On April 23, 2026, the IBPT presented the “At Light Speed: Journey into the Particle Accelerator” workshop on the nationwide Girls’ Day, giving students a hands on experience at how electrons and photons are accelerated, steered, and measured. The students were introduced to the fundamentals of accelerator physics while also letting them experience the everyday work of physicists and engineers in a large scale research environment. The event included a guided tour of the accelerator KARA, showcasing its principal components and operational principles.
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On March 8-13, 2026, the IBPT participated in the annual DPG Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section in Dresden. IBPT junior researchers presented their work on ultra-high dose rate particle pulses, transverse beam size diagnostics, and machine-learning-based analyses of laser plasma accelerators, demonstrating the breadth and high level of IBPT’s early career research in accelerator and beam physics.
The conference provided an excellent platform for scientific exchange, discussion, and networking, while highlighting the importance of actively involving early career researchers in cutting edge accelerator research.
During his five stops on 11-12 March 2026 at KIT Professor Martin Keller visited the IBPT. The focus was on the Accelerator Technology Platform (ATP), where Keller learned about the development of future accelerator and detector technologies.
On 4 December 2025, Chenran Xu (former IBPT doctoral researcher) received one of the two 2025 DIG-UM PhD Awards during the DIG-UM Annual Meeting in Aachen, connecting online from the USA.
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KIT (President Jan S. Hesthaven) and KFG (Professor Anke-Susanne Müller) awarded the 2025 Heinrich Hertz Guest Professorship to Professor Jürgen Mlynek on October, 21.
As a renowned physicist and science manager engaged Professor Mlynek in a dialogue with KIT students on talent management at German universities and gave Lecture on the “University of Tomorrow”.
The vision KIT - Science for Impact presented by President Hesthaven includes a photo reference on page 15 showing KIT's Test Field for Energy Efficiency and Grid Stability in Large Research Infrastructures (KITTEN) at the Hannover Messe 2025.
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