Erwin Schrödinger Prize
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The Erwin Schrödinger Prize (German
: Erwin Schrödinger-Preis) is an annual award presented by the Austrian Academy of Sciences
for lifetime achievement by Austrians in the fields of mathematics
and natural sciences. The prize was established in 1958, and was first awarded to its namesake, Erwin Schrödinger
.
The award ceremony is held annually in October. The prize includes an annual stipend currently of € 15 000, paid monthly.
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
: Erwin Schrödinger-Preis) is an annual award presented by the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Austrian Academy of Sciences
The Austrian Academy of Sciences is a legal entity under the special protection of the Federal Republic of Austria. According to the statutes of the Academy its mission is to promote the sciences and humanities in every respect and in every field, particularly in fundamental research...
for lifetime achievement by Austrians in the fields of mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
and natural sciences. The prize was established in 1958, and was first awarded to its namesake, Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger was an Austrian physicist and theoretical biologist who was one of the fathers of quantum mechanics, and is famed for a number of important contributions to physics, especially the Schrödinger equation, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933...
.
Prize criteria and endowment
The prize is awarded at the discretion of the Austrian Academy of Sciences to scholars resident in Austria for excellence and achievements in the mathematical and scientific disciplines in the broadest sense. The prize is not awarded to full members of the Academy.The award ceremony is held annually in October. The prize includes an annual stipend currently of € 15 000, paid monthly.
Prize winners
- 1956 Erwin SchrödingerErwin SchrödingerErwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger was an Austrian physicist and theoretical biologist who was one of the fathers of quantum mechanics, and is famed for a number of important contributions to physics, especially the Schrödinger equation, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933...
- 1958 Felix Machatschki
- 1960 Erich Schmid (physicist)
- 1962 Marietta BlauMarietta BlauMarietta Blau was an Austrian physicist. After having obtained the general certificate of education from the girls' high school run by the Association for the Extended Education of Women, she studied physics and mathematics at the University of Vienna from 1914 to 1918; her Ph. D...
- 1963 Ludwig Flamm and Karl Przibram
- 1964 Otto KratkyOtto KratkyOtto Kratky was an Austrian physicist. He is best known for his contribution to the small-angle X-ray scattering method and for the Kratky plot...
- 1965 Fritz Wessely
- 1966 Georg StetterGeorg StetterGeorg Stetter was an Austrian-German nuclear physicist. Stetter was Director of the Second Physics Institute of the University of Vienna. He was a principal member of the German nuclear energy project, also known as the Uranium Club. In the latter years of World War II, he was also the Director...
- 1967 Berta KarlikBerta KarlikBerta Karlik was an Austrian physicist.She discovered that the element 85 astatine is a product of the natural decay processes. The element was first synthesized in 1940 by Dale R. Corson, K. R...
and Gustav Ortner - 1968 Hans Nowotny
- 1969 Walter ThirringWalter ThirringWalter Thirring is an Austrian physicist after whom the Thirring model in quantum field theory is named. He is son of the physicist Hans Thirring, co-discoverer of the Lense-Thirring frame dragging effect in general relativity....
- 1970 Erika CremerErika CremerErika Cremer was a German physical chemist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Innsbruck who is regarded as the most important pioneer in gas chromatography, as she first conceived the technique in 1944.-Family:Cremer was from a family of scientists and university professors...
- 1971 Richard Biebl
- 1972 Fritz Regler and Paul Urban
- 1973 Hans TuppyHans TuppyHans Tuppy is a biochemist who participated in the sequencing of insulin, and became Austria's first university professor for biochemistry. He was Austrian Minister for Science and Research from 1987−1989.- Family background and youth :...
