HZDR Research Sites

In addition to its headquarters in Dresden, the HZDR operates five other research sites: Grenoble, Freiberg, Görlitz, Leipzig and Schenefeld near Hamburg. The HZDR Institute for Radiooncology - OncoRay - is located on the University Hospital Dresden campus.

The Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology was founded in 2011, belongs to Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf and is cooperating closely with TU Bergakademie Freiberg.

Directors: Dr. Jens Gutzmer (PhD ZA)

Scientists in Freiberg and Dresden carry out research on new technologies for exploration, extraction and exploitation of mineral and metal-containing raw materials.

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The Research Site Leipzig is operated by scientists working at the Institutes of Resource Ecology and Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research.

Contact: Prof. Peter Brust | PD Dr. Cornelius Fischer

The HZDR scientists in Leipzig investigate the transport of (toxic) substances in geological systems and also neurotracers for diagnosing and treating cancer-related cognitive defects.

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The HZDR is currently installing the extreme lab HIBEF at the European XFEL in Schenefeld near Hamburg.

Contact: PD Dr. Toma Toncian

The goal is that, starting in 2019, the HIBEF infrastructures at the High-Energy Density Science Instrument (HED) will be used to conduct experiments under extreme conditions of high pressures, temperatures, or electromagnetic fields. Head of the international user consortia is Prof. Thomas Cowan, Director at the HZDR Institute of Radiation Physics.

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Rossendorf Beamline at ESRF
Synchrotron Radiation for Radiochemistry

Head: Dr. habil Andreas Scheinost

HZDR staff operates the Rossendorf Beamline at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France. Two measurement facilities for radiochemical experiments are available.

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CASUS - Center for Advanced Systems Understanding

Founding Director: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Roland Sauerbrey

CASUS is planned as internationally visible centre for data-intensive systems research in Görlitz. The interdisciplinary and transnational research focuses on the latest and most innovative methods from mathematics, modelling, simulation, data and computer science to solve questions from such diverse areas of systems research as earth system research, systems biology or materials research.

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