Dr. Henning Vahlbruch
Senior Scientist
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)