Berthold Leibinger Stiftung honors laser researchers from Hannover and Cardiff – September 26, 2023

1st prize in the Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis 2023 for Henning Vahlbruch, Benno Willke, and Hartmut Grote (from left to right). Picture: Berthold Leibinger Stiftung
First prize for high-precision laser sources in gravitational-wave astronomy, fundamental research, and more
At a ceremony on the evening of September 22, 2023, the Berthold Leibinger Stiftung honored the winners and finalists of this year’s Innovation Award. Researchers from Leibniz University Hannover, the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), and Cardiff University receive the 1st prize for their work on “ultra-high precision beam sources not only for basic research”. The award includes 50,000 Euros of prize money. This breakthrough exemplifies the work in scientific research that is driven by technological progress and is an example of how today’s discoveries are tomorrow’s tools, said Eckhard Elsen, member of the award jury, who gave the laudation for the prize.