Descartes-Prize ceremony in Brussels on 7 March 2007. Representatives of the H.E.S.S. Collaboration together with representatives of the EU commission, of national governments and of national research organisations. From left to right: Annette Schavan (Federal Minister of Education and Research, Germany), Stavros Katsanevas (CNRS/IN2P3, France), Heinz Voelk (MPI Kernphysik, Heidelberg, H.E.S.S.), Michael Punch (APC, Paris, H.E.S.S.), Gerard Fontaine (Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, H.E.S.S.), Werner Hofmann (MPI Kernphysik, Heidelberg, H.E.S.S.), Janez Potocnik (European Commissioner for Science and Research), Claudie Haigneré (French astronaut, former minister delegate for Research and New Technologies and former minister delegate for European Affairs).
Rossi Prize
Rossi-Prize ceremony of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Seattle, USA, on January 12, 2011. From left to right: Felix Aharonian (DIAS, Dublin/Ireland and MPIK, Heidelberg/Germany), Heinz Voelk (MPIK, Heidelberg/Germany), Werner Hofmann(MPIK Heidelberg/Germany).
Homi Bhabha Medal and Prize
Dr. Homi Bhabha/IUPAP Award Lecture announcement at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai, India