Honors & Awards

Gerber Christoph

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Christoph Gerber to receive the Albert Einstein World Award of Science

Professor Christoph Gerber of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute and the Department of Physics at the University of Basel has been selected as the winner of the Albert Einstein World Award of Science. The World Cultural Council awarded Gerber…
Julian Arnold

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Julian Arnold receives one of the APS Distinguished Student Awards 2023

Julian Arnold received the APS Distinguished Student prize at the APS March meeting 2023
Simon Geyer

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Simon Geyer receives the APS Distinguished Student Award 2023

Simon Geyer received the APS Distinguished Student prize at the APS March meeting 2023 from Christine Darve, FIP Chair 2023 (left), and Young-Kee Kim, APS Elect President 2023 (right).
Ilaria Zardo

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Emmy Noether Distinction for Ilaria Zardo

Professor Dr. Ilaria Zardo of the Department of Physics and Swiss Nanoscience Institute at the University of Basel will be awarded the Emmy Noether Distinction of the European Physical Society (EPS) in the mid-career category. The physicist…
Dominik Zumbühl

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Prof. Dr. Dominik Zumbühl: promotion to Full Professor

The Department of Physics congratulates Prof. Dr. Dominik Zumbühl on his promotion to Full Professor as of the spring semester 2023.

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Maria Longobardi elected American Physical Society Fellow for 2022

We are very pleased to announce that NCCR SPIN’s scientific coordinator, Maria Longobardi, was named fellow of the American Physical Society for 2022.
SPS Award 2022

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Nadine Leisgang and Thomas Karg win SPS Awards for their PhD theses

The Swiss Physical Society (SPS) awards prizes to young physicists for outstanding research in the early stages of their careers. In 2022, two former PhD students of the Department of Physics and the Swiss Nanoscience Institute have…
Stefan Goedecker

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Prof. Stefan Goedecker: Promotion to Full Professor

The Department of Physics congratulates Prof. Stefan Goedecker to his promotion to Full Professor as of 1st Mai 2022.
WarburtonRichard

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Prof. Richard Warburton received the prestigious Nevill Mott Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics.

Prof. Richard Warburton received the prestigious Nevill Mott Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics. The prize recognizes his pioneering work in semiconductor quantum dots and solid-state quantum optics, ...
ThielmannFriedrich

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Prof. em. Friedrich-Karl Thielemann was awarded an honorary membership of the Swiss Physical Society

Prof. em. Friedrich-Karl Thielemann was awarded an honorary membership of the Swiss Physical Society at the joint annual meeting of the Swiss and Austrian Physical Societies in Innsbruck. The award recognizes Prof. Thielemann’s outstanding…