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PhD Award of the Astronomical Society 2025 for IMPRS A&A alumnus Jonah Wagenveld
IMPRS A&A alumnus Jonah Wagenveld from MPIfR Bonn is awarded the Doctoral Thesis Prize for his outstanding PhD thesis, titled "Testing Large-Scale Cosmology with MeerKAT" at the MPIfR. He graduated with summa cum laude in [...]
Join our webinar: Your PhD @ Max Planck – Exploring Doctoral Programs
Join our webinar: Your PhD @ Max Planck – Exploring Doctoral Programs Register here until September 2: https://events.gwdg.de/e/PhDatMaxPlanck2025 Are you a Master's student who wants to explore the prospect of doing a PhD in Germany? [...]
IMPRS Speaker Anton Zensus receives Karl Schwarzschild Medal 2024.
Congratulations to our IMPRS speaker Prof. Anton Zensus for being awarded the Karl Schwarzschild Medal 2024 for his leading role in the development of radio astronomical observation methods with very high angular resolution and sensitivity. [...]
IMPRS Alumna Sibylle Anderl has been awarded “Rudolf Diesel Medal”
Dr. Sibylle Anderl received the award in the "Best Media Communication" category. Further information on this website: https://rudolf-diesel-medaille.de/beitraege/europas-aeltester-innovationspreis-die-rudolf-diesel-medaillen-gehen-2024-an/ The Rudolf Diesel Medal has been awarded since 1953. The award is presented annually to entrepreneurs [...]
2023 Jansky Fellowships awarded to IMPRS Alumnae Cosima Eibensteiner and Hendrik Müller
IMPRS Alumnae Dr. Cosima Eibensteiner and Dr. Hendrik Müller have been selected as outstanding early career scientists for 2023 Jansky Fellowships. Congratulations.
