Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Annual Report 2007

142 Further Activities / Compatibility of Science, Work, and Family / Prizes / Cooperation with Industrial Companies
Klaus Jäger contributed to the organization of the public
lecture series “Astronomie in Heidelberg” at the
Planetarium Mannheim.
Martin Kürster served as referee for Astronomy &
Astrophysics.
Rainer Lenzen was security officer (scientists) and representative
of the disabled persons at MPIA.
Markus Nielbock participated to the “Initiativkreis für
Horizontastronomie im Ruhrgebiet” for the promotion
Prizes
Eric Bell received the Heinz Maier Leibnitz Prize of the
German Research Foundation
Henrik Beuther received the Ludwig Biermann Prize of the
Astronomical Society
Fabio Fontanot received the Tacchini Award of the Italian
Astronomical Society for PhD Thesis work.
Anders Johansen, Boris Häußler, and Konrad Tristram received
the Ernst Patzer Prize
Nicolas Martin received the Thesis prize from the “Société
des amis des Universités de l'académie de Strasbourg”
Compatibility of Science, Work, and Family
In the course of the last year, more measures were implemented
at the MPIA to improve the compatibility of work
and family. In addition to the existing “baby office” for
young scientists and researchers, the creation of opportunities
for family-related telework, work-at-home, and
the improvement of information exchange on the issue
of compatibility of work and family, the MPIAʼs own
daycare room was set up. The MPIA now also shares
entitlement to a total of 20 crib and kindergarten places
with the other Max-Planck Institutes in Heidelberg. The
MPIA also offers a childcare service for meetings and
Cooperation with Industrial Companies
4D electronic GmbH, Bretten
AB multimedia GmbH, Oberding
ABB (ehem. Hartmann+Braun),
Alzenau
ADR, Paris
Advanced Office, Bochum
Abacus Deltron GmbH, Unterhaching
Agilent Technologie, Böblingen
Allice Messtechnik GmbH, Frankfurt
allSMT GmbH&Co.KG, Roetgen
Almet-AMB, Mannheim
Alternate, Linden
of astronomical culture (25. – 29.06.); he also helped
in performing a practical Astronomy course at the
Pädagogische Hochschule Zentralschweiz Luzern, and at
the Observatory “Hoher List”.
Jakob Staude, assisted by Axel M. Quetz, edited the 46. annual
volume of the monthly astronomy magazine “Sterne
und Weltraum”.
Sebastian Wolf organized the program “Miniforschung” for
students at MPIA.
for one of the best theses defended in one of the universities
of Strasbourg in 2006 (awarded in 2007)
Benjamin Moster received the Otto Haxel Prize of the
University of Heidelberg
Dominik A. Riechers: PhD Summa cum laude, Awarded a
Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship at Caltech for the research
project: “From the Epoch of Reionization to the
Peak of Galaxy Formation: Properties of Intensely Star-
Forming Galaxies in the Early Universe” (2007-2010)
other major scientific events. Together with a number of
other major research facilities and business enterprises
in the region, the MPIA is a member of the Heidelberg
Action Alliance for Families. The aim of these networked
research facilities and business enterprises is to increase
the attractiveness of Heidelberg as a city of science and
of business by offering family-friendly organizational
schemes. The measures to improve compatibility of
work and family at the MPIA are permanently upgraded
in order to further improve the boundary conditions for
research here.
America II Europe GmbH,
Mönchengladbach
Amphenol AIR LB GmbH, Saarlouis
AmpPower GmbH, Bad Homburg v.d.H
Angst+Pfister, Mörfelden
APE Elektronik, Kuppenheim