Our Principal Investigator, Prof. Dr. Wolfram Pernice from the Heidelberg University, has been awarded the prestigious Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The award recognizes his pioneering work in integrated photonics, particularly in the development of neuromorphic photonic computing for energy-efficient AI and quantum technologies. The prize, the most prestigious research award in Germany with a purse of 2.5 million euros, highlights his groundbreaking interdisciplinary research spanning physics, computer science and engineering.
