Laurens W. Molenkamp
Laurens W. Molenkamp | |
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 Laurens W. Molenkamp | |
| Born | 4 August 1956 |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Known for | topological insulators |
| Awards | 2010Europhysics Prize 2012Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize 2013Physics Frontiers Prize 2014Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | condensed matter physics |
| Institutions | University of Würzburg |
Laurens W. Molenkamp(born 4 August 1956)[1]is aprofessorofphysicsand Chair of Experimental Physics at theUniversity of Würzburg.He is known for his work on semiconductor structures andtopological insulators.[2]
Biography
[edit]Laurens W. Molenkamp is an experimentalcondensed matterphysicist.He received his Ph.D. inphysical chemistryfrom theUniversity of Groningen,and spent several years first with Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven and then as Associate Professor at the RWTH in Aachen. He came to theUniversity of Würzburgin 1999 and is now the Chair of Experimental Physics III and leads the II-VI MBE (molecular beam epitaxy) unit. His research interests include quantum transport in nanostructures, semiconductor spintronics, and optical spectroscopy of semiconductors. He was a co-recipient of theAmerican Physical Society2012Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize[3]for his experimental observation of thequantum spin Hall effect,opening up the field oftopological insulators.Since 2012, he has been the Editor[4][5]of the physics journalPhysical Review B.[6]He was a 2013Physics Frontiers Prizelaureate (shortlisted for theFundamental Physics Prize). Thomson Reuters included him on their annual prediction shortlist[7]for the 2014Nobel Prizefor Physics for his experimental research, withCharles L. KaneandShoucheng Zhang,on the quantum spin Hall effect and topological insulators.
Honors
[edit]- Fellow,American Physical Society
- 2010Europhysics Prize[2]
- 2012Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize[3]
- 2013Physics Frontiers Prizelaureate (shortlisted for theFundamental Physics Prize)
- 2013 Foreign membership of theRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences[8]
- 2014Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize[9][10]
- 2017Stern-Gerlach Medal
- 2017King Faisal International Prize
- 2018Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art[11]
References
[edit]- ^"Curriculum Vitae, Laurens W. Molenkamp"(PDF).Universität Würzburg.2018.Retrieved12 December2018.
- ^ab[1]"Topological quintet bags Europhysics prize", Physics World, 21 June 2010
- ^ab[2]Official Page for Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize
- ^[3]"Editorial: Laurens Molenkamp on Assuming the Editorship of Physical Review B", Phys. Rev. B 85, 180001 (2012),Physical Review B,8 May 2012
- ^[4]Official APS announcement, APS News, March 2012
- ^[5]About Physical Review B
- ^[6]Archived29 September 2014 at theWayback MachineThomson ReutersNobel Laureates Prediction
- ^"Laurens Molenkamp".Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived fromthe originalon 13 February 2016.Retrieved13 February2016.
- ^"Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preis 2014".dfg.de(in German).Retrieved15 December2021.
- ^"Laurens Molenkamp Wins Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize".Physical Review Journals.10 December 2013.Retrieved15 December2021.
- ^"Terminhinweis: Ministerpräsident Dr. Markus Söder verleiht Bayerischen Maximiliansorden"(Press release) (in German). Munich: Bayerische Staatsregierung. 11 December 2018.Retrieved11 December2018.
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- 1956 births
- Living people
- Dutch physical chemists
- 21st-century Dutch chemists
- People from Loppersum
- University of Groningen alumni
- Fellows of the American Physical Society
- Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Academic staff of the University of Würzburg
- Experimental physicists
- Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize winners