Alexander von Humboldt Professorship

The Alexander von Humboldt Professorship is the most highly endowed German science award and is granted exclusively to top researchers who are world leaders in their field and work abroad. The Humboldt Professorship enables long-term, forward-looking research to be conducted at universities and research institutions in Germany. The award money amounts to 5 million Euros for scientists working experimentally and 3.5 million EUR for scientists working theoretically and is available for a period of five years.

Laureates

2022:

• Prof. Dr. André Platzer, Institute for Reliability of Autonomous Dynamical Systems

2021:

• Prof. Dr. Markus Klute, Institute of Experimental Particle Physics (ETP)

2016:

• Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics (IPQ)