Read article 'A curious physicist with detector expertise: Dieter Renker 1944–2019'
A curious physicist with detector expertise: Dieter Renker 1944–2019
Dieter was a curious physicist with an exceptional talent for novel detector concepts.
Read article 'A curious physicist with detector expertise: Dieter Renker 1944–2019'
Read article 'A talent and a love for physics: Olga Borisovna Igonkina 1973–2019'
A talent and a love for physics: Olga Borisovna Igonkina 1973–2019
She was working on preparations for an RK measurement until her very last days.
Read article 'A flair for the fundamental: Hans-Jürg Gerber 1929–2018'
A flair for the fundamental: Hans-Jürg Gerber 1929–2018
Gerber initiated basic research at SIN and later at PSI with his precision experiments on the decay of charged muons – experiments that continue to this day.
Read article 'A giant of mathematics: Michael Atiyah 1929–2019'
A giant of mathematics: Michael Atiyah 1929–2019
A giant of mathematics whose work influenced theoretical high-energy physics.
Read article 'A foremost accelerator physicist: Yong Ho Chin 1958–2019'
A foremost accelerator physicist: Yong Ho Chin 1958–2019
A leading theoretical accelerator physicist and chair of the beam dynamics panel of the International Committee for Future Accelerators.
Read article 'From fundamental physics to the brain: Karlheinz Meier 1955–2018'
From fundamental physics to the brain: Karlheinz Meier 1955–2018
A visionary experimental particle physicist and co-founder of the Human Brain Project.
Read article 'Data-processing visionary: Paul Kunz 1942–2018'
Data-processing visionary: Paul Kunz 1942–2018
A computing visionary and pioneer, who loved to share his ideas with irrepressible energy.
Read article 'A giant of experimental particle physics: Leon Lederman 1922–2018'
A giant of experimental particle physics: Leon Lederman 1922–2018
Lederman’s crowning achievement came in 1962 with the co-discovery of the muon neutrino.
Read article 'Quarks, calorimetry and cosmology: Hans Paar 1944–2018'
Quarks, calorimetry and cosmology: Hans Paar 1944–2018
He helped to create an atmosphere of creative thought and friendliness within every group he was part of.
Read article 'Sparking the November Revolution: Burton Richter 1931–2018'
Sparking the November Revolution: Burton Richter 1931–2018
A major figure in particle physics who shared the Nobel Prize for the co-discovery of the J/ψ meson.
