Issue June 2024

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HZDR Awards: Recognition for special achievements

News: HZDR research attracted many visitors

Interview: Pedro Roldan-Vazquez 

Research: Flow research on the outskirts of space

Personalia: Cornelius Fischer appointed professor at Leipzig University

Notes: New participation record at the Dresden company run

Events in June / July

Awarded: Compatibility with responsibility

Media Review: Detecting supernova remnants with HAMSTER

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HZDR Awards: Recognition for special achievements

The HZDR Board of Directors, Prof. Sebastian M. Schmidt and Dr. Diana Stiller, presented the HZDR Awards 2023 at a festive awards ceremony in May. The prizes are awarded annually to employees who have distinguished themselves in the past year through outstanding accomplishments or commitment. The research prize went to Dr. Oleksii Volkov and Dr. Oleksandr Pylypovskyi from the Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research. The two physicists succeeded in demonstrating a unique form of magnetic interaction in curved nanomaterials. Further awards were given in the categories of technology, transfer, promotion and communication. More

News

HZDR research attracted numerous visitors

Under the slogan "United by Science", Dresden's research institutions presented themselves at the Dresden Science Night 2024 on June 14. More than 3,000 visitors of all ages made their way to the Dresden University of Applied Sciences (HTW Dresden), the Dresden Felsenkeller and the National Center for Tumor Diseases to experience HZDR research at first hand. We captured the best moments for you in this video. More

Building bridges for a sustainable future

Around 300 scientists from Germany, several European countries and the USA met with representatives from politics and business during the international conference "Building Bridges for the Next Generations" at the end of May 2024. Under the guiding theme "Net Zero", they discussed several topics from research areas such as sustainable construction, hydrogen technology, microelectronics, artificial intelligence and nuclear fusion. More

Setting out into the quantum world

The German Physical Society is celebrating the 100th anniversary of quantum mechanics next year. In 1925, Werner Heisenberg and other physicists developed the approach for a consistent theory that is now considered the best experimentally verified theory in physics. Scientists at the HZDR are making a significant contribution to continuing this impressive legacy. The current issue of our research magazine "discovered" is dedicated to the exciting world of quanta (issue currently in German only). More

Interview

“I want to ensure HZDR research doesn’t get into the wrong hands”

A few months ago, a new member of staff joined the HZDR’s Board Office. Since the fall of 2023, Pedro Roldan-Vazquez has been supporting the staff department by designing and implementing a compliance program on issues involving an international dimension. As part of the project, which is set to run for three years, the lawyer will develop a risk analysis system that should help the center to make its cooperation with research establishments around the world much safer. How does the system function and what does it mean for international research collaborations? INSIDER asked Pedro Roldan-Vazquez. More

Research

Flow research on the outskirts of space

For years, various models have been developed to describe an important class of mixing effects that occur, for example, in the flow in a chemical reactor. Experimental validation, however, has lagged far behind due to the superimposition of gravity effects. A European research team involving the HZDR and partners at the University of Szeged and Université libre de Bruxelles has now closed this gap with experiments conducted under weightlessness. More

Personalia

Cornelius Fischer appointed professor at Leipzig University

Leipzig University has appointed Dr. Cornelius Fischer as a professor. The newly created professorship, with the title "Radiochemistry and Radioecology", focuses on research into the interaction of radioactive nuclides with synthetic materials and the environment. Together with his department at HZDR's Leipzig Research Center, Fischer has been conducting research in this field for many years. With the new opportunities offered by the professorship, he wants to further advance his subject in both research and academic teaching. More

Illuminating and controlling matter in the right way

On June 1, 2024, physicist Sebastian F. Maehrlein took up his professorship for high-field terahertz physics at the HZDR. He is moving from the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin, where he headed the "THz Structural Dynamics" research group. The appointment was made jointly with the TU Dresden. At the HZDR, Maehrlein will take over as head of the High-Field THz-Driven Phenomena Department at the Institute of Radiation Physics. More

