Dr. Henning Vahlbruch

Senior Scientist
Laser Development and Advanced LIGO
Laser Interferometry and Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Location Hannover
+49 511 762-17092
L103

Main Focus

Curriculum Vitae

Education

2008 - Ph.D., Physics, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

2004 - Diploma Physics, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

Awards

  • 2009 "Gravitational Wave International Committee" (GWIC) PhD thesis prize 2008 for the work "Squeezed light for gravitational wave astronomy"

  • 2010 S-AMOP-Dissertationspreis 2010 der Deutschen Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG) für die beste Deutsche Doktorarbeit im Feld der "Atomphysik, Kurzzeitphysik, Massenspektrometrie, Molekülphysik, Plasmaphysik, Quantenoptik und Photonik" (abgeschlossen in 2008 und 2009)

  • 2016 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (for the direct observation of gravitational waves)

  • 2016 Gruber Cosmology Prize (USA)

  • 2017 Princess of Asturias Award (Spain)

  • 2023 Berthold Leibinger Innovation Award

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