- 1974 Otto Hittmair and Peter Weinzierl
- 1975 Richard Kiefer and Erwin Plöckinger
- 1976 Herbert W. König and Ferdinand Steinhauser
- 1977 Viktor Gutmann and Helmut Rauch
- 1978 Edmund HlawkaEdmund HlawkaEdmund Hlawka was an Austrian mathematician. He was a leading number theorist. Hlawka did most of his work at the Vienna University of Technology. He was also a visiting professor at Princeton University and the Sorbonne...
and Günther PorodGünther PorodGünther Porod was an Austrian physicist. He is best known for his work on the small-angle X-ray scattering method, done in collaboration with his teacher Otto Kratky... - 1979 Heinz Parkus
- 1980 Peter Klaudy and Hans ListHans ListHans List was a technical scientist and inventor and entrepreneur....
- 1981 Kurt Komarek
- 1982 Othmar Preining
- 1983 Josef Schurz and Peter SchusterPeter SchusterPeter K. Schuster is a renowned theoretical chemist, known for his work with the German Nobel Laureate Manfred Eigen in developing the quasispecies model...
- 1984 Leopold Schmetterer and Josef ZemannJosef Zemann-Life and work:Zemann was born in 1923 in Vienna and studies mineralogy at the University of Vienna were he received his PhD for work with Felix Machatschki in 1946. Zemann worked with Martin J. Buerger at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1951 and 1952. He became director of the...
- 1985 Adolf Neckel and Karl SchlöglKarl SchlöglKarl Schlögl was professor of organic chemistry at the University of Vienna and secretary as well as vice-president of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.-Biography:Karl Schlögl was born October 5, 1924 in Vienna...
- 1986 Walter Majerotto and Horst Wahl
- 1987 Edwin Franz Hengge and Franz Seitelberger
- 1988 Wolfgang Kummer and Fritz Paschke
- 1989 Johannes Pötzl
- 1990 Manfred W. Breiter and Karl KordeschKarl KordeschKarl Kordesch was an Austrian chemist and inventor, most notable for jointly inventing the alkaline battery.-Life:...
- 1991 Siegfried J. Bauer and Willibald Riedler
- 1992 Josef F. K. Huber and Karlheinz Seeger
- 1993 Benno F. Lux and Oskar F. Olaj
- 1994 Tilmann Märk and Heide Narnhofer
- 1995 Heinz Gamsjäger and Jürgen Hafner
- 1996 Alfred Kluwick
- 1997 Werner Lindinger and Thomas Schönfeld
- 1998 Peter ZollerPeter ZollerPeter Zoller is a theoretical physicist from Austria. He is Professor at the University of Innsbruck and works on quantum optics and quantum information and is best known for his pioneering research on quantum computing and quantum communication and for bridging quantum optics and solid state...
- 1999 Johann MulzerJohann MulzerJohann Hermann Wolfgang Mulzer is a German organic chemist, best known for his work in total synthesis. Since 1996, he has been a professor of chemistry at the University of Vienna . He received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize in 1994 and Emil Fischer Medal in 2010.-References:...
- 2000 Erich Gornik and Hans TrogerHans TrögerHans Tröger was a highly decorated Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several panzer divisions. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful...
- 2001 Bernhard Kräutler and Siegfried SelberherrSiegfried Selberherrthumb|Siegfried SelberherrSiegfried Selberherr is an Austrian scientist in the field of microelectronics.He is a professor at the Institute for Microelectronics of the Technische Universität Wien ....
- 2002 Ekkehart Tillmanns
- 2003 Erwin S. Hochmair and Hildegunde Piza
- 2004 Anton Stütz and Jakob YngvasonJakob YngvasonJakob Yngvason is an Icelandic/Austrian physicist. He is professor of mathematical physics at the University of Vienna and Scientific Director of the Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics in Vienna...
- 2005 Franz Dieter Fischer and Rainer Kotz
- 2006 Rainer BlattRainer BlattRainer Blatt is a German-Austrian experimental physicist. His research centres on the areas of quantum optics and quantum information. He and his team were the first to teleport atoms.-Biography:...
- 2007 Georg Brasseur and Thomas Jenuwein
- 2008 Georg Wick
- 2009 Bernd Mayer
- 2010 Walter Kutschera
- 2011 Gerhard A. Holzapfel