Dissertation Awards from 2019 to the Present
2025 Dissertation Prize for Sophie Aerdker: Transport of Cosmic Radiation
The Department of Physics and Astronomy is pleased to announce that the 2025 Dissertation Award, sponsored by the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation, has been awarded to Dr. Sophie Aerdker...
2024 Dissertation Award for Dr. Timo Schorlepp:
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Timo Schorlepp, Courant Instructor and Assistant Professor at New York University, has received the Department Dissertation Award. In his...
The 2023 Dissertation Award Goes to Dr. Ancla Müller and Dr. Luca van den Busch
The 2023 Dissertation Award was presented to two recipients: Dr. Ancla Müller and Dr. Jan Luca van den Busch, “Polarized Radio Emission of Cluster Galaxies: A Clue to the Physics of Ram Pressure...”
Dissertation Award 2022: Dr. Meike Küßner could convince
Last year marked the fourth time the Department Physics and Astronomy awarded its dissertation prize. The winner this year is Dr. Meike Küßner. In her dissertation, Meike...
2021 Dissertation Award for Dr. Katharina Grosse
Temporal Evolution of Nanosecond-Pulsed Plasmas in Water In her doctoral dissertation, Dr. Grosse studied the entire dynamics of these plasmas—from ignition to afterglow—using time-resolved...
2020 Dissertation Award: Dr. Lukas Merten
Anisotropic Transport of Galactic Cosmic Rays Based on Stochastic Differential Equations In his doctoral dissertation, Mr. Merten developed a new method—stochastic differential equations—in...
2019 Dissertation Award: Dr. Sven Scholz
Optical Investigation and Optimization of III-V Quantum Dot-Nanowire Heterosystems Fabricated by Molecular Beam Epitaxy Mr. Scholz led the development of a new preparation technique...