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Dr. Wenhui Niu, Minerva Fast Track group leader in Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, won the 2024 Fall Arthur K. Doolittle Award from the ACS Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE). more

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the awardees for the 2024 Starting Grants. One of these prestigious grants, worth 2.16 million Euros, is awarded to Dr. Li Wan, postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle. His ERC grant “FastE-Chiral” will explore new materials and devices for fast generation and modulation of chiral light signals, that could lead to new optoelectronics and communication technologies. more

Prof. Xinliang Feng, Director at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle, is elected a full member of the Chemistry Division of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. more

Dr. Wenhui Niu was awarded a Minerva Fast Track position by the Max Planck Society to establish her first research group “Quantum Chiral Nanocarbons” at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle. more

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced that Prof. Stuart Parkin is the 2024 Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering recipient. more