Awards and Honours
Source: Foto: Forschungszentrum Jülich
| Person | Awards / Honours | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Davis S.G. Bauer | Awarded the Borcher's Medallion for his excellent Ph.D. thesis | 2014 |
| Jürgen Weischenberg | Awarded the Springorum Medallion for his excellent Master's thesis | 2013 |
| Dr. Alex Thiess | Awarded the Borcher's Medallion for his excellent Ph.D. thesis | 2013 |
| Dr. Markus Betzinger | Awarded the Borcher's Medallion for his excellent Ph.D. thesis | 2013 |
| Dr. Frank Freimuth | Awarded the Borcher's Medallion for his excellent Ph.D. thesis | 2013 |
| Dr. Julian Hirschfeld | Awarded a distinction from the University of Duisburg-Essen for the best Ph.D. in Physics 2013 | 2013 |
| Dr. Markus Betzinger | Recipient of Post-doctoral program of the Helmholtz Association | 2013 |
| Dr. Zeila Zanolli | Marie-Curie-Fellowship 2012-2014 | 2012 |
| Dr. Irene Aguilera | Alexander von Humboldt Stipendiat | 2012 |
| Prof. Dr. Walter Lambrecht | Fullbright Fellow | 2012 |
| Timo Schena | Springorum Medal, RWTH-Aachen University | 2012 |
| Samir Lounis | Young Investigator Group from the Helmholtz association of German Research Centers. | 2011 |
| Samir Lounis | Finalist of the Psi-k Volker Heine Young Investigator Award 2010 from the european Psi-k Network for outstanding research in computer simulation of electronic structures. | 2010 |
| Samir Lounis | Feodor-Lynen Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation | 2010 |
| Julian Hirschfeld | Mr. Julian Hirschfeld was distinguished for his diploma by the department of Physics at the university of Duisburg-Essen as one of the best of his year. | 2010 |
| Dr. Bo Persson | Invitation Fellowship Programs for Research in Japan from Japan Society of Promotion of Science (JSPS), April + May 2010 | 2010 |
| Alexander Thiess | DAAD-Scholarship for a period of three month starting from 1st of July 2010, to investigate magnetic phenomena of Gd-doped GaN with the computer program KKRnano at the Case Western Reserve University, Ohio (USA). | 2010 |
| Paul Baumeister | DAAD-JSPS Scholarship for a research stay in Japan within the JSPS Summer Programme | 2009 |
| Dr. Erik Koch | Professor (W3), Computational Materials Science, German Research School for Simulation Sciences, FZJ and RWTH-Aachen | 2009 |
| Boris Lorenz | Best Poster Award at the WE-Heraeus-Seminar: Physics of Tribology - Understanding Friction and Wear Processes in Technical Systems, Bad Honnef | 2009 |
| Alexander Thiess | Best Poster Award at the International Colloquium of Magnetism of Films and Surfaces (ICMFS) | 2009 |
| Markus Betzinger | Springorum Medal, RWTH-Aachen University | 2009 |
| Dr. Simon Woodford | Borchers Medal, RWTH-Aachen University | 2009 |
| Dr. Yuriy Mokrousov | Helmholtz-University Young Investigators Group "Topological Nanoelectronics Group" | 2008 |
| Dr. Samir Lounis | Friedrich-Wilhelm-Prize RWTH-Aachen University | 2008 |
| Dr. Samir Lounis | 2. Winner of the Günter-Leibfried-Prize for particularly successful science communication of the Forschungszentrums Jülich | 2008 |
| Andreas Gierlich | DAAD-JSPS Scholarship for a research stay in Japan within the JSPS Summer Programme | 2008 |
| Dr. Marjana Lezaic | Scholarship of the German Science Foundation (DFG) for a research stay in the USA | 2008 |
| Dr. Predrag Lazic | Alexander von Humboldt Fellow | 2008 |
| Dr. Samir Lounis | ThyssenKrupp Electrical Steel Dissertation Prize of the German Magnetism Working Group (AGM) | 2008 |
| Dr. Nicolae Atodiresei | Fellowship Award of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) | 2008 |
| Andreas Dolfen | Springorum Medal, RWTH Aachen University | 2008 |
| Dr. Arno Schindlmayr | Professor (W2) für Theoretische Physik, Universität Paderborn | 2008 |
| Alexander Thiess | ECOSS Prize 2008 in the category "Best Student Talk" | 2008 |
| Dr. Mohammed Bouhassoune | Scholarship of the EU Network of Excellence "Nanoscale Quantum Simulations for Nanostructures and Advanced Materials" (NANOQUANTA) | 2007 |
| Swantje Heers | DAAD-NSC Scholarship for a research stay in Taiwan within the Taiwan Summer Institute Programme | 2007 |
| Dr. Marjana Lezaic | Helmholtz-University Young Investigators Group "Computational Nanoferronics Laboratory" | 2007 |
| Dr. Tomoya Ono | Alexander von Humboldt Fellow | 2007 |
| Dr. Eva Pavarini | Appointment University Professor (W2) for Theoretical Physics, RWTH Aachen University | 2007 |
| Dr. Erik Koch | Venia Legendi, RWTH Aachen University | 2006 |
| Dr. Ersoy Sasioglu | Scholarship of the EU Network of Excellence "Nanoscale Quantum Simulations for Nanostructures and Advanced Materials" (NANOQUANTA) | 2006 |
| Dr. Bo Persson | Prize of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) | 2004 2006 |
| Dr. Erik Koch | Habilitation, Universitity of Stuttgart | 2004 |
| Dr. Daniel Wortmann | Fellowship of the Japan Science and Technology Cooperation (JST) | 2004 |
| Dr. Daniel Wortmann | Borchers Medal, RWTH-Aachen University | 2004 |
| Prof. Stefan Blügel | Offer of full professor position (C4) at University of Kaiserslautern, Germany | 2001, rejected 2002 |
| Prof. Stefan Blügel | Appointment University Professor (C3) in Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, University of Osnabrück, Germany | 2000 |
| Rossitza Pencheva | DAAD-Prize for the best foreign student of the University Köln | 1997 |
| Dr. Bo Persson | Annual Address to the British Vacuum Council | 1997 |
| Dr. Bo Persson | The John Yarwood Memorial Medal, in the field of surface science, UK | 1997 |
| Dr. Bo Persson | Walter-Schottky-Prize of the German Physical Society | 1996 |
| Dr. Susanne Handschuh | Hertha-Sponer Prize of the German Physical Society | 1994 |
| Dr. Stefan Blügel | Academy Award, Academy of Sciences of the State North-Rhine Westfalia | 1994 |
| Prof. Stefan Blügel | Heinz-Maier-Leibnitz Prize, German Federal Secretary for Research and Technology | 1993 |
| Dr. Gustav Bihlmayer | Diploma thesis award from the Association of the Friends of the Faculty for Formal- and Natural Sciences at the University Vienna | 1992 |
| Dr. Stefan Blügel | Feodor Lynen Research Scholarship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to conduct research in Japan | 1988-1990 |
| Dr. Stefan Blügel | Friedrich-Wilhelm-Prize RWTH-Aachen University | 1988 |
| Stefan Blügel | Scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to conduct research in the USA | 1984 |
| Stefan Blügel | Springorum Medal, RWTH Aachen Universtiy | 1983 |
| Dr. Bo Persson | VOLVO prize in physics in Sweden | 1981 |
Last updated: 28.7.2014
