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The President of the Max Planck Society has appointed Prof. Dr. Almudena Arcones from the Technische Universität (TU) Darmstadt as a
Max Planck Fellow at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK) in Heidelberg.
One main area of her work is nucleosynthesis, the
production of atomic nuclei - especially heavy ones. Within the framework of the Max Planck Fellowship, Almudena Arcones will lead the
theoretical research group "Theoretical nuclear astrophysics and the origin of heavy elements in the universe" starting 1 March 2024,
working closely with our "Stored and Cooled Ions" division.
Please read more in the press release of the MPIK .
They have done a good job, and their cooperation will be continued: After a successful review, the German-Japanese Center for Time, Constants and Fundamental Symmetries (TCFS) can start its second term. It will continue to strengthen the collaboration among German and Japanese institutes to advance most sensitive instruments for fundamental measurements in atomic and nuclear physics, antimatter and dark matter research, quantum optics and metrology. Three partners – the Max Planck Institutes for nuclear physics (MPIK) and for quantum optics (MPQ), the National Metrology Institute of Germany (PTB) and the Japanese flagship research institution RIKEN – will fund the centre in equal amounts with a total of around €7.5 million for an additional five years, starting in January 2024.
Please also read the related press release of the MPIK .