The Lise Meitner Lectures (LML) are a series of public lectures in honour of
Lise Meitner
Elise Lise Meitner ( ; ; 7 November 1878 – 27 October 1968) was an Austrian-Swedish nuclear physicist who was instrumental in the discovery of nuclear fission.
After completing her doctoral research in 1906, Meitner became the second woman ...
. The lectures are organized jointly by the
German Physical Society
The German Physical Society (German: , DPG) is the oldest organisation of physicists. As of 2022, the DPG's worldwide membership is cited as 52,220, making it one of the largest national physics societies in the world. The DPG's membership peaked ...
and the
Austrian Physical Society
The Austrian Physical Society () is the national physical society of Austria.
History
Until 1938, Austrian physicists were part of the German Physical Society. On 13 December 1950, it was decided to found a separate society for Austria and Fritz ...
, with the intention to showcase outstanding female scientists in
physics
Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...
or related fields. The annual lecture series was launched in 2008, when Lise Meitner's birthday celebrated its 130th anniversary. In October 2008, the Lise Meitner Lecture was held in Vienna and Berlin with a
accompanying exhibition The annual lecture series not only aims at increasing the visibility of successful female researchers, but also at encouraging girls and young women towards careers in physics.
Awardees
* 2025:
Anne L’Huillier, „Attosecond pulses of light for studying electron dynamics“
* 2024:
Lisa Kaltenegger, "Alien Earths: Searching for a Second Earth - Challenges, Opportunities and Adventures"
* 2023:
Donna Strickland, "Generating High-Intensity, Ultrashort Optical Pulses"
* 2022:
Viola Priesemann, "Learning in living neuronal networks" (''Lernen in lebenden neuronalen Netzwerken'')
* 2021:
Claudia Draxl, "Quantum-based Materials Modeling and Artificial Intelligence for Tackling Societal Challenges"
* 2019:
Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop, "Sculpted light in nano- and microsystems"
* 2017/18:
Nicola Spaldin, "New materials for a new age" (DPG 2018/ÖPG 2017)
* 2017/18:
Johanna Stachel, "Erforschung von Urknallmaterie an der Weltmaschine LHC" (DPG 2017/ÖPG 2018)
* 2016:
Petra Schwille, "Ist Leben konstruierbar?"
* 2015:
Cornelia Denz, "Material in neuem Licht - wie maßgeschneidertes Licht Materie strukturieren und anordnen kann"
* 2014:
Felicitas Pauss, "Das Higgs-Teilchen: Unsichtbares sichtbar und Unmögliches möglich machen"
* 2013:
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell (; Bell; born 15 July 1943) is a Northern Irish physicist who, as a doctoral student, discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967. This discovery later earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1974, but she was not ...
, "Pulsars and extreme physics"
* 2012:
Renate Loll
Renate Loll (born 19 June 1962, Aachen) Is a German physicist. She is a Professor in Theoretical Physics at the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics of the Radboud University in Nijmegen, Netherlands. She previously wo ...
, "More than meets the eye: probing the Planckian structure of spacetime"
* 2010:
Anna Frebel, "Die ältesten Sterne im Universum und die chemische Entwicklung unserer Galaxie"
* 2009:
Cecilia Jarlskog, "Symmetries – exact and broken"
* 2008:
Mildred Dresselhaus, "Why are we so excited about nano-carbons?"
See also
*
Lise Meitner Distinguished Lecture
*
Meitner Medal
*
Ludwig Boltzmann Prize
The Ludwig Boltzmann Prize is awarded by the Austrian Physical Society and honors outstanding achievements in theoretical physics. It is named after the famous Austrian physicist Ludwig Boltzmann.
The prize was established at the annual meeting o ...
References
External links
Lise-Meitner-Lecturesfeatured by the German Physical Society
Lise-Meitner-Lecturesfeatured by the Austrian Physical Society
Dates of the Lise-Meitner-LectureExhibition catalog Lise Meitner Lecture 2008{{DEFAULTSORT:Meitner, Lise
Science awards honoring women
Science lecture series
Physics events
2008 establishments in Europe
Recurring events established in 2008
Events in Vienna
Events in Berlin
German Physical Society