From left to right: Heinz Graafsma (new chair of the DESY Photon Science Award Committee) and the 'DESY Photon Science User' award winner Heshmat Noei. (Photo: DESY)
On the occasion of the DESY Photon Science Users’ meeting 2024, Heshmat Noei was honoured with the first 'DESY Photon Science User Award'. This award is given to a user or group of users of FLASH and/or PETRA III, and acknowledges singular and exceptional contributions to the general advancement of science using DESY’s large-scale photon science facilities.
Dr. Heshmat Noei is the scientist responsible for the surface spectroscopy at the DESY NanoLab, at the Centre for X-ray and Nano Science (CXNS). She was selected for the DESY Photon-Science User Award 2024 for “her innovative and pioneering developments in the field of synchrotron- and FEL-based X-ray techniques; in particular in the field of ultrafast, time-resolved femtosecond photoelectron spectroscopy for the study of photocatalysts in action, thus bridging the gap between fundamental knowledge of catalysts and their application”. An example of her work are the studies of surface reactions in real-time at FLASH (see News: 'Dynamics of water molecules on a titanium dioxide surface' from 2023).
The DESY Photon Science User award will be presented annually, and consists of a certificate and prize money. The DESY Photon Science User Committee (DPS-UC) and the DESY Photon Science award committee will select the successful award winners. The award committee members are appointed by the DESY Photon Science directorate. The next call for applications will be in the 2nd half of 2024.
