28th General Assembly

The 28th General Assembly of IUPAP at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, 5-7 November 2014.

Commission on Magnetism (C9) Young Scientist Prize 2015 nominations due 15 February 2015

Young Scientist Prize Nomination 2015 C9: Magnetism – Young Scientist The deadline for the nominations of the C9 Young Scientist Prize in Magnetism is 15 February 2015. Nominations should be sent to C9 Secretary Burkard Hillebrands . Please click here for submission details.  

C9 Commission Award 2015 nominations due 15 February 2015

Commission Award Nomination 2015 C9: Magnetism – Magnetism Award and Néel Medal The deadline for the nominations of the C9 Commission Award, Magnetism Award and Néel Medal is 15 February 2015. Nominations should be sent to C9 Secretary Burkard Hillebrands. Please click here for submission details.

Commission on Biological Physics (C6) Young Scientist Winner

Professor Aihua Xie [Vice-Chair, IUPAP Commission C6] (left); Dr Marina Kuimova [Imperial College London, UK], recipient of the 2013 IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Biological Physics; and Kenichi Yoshikawa [Chair, IUPAP Commision C6], at the 8th International Conference on Biological Physics in Beijing, China, 18-22 June 2014.  

AC2 Young Scientist Prize 2014

The 2014 IUPAP Young Scientist Prize for AC2: International Commission on General Relativity and Gravitation will be awarded to: Jorge E. Santos [Stanford University and Cambridge University], “For finding the first example of an instability of certain higher-dimensional black holes; for constructing novel anti-de Sitter black hole solutions and using them to explore connections with strongly […]

C16 Young Scientist Prize 2014

The 2014 IUPAP Young Scientist Prize for C16: Commission on Plasma Physics was awarded during the International Congress on Plasma Physics (ICPP) in Lisbon, Portugal held on 15th-19th September 2014, to: Wei Lu [Tsinghua University, Beijing, China], “For original contributions to high intensity laser and beam plasma interactions including a theory for nonlinear plasma wakefields […]

C15 Young Scientist Prize 2014

The 2014 IUPAP Young Scientist Prize for C15: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics was awarded during the International Conference on Atomic Physics (ICAP) in Washington D.C. held on 7 August 2014, to: Dr Jacob M Taylor [NIST and Joint Quantum Institute], “For groundbreaking advances in the design of compact, practical devices that bridge the classical […]

C11 Young Scientist Prize 2014

The 2014 IUPAP Young Scientist Prizes for C11: Particles and Fields were awarded during the 37th International Conference on High Energy Physics held from 2-9 July 2014, in Valencia, Spain, to: Claude Duhr [University of Durham, UK],”For his outstanding contributions to elementary particle theory, in particular, to formal developments in quantum field theory and their […]

C8 Young Scientist Winners 2014

The 2014 IUPAP Young Scientist Prizes for C8: Semiconductors were awarded during the 32nd International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors held on 10-15 August 2014, Austin, Texas, USA, to: Dr Rahul Nair [The University of Manchester, UK], “For highly innovative work exploring the effects of valley polarization on the optical and optoelectronic properties of […]

C6 Young Scientist Winners 2012, 2013, 2014

The 2012, 2013 and 2014 IUPAP Young Scientist Prizes for C6: Biological Physics were awarded during the 8th IUPAP International Conference of Biological Physics (ICBP 2014) to be held 18-22 June, 2014 in Beijing, China, to the following scientists: 2014 Dr Yi Cao [Nanjing University, China], “For his seminal contributions to development and application of […]