On November 15 The Royal Society held its Christchurch event to celebrate 2023 Research Honours. At the event Niels was awarded the Hector Medal for fundamental scientific studies on atomic collisions and light scattering using ultracold gases.
The Hector medal is an award for outstanding work in chemical, physical or mathematical and information sciences by a researcher in New Zealand, awarded annually. Niels will join a distinguished list of recipients since 1912, including Ernest Rutherford, Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter H. Buck), John Newton Dodd, Roy Patrick Kerr, Daniel Frank Walls, Paul Terence Callaghan and Richard Blaikie.
Find out more about the award at the Royal Society Media Release:
“Professor Niels Kjærgaard has been awarded the Hector Medal by Royal Society Te Apārangi for his outstanding contribution to the advancement of scientific understanding of fundamental particles, through experimental studies of atomic collisions and light-scattering using ultracold gases.”
Congratulations Niels!
Find out more about the research, visit the website for Kjærgaard Lab.