CRYOGENIC MATERIALS AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENTS
The award consists of a certificate, a $4,000 honorarium, a plaque (designed by the Awards Committee), up to $1,500 to cover personal travel expenses to accept the award, and free registration for this year’s conference and two subsequent ICMC conferences.
Nominations can be made by all experts in the field. The nomination will consist of a (two to three page) letter addressed to the Awards Committee Chairman and contain a thorough description of the candidate’s achievements in the field of cryogenic materials. A CV and a publication list of the candidate should be attached.
The nomination letter will address in detail:
- the quality of his / her research,
- the innovation of his / her research,
- the international recognition gained for his / her work,
- the worldwide reputation of the candidate, and
- the candidate’s impact on the field.
Three nomination letters will be needed to qualify for the selection procedure. The candidate must either still be active in the field or have recently retired.
The deadline for nominations is December 12, 2024.
Please submit your nominations, preferably by e-mail, to the Awards Committee Chairman:
Prof. Eric Hellstrom
The Applied Superconductivity Center,
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Florida State University
2031 E. Paul Dirac Dr
Tallahassee, FL 32310 USA
Former Recipients
Edward W. Collings | 2005 | |
David C. Larbalestier | 2007 | |
Kyoji Tachikawa | 2009 | |
René Flükiger | 2011 | |
Harald Weber | 2013 | |
Herbert Freyhardt | 2015 | |
Kozo Osamura | 2017 | |
Archie Campbell | 2018 | |
Teruo Matsushita | 2019 | |
Shi Xue Dou | 2021 | |
David Evans & Xavier Obradors | 2023 |