Gaede Prize

The Gaede Prize , donated by the Cologne entrepreneur Manfred Dunkel and funded by Leybold GmbH (Cologne), has been an annually awarded physics prize by the German Vacuum Society (DVG) since 1986 and by the German Physical Society since 2018 . The award is administered by the Gaede Foundation.

The prize honors work in basic research, application and process engineering in the fields of vacuum physics and technology, thin layers, surface physics, materials and processes in solid-state electronics, and nanostructural science and technology. The prize consists of a certificate, the model of the first molecular air pump of the name bearer Wolfgang Gaede and prize money of 10,000 euros.

Award winners

• 1986 Jürgen Kirschner
• 1988 Ernst G. Bauer and Wolfgang Telieps
• 1989 Eberhard Umbach
• 1990 Herbert M. Urbassek
• 1991 Gerd Schönhense
• 1992 Roland Wiesendanger
• 1993 Harald Heinecke
• 1994 Günter Reiss
• 1995 Matthias Wuttig
• 1996 Markus Biebl
• 1997 Hilde Hardtdegen
• 1998 Andreas Waag
• 1999 Udo D. Schwarz
• 2000 Thomas Michely
• 2001 Jörg-Thomas Zettler
• 2002 Christian Teichert
• 2004 Dirk Sander (physicist)
• 2005 Michael Bauer (physicist) - photoelectron spectroscopy
• 2006 Stefan Heinze - Spin-Polarized Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
• 2007 Armin Dadgar - GaN on silicon
• 2008 Stefan Mayr - Self-Organized Nanostructures
• 2009 Jürgen Faßbender (scientist) - Ion-induced modification of magnetic layers
• 2010 Stefan Linden - Photonic Metamaterials
• 2011 Philip Hofmann - Two-dimensional electron gases with strong spin-orbit splitting
• 2012 Mato Knez - Production of nano and hybrid materials using atomic layer deposition (ALD)
• 2013 Kirsten von Bergmann - direct observation and detailed analysis of complex spin structures on an atomic scale using spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy
• 2014 Yuriy Dedkov - Spectroscopy and microscopy of graphene on metals
• 2015 Wilhelm Auwärter - groundbreaking work to understand the properties of individual porphyrin species
• 2016 Julia Stähler - Ultrafast Dynamics on Surfaces and in Solids
• 2017 Guillaume Schull - Controlled single molecule contacts, atomic contacts and molecular connections as a light source
• 2018 Gareth S. Parkinson - "... for his excellent experimental work on iron oxide surfaces as model systems for single atom catalysis"
• 2019 Selina Olthof - "... for her outstanding work on the interface properties of organic semiconductors and semiconducting perovskites using photoelectron emission spectroscopy."
• 2020 Takashi Kumagai - "... for his groundbreaking and outstanding research work on the dynamics of hydrogen bonds at the level of individual molecules."

Web links

• Website for the Gaede price
• Gaede Prize at the DVG
• Gaede Prize and winner of the DPG