Successful Scientists from MBI
Numerous scientists has started their successful scientific career at MBI or have been awarded prestigious prizes for their work. In the following, awards and recognotions are listed for the period since 2010.
Dissertation prizes:
- Wilhelm Kühn, Carl Ramsauer Prize 2011
- Christian Eickhoff, Carl Ramsauer Prize 2011
- Martin Hempel, Dissertation prize Adlershof 2013
- Rene Costard, Springer Thesis Prize
- Simon Birkholz, Lise Meitner Prize 2016
- Maria Richter, Dissertation Prize of the Leibniz Association 2016
- Lisa Torlina, Marthe Vogt Prize 2017
- Lorenz von Grafenstein, Carl Ramsauer Prize 2018
- Felix Willems, Ernst-Eckhard-Koch Award 2019
- Lorenz Drescher, Carl Ramsauer Award 2021
- Lisa-Marie Kern, Carl Ramsauer Award 2023
- Lisa-Marie Kern, Dissertation Prize of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM) of the German Physical Society (DPG) 2024
Scientific Prizes and Recognitions:
- Olga Smirnova, Karl Scheel Prize 2010
- Michael Woerner, Flavio Zamponi, Matias Bargheer, Thomas Elsässer, gemeinsam mit Institut für Gerätebau, Berlin,
Innovation prize Berlin Brandenburg 2010 - Thomas Elsaesser, Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics
- Benjamin P. Fingerhut, Emmy Noether Group (DFG)
- Geert Reitsma, Rubicon Fellowship (NWO)
- Benjamin P. Fingerhut, Robin Hochstrasser Award (Chemical Physics)
- Thomas Elsaesser, Ellis R. Lippincott Award for Vibrational Spectroscopy
- Thomas Fennel, Heisenberg Fellowship (DFG)
- Daniela Rupp, Karl Scheel Prize 2018 and Junior Prize of the Mayor of Berlin 2018
- Olga Smirnova, Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science & Technology (ACS Award 2020)
- Arnaud Rouzée, Journal of Chemical Physics (JCP) Editor’s Choice Award 2020
- Benjamin Fingerhut, 2020 Coblentz early career scientist award of the Coblentz Society
- Michael Schneider, European XFEL Young Scientist Award 2020
- Sangeeta Sharma, Leibniz Best Minds Programme for Female Professors, 2021
- Thomas Elsaesser, Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science & Technology (ACS Award 2022)
- Daniel Schick, SAW Leibniz Junior Research Group 2022
- Olga Smirnova, Tagesspiegel TOP 100 Scientists in Berlin, 2023
- Nathalie Picqué, William F. Meggers Award (OPTICA), 2024
- Kasra Amini, Tagesspiegel TOP 100 Scientists in Berlin, 2024
Projects funded by the European Research Councils (ERC):
- Thomas Elsaesser, ULTRADYNE, Advanced Grant 2010-2015
- Erik T. J. Nibbering, XRAYPROTON, Advanced Grant, since 2018
- Benjamin P. Fingerhut, NONABVD, Starting Grant, since 2019
- Thomas Elsaesser, BIOVIB, Advanced Grant, since 2019
- Jochen Mikosch, c-TSD-p, Consolidator Grant, since 2020
- Olga Smirnova, ULISSES, Advanced Grant, since 2022
- Kasra Amini, TERES, Starting Grant, since 2025
Calls to members of MBI:
- Martin Weinelt, Full Professor, FU Berlin
- Olga Smirnova, Full S-Professor, TU Berlin
- Günter Steinmeyer, Full S-Professur, HU Berlin
- Daniela Rupp, Assistant Professor, ETH Zürich
- Bastian Pfau, Junior Professor, Universität Siegen (declined)
- Tianli Feng, Associate Professor, Shandong University, China
- Benjamin Fingerhut, Full Professor, LMU Munich
- Jochen Mikosch, Heisenberg-Professor, University of Kassel
- Sangeeta Sharma, Full Professor, Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau (declined)