Laura Dreissen was awarded ERC StG

We are please to share that Laura Dreissen was awarded an ERC Starting Grant for her project QuEST for APV!

On the 4th of September 2025 Laura was awarded a prestigious €2 million ERC Starting Grant for her groundbreaking research on weak interactions in atoms. Dreissen and her colleagues are searching for a very small effect in atoms that tells us something about one of the fundamental forces of nature, the weak interaction. “The tiny effect we’re looking for is a defect of one of the fundamental symmetries in physics: parity,” says Dreissen. “A violation of this symmetry means that the laws of nature behave slightly differently when you look at them in a mirror. By accurately measuring this effect, we can test the Standard Model of particle physics and perhaps find clues to new particles or forces, such as mysterious ‘dark’ particles that may also be related to dark matter.” Read the full press release here