Edison Volta Prize 2020: Call for nominations
Nominations are now open for the Edison Volta Prize of the European Physical Society [EPS]. The award – intended to promote excellence in research – will be given in recognition of outstanding research and achievements in physics.
The EPS Edison Volta Prize is given biennially to individuals or groups of up to three people. The award consists of a diploma, a medal, and €10,000 in prize money.
The International Day of Light and the 2018 EPS-Edison-Volta prize
The International Day of Light, chosen by UNESCO to celebrate the light, all over the world, on May 16 of each year, had its first edition in Italy in the beautiful setting of the Teatro Sociale in Como. The ceremony took place in a gala evening where the scientific event was accompanied by music, readings and illusionism performance having light as an inspiring theme.
EPS Edison Volta Prize 2018
The European Physical Society (EPS), the Fondazione Alessandro Volta and Edison S.p.A. have awarded the 2018 EPS Edison Volta Prize for outstanding contributions to physics to Alain Brillet, Karsten Danzmann, Adalberto Giazotto (†) and Jim Hough.
The EPS Edison Volta Prize 2016 awarded to Michel Orrit
The EPS, the Fondazione Alessandro Volta and Edison S.p.A. have awarded the 2016 EPS Edison Volta Prize for outstanding contributions to physics to Michel A.G.J. Orrit, from Leiden University, the Netherlands “for seminal contributions to optical science, to the field of single-molecule spectroscopy and imaging (first single molecule detection by fluorescence and first optical detection of magnetic resonance in single molecule) and for pioneering investigations into the photoblinking and photobleaching behaviors of individual molecules at the heart of many current optical superresolution experiments.”
EPS Edison Volta Prize 2016 to Michel Orrit
The European Physical Society [EPS], the Centro di Cultura Scientifica Alessandro Volta and Edison S.p.A. are delighted to announce the award of the 2016 EPS Edison Volta Prize for outstanding contributions to physics to …
Call for nominations for EPS prizes and distinctions
Calls for nominations are still open for the following EPS distinctions and prizes:
– EPS Fellows
– EPS Honorary Members
– the Gero Thomas medal
Light and Innovation Ceremony at the Palazzo Edison in Milan
On the occasion of the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies 2015 a special session entitled ‘Light and Innovation’ took place on 16 October 2015 at the wonderful Palazzo Edison in Milan, the headquarters of the Edison corporation. It was organized by Edison SpA and the Foundation Alessandro Volta, in collaboration with the European Physical Society and the Italian Physical Society. Edison SpA is Europe’s oldest energy company, and today is one of the industry leaders in Italy and Europe with business focusing on electric power and hydrocarbon exploration and production. The Alessandro Volta Foundation is located at Lake Como and has a school of Advanced Studies where scientific events are organized to promote excellence in training and research.
EPS Edison Volta Prize 2016: Call for nominations
Nominations are now open for the Edison Volta Prize of the European Physical Society [EPS]. The award – intended to promote excellence in research – will be given in recognition of outstanding research and…
2015 EPS Edison Volta Prize goes to ESA’s Planck Mission team
The European Physical Society [EPS], the Centro di Cultura Scientifica Alessandro Volta and Edison S.p.A. are delighted to announce the award of the 2015 EPS Edison Volta Prize for outstanding contributions to physics to the three principal scientific leaders of the European Space Agency’s [ESA] Planck Mission:
EPS Edison Volta Prize announced for the Year of Light 2015
To commemorate the United Nations proclamation of the International Year of Light 2015, the Centro di Cultura Scientifica “Alessandro Volta”, EDISON S.p.A. and the European Physical Society [EPS] are delighted to announce an exceptional call for nominations for the EPS Edison Volta Prize, which will be awarded during 2015 during a special ceremony during the Festival of Light in Como, Italy.
The award – intended to promote excellence in research – will be given in recognition of outstanding research and achievements in physics. The EPS Edison Volta Prize is given either to individuals or…
Jean-Michel Raimond wins EPS Edison-Volta Prize 2014
The European Physical Society [EPS] has the pleasure to announce that the 2014 EPS Edison-Volta Prize is awarded to Jean-Michel Raimond for “seminal contribution to physics (that) have paved the way for novel explorations of quantum mechanics and have opened new routes in quantum information processing”.
J.-M. Raimond’s PhD thesis was supervised by Serge Haroche at Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, France, in the early 1980′s, and together S. Haroche, M. Brune and J.-M. Raimond have built an extremely successful research group since then. J.-M. Raimond has made seminal contributions to the development of cavity QED experiments, in particular…
EPS Edison Volta Prize 2014: Deadline Extended
Nominations are now open for the Edison Volta Prize of the European Physical Society [EPS]. The award – intended to promote excellence in research – will be given in recognition of outstanding research and achievements in physics.
The EPS Edison Volta Prize is given biennially to individuals or groups of up to three people. The award consists of a diploma, a medal, and €10 000 in prize money.
The Prize was established in 2011 by the Centro di Cultura Scientifica “Alessandro Volta”, EDISON S.p.A. and the EPS…
