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.

DLR Science Award 2017 for Dr. Heiko Richter
Dr. Heiko Richter was awarded the DLR Science Prize 2017 for a measuring device that can detect atomic oxygen in space. (vrnl): Christine Kolmar, Klaus Hamacher, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board and Dr. Heiko Richter.
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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.