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Beate Naroska Guest Professorship

Beate Naroska, Photo: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München/STERN-Fotoarchiv/Jay Ullal

Beate Naroska (1943–2008) was a professor in experimental particle physics at the Universität Hamburg from 1989 to 2008. She was an excellent scientist, a very devoted teacher and a mentor of many young scientists. She performed most of her research at DESY and CERN and made pivotal contributions to a wide range of questions in particle physics using data from the ISR, PETRA and HERA accelerators.

This guest professorship programme of the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe at Universität Hamburg has been established in her honour. The guest professorship will be awarded annually to two successful female scientists who distinguish themselves not only by their excellent research in one of the research areas of Quantum Universe (Higgs physics, Dark Matter, Gravitational Waves, Quantum Theories) but also by being a visible role model for women in the discipline.

The 2023 Beate Naroska guest professorships will be awarded on April 23rd 2024 to Prof. Dr. Mariana Graña and Dr. Jennifer Schober. We cordially invite you to join the ceremony! Please find more information on the indico website https://indico.desy.de/e/beate-naroska-2024

The winners of the Beate Naroska Guest Professorship 2023, Mariana Graña (senior, left) and Jennifer Schober (junior, right).

Photo: Laurence Godart (left), Jennifer Schober (right)

Guest Professorship 2023
  • Senior Laureate: Mariana Graña (Institute of Theoretical Physics at CEA/CNRS, Saclay)
  • Junior Laureate: Jennifer Schober (Laboratory of Astrophysics at LASTRO, EPFL, Lausanne)
The 2022 laureates.

Photo: Linda Nylind (left), Wanner (right)

Guest Professorship 2022
  • Senior Laureate: Prof. Dr. Claudia de Rham (Imperial College London)
  • Junior Laureate: Dr. Gudrun Wanner (Albert Einstein Institute, Hannover)
The 2021 laureates.

Photo: Private

Guest Professorship 2021
  • Senior Laureate: Prof. Dr. Halina Abramowicz (Tel Aviv University)
  • Junior Laureate: Dr. Emanuela Dimastrogiovanni (University of Groningen)
The 2020 laureates.

Photo: Gavela private, Studioline Photography

Guest Professorship 2020
  • Senior Laureate: Prof. Dr. Belén Gavela (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
  • Junior Laureate: Dr. Kasia Rejzner (University of York)

2024 Beate Naroska Call

We encourage you to apply or nominate an outstanding female researcher in one of the research areas of Quantum Universe (Higgs physics, Dark Matter, Gravitational Waves, Quantum Theories). The next nomination round will take place in the fall of 2024.