is one of the world’s most renowned researchers on the Holocaust. She gained international prominence when she won the court case against Holocaust denier David Irving in 2000. In May 2018, she was awarded the Carl von Ossietzky Prize for Contemporary History and Politics.
received the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for the discovery of pulsars and is a strong advocate for more equal opportunities in research.
revolutionized the understanding of time and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997.
is considered one of the “fathers of the Internet” and laid the crucial foundations for identifying the individual computers in the network and transferring data between them.
made it possible: thanks to his work, the black hole – “Sagittarius A”, 27,000 light years away – was detected in the middle of our Milky Way for the first time, received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2020.
received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2001, has been an advisor to the British Prime Minister on science and technology issues, has received over 60 honorary doctorates and fellowships from international universities, and was recently inducted into the Order of the Companions of Honour.
is an advocate for genetically modified crops, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology in 1993.
The visit of the Dalai Lama in 2018 was a special honor for the DAI.
The spiritual leader of the Tibetans spoke with brain researcher Prof. Dr. Hannah Monyer, gerontologist Prof. Dr. Andreas Kruse and astrophysicist Prof. Dr. Matthias Bartelmann on the topic of happiness and responsibility. The event was livestreamed and reached several million people worldwide.
Photo: Steffen Diemer, Hannah Schemel
is one of the most important character actresses.
In 2014 she performed a reading of Shakespeare’s sonnets at the DAI and with her voice gave a unique expression to those literary masterpieces.
Photo: Hentschel
is the best known Israeli writer and peace activist.
In 2010 he received the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, and in 2013 he came to the DAI.
Photo: Futterer
