This award honours a scientist who has played a defining role in shaping modern neutrino astronomy. As the driving force behind the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole, Francis Halzen helped establish an entirely new way of exploring the Universe.
A Long-Standing Partnership in Neutrino Research
Francis Halzen has maintained close ties with the ORIGINS Cluster of Excellence and its predecessor cluster, Universe, for many years. A particularly strong scientific partnership connects him with Elisa Resconi, Principal Investigator at ORIGINS. Since Resconi joined the Excellence Cluster Universe in 2010 and was appointed Professor at the Technical University of Munich in 2012, the two researchers have worked closely together and have made major contributions to the development of both neutrino astronomy and multi-messenger astrophysics. Elisa Resconi has played a leading role in advancing multi-messenger astronomy, which combines observations of neutrinos with other cosmic messengers such as electromagnetic radiation and gravitational waves.
Shaping the Future of Neutrino Astronomy Together
The scientific collaboration between Francis Halzen and Elisa Resconi continues to this day through their work within the IceCube Collaboration. Among their close collaborators is Philipp Eller, IceCube Deputy Analysis Coordinator and Coordinator of ORIGINS Research Unit B, “Particles and the Cosmos”, highlighting the strong scientific links between IceCube and the ORIGINS community.
Another example of their long-standing partnership is the MIAPbP programme “Neutrinos as Cosmic Messengers: A Decade of Discovery and the Path Forward”, which they are co-coordinating and which will bring together leading international experts in neutrino science in Garching from February to March 2027.
Since 2012, Francis Halzen has also served as a TUM Distinguished Affiliated Professor, further strengthening the scientific ties between the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Technical University of Munich and the ORIGINS community.
We warmly congratulate Francis Halzen on this outstanding and thoroughly deserved achievement.
Press release on NobelPrize.org
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Elisa Resconi
Professor of Experimental Physics with Cosmic Particles
TUM School of Natural Sciences / Excellence Cluster ORIGINS
Email: elisa.resconi(at)tum.de
