Mott medal
The Mott Medal ( English Nevill Mott Medal and Prize ) of the Institute of Physics is an award for outstanding research achievements in condensed matter physics (condensed matter physics) and materials science. It is endowed with 1000 pounds and associated with a silver medal. It was founded in 1997 and is named after Nevill Mott .
Award winners
- 2000 Michael Pepper
- 2001 Manuel Cardona
- 2002 Maurice Skolnick
- 2003 Philip Woodruff
- 2004 Ted Forgan
- 2005 Athene Donald , for the development of new methods for the investigation of soft matter (polymers, biological materials, colloids)
- 2006 Peter Weightman , for research into the electronic structure of materials using a range of experimental methods including synchrotron sources and the development of Auger Spectroscopy and Reflection Anisotropy Spectroscopy.
- 2007 Andre Geim , for discovering new materials like graphene
- 2008 Gabriel Aeppli , for pioneering work in the investigation of new magnetic materials with neutron scattering
- 2009 Gillian Gehring , for fundamental contributions to magnetism
- 2011 Andrew Peter Mackenzie , for important contributions to superconductivity and quantum criticality
- 2013 Andrew Shields
- 2015 John Saunders , for fundamental contributions to the physics of ultra-low temperatures
- 2017 Michael Finnis
- 2018 Laura Heart
- 2019 Stephen Hayden