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2025 IMPRS Students Wendelstein

IMPRS on Astrophysics visited the Wendelstein Observatory!

On May 22, 2025, we were able to take our IMPRS on Astrophysics students on a field trip to the Wendelstein Observatory of the University Observatory of the LMU Munich. 
The Wendelstein Observatory is a modern research center that had its origins in solar observation and has been dedicated exclusively to the observation of nocturnal celestial objects since 1988. The showpiece is the 2m telescope, but the old reflector telescope with its 80cm aperture and the 43cm planewave telescope were also worth seeing. 

Congratulations!

Dr. María Teresa Valdivia-Mena, IMPRS student at the CAS Group at MPE in 2020-2024, has recently been awarded with an Otto Hahn Medal AND the Otto Hahn Award. We are delighted with Teresa about this great success.! More info

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Congratulations!

Dr. Elena Hoemann, IMPRS student in 2019-2023, has been granted a doctoral award by the Munich University Society (MUG) for her dissertation, “Merging, fragmentation and collapse of interstellar filaments.” More info

Congratulations!

Dr. Oliver Zier, IMPRS student in 2019-2023 at MPA, has been awarded with an Otto Hahn Medal by the Max Planck Society.  He received the medal for his outstanding scientific achievements during his doctorate. We are delighted for him and wish him continued success in his career! More info

IMPRSsive Constellations: Bridging Heidelberg and Munich Astronomy

IMPRS collaboration meeting with students from Heidelberg, June 20th 2023, MPE

20 years of IMPRS on Astrophysics

20 years IMPRS Astrophysics

The International Max Planck Research School on Astrophysics celebrated its 20th birthday in 2021. Read more about the first 20 years:

IMPRS on Astrophysics - A scientific success story

Interview with Prof. Becker, IMPRS Coordinator

Congratulations!

Nobel Price Medal

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Genzel, IMPRS supervisor and lecturer, has been awarded with the Nobel Prize in Physics 2020, jointly with Andrea Ghez, for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy. Read more


 

IMPRS Poster 2025