Beate Naroska Guest Professorships 2021Quantum Universe honors Prof. Dr. Halina Abramowicz and Dr. Emanuela Dimastrogiovanni

22 December 2021

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The laureates of the Beate Naroska Senior and Junior Guestprofessorships 2021, Prof. Dr. Halina Abramowicz and Dr. Emanuela Dimastrogiovanni.

The Beate Naroska Guest Professorships 2021 of the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe go to Prof. Dr. Halina Abramowicz (Tel Aviv University) and Dr. Emanuela Dimastrogiovanni (University of Groningen). Both scientists receive the award for their outstanding research in Particle Physics and Fundamental Physics, as well as for their active involvement in creating equal opportunities for women in physics.

The Beate Naroska Senior Guest Professorship goes to Prof. Dr. Halina Abramowicz. She was habilitated in 1988 at Warsaw University, is currently teaching at Tel Aviv University and has been a leading figure in the field of elementary particle physics experiments. For example, she was highly involved in the ZEUS experiment, as well as in the ATLAS experiment, and since 2019, Prof. Abramowicz is collaborating with Principal Investigator Beate Heinemann on the LUXE experiment at DESY. Prof. Abramowicz has been an inspiration to many female scientists for her scientific expertise and her resilience.

Prof. Dr. Halina Abramowicz: “I am very honored by the award named after Beate Naroska. It reminds me of my first years at DESY, early days of HERA construction, when Beate and I were almost the only female physicists walking the corridors of DESY. During my recent visit to DESY, I was very pleased to see that it is definitely not the case anymore and in spite of the covid-pandemic restrictions, I saw many young women filling up the same corridors. What makes me even happier is that the Beate Naroska guest professorship will give me the opportunity to tie again, after a long break, my scientific activities to DESY. I am looking forward to be immersed again in the DESY atmosphere and I hope that my presence will be of benefit not only to myself!”

Dr. Emanuela Dimastrogiovanni receives the Beate Naroska Junior Guest Professorship. She is currently Assistant Professor at the Van Swinderen Institute for Particle Physics and Gravity in Groningen. In 2010, she passed her doctorate at the University of Padova. In her current research she focuses on primordial gravitational waves and is planning on using cosmology, specifically gravitational wave observations, to advance fundamental physics.

Dr. Emanuela Dimastrogiovanni: “A messenger from the early universe, primordial gravitational waves are the next frontier for gravitational wave science and the main target of several upcoming cosmological probes. The main goal of my work is to 'prepare' theory to meet experiments by investigating mechanisms for gravitational waves production during inflation, and developing the formalism to extract their signatures from observations. I am excited to begin new collaborations with the Quantum Universe cluster directed at exploiting gravitational waves for cosmology and fundamental physics.”

Since 2020, Quantum Universe honors the scientific excellence of international female scientists and their commitment to creating equal opportunities for women in cluster-related research fields with the Beate Naroska Guest Professorships. The cluster of excellence awards each a senior and a junior guest professorship every year, endowed with 7,500 and 5,000 euros respectively.