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Lecture by Professor Dr. Thomas Nilsson on October 22nd in hybrid format
The lecture series “Science for All” by GSI and FAIR continues on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, at 2 p.m. with a hybrid lecture. The topic is “Research of the Future at the FAIR Particle Accelerator.” The speaker is Professor Dr. Thomas Nilsson, Scientific Director of GSI and FAIR since December 2024.
The chemical elements that make up humans and their environment are formed in space. Extreme conditions such as high temperatures, pressures, and densities shape these processes. With the new international accelerator center FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research), currently under construction at GSI in Darmstadt, such conditions can be recreated in the laboratory for the first time. The facility will deliver particle beams of unprecedented intensity and quality, thus enabling new insights into the structure of matter and the evolution of the universe – from the Big Bang to the present day. Applications in medicine and technology are also part of the research.
In his lecture, Professor Nilsson will give an overview of the scientific questions and possibilities of FAIR.
About the speaker
Thomas Nilsson studied Engineering Physics at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg. He earned his doctorate at, among other institutions, the former Technical University of Darmstadt and later worked as a coordinator at CERN's ISOLDE facility. From 2005 to 2006, he conducted research at the Technical University of Darmstadt and Chalmers University. Since 2009, Nilsson has been a professor of physics in Gothenburg, and since 2017, he has also served as head of the physics department and a member of the university's governing board. He is a member of the Physics Class of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which is responsible for selecting Nobel laureates.
His research focuses on the fundamental interactions in subatomic systems, especially in atomic nuclei with a large excess of neutrons or protons.
Further information about registration, access and the event schedule can be found on the event website at www.gsi.de/wfa .
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Photos: Professor Dr. Thomas Nilsson (© G. Otto, GSI/FAIR) and a visualization of the future FAIR accelerator facility (© GSI/FAIR, Zeitrausch)
