Ulf-G. Meißner

Ulf-G. Meißner is a Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Bonn and head of the Theory Group (TH) at the Helmholtz Institute for Radiation and Nuclear Physics (HISKP). He also serves as a director at the Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS-4) at Forschungszentrum Jülich. His research focuses on nuclear structure, hadron physics, effective field theories, and lattice simulations.

Education:

• Habilitation in Theoretical Physics, University of Regensburg (1988)
• PhD in Physics, SUNY Stony Brook (1984)
• Diplom in Physics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (1982)

Research Interests: Nuclear lattice simulations, hadron interactions, strangeness physics, baryon-baryon dynamics, and anthropic considerations. He explores phenomena like electric dipole moments, soliton models, and effective field theories applied to graphene nanoribbons and exotic states.

Key Awards:

• ERC Advanced Grant 'EXOTIC' (2021–2026)
• Lise Meitner Prize (2016)
• Distinguished Scientist Award (Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2018)
• Doctor honoris causa (2018)

Leadership & Grants:

• Spokesperson of CRC 110 'Symmetries and the Emergence of Structure in QCD' (2012–2024)
• Director of the Bethe Center for Theoretical Physics (2020–2024)
• Former Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (2008–2016)

Labs/Teams: Leads the HISKP Theory Group and contributes to collaborations like the HGF Virtual Institute 'Spin and Strong QCD'.