Since the beginning of August 2014, experimental physicist Professor Cheng Chin from the University of Chicago has joint the Quantum Many-Body Systems Division of Professor Immanuel Bloch. more

The University of Zaragoza, which is the capital of the Spanish province Aragon, has given the honorary title of a “doctor honoris causa” to Professor Ignacio Cirac, Director at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (Garching, near Munich) and leader of the Theory Division. more

At the 65th annual meeting of the Max Planck Society in June 2014 the Austrian physicist Professor Peter Zoller has been elected as an “External Scientific Member” at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics. more

Dr. Peter Dombi is now leader of a new MPQ partner group in Budapest. Dr. Dombi’s research group will work together closely with the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics of Prof. Ferenc Krausz at the MPQ for the next three years. more

For his excellent doctoral thesis, the young physicist Manuel Endres has been awarded with the Otto Hahn Medal 2013. The award is intended to encourage highly talented people to decide for a career in fundamental research. more

Professor Weinfurter and Professor Marek Żukowski are the winning “tandem” of this year’s Copernicus award, donated by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Foundation for Polish Science. more

In a festive ceremony Prof. Hänsch has been appointed Honorary Professor at Northwestern Polytechnical University. more