Wigner Medal

The Wigner Medal ( Wigner Medal ) is an award for outstanding group theoretical contributions to physics . It was donated in honor of the Hungarian physicist and Nobel Prize winner Eugene Paul Wigner (1902–1995).

The Wigner Medal is awarded every two years by the Group Theory and Fundamental Physics Foundation .

Award winners

• 1978: Valentine Bargmann and Eugene Paul Wigner
• 1980: Israel Gelfand
• 1982: Louis Michel
• 1984: Juval Ne'eman
• 1986: Feza Gürsey
• 1988: Isadore M. Singer
• 1990: Francesco Iachello
• 1992: Julius Wess and Bruno Zumino
• 1994: no award
• 1996: Victor Kac and Robert Moody
• 1998: Marcos Moshinsky
• 2000: Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh
• 2002: Harry Lipkin
• 2004: Erdal İnönü
• 2006: Susumu Ōkubo
• 2008: no award
• 2010: Michio Jimbō
• 2012: Alden Mead
• 2014: Joshua Zak
• 2016: Bertram Kostant
• 2018: Pavel Winternitz

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• The Wigner Medal at the University of Texas (as of 2006)
• Wigner Medal at Group33 (and many others)