Since 2000, the State Ministry of Science and the Arts has been awarding the PRO MERITIS SCIENTIAE ET LITTERARUM prize to outstanding individuals for their services to science and the arts.
On October 28, 2025, Minister of State Markus Blume presented this award to Prof. Rudolf Gross, the long-standing director of WMI and Professor in the TUM School of Natural Sciences.
"He laid the foundations for the institute's international leadership position. With his deep technical expertise and strategic foresight, he has made the Bavarian quantum ecosystem what it is today – one of Europe's most important centers for quantum research – through the first Collaborative Research Center on solid-state-based quantum information processing, the two clusters of excellence NIM and MCQST, and the Munich Quantum Valley", Minister Blume emphasized.
More information and links
- State Ministry of Science and the Arts, (in German): „Herausragende bayerische Botschafter für Innovation“ - Blume ehrt Prof. Dr. Wolfgang M. Heckl, Prof. Dr. Rudolf Gross und Prof. Dr. Helmut Schönenberger mit PRO MERITIS SCIENTIAE ET LITTERARUM"
- Prof. Rudolf Gross, Walther-Meißner-Institut
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Original article: https://www.wmi.badw.de/news