Max Born Medal and Prize

{{short description|Institute of Physics (IOP) and German Physical Society (DPG) award}} {{distinguish|text=the Max Born Award from the Optical Society}} {{Infobox award | name = Max Born Medal and Prize | subheader =  | image = | image_size =  | alt = | caption = | awarded_for = Outstanding contributions to Physics | sponsor = German Physical Society, Institute of Physics | country = | former name = | reward = Silver medal, €3000 | year = 1973 | year2 = | website = {{URL|https://www.iop.org/about/awards/international-bilateral-awards}} | precedence_label = | related = }}

The '''Max Born Medal and Prize''' is a scientific prize awarded yearly by the German Physical Society (DPG) and the British Institute of Physics (IOP) in memory of the German physicist Max Born,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WG8-z6arzyAC&pg=PA97 |title=In the Wings of Physics |first=Maurice|last=Jacob |date=January 25, 1995 |publisher=World Scientific|via=Google Books|page=97|isbn=978-981-02-2178-2 }}</ref> who was a German-Jewish physicist, instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics. It was established in 1972<ref>{{cite web |title=International Bilateral Medals and Prizes |url=https://www.iop.org/about/awards/international-bilateral-awards |website=Institute of Physics |access-date=13 May 2026 }}</ref> and first awarded in 1973.<ref>{{cite web |title=Max Born Medal and Prize recipients |url=https://www.iop.org/about/awards/international-bilateral-awards/max-born-medal-and-prize-recipients |website=Institute of Physics |access-date=13 May 2026 }}</ref>

The terms of the award are that it is "to be presented for outstanding contributions to physics". The award goes to physicists based in Germany and in the UK or Ireland in alternate years.<ref name="iop medal">{{cite web |url=http://www.iop.org/about/awards/bilateral/born/page_38469.html |title=The Born medal and prize |publisher=Institute of Physics |access-date=25 January 2020 |archive-date=8 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308002210/http://www.iop.org/about/awards/bilateral/born/page_38469.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="dpg medal">{{cite web |title=Max-Born-Preis und -Medaille |trans-title=Max Born Prize and Medal |publisher=German Physical Society |url=https://www.dpg-physik.de/auszeichnungen/dpg-preise-mit-anderen-organisationen/max-born-preis-und-medaille/max-born?set_language=en |access-date=25 January 2020}}</ref> The prize is accompanied by a silver medal "about 6 cm in diameter and 0.5 cm thick. One face carries a profile of Max Born and his name and dates. The other face carries the equation pq – qp = h/2πi and the full names of IOP and DPG. The recipient's full name and year of award is engraved around the rim." The medal is accompanied by €3000.<ref name="dpg medal" />

[[File:Max Born.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Max Born circa 1930–1940]]

