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Wolfgang Ertmer receives Lower Saxony Cross of Merit 1st class

Wolfgang Ertmer receives Lower Saxony Cross of Merit 1st class

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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ertmer (left) and the Minister of Science Björn Thümler

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ertmer is one of the initiators of QuantumFrontiers. For his outstanding work in atomic and molecular physics, laser physics and quantum optics, he has now been awarded the Cross of Merit 1st Class (Niedersächsisches Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse) by Lower Saxony's Minister of Science Björn Thümler. "Wolfgang Ertmer is one of the internationally outstanding scientists in the field of atomic physics and laser spectroscopy," said Thümler at the award ceremony. "Professor Ertmer was and is a stroke of luck for Hanover as a research location".

Read the full news from the University of Hanover (in German)