10.6.2026
A major achievement for the Faculty and the STRUCTURES Cluster of Excellence: Prof. Dr. Michela Mapelli, professor at Heidelberg University's Centre for Astronomy and Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, has been appointed Chair of the Observation Science Board (OSB) of the Einstein Telescope Collaboration.
The Einstein Telescope is Europe’s planned next-generation gravitational-wave observatory and one of the continent’s most important future research infrastructures. As Chair of the OSB, Mapelli will help shape the project’s scientific agenda. Since 2023, Heidelberg University has hosted one of the Collaboration’s main German research units.
MICHELA MAPELLI
