Maxwell Medal

The Maxwell Medal ( English Maxwell Medal ) of the Institute of Physics is a prize for theoretical physics , which is awarded from 1961 and is intended to promote younger physicists in particular . The award is named after James Clerk Maxwell . It was awarded every even year until 1970, and annually thereafter. It is associated with a bronze medal and endowed with 1000 pounds sterling .

Award winners

2019 Adam Nahum , for his outstanding contributions to understanding universal aspects of many-body quantum systems both in and out of equilibrium.
2018 Hannah Price , for her important contributions to the nascent field of topological atomic and optical physics, including collaboration with world-leading experimental groups in the observation of new effects.
2017 Marcin Mucha-Kruczynski , for outstanding contributions to the understanding of graphene, in particular groundbreaking investigations into its optical properties, lattice deformations, electronic structure and electron transport.
2016 Alexandra Olaya-Castro , for her contributions to the theory of quantum effects in biomolecular systems
2015 Clare Burrage , for her contributions to the study of dark energy
2014 Igor Lesanovsky , for his contributions to the manipulation of quantum systems, in particular for his groundbreaking work on highly excited Rydberg states of cold atomic gases
2013 Joanna Dunkley , for her contributions to determining the structure and history of the universe
2012 Meera Parish , for her pioneering work on cold fermionic matter theory and magnetotransport in highly disordered media
2011 Andrei Starinets , for his contributions to the understanding of the transport properties of strongly coupled quantum fields

2010 Peter Haynes , for linear scaling methods and large scale simulations of materials based on density functional theory , especially the development of the ONETEP code.

2009 Dmitry Skryabin , for investigations into nonlinear optical processes, especially the interaction of solitons with radiation and the generation of ultra-wide spectra in glass fibers.

2008 Sougato Bose , for characterization and investigation of quantum entanglement in quantum mechanical systems, especially the propagation of information in spin chains.

2007 Nigel Cooper , for work on topological excitations in quantum Hall systems , especially rotating Bose-Einstein condensates

2006 Ruth Gregory , for investigations at the intersection of string theory and general relativity , especially cosmological strings and black holes .

2005 Clifford Johnson , for outstanding work on string theory and quantum gravity , especially with regard to the non-observability (censorship) of singularities and the thermodynamic properties of quantum space-times .

2004 Martin Plenio

2003 Tchavdar Todorov

2002 Andrew Schofield

2001 Benjamin Simons

2000 Andrew Steane

1999 Jeffrey Forshaw

1998 Andrew Fisher

1997 Michael Wilkinson

1996 Michael Payne

1995 Artur Ekert

1994 Stephen Barnett

1993 John Wheater