Wolfgang-Paul-Studienpreis 2004
Dr. Alexander Herlert
for the PhD-thesis "Erzeugung und erste Untersuchung mehrfach negativ geladener Metallcluster"
Awards ceremony on March 9, 2004
The Wolfgang-Paul-Award for PhD student research
The German Society for Mass Spectrometry (DGMS) is presenting every year the "Wolfgang-Paul-Studienpreis" to the best Diploma and PhD theses in the field of mass spectrometry. The award is donated since 1997 by Bruker-Daltonik (Leipzig) with a total amount of EUR 12,500. The prize-money can be shared where 2,500 EUR and 5,000 EUR are awarded to Diploma and PhD theses, respectively. The award honours Prof. Wolfgang Paul who received the Nobel prize in Physics in 1989 for the development of the ion trap technique (shared with Hans Dehmelt). The awards ceremony is held at the annual meeting of the DGMS.Awards ceremony at the DGMS meeting 2004 in Leipzig
A summary (in German) of the meeting can be found here. The second Wolfgang-Paul-Studienpreis of 2004 was given to Dr. Markus Tibi from the University of Mainz.