Particle and Plasma Physics
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09/15/2026
Dr. Marius Wiesemann Joins the “Color meets Flavor” Cluster of Excellence
The physicist started working at TU Dortmund University in September. His research is funded by an ERC Consolidator Grant.
09/02/2026
Teams from Bochum and Dortmund are Helping to Build the Largest Gamma-Ray Observatory
Physicists from the Ruhr Innovation Lab are part of a German consortium that is receiving €4 million in federal funding.
08/11/2026
Hunting for the Axion with a Huge Magnet
DFG approves a €6 million magnet system at the University of Bonn, University of Siegen and TU Dortmund University.
05/15/2026
Further Funding for Collaborative Research Center in Astronomy
Together with TU physicists, researchers from Bochum continue to investigate the interactions of different energies in space.
03/02/2026
Simulating and Understanding Processes in Thunderclouds
Dr. Christoph Köhn has come from Copenhagen to the Department of Physics with funding from the Heisenberg Program of the DFG.
02/12/2026
Hundreds of New ‘Eyes’ Buried in the Antarctic Ice
Scientists from Bochum and Dortmund were involved in installing around 670 new sensors at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory.
10/08/2025
Students From Twelve Countries Complete Master’s in Particle Physics
31 graduates have successfully finished their four-semester degree program in Dortmund, Bologna and Clermont-Ferrand.
05/22/2025
Ruhr Region Secures Three Clusters of Excellence in Tough Competition
The partners of the University Alliance Ruhr succeed in the Excellence Strategy and will continue their cooperation.
04/11/2025
Experiments at CERN honored with the “Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics”
Four groups from the Department of Physics work at the particle accelerator LHC, which received the 3-million-dollar prize.
