The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation [ grants about 20 annually, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, to internationally renowned academics from abroad in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments in research to date and their exceptional promise for the future. Award winners are invited to to spend six to twelve months in Germany collaborating with specialist colleagues.
This year, CITA Professor and former CITA postdoctoral fellow , currently a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of British Columbia, have been awarded a Wilhelm Bessel Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. For more information about Prof. Pfeiffer’s Bessel award, please visit the .
For more information about Prof. Van Waerbeke’s Bessel award, please visit the .