==List of recipients== The following have received this award:<ref name="IOP">{{cite web|url=https://www.iop.org/about/awards/international-bilateral-awards/max-born-medal-and-prize-recipients |title=Born medal recipients |publisher=Institute of Physics |access-date=25 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="DPG">{{cite web | title=Max-Born-Preis und -Medaille – Preisträgerinnen und Preisträger | trans-title=Max Born Prize and Medal – Award winners | website=Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft | url=https://www.dpg-physik.de/auszeichnungen/dpg-preise-mit-anderen-organisationen/max-born-preis-und-medaille/preistraeger?set_language=en |access-date=25 January 2020}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} *1973 Roger Cowley *1974 Walter Greiner *1975 Trevor Moss *1976 Hermann Haken<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://aip.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Australian%20Physics/Aust%20Phys%2013-07.pdf |title=People and Institutions |magazine=The Australian Physicist |page=110 |issue=7 |year=1976 |volume=13 |publisher=Australian Institute of Physics}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=Max Born award |date=April 25, 1976 |journal=Physics Bulletin |volume=27 |issue=4 |pages=149 |doi=10.1088/0031-9112/27/4/016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h42aBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA143|title=Hermann Haken: From the Laser to Synergetics: A Scientific Biography of the Early Years|first=Bernd|last=Kröger|date=November 25, 2014|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-11689-1|via=Google Books}}</ref> *1977 Walter Spear *1978 Herbert Walther *1979 John Taylor *1980 {{ill|Helmut Faissner|lt=|de||qid=}} *1981 Cyril Domb *1982 Wolfgang Kaiser *1983 Andrew Keller *1984 {{ill|Amand Faessler|de|3=Amand Fäßler|qid=|lt=Amand Faessler}} *1985 George Isaak *1986 {{ill|Josef Stuke|lt=|de||qid=}} *1987 Cyril Hilsum *1988 Peter Armbruster *1989 Robert H. Williams *1990 {{ill|Ernst O. Göbel|lt=|de||qid=}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.europhysicsnews.org/articles/epn/pdf/1990/04/epn19902104p79b.pdf |title=Max Born Medal and Prize |magazine=Europhysics News |year=1990 |issue=21}}</ref> *1991 Gilbert Lonzarich *1992 {{ill|Joachim Heintze|lt=|de||qid=}} *1993 David C. Hanna *1994 Wolfgang Demtröder *1995 Michael H Key *1996 Jürgen Mlynek *1997 Robin Marshall *1998 Gerhard Abstreiter *1999 John Dainton *2000 {{ill|Rolf Felst|lt=|de||qid=}} *2001 Volker Heine *2002 {{ill|Siegfried Dietrich|lt=|de||qid=}}<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Eighteen Scientists Garner IOP Prizes|date=January 12, 2007|journal=Physics Today|volume=55|issue=3|pages=83–84|doi=10.1063/1.2408468}}</ref> *2003 Brian Foster *2004 Matthias Scheffler<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.springer.com/about+springer/media/pressreleases?SGWID=0-11002-2-803572-0 |title=Springer Author Receives Max Born Medal and Prize for 2004 |date=4 May 2004 |publisher=Springer}}</ref> *2005 {{ill|Michael William Finnis|lt=||qid=Q30090632}} *2006 {{ill|Dieter Bimberg|lt=|de||qid=}} *2007 Alan D. Martin<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ippp.dur.ac.uk/professor-alan-martin-awarded-max-born-medal-and-prize-2007 |title=Professor Alan Martin awarded Max Born Medal and Prize for 2007 |publisher=University of Durham}}</ref> *2008 Hagen Kleinert *2009 Robin Devenish *2010 Simon White *2011 David Philip Woodruff *2012 Martin Bodo Plenio *2013 {{ill|Max Klein (physicist)|de|Max Klein (Physiker)|qid=|lt=Max Klein}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.desy.de/news/@@news-view?id=4041&lang=eng |title=DPG awards Max Born Prize to Max Klein |publisher=Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY |date=15 November 2012}}</ref> *2014 {{ill|Alexander I. Lichtenstein|lt=|de||qid=}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.xfel.eu/news_and_events/news/index_eng.html?openDirectAnchor=1454 |title=Collaboration in theoretical physics with the University of Hamburg |date=10 October 2014 |publisher=XFEL}}</ref> *2015 Andrea Cavalleri<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mpsd.mpg.de/16573/2014-12-09-max-born-prize-cavalleri |title=Max Born Prize 2015 goes to Andrea Cavalleri |publisher=Max Planck Institute |date=8 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="cfel" /> *2016 Christian Pfleiderer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tum.de/en/studinews/issue-062013/show/article/32760/ |title=Professor Christian Pfleiderer awarded Max Born Prize |publisher=Technical University of Munich |date=21 November 2015 |access-date=25 January 2020 |archive-date=25 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125114513/https://www.tum.de/en/studinews/issue-062013/show/article/32760/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://neutronsources.org/news/projects-and-awards/max-born-prize-awarded-to-christian-pfleiderer.html |title=Max Born prize awarded to Christian Pfleiderer |publisher=Neutronsources.org |date=24 November 2015 |first=Johannes |last=Wiedersich |access-date=25 January 2020 |archive-date=25 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125114534/https://neutronsources.org/news/projects-and-awards/max-born-prize-awarded-to-christian-pfleiderer.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> *2017 Carlos Silvestre Frenk<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Flash Physics: Shrinking gels, masculine culture discourages female physicists, Carlos Frenk bags Born medal |date=21 November 2016 |magazine=Physics World |url=https://physicsworld.com/a/flash-physics-shrinking-gels-masculine-culture-discourages-female-physicists-carlos-frenk-bags-born-medal/ |last=Hamish |first=Johnston}}</ref> *2018 Ángel Rubio<ref name="cfel">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfel.de/about/honors_amp_rewards/index_eng.html |title=Honors, rewards, awards |publisher=CFEL}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mpsd.mpg.de/16891/2017-11-max-born-2018 |title=Max Born Prize 2018 for MPSD director Angel Rubio |publisher=Max Planck Institute |date=24 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2017/11/29/angel-rubio-max-born-medal-prize/ |title=CCQ Distinguished Research Scientist Angel Rubio Awarded Max Born Medal and Prize |publisher=Simons Foundation |date=29 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cui-archiv.uni-hamburg.de/en/2017/11/max-born-prize-2018-for-mpsd-director-angel-rubio/index.html |title=Max Born Prize 2018 for MPSD director Angel Rubio |publisher=University of Hamburg}}</ref> *2019 Michael Coey<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcd.ie/Physics/news-events/news/articles/coey-medal.php |title=Professor John Michael David (Mike) Coey, FRS, is awarded the Prestigious Max Born Medal and Prize |date=12 March 2019|publisher=University of Dublin}}</ref> *2020 Anna Köhler<ref name="idw">{{cite news |title=Physikerin der Universität Bayreuth erhält Max-Born-Preis 2020 |url=https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2020/11/19/physikerin-der-universitaet-bayreuth-erhaelt-max-born-preis-2020/ |work=idw – Informationsdienst Wissenschaft e.V. |date=19 November 2020 |language=de-DE}}</ref> *2021 Hiranya Peiris *2022 Claudia Felser *2023 {{ill|Stefan Söldner-Rembold|lt=|de||qid=}}<ref >{{Cite web|url= https://www.dpg-physik.de/auszeichnungen/dpg-preise-mit-anderen-organisationen/max-born-preis-und-medaille/preistraeger|date=2 June 2023|title=Preisträgerinnen und Preisträger|publisher=Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft|language=de-DE}}</ref> *2024 Ingrid Mertig *2025 Michael Johnston *2026 Roderich Moessner {{div col end}}

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