Dr. Henning Vahlbruch
Laser Development and Advanced LIGO
Laser Interferometry and Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Location Hannover
Laser Interferometry and Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Location Hannover
Main Focus
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2008 - Ph.D., Physics, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
2004 - Diploma Physics, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
Awards
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2009 "Gravitational Wave International Committee" (GWIC) PhD thesis prize 2008 for the work "Squeezed light for gravitational wave astronomy"
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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)
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2016 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (for the direct observation of gravitational waves)
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2016 Gruber Cosmology Prize (USA)
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2017 Princess of Asturias Award (Spain)