Doctoral Prize for Young Researcher
31 March 2015
Dr. Bernd Zimmermann is the recipient of the "ThyssenKrupp Electrical Steel Dissertation Prize 2015". The prize, endowed with €1000, is awarded by the Magnetism Work Group (AGM) of the German Physical Society (DPG) for outstanding scientific research undertaken within the framework of a doctoral thesis as well as for its excellent written and oral presentation. Outstanding scientific dissertations from the specialist area of magnetism are eligible for nomination. The award ceremony took place on 16 March at the spring meeting of the DPG in Berlin.
Image: Award winner Dr. Bernd Zimmermann (Forschungszentrum Jülich; 4th from left), President of the Prize Committee Prof. Gernot Güntherodt (RWTH Aachen, President of the Magnetism Work Group; 3rd from left) and the other members of the Prize Committee (from left): Prof. Michael Farle (University of Duisburg-Essen; Head of the Professional Association at the DPG), Dr. Andreas Jansen (Thyssen Krupp Electrical Steel), Prof. Burkard Hillebrands (TU Kaiserslautern), Prof. Kathrin Dörr (MLU Halle-Wittenberg)
Bernd Zimmermann works at the division for Quantum Theory of Materials at the Peter Grünberg Institute and the Institute for Advanced Simulation. He received the award for his PhD thesis entitled "Ab initio description of transverse transport due to impurity scattering in transition metals".