Awards
Since the institute was founded in 2014, a number of its employees have received awards. The awards range from individual prizes for the best work or the best dissertations to group prizes for space instruments or successful innovations.
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2024
Best Poster Award for a poster on “Time-Domain Spectroscopy for Space Exploration at Terahertz Energy Scales” at the Terahertz Young Scientist Meeting at the Fraunhofer ITWM in Kaiserslautern: Dominic Azih.
2023
3. Preis, Best Scientific Image Contest of Helmholtz Imaging
2022
Physics Study Prize of the Physical Society of Berlin: Fabian Seel
2021
Honorary doctorate of the Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers
2020
Young Elite – Top 40 under 40 of the weekly magazine “Capital”: Dr. Susanne Schröder
DLR-Competition of Visions, 1st place: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Janik Wolters
Innovation competition “INNOspace MASTERS”, 1st place: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Janik Wolters
2019
ESA Science Directorate recognition for outstanding contribution to the CHEOPS mission: CHEOPS team
Young Scientist Award of the German Terahertz Center (Deutsches Terahertz-Zentrum e.V.): Dr. Till Hagelschuer
Carl-Ramsauer-Award of the Physical Society in Berlin (Physikalische Gesellschaft zu Berlin): Dr. Till Hagelschuer
NASA Group Achievement Award: Grace Follow-on Team
NASA Group Achievement Award: HP³ Team
ESA Group Achievement Award: MERTIS team
2018
ESA Science Directorate recognition for outstanding contribution to the BepiColombo mission: MERTIS team
MERAC Prize of the European Astronomical Society for the best early career researcher: Dr. Martin Pertenais
Berlin Brandenburg Innovation Award for the Integrated Positioning System: IPS team
Best Paper Award of the IEEE Trans. THz Science and Technology: Dr. H. Richter, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. H.-W. Hübers et al.
Student Paper Award of the Int. Conf. on IR, mmW and THz Waves: Dr. Till Hagelschuer
2017
DLR Senior Scientist: Prof. Dr. Alexei Semenov
DLR Research Award: Dr. Heiko Richter
Karl-Kraus Young Talent Award of the German Society for Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation: Nora Mettig
Helmholtz International Fellow Award 2017: Prof. Reinhard Klette, Auckland University of Technology, for a half-year research stay at the Institute of Optical Sensor Systems.
Best Paper Award of the 11th IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth Observation (IAA2017): Dr. Winfried Halle.
2016
Best Paper Award of the 9th Global Symposium on Millimeter-Waves (GSMM2016): Dr. Nick Rothbart and Prof. Dr. Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers.
2014
Prize of the Sparkasse Barnim (Brandenburg) for “Master Theses with Regional Significance”: Michel Lanz, MSc.