Dmitry Budker is a University Professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University and a Section Leader, Helmholtz Institute Mainz, Germany. He is also a Professor of Graduate School, University of California at Berkeley, USA. He earned his PhD in physics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1993, under Eugene D. Commins' supervision. Budker's research focuses on atomic, molecular, and optical physics, precision measurements, magnetic resonance, and fundamental symmetries. Currently, he is a Professor at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz and Helmholtz Institute Mainz, Germany, and Professor of the Graduate School at UC Berkeley. - *Awards*: Norman F. Ramsey Prize (2021), Miller Research Professorship at UC Berkeley, Fellow of the American Physical Society - *Research*: Atomic parity violation, magnetometry, zero- to ultra-low-field NMR, dark matter detection - *Notable Work*: Observed largest parity violation in atoms using ytterbium isotopes, developed NV-center magnetometry and zero-field NMR techniques.