Dr. Gorgi Zadeh: Young Talent Award for groundbreaking physics in Göttingen!

Dr. Gorgi Zadeh: Young Talent Award for groundbreaking physics in Göttingen!

Dr. Gorgi Zadeh is this year's winner of the Young Talent Award for Accelerator Physics from the German Physical Society (DPG). The prize was awarded at the DPG spring conference of the Matter and Cosmos Section, which took place from March 31 to April 4, 2025 in Göttingen. The DPG honors outstanding scientific achievements of young researchers in Germany with an endowment of 5,000 euros.

Zadeh received his doctorate from the University of Rostock in 2022 with his dissertation, which dealt with the topic “Accelerating cavity and higher order mode coupler design for the Future Circular Collider”. In his work he combines electrical engineering, physics and numerical mathematics. What is particularly noteworthy is that his research investigates the properties of innovative components of particle accelerators through precise computer simulations.

Research in the field of particle accelerators

Particle accelerators are essential for researching fundamental questions about the structure of matter and the origin of the cosmos. Zadeh's dissertation received top marks, underlining his expertise in this complex research field. He has been working as a Senior Research Fellow at CERN since October 2021, where he makes significant contributions to the further development of accelerator physics.

The DPG Accelerator Physics Working Group (AKBP) awards the prize together with several Helmholtz centers and technology companies. The aim is to promote accelerator physics in Germany and to recognize the work of young scientists. As part of this initiative, the DPG Young Talent Prize was awarded to Uwe Niedermayer in 2020, who was recognized for his developments in the field of accelerator research. Among other things, Niedermayer has created simulation programs that are of enormous importance for the calculation of new types of accelerators at CERN and the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research.

Innovations in accelerator research

An acceleration scheme developed by Niedermayer represents a major breakthrough for a laser-driven, microchip-based dielectric accelerator. His work contributes significantly to high-temperature thin-film superconductors, which are relevant to the design study of the Future Circular Collider (FCC). The award ceremony to Niedermayer took place in the Bad Honnef Physics Center during the Machine Learning Seminar on September 14, 2020.

In addition to Zadeh and Niedermayer, the physicist Keckert also contributed to progress in accelerator physics. By further developing the quadrupole resonator for superconducting materials, he has laid the foundation for a more precise characterization of high-frequency properties of novel superconducting material systems. These developments are important because they could enable more sustainable solutions for future accelerator facilities.

It can be noted that the DPG and the Accelerator Physics Working Group offer a platform through their initiatives on which scientists can exchange ideas and present their research work. The application deadline for the DPG Young Talent Award for Accelerator Physics 2024 ends on June 1, 2024.

For further information, those interested can consult the reports of the DPG, Pro Physics and other relevant publications: University of Rostock, DPG Physics, Pro physics.