Sandra Wagner earns distinc­tion of the Ameri­can Academy of Optometry.

With regret, we have to announce that Doris Wedlich, found­ing member of the Hector Fellow Academy and long-time profes­sor of zoology at the Karlsruhe Insti­tute of Technol­ogy (KIT), passed away on Septem­ber 20, 2020.

Thomas Lengauer was re-elected as a board member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

The Wilhelm-Wundt-Medal is awarded to active research person­al­i­ties whose signif­i­cant work in empir­i­cal-psycho­log­i­cal basic research has received the highest profes­sional recognition.

Three short films present the research and engage­ment of Hector Fellow Antje Boetius.

With Hector Research Career Devel­op­ment Award (Hector RCD Award), the Hector Fellow Academy supports promis­ing research group leaders.

A study by Anja Zeller was published as an open access paper by Wiley Periodicals.

A paper by Sina Rometsch was published as an open access paper by The Royal Society Publishing.

Peter Hegemann was elected into the council of the Berlin-Branden­burg Academy of Sciences.

The latest edition of the brochure intro­duces new inter­est­ing people and projects within the HFA.

Congrat­u­la­tions to our five new doctoral students! During the Hector Fellow Sympo­sium, which took place virtu­ally this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, five new doctoral students have been accepted into the Hector Fellow Academy.

On July 16, 4 pm (CEST), the Marsil­ius Lecture by Hector Fellow Schölkopf will be made available.