Call for nominations for the 2019 Vladilen Letokhov Medal
The European Physical Society, The Quantum Electronics and Optics Division, The Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Division and The Institute of Spectroscopy of the Russian Academy of Sciences are happy to announce the 2019 Vladilen Letokhov Medal.
Call for nominations for the EPS-PPD Prizes
The Plasma Physics Division of the European Physical Society (EPS PPD) opens calls for its 2019 prizes.
The EPS will award the Vladilen Letokhov Medal in 2019 for exceptional achievements in laser-matter interaction
The list of the most creative Russian physicists, active during the Russian empire, the Soviet Union or the Russian Federation, includes almost 100 famous names who deeply impacted and shaped all modern physics. Every physicist should know the tribute we owe to Lev Landau, Leonid Mandelstam, Nikolay Basov, Vitaly Ginzburg, Alexander Prokhorov and so many other Russian scientists.
2018 ESPD Prizes awarded
The European Solar Physics Division board is delighted to present the 2018 ESPD Prize winners.
EPS/IUPAP/PPCF plasma poster prize winners announced!
The international journal Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (PPCF), the European Physical Society (EPS) and the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics are proud to present the winners of the PPCF/EPS/IUPAP PhD Poster Prize. The winners were announced at the closing ceremony of the 45th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics, Prague, Czech Republic.
Diversity Prize of the Dutch Physical Society
The Netherlands’ Physical Society (NNV) is searching for institutes or departments which are doing an excellent job of the promotion of diversity and gender equality within the organisation. To honour these institutes, the NNV has established the NNV Diversity Prize.
Special Breakthrough Prize In Fundamental Physics goes to Jocelyn Bell Burnell for the discovery of pulsars
The Breakthrough Prize Recognises Bell Burnell’s 1967 Detection of Radio Signals from Rapidly Spinning, Super-Dense Neutron Stars and a Lifetime of Inspiring Scientific Leadership. 50 Years After Her Significant Role in the Discovery, Bell Burnell, of University of Oxford and University of Dundee, wins a $3 Million Physics Prize. Previous recipients of the special prize include Stephen Hawking, seven CERN scientists whose leadership led to the discovery of the Higgs Boson, and to the entire LIGO collaboration that detected gravitational waves.
EPS AMOPD: call for nominations for the Young Scientist Prize
The call for nomination for the Young Scientist Prize of the Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Division of the EPS is open.
Kavli Prize 2018 in Astrophysics, Nanoscience and Neuroscience
Oslo, Norway – Seven pioneering scientists from Europe and the USA have been named this year’s recipients of the Kavli Prizes – prizes that recognise scientists for their pioneer advances in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience.
EPS distinctions 2018
The European Physical Society (EPS) awarded following distinctions during the EPS Council 2018 held in Paris from 6-7 April : Honorary Members, Fellows, Gero Thomas Medal, Achievement Award.
EPS-PPD PhD Research Award
The EPS Plasma Physics Division Board has pleasure in announcing four winners of its 2018 PhD Research Award. These were selected on the basis of their outstanding PhD theses.
EPS Emmy Noether Distinction Winter 2017 for Women in Physics
It is a great pleasure to announce that the Winter 2017 EPS Emmy Noether Distinction for Women in Physics goes to Dr. Françoise Remacle from the University of Liege in Belgium.
