Dr Joseph Caruana, a resident University of Malta academic,  is joining 402 young scientists from 80 countries, who will be participating in the 66th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany. The participants are exceptional students, graduate students and post-doctorate physics researchers under 35 years of age. The meeting, being held in late June over six days, is designed as a forum for exchange, networking and inspiration. A total of 30 laureates are expected to participate.

The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings have been held annually since 1951. "The Nobel Laureates will get to meet some especially qualified and committed young people this summer," says Wolfgang Lubitz, Director of the Max Plack Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion and Vice-President of the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.

Among the Nobel Laureates who have already confirmed their participation are Japan's Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald from the US. They were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2015 for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass. Particle Physics will be among the key issues of the Lindau Meeting.

Dr Caruana said that he expected this meeting to be an incredible learning experience for him, both as a scientist and as a person passionate about science outreach to the public, "Being selected to participate in the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting is a true privilege. It is an honour for me to be representing the Department of Physics and the Institute of Space Sciences & Astronomy (ISSA) of the University of Malta.  The meeting will bring together a group of young scientists from all over the world to exchange ideas and receive mentoring from Nobel laureates in the field," he commented.