The David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics is a prize that has been awarded annually by the

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since 1988. The recipient is chosen for "an outstanding contributor to the field of materials physics, who is noted for the quality of his/her research, review articles and lecturing." The prize is named after physicist David Adler with contributions to the endowment by friends of David Adler and major support from Energy Conversion Devices, Inc., as well as support from the American Physical Society's Division of Materials Physics. The prize includes a $5,000 honorarium.

Recipients

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American Physical Society
* 2022 Axel Hoffmann * 2021

Robert Cava Robert Joseph Cava (born 1951) is a solid-state chemist at Princeton University where he holds the title Russell Wellman Moore Professor of Chemistry. Previously, Professor Cava worked as a staff scientist at Bell labs from 1979–1996, where ea ...

* 2020 Chang-Beom Eom * 2019

Giulia Galli Giulia Galli is a condensed-matter physicist. She is the Liew Family Professor of Electronic Structure and Simulations in the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the department of chemistry at the University of Chicago and senior scient ...

* 2018 Christopher J. Palmstrǿm * 2017 Heike E. Riel * 2016 Harry A. Atwater * 2015

Jacqueline Krim Jacqueline Krim is an American condensed matter physicist specializing in nanotribology, the study of film growth, friction, and wetting of nanoscale surfaces. She is a Distinguished University Professor of Physics at North Carolina State Univer ...

* 2014 Paul Canfield * 2013 Jean-Luc Bredas * 2012

Stuart Parkin Stuart Stephen Papworth Parkin (born 9 December 1955) is an experimental physicist, IBM Fellow and manager of the magnetoelectronics group at the IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California. He is also a consulting professor in the dep ...

* 2011 Stephen Pearton * 2010 Patricia Thiel * 2009

Salvatore Torquato Salvatore Torquato is an American theoretical scientist born in Falerna, Italy. His research work has impacted a variety of fields, including physics, chemistry, applied and pure mathematics, materials science, engineering, and biological ph ...

* 2008

Karin Rabe Karin Rabe (born 17 February 1954) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She is four times Relay World Champion as a member of the Swedish winning team in 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1989,

* 2007 Samuel D. Bader * 2006 James R. Chelikowsky * 2005

Ramamoorthy Ramesh Ramamoorthy Ramesh (born 1960) is an American materials scientist of Indian descent who has contributed to the synthesis, assembly and understanding of complex functional oxides, such as ferroelectric materials. In particular, he has worked on ...

* 2004 Chia-Ling Chien * 2003

Ivan K. Schuller Ivan K. Schuller (born 1946 in Romania) is an Americans, American Condensed-matter physics, condensed matter experimental physicist. He is best known for his work on superlattices. His interests are focused on thin films, nanostructures, novel ma ...

* 2002 Chris G. Van de Walle * 2001

Ellen D. Williams (scientist) Ellen D. Williams (born December 5, 1953) is an American scientist, best known for her research in surface properties and nanotechnology, for her engagement with technical issues in national security, as chief scientist of BP, and for governme ...

* 2000

Bertram Batlogg Bertram Josef Richard Batlogg (born 1950) is an Austrian physicist known for his research on high-temperature superconductivity. Batlogg was born in the town of Bludenz in Austria. He is the great-grandson of the freedom fighter . Batlogg was edu ...

* 1999 Leonard C. Feldman * 1998

Joe Greene Charles Edward Greene (born September 24, 1946), better known as "Mean" Joe Greene, is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1969 to 1 ...

* 1997 John D. Joannopoulos * 1996 M. Brian Maple * 1995 Marc A. Kastner * 1994

Max Lagally Max Gunter Lagally (born 23 May 1942, Darmstadt, Germany) is Erwin W. Mueller Professor and Bascom Professor of Surface Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Education He received his BS (physics) 1963, Pennsylvania State University, ...

* 1993 Simon C. Moss * 1992 Robert A. Street * 1991 John R. Smith * 1990 Michael Schluter * 1989 Robert W. Balluffi * 1988

Jan Tauc Jan Tauc (; 15 April 1922 – 28 December 2010) was a Czech-American physicist who introduced the concepts of Tauc gap and Tauc plot to the optical characterization of solids. Born in Bohemia, he emigrated to the United States in 1969, where he re ...

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