Bernd T. Matthias Prize

The Bernd Theodor Matthias Prize is a science award for innovative contributions to the material aspects of superconductivity.

Summary

Bernd Theodor Matthias Prize is presented since 1989 by the Bell Labs, created by friends and colleagues of prof. Bernd T. Matthias.

Since 2000, the Prize has been sponsored by the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston. The Prize consists of $5,000 USD and a special framed certificate.

List of laureates

Year Name Nationality Citation
1989 Theodore H. Geballe United States Inaugural Prize.[1]
1991 Hiroshi Maeda
Yoshinori Tokura
Japan
Japan
[2]
1994 Chu Ching-wu
Bernard Raveau
Maw-Kuen Wu
Taiwan
France
Taiwan
[3]
1997 Bertram Batlogg
Robert Cava
Austria
United States
[3]
2000 M. Brian Maple United States [3]
2003 Jun Akimitsu Japan [4]
2006 Frank Steglich Germany
2009 Yoshiteru Maeno
Hideo Hosono
Japan
Japan
[5]
2012 Ivan Bozovic
Dirk Johrendt
James N Eckstein
United States
Germany
United States
[6]
[7]
[8]
2015 Chen Xianhui
Zachary Fisk
Zhao Zhongxian
China
United States
China
2018 Katsuya Shimizu Japan For his discovery of superconductivity in nonsuperconducting elements under high pressures with a Tc up to 29K.[9]
2022 Mikhail Eremets Belarus

References

  1. ^ "Department of Applied Physics, Stanford,Theodore H. Geballe". Archived from the original on 2013-06-03. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  2. ^ "sciencewatch,Yoshinori Tokura".
  3. ^ a b c "Bernd Matthias Prize". Archived from the original on 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  4. ^ "APS Prof. Jun Akimitsu".
  5. ^ "CV of Yoshiteru Maeno".
  6. ^ "CV of Ivan Bozovic". Archived from the original on 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  7. ^ "CV of Dirk Johrendt". Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  8. ^ "CV of James N Eckstein". Archived from the original on 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  9. ^ "Winner of Bernd T. Matthias Prize Announced – University of Houston". Uh.edu. 2018-09-11. Retrieved 2018-09-23.

See also