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The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) has awarded the 2025 C10 Early Career Scientist Prize to Dr. Niels Schröter, recognizing his transformative contributions to the field of condensed matter physics. more

With twelve Synergy Grants, the Max Planck Society claims top spot in the ERC ranking more

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle receive the prestigious Synergy Grant of the European Research Council to work jointly on 2DPolymembrane. more

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