Public STEM lecture series honours the Nobel Prize in Physics
Anyone interested is invited to attend in Lecture Theatre C of the BTU’s Central Lecture Theatre Building at Konrad-Wachsmann-Allee 3. Admission is free. No registration is required.
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to the Belgian-American particle physicist and astrophysicist Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube neutrino observatory and to the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin”. The lecture will, amongst other things, explain the physical background and implications underlying the Nobel Prize.
About the speaker
Dr Christian Spiering is one of the most internationally renowned figures in neutrino astrophysics. Through his role in the construction and operation of the telescopes at Lake Baikal and the South Pole, he is one of the pioneers in this field. Until 2013, he headed the neutrino group at theGerman Electron Synchrotron (DESY) – one of the world’s leading centres for research into and with particle accelerators. In 2014, he initiated the ‘Global Neutrino Network’ for its crucial contributions to the IceCube neutrino observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin. Christian Spiering is the author of the popular science book *The Strangest Particle in the World – In Search of the Neutrino*.
The public lecture series ‘MINT on Wednesday’is organised by the STEM Faculty – Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Information Technology – at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU). It is aimed at members of the public with an interest in scientific topics, and in particular at pupils in the upper years of secondary school.
Further information:
https://www.b-tu.de/fakultaet1/aktuelles/mint-am-mittwoch
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