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We are delighted to congratulate our member Dominika Wylezalek, re­search group leader at the Centre for Astronomy (ZAH) of Hei­del­berg Uni­ver­si­ty, on winning one of the three Klaus-Georg and Sigrid Hengstberger Awards for early-career scientists.

Since 2004, the Klaus-Georg and Sigrid Hengstberger Prize has been awarded annually to excellent early-career scientists at Ruperto Carola. The award comes with a prize money of €12,500 and enables the prizewinners to hold a scientific symposium at the International Academic Forum Hei­del­berg (IWH).

The symposium led by astrophysicist Dominika Wylezalek will focus on the formation and evolution of galaxies – complex phenomena shaped by intricate interactions between stars, gas, dust, black holes, and supernovae. The symposium, titled “Quo Vadis Galaxy Evolution: How Galaxies Form and Evolve,” is scheduled for June 2025.

Weblinks:

• Hengstberger Award Website
• Hei­del­berg Uni­ver­si­ty Press Release (November 21, 2024)