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Namely Names 2017/18
Eugene Polzik receives ERC Advanced Grant for the second time, this time for 16.2 million DKK
12 April 2018
Since the ERC Advanced Grant was established ten years ago in 2008, 50 of these special grants have been awarded to Danish researchers. Eugene Polzik is the first researcher from Denmark who has been awarded this grant twice.
Markus Ahlers receives 7.3 million DDK to find the sources of cosmic neutrinos
30 January 2018
Markus Ahlers, assistant professor in the Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology research group at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen receives a Villum Young Investigator grant on 7.350.000 DDK for his neutrino research.
Giorgos Leloudas receives 10 million DKK to investigate the “blackest” of black holes in the Universe
26 January 2018
The research in the black holes in the center of galaxies gets a boost on 10 million DKK with a Villum Young Investigator grant to assistant professor Giorgos Leloudas at DARK Cosmology Centre.
Mark Rudner receives the Niels Bohr Institute’s teaching award 2017
25 January 2018
At the Niels Bohr Institute's annual kick-off meeting on January 25, 2018, the Jens Martin Prize was awarded to Mark Spencer Rudner for his education at the bachelor's degree "Condensed Matter Physics 1 (CMP1)".
Lars Egstrøm Kristensen receives 9.3 million DKK to look for the building blocks of life in the Universe
25 January 2018
From dead molecules to life – but how? Lars Egstrøm Kristensen, associate professor at the Astro and Planetary research section, has received 9.368.760 DKK from the Villum Young Investigator programme.
Climate research receives a 4.5 million DKK grant from the Carlsberg Foundation
12 December 2017
Carlsberg Foundation supports a climate project with 4.5 million DKK grant, that will provide new knowledge about the mechanisms of the sudden climate change of the past, improving our ability to handle the risk of the future climate change.
Jan Haerter receives DKK 10 million for research on atmospheric complexity
30 November 2017
Jan Haerter from the Atmospheric Complexity Group at the Niels Bohr Institute receives an ERC Consolidator Grant of DKK 10 million for research on cloud-cloud interaction and for better understanding of the climate system.
Women in Physics Prize 2017 awarded to up and coming astrophysicist Sarah Pearson
27 November 2017
Together with the well-deserved KIF prize of 5000 Danish crowns, Christina Nis, Professor MSO at Roskilde University and member of the KiF Prize award committee, delivered these fine words to the Columbia-based Phd student
Jürgen Schukraft receives the Niels Bohr Institute Medal of Honour, 2017
22 November 2017
Jürgen Schukraft, one the world’s leading physicists in the study of the Quark Gluon Plasma, has been awarded the Niels Bohr Institute Medal of Honour, 2017. He is a member of the DISCOVERY (DNRF) center of excellence advisory board.
Eugene Polzik receives DKK 10 million for fundamental research and innovation in quantum optics
20 November 2017
QUANTOP at the Niels Bohr Institute has attracted DKK 10 million funding from two funding agencies, the John Templeton Foundation (USA) and EUREKA – the European framework targeting cooperation between SMEs and research centers.
