With the Bonn Physics Show, Herbert Dreiner has established a highly regarded outreach format that has been bringing generations of students together since 2001 and regularly inspires young and old alike, even outside the university. The shows, prepared and presented by students, combine spectacular live experiments from various fields of physics with a captivating storyline—explained in a way that is understandable for everyone aged 12 and above, even without prior knowledge. Over the years, the format has attracted many thousands of visitors, has gone on tour several times, and continues to receive great media coverage. In short: outreach in the best sense of the word.
Herbert “Herbi” Dreiner is a theoretical particle physicist. After completing his preliminary degree in Bonn, he received his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin in Madison in 1989. After working in Hamburg, Oxford, Zurich, and at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK, he has been teaching and researching as a professor at the Physics Institute of the University of Bonn since 2000.