Post by Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

🎉Congratulations to Paola Caselli, appointed 2026 #OortProfessor at Leiden University! She will deliver the prestigious #OortLecture, a lecture addressed to a broader audience with interest in #astronomy, which is given annually by a renowned astronomers. After Reinhard Genzel, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2020 and director of the Infrared-/Submillimeter Group, Paola Caselli is the second #MPE researcher to receive this honor. Since 2014, Paola Caselli is director of the Center for astrochemical studies at MPE and has received many awards and honors, including the Karl Schwarzschild Medal 2025 of the Astronomical Society. ➡Read more: https://lnkd.in/ezVqS5NK