Professor Hidenori Takagi

was awarded the Eugen and Ilse Seibold Prize of the German Research Foundation.

This prize is awarded to Japanese and German researchers in recognition of their exceptional contribution towards advancing understanding between the two countries.

Prof. Dr. Jörg Wrachtrup

has been awarded the 2020 EPS Condensed Matter Division Europhysics Prize for his pioneering studies on quantum coherence in solid-state systems, and their applications for sensing, and, in particular, for major breakthroughs in the study of the optical and spin properties of nitrogen vacancy centres in diamond.

Dr. Jurgen Smet

has been awarded the 2020 EPS Edison Volta Prize for outstanding achievements in physics, together with Klaus Ensslin and Dieter Weiss.