Notes

New participation record at the Dresden company run

It has become a tradition: several teams from the HZDR compete in the Rewe Team Challenge Dresden, the largest company run in eastern Germany, with creative names such as "Curies Erben" or "Cool Run-Ings". This year, a new record was set for the 15th edition on June 12, 2024: 132 sports-loving colleagues took to the starting line in 33 teams of four - more participants than ever before. They all successfully reached the finish line after five kilometers. A strong team performance! More

United for democracy

At the end of May, around 2,500 people - including many colleagues from the HZDR - came together in Dresden to send a strong signal for democracy and fundamental rights. At the large-scale event "United for Democracy", which was organized by numerous institutions from Dresden under the umbrella of the DRESDEN-concept and #WOD Weltoffenes Dresden networks, the HZDR led the northern procession from Jorge-Gomondai-Platz to the city center. More

Survey on leadership culture

In order to gain an overview of the current leadership culture at the HZDR, the Talent Management working group (Leadership Development sub-working group) is currently conducting a short survey. The findings will be used in particular to drive forward possible changes in management culture, establish unified management standards and support the development of targeted measures. Click on the following link to participate. More

Sponsors' association supports Master students

The Sponsors' Association is a contact point for friends and donors of the HZDR. It supports the activities of the research center both ideally and financially. The association has recently launched an offer that benefits master students: Until September 15, 2024, they can apply for a travel grant - for example in case of presentations at scientific conferences or further training measures. The funding amount per application is up to 400 euros. More

Events in June/July

ORTE in Freiberg

June 25 | 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. 
The ORTE career fair will take place on June 25 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Ulrich-Rülein-von-Calw sports center in Freiberg. The Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF) at HZDR will be represented with a stand. Interested parties can find out about entry opportunities and career prospects. Employees will present current job offers and answer questions about our research portfolio. More

Helmholtz Platforms

June 26 | 10 - 11:30 a.m.
Are you working with research data? Don't miss the virtual roadshow of the five Helmholtz platforms Helmholtz AI, HIDA, HIFIS, HMC and Helmholtz Imaging on June 26. Take the opportunity to learn more about the various offerings in the fields of information and data science to effectively support your research. The roadshow consists of a short presentation of the portfolios, followed by breakout sessions. More

Science Cruise

July 4 | 5 p.m.
The DRESDEN-concept Science Cruise on the Elbe River offers a relaxed atmosphere, good music and the best views to get into conversation across institute boundaries. What is probably the city's most beautiful networking event is taking place this year on Thursday, July 4, from 5 p.m. at Pier 3 on Brühl's Terrace in Dresden's city center. Departure is around 6 p.m. Registration is required in advance to take part in the event. More

Awarded

Compatibility with responsibility

Together with 300 other organizations, the HZDR was awarded the "audit berufundfamilie" on June 18, 2024. The audit is an examination procedure that supports employers in sustainably shaping their family and life-phase-responsible personnel policies. Equal Opportunities Officer Franziska Hübner was presented with the certificate at a ceremony in Berlin. This is the sixth time that the HZDR has received the quality seal. More

Franziska Lederer is scientist of the month

The Helmholtz Association's Research Field “Energy” has presented Dr. Franziska Lederer from the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF) as Scientist of the Month for June. Lederer heads the BioKollekt junior research group at the HZDR, which develops novel separation processes based on artificial biomolecules. In this interview, she talks about her research and what drives her personally. More

Media review

Detecting supernova remnants with HAMSTER

Together with the University of Illinois at Urbana, HZDR scientists led by Prof. Anton Wallner are working on a new highly sensitive infrastructure: the accelerator mass spectrometry facility HAMSTER (Helmholtz Accelerator Mass Spectrometer Tracing Environmental Radionuclides). The team wants to obtain an overview of near-Earth cosmic explosions that occurred between three and seven million years ago. This online article from MDR Wissen explains how this is going to work. More