Photo (©) HZDR André Wirsig
Prof. Sebastian M. Schmidt took the reigns as scientific director of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) on April 1, 2020. He came from the Forschungszentrum Jülich, where he was a member of the Executive Board and has been responsible since November 2007 for the research areas „Matter“ and „Key Technologies / Information“. After fourteen years of service to the HZDR, Prof. Roland Sauerbrey is retiring as
scientific director and member of the EMFL Council.
From one of the largest research centers in western Germany to one of the largest research centers in eastern Germany: Prof. Sebastian M. Schmidt remains loyal to the Helmholtz Association. His path leads from Jülich to Dresden, where the physicist will lead as scientific director of the HZDR from April 1st. Prof. Roland Sauerbrey, as planned, officially renounced his position on March 31st. Above all good reasons, it is the large scale facilities in Rossendorf and the broad research spectrum that attracted Schmidt to the Saxonian capital. “In the area of materials research, the HZDR is ideally positioned with its unique infrastructures. The ELBE Center for High-Power Radiation Sources, the High Magnetic Field Laboratory, and the Ion Beam Center are in demand by users around the world. With the European platform for dynamo experiments (DRESDYN) and the Helmholtz International Beamline for Extreme Fields (HIBEF), additional exciting facilities are being created that will attract national and international attention to the center.” With Roland Sauerbrey retiring, Sebastian M. Schmidt is also his successor in the EMFL Council, the highest governing body of the consortium.
