Our Cluster Principal Investigator, Prof. Dr. Wolfram Pernice from the Heidelberg University, was officially awarded the prestigious Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation (DFG). The award ceremony took place in Berlin on March 19 in the presence of German Federal Research Minister Cem Özdemir. In a festive setting, ten outstanding researchers were honored for their groundbreaking contributions. The DFG praised Prof. Pernice’s pioneering work in integrated photonics and neuromorphic photonic computing, which is shaping the future of energy-efficient AI and quantum technologies.
© DFG / David Ausserhofer
