Recipients of the Hans Ludwig Neumann Award

He teaches mathematics and science at the Gymnasium Spaichingen, is educational director on the board at the student research center Südwürttemberg and, as site manager in Tuttlingen, supervises courses and projects for students in the field of astronomy. Manuel Vogel writes for the German astronomy didactic magazine Astronomie+Raumfahrt, is a member of a team of authors for the Klett MINT / Baden-Württemberg Foundation, and regularly takes on the leadership of advanced training courses on the topic of "research and invention". He has also worked as a supervisor for schoolchildren who have won Jugend forscht awards. Most recently, he supervised the state winner of Baden-Württemberg. As the German SOFIA ambassador for schools, Manuel Vogel was part of the team of teachers at the flying observatory the SOFIA and reported on it in Astronomie+Raumfahrt.

…for his longtime commitment to astronomy education at schools. For decades, Dr. Michael Geffert has advocated further training of teachers regarding astronomy. For twenty years, he therefore has organized an annual advanced training course at the Argelander-Institut which has always been well received. Furthermore, Michael has shown unremitting dedication to imparting astronomical knowledge to students of all ages by hosting about 1500 events at schools (“Astronomie vor Ort”), frequently organizing a “Kinderuni” (Children’s University), supervising about 150 student interns and intensive involvement with other events of the University of Bonn.