Each year, the Academy awards the Wallmark Prize to researchers whose discoveries or innovations have substantially sophisticated science and industry. The prize is named after the Swedish physicist Lars Johan Wallmark and has been awarded since 1859 for achievements in the fields of mathematics, astronomy, used mechanics, physics, chemistry, mineralogy, or engineering.
From Uppsala to Dortmund
Prof. Christian Glaser has actually been a Professor of Speculative Astroparticle Physics at the Department of Physics considering that August 2025. Prior to this, he spent a number of years at Uppsala University in Sweden, initially as a junior teacher on a period track (2020– 2023) and consequently as an associate professor (2023– 2025). With his consultation at TU Dortmund University, he returned to Germany, where he had actually previously studied and made his doctorate. After finishing his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in physics at RWTH Aachen University, he earned his doctorate in astroparticle physics there in 2017. As a postdoc and DFG fellow, he carried out research study at the University of California, Irvine, in the United States.
Glaser started the work that made him the Wallmark Reward in Uppsala and is now continuing it at the Department of Physics at TU Dortmund University, the RAPP Center and at the Lamarr Institute for Machine Learning and Expert System. His research is moneyed by the European Research Study Council, among others. For his NuRadioOpt job, in which he aims to improve the efficiency of future neutrino detectors using expert system, he secured an ERC Beginning Grant in 2024 worth approximately 1.7 million euros over five years.
Research on Neutrinos and Cosmic Rays
Glaser performs research study on high-energy cosmic neutrinos and cosmic rays. These are particles produced throughout extreme processes in the universe that supply brand-new insights into far-off astrophysical events. A key focus of his work is radio technology for measuring these particles in ice. His group likewise depends on expert system to filter signals from large quantities of information in genuine time, detect uncommon astrophysical occasions, and even more improve the detectors. His research study group is involved in significant international projects such as the IceCube neutrino observatory at the South Pole, the RNO-G radio neutrino observatory in Greenland, the ARIANNA experiment in Antarctica, and the Pierre Auger cosmic ray observatory in Argentina.
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