MIAPbP News: Francis Halzen awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2026

October 6, 2026

The Munich Institute for Astro-, Particle and BioPhysics (MIAPbP) extends its warmest congratulations to Professor Francis Halzen (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) on being named this year’s recipient of the prestigious Nobel Prize in Physics.

We are incredibly honored that Professor Halzen will be coordinating MIAPbP’s very first workshop of 2027, "Neutrinos as Cosmic Messengers: A Decade of Discovery and the Path forward," alongside an outstanding team: Maria Petropoulou, Walter Winter, Aart Heijboer, and Elisa Resconi.

The entire MIAPbP community looks forward to welcoming Professor Halzen and celebrating this monumental achievement together!

Read the official press release on the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences website.

Activities 2026

2026-1
none
Fill the Gap: signatures of electronic excitations in dark matter and neutrino direct detection experiments
2026-2
none
Precision Lepton Physics: a window to new physics
2026-3
none
Planet Formation across various Environments and Epochs
2026-4
none
Continuing the JWST Revolution: Understanding Early Galaxy Formation
2026-5
none
Primordial Cosmology: novel perspectives from scattering amplitudes, holography and the bootstrap
2026-6
none
Bridging Gaps in high-mass star research: physical parameters, formation and evolution
2026-7
none
Thermodynamics and kinetics of chemical reaction networks: from cell metabolism to design principles for synthetic life

Activities 2027

2027-1
upcoming
Neutrinos as Cosmic Messengers: A Decade of Discovery and the Path Forward
2027-2
upcoming
Quantum Fields to Cosmic Signatures: Probing Particle Production in the Early Universe
2027-3
upcoming
The Galactic journey of the Solar System: astronomical, geological, and paleo-climatological perspectives
2027-4
upcoming
Cosmic Chemical Enrichment
2027-5
open
Axion Monopoly: new ideas and new signals
2027-6
open
Biophysical Chemistry of the Emergence of Life (BioChEm)
2027-7
open
Vera Rubin Observatory: Stars and Stellar Systems (VERYTAS)

Topical Workshops 2027