The Nominations for 2018 Bernd T. Matthias Prize was closed on April 29, 2018. For further information, you may contact to tcsuhawards@uh.edu.

Matthias Prize Chair: Paul C.W. Chu (Chair and Contact)

Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston Science Center – 202 Houston, TX 77204-5002 USA,

Phone: (713) 743-8222; Fax: (713) 743-8201 , E-mail: cwchu@uh.edu cc: sbutler@uh.edu

The Bernd T. Matthias Prize for 2015 was awarded to co-recipients PROFESSOR XIANHUI CHEN of the University of Science and Technology of China for his discovery of (Li,Fe)OHFe(Se,S), Yb_x(Me)_yHfNCl (Me= NH3 and THF), and doped phenanthrene, broadening the material base for superconducting studies, to PROFESSOR ZACHARY FISK of the University of California Irvine for the discovery of UBe₁₃, UPt₃, ThCoC₂ and LaRhSi₃, for unraveling the roles of heavy fermions and non-centrosymmetry in superconductivity, and to PROFESSOR ZHONGXIAN ZHAO of the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, for the discovery of RE(O,F) and (RE)O_1-xFeAs (RE = rare earth) with a Tc up to 55 K, demonstrating the limit of Tc in bulk Fe-based superconductors. The awards were presented at the M²S-HTSC Conference in Geneva, Switzerland.

The Bernd T. Matthias Prize for 2012 was awarded to co-recipients PROFESSOR DIRK JOHRENDT of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, for his role in the 2008 discovery of the BaFe2As2 and related materials that have helped further the research and unravel the physics of the novel Fe-based superconductors, and to DR. IVAN BOZOVIC of Brookhaven National Laboratory and PROFESSOR JAMES ECKSTEIN of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for their pioneering and sustained contributions to novel synthesis and engineering of superconducting materials (M2S-HTSC-X Conference in Washington, USA).

The Bernd T. Matthias Prize for 2009 was awarded to co-recipients PROFESSOR YOSHITERU MAENO of Kyoto University, for his 1994 discovery and subsequent purification of Sr2RuO4 that creates a unique platform for revealing decisively some unusual features of superconductivity, and PROFESSOR HIDEO HOSONO of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, for his 2008 discovery of LaO1-xFxFeAs that has heralded in the era of Fe-pnictides for the search for and the unraveling of high temperature superconductivity. The awardees delivered remarks following the Prize Ceremony on September 9, 2009 at the M2S-HTSC-IX Conference in Tokyo, Japan.

The Bernd T. Matthias Prize for 2006 was awarded to PROFESSOR DR. FRANK STEGLICH of Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, for his 1979 discovery of CeCu2Si2 and the associated novel electronic state that has inaugurated an exciting field of heavy fermion physics. Dr. Steglich delivered the Bernd T. Matthias Prize Lecture entitled “Superconductivity and Magnetism: From Antagonism to Mutual Interplay” on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at the M2S-HTSC-VIII Conference, held in Dresden, Germany.

The Bernd T. Matthias Prize for 2003 was awarded to PROFESSOR JUN AKIMITSU of Aoyama Gakuin University for his discoveries of novel superconducting compounds MgB2 and Bi-Sr-Cu-O; and of superconductivity Nd-Ce-Sr-Cu-O and compressed (Sr,CA)14Cu24O41, that have led to the advancement in Tc, opened up new subfields of research and offered new avenues to practical superconducting wire fabrications. Prof. Akimitsu delivered the Bernd T. Matthias Prize Lecture on Monday, May 26, 2003 at the M2S-HTSC-VII Conference, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Bernd T. Matthias Prize for 2000 was awarded to PROFESSOR M. BRIAN MAPLE of The University of California at San Diego, for his pioneering contribution to the understanding of superconducting materials in general, and interplay between magnetism and superconductivity in particular. Prof. Maple delivered the Bernd T. Matthias Prize Lecture, “Three Decades of Progress on Superconductivity and Magnetism in Novel Materials” Wednesday, February 23, 2000 at the M2S-HTSC-VI Conference, held in Houston, Texas USA.

The Bernd T. Matthias Prize for 1997 was awarded to co-recipients PROFESSORS BELTRAM BATLOGG (Bell Laboratories) and ROBERT J. CAVA (Princeton University) for their leading work on a variety of superconductors through the successful combination of creative materials chemistry and physics (M2S-HTSC-V Conference in Beijing, China).

The Bernd T. Matthias Prize for 1994 was awarded to co-recipients PROFESSORS PAUL C. W. CHU (Houston University), BERNARD RAVEAU (Université de Caen) and M. K. WU (Columbia University) for their outstanding discoveries of mixed valence copper oxides which set the stage for, and expanded the horizons of, high-Tc superconductivity (M2S-HTSC-IV Conference in Grenoble, France).

The Bernd T. Matthias Prize for 1991 was awarded to co-recipients PROFESSORS HIROSHI MAEDA (NRIM Tsukuba) andYOSHINORI TOKURA (Tokyo University) for their discoveries of materials which have led to the delineation of essential structural elements in the high temperature superconducting cuprates (M2S-HTSC-III Conference in Kanazawa, Japan).

The Bernd T. Matthias Prize for 1989 was awarded to PROFESSOR THEODORE H. GEBALLE (Stanford University),  at the M2S-HTSC-II Conference in Palo Alto, USA (Inaugural Prize).