“Fortune and glory, kid. Fortune and glory.” (Indiana Jones)
Well, we don’t know about fortune, but there is definitely glory...
We are thrilled to congratulate Dr. Michaela Thiel on achieving a significant academic milestone: the successful completion of her habilitation. This accomplishment provides evidence of her excellent academic achievements and educational proficiency.
In her work, she is setting out a way to measure the thickness of the neutron skin of heavy nuclei with unrivaled precision. This is not only important for the tiny atomic nuclei on Earth but also for exotic celestial bodies like neutron stars, as the same set of laws of physics apply to both.
As part of the habilitation process, Dr. Thiel delivered a captivating public lecture titled 208Pb and the Last Crusade, in which she presented her latest findings.
Dr. Thiel’s habilitation reflects her exceptional scholarship and her continued commitment to pushing the boundaries of scientific understanding.
Congratulations once again, Dr. Michaela Thiel!
The next two weeks will be dedicated to taking more data on our precious 208Pb target. Together with the last beam time, this will, hopefully, allow us to extract the 
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Starting on Monday, 22 May, we will be having our beam time at A1 until Monday 5 June 2023.