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]

References

1. "Department of Applied Physics, Stanford,Theodore H. Geballe".
2. "sciencewatch,Yoshinori Tokura".
3. "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".
9. "Winner of Bernd T. Matthias Prize Announced – University of Houston". uh.edu. 2018-09-11. Retrieved 2018-09-23.

See also

• Bernd T. Matthias