Director Andreas Heinrich Receives Presidential Citation for the 2025 58th Science Day Commemorative Government Award

Director Andreas Heinrich received the Presidential Citation for Science and Technology Promotion at the 58th Science Day ceremony held at The Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies on April 21, 2025. He was the only foreign recipient of this year’s Science Day award, and was personally awarded the medal by Acting President Han Duck-soo.

This award is a national recognition of Director Heinrich’s efforts to develop a Korean quantum information platform and atomic-resolution quantum sensors based on his long-term research and leadership over the past 30 years, and it is expected that he will continue to make significant contributions to the development of basic science and the quantum field in South Korea.

Photo below shows Director Heinrich and Institute for Basic Science (IBS) president Noh Do Young who also received the Merit Order of Science and Technology Innovation award.