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Dominik Neise is a key figure in very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray astrophysics, specializing in the long-term monitoring of blazars—active galactic nuclei with relativistic jets. His most impactful work centers on the **First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope (FACT)**, a pioneering instrument that was the first to replace traditional photomultiplier tubes with **silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs, aka G-APDs)**. Neise’s contributions were instrumental in demonstrating the viability of this solid-state technology for ground-based gamma-ray astronomy, enabling robotic, remote operation and maximizing observational duty cycles. Through FACT’s unbiased monitoring strategy, his research has provided an unprecedented dataset on blazar variability, capturing flaring activity on timescales from minutes to years. This work, spanning over eight years of continuous TeV observations, has been cited over 45 times and has shed light on the internal processes of relativistic jets and potential signatures of binary supermassive black hole systems. Neise’s achievements include establishing FACT as the first routinely remote-operated Cherenkov telescope, a milestone that has paved the way for next-generation facilities like the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA).