DFG Heinz-Maier Leibnitz Prize for SIMPLAIX researcher

5. May 2022
Pascal Friederich( Photo: Amadeus Bramsiepe, KIT)

Congratulations to our SIMPLAIX Principal Investigator Pascal Friederich (KIT) on the award of a Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize 2022 for his outstanding research in computational material science. The German Research Foundation (DFG) awards the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize to early-career researchers in recognition of their outstanding achievements. The prize in the amount of EUR 20,000 is supposed to assist the researchers in furthering their scientific careers.

Pascal Friederich is Tenure-track Professor at KIT’s Institute of Theoretical Informatics (ITI) and associated group leader at the Institute of Nanotechnology (INT). He heads the research group AiMat (Artificial Intelligence for Materials Sciences), and, since October 2021, is one of the Principal Investigators in the SIMPLAIX collaboration, where he participates in seven out of eight projects.

In 2022, the Leibnitz Prize has been awarded to ten researchers. It is named after physicist Professor Heinz Maier-Leibnitz, DFG President from 1974 to 1979.Most Important Prize for Early-career Researchers in Germany.

About HITS

HITS, the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, was established in 2010 by physicist and SAP co-founder Klaus Tschira (1940-2015) and the Klaus Tschira Foundation as a private, non-profit research institute. HITS conducts basic research in the natural, mathematical, and computer sciences. Major research directions include complex simulations across scales, making sense of data, and enabling science via computational research. Application areas range from molecular biology to astrophysics. An essential characteristic of the Institute is interdisciplinarity, implemented in numerous cross-group and cross-disciplinary projects. The base funding of HITS is provided by the Klaus Tschira Foundation.

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