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Miscellaneous

A new president for PTB

The post of president of PTB has been refilled. As of 1 January 2012, the physicist Prof. Dr. Joachim Ullrich has taken over this task. Joachim Ullrich left the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics – MPIK) in Heidelberg for PTB. He took over from Prof. Dr. Ernst O. Göbel, who was in charge of the fate of PTB for over 16 years and was going to retire.

Awards

Mathias Richter und Udo Kroth

The Head of Department 7.1 "Radiometry with Synchrotron Radiation", Matthias Richter, and his staff member Udo Kroth have, together with several colleagues from DESY (Hamburg) and the Ioffe Institute (St. Petersburg), won this year's "Innovation Award on Synchrotron Radiation" which was open to scientists from all over Europe. In doing so, the Association of Friends of the Helmholtz-Zentrum für Materialien und Energie (Berlin) has recognized the development work of this research group in the field of X-ray laser diagnostics. The prize is endowed with 3000 euros and was handed over to the scientists on 1 December 2011 in Berlin.

Dates

17 November 2011 Correction Procedures for Dimensional Measurements on Microsystem Components Made of Transparent or Resilient Materials
263rd PTB Seminar. Location: PTB-Braunschweig. Contact: Uwe Brand.
Phone: +49 (0)531 592-5111

17–18 November 2011 23rd WELMEC WG 10 Meeting
Measuring systems for liquids other than water. Location: PTB Braunschweig, Vieweg Building. Contact: Michael Rinker. TPhone: +49 (0)531 592-1380

21–25 November 2011 Photometry Seminar
Location: PTB Braunschweig, Einstein Building. Contact: Klaus Stock.
Phone: +49(0)531 592-4100

22–23 November 2011 DKE/GUK 967.2 Standards Session
Location: PTB Braunschweig, Elster Geitel Building. Contact: Annette Röttger. Phone: +49 (0)531 592-6130

29 November–1 December 2011 International Conference on Advanced Metrology for Cancer Therapy
Location: PTB Braunschweig. Contacts: Ulrike Ankerhold; Katharina Winkelhöfer.
Phone: +49 (0)531 592-6200, +49 (0)531 592-6201

30 November–1 December 2011 Protection of Measurement Data in Legal
Metrology and Related Challenges

Location: PTB Berlin, Hermann von Helmholtz Building, Lecture Hall. Contacts: Heike Kautz, Florian Thiel. Phone: +49 (0)531 592-7494, +49 (0)531 592-7529

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