Happy International Women‘s Day - what‘s it like to be a women in physics or quantum optics today? In our newest video portrait, three of our young and aspiring female scientists – Maya Büki, Nathalie Lenke and Suchita Agrawal – take us with them into their life and research at MPQ and share some of their own experiences, backgrounds and perspectives.
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To foster scientific collaboration and academic ties in quantum sciences between the two regions, the Cal-Bay Summer School was selected by the Bavaria California Technology Center (BaCaTec) as Wolfgang-Hillen-Summer School 2024 taking place from 9 until 14 June in Garching.
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Lectures, poster sessions, lab tours - and above all, a reunion of old and new friends. On 22 and 23 February, Ferenc Krausz's Attoworld group hosted a two-day alumni symposium. The participants looked back on milestones in attosecond physics, while current research topics and future projects were also a subject of lively discussion.
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Ferenc Krausz, Director at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and Chairholder at the Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, receives the prestigious Maximilian Order. Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder presented Ferenc Krausz with the Order on 6 February 2024 at the Bavarian State Chancellery.
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Jelena Vučković expert and pioneer in the field of experimental quantum science and technology has been in exchange with Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics for years, say as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board, as MPQ Distinguished Scholar or via various research visits over the years.
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