Prof. Britta Redlich began her research as a postdoc at the University of Münster, working at the Dutch Free Electron Laser FELIX - at the time located at the FOM Institute Rijnhuizen near Utrecht - in the area of surface science. As staff scientist and facility manager she was closely involved in the relocation of the FELIX facility to Radboud University in 2012/2013. She became chair and director of the FELIX laboratory and in 2023, has also been appointed director HFML and since then has lead the HFML-FELIX laboratory in Nijmegen.
Under her leadership, this laboratory has further put itself on the map nationally and internationally. As director at HFML-FELIX, Britta has been committed to the integration of both laboratories and the acquisition of a healthy operational and financial basis. By doing so forming a strong foundation for research with high field magnets and infrared/THz free-electron lasers to flourish. The proposed decision to establish an NWO-institute gives HFML-FELIX a bright future and is the crowning glory of her work.
Unfortunately, Britta will leave us on January 1, 2025. She has accepted a prestigious position as director of the Photon Science division at the Helmholtz Center DESY in Hamburg, Germany. We owe Britta a lot of thanks for the great work she has done to bring HFML-FELIX to where it is today and for its beckoning future as a national institute. We wish Britta every success in her new role at DESY and we are glad that Britta will remain affiliated with our institute as an endowed professor.
As of 1 January 2025, Prof. Frank Linde will be appointed interim director of HFML-FELIX.