Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics
2018:
Prof. Hirosi Ooguri for his outstanding contributions to the topological string theory
2017:
Prof. Andrew Millis for his groundbreaking research on the electronic properties of correlated materials
2016:
Prof. Mikhail Katsnelson for his outstanding contributions in the fields of quantum mechanical many-body theory, strongly correlated systems, quantum theory of magnetism, and graphene
2015:
Prof. Ignacio Cirac for his outstanding contributions in the fields of quantum information theory, quantum optics and quantum many body systems
Also view: Prof. Cirac answers three questions – film featuring prize ceremony
2014:
Prof. Antoine Georges for his outstanding contributions to condensed matter physics, in particular for methods to describe strongly correlated systems
Also view: Film featuring the presentation of the prize
2013:
Prof. Chris H. Greene for his outstanding contributions to atomic and molecular physics, in particular the discovery of ultralong-range-molecules with novel binding mechanisms
Also view: Lecture Series and Lunch with Students
2012:
Prof. Shaul Mukamel for his outstanding contributions in the fields of nonlinear optics and multi-dimensional spectroscopy
2011:
Prof. Peter Zoller for his outstanding contributions in the fields of quantum optics and quantum information
2010:
Prof. Maciej Lewenstein for his outstanding contributions in the fields of quantum information and quantum gases