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)