habilitation) at the TU München in the field of experimental physics. Since then, Rudolf Kaiser has devoted himself to the support of young researchers in the field of experimental physics.

This year the awarding ceremony will be celebrated on April 20th, 2018, as part of the “Physikalisches Kolloquium der Universität Bonn”. Colleagues and friends from the University of Bonn are cordially invited to the academic cerimony (download the program).

Dr. Carsten Robens wins the BMBF prize "Quantum Futur-Award" for the best PhD thesis in the research area of quantum technologies. With his PhD thesis, which was defended in February 2017, Carsten Robens has taken a step closer to realizing a quantum computer with neutral atoms. The core result of his work is a new method to control single atoms depending on the internal spin state, which enables an unparalleled control of the position of atoms in so-called polarization synthesized optical lattices. The ceremony has been celebrated at the Universität Stuttgart on March 22nd, 2018 in the framework of the "Quantum Futur-Akademie" (more details here).