Research Prizes awarded to ITP Members

2008	Reinhard Folk	ausgewähltes Forschungsgebiet 40Jahre FWF Jubiläumsausstellung
2007	Martin Panholzer	Macke Prize 07 Wilhelm Macke Preis
2007	Eckhard Krotscheck	Feenberg Medal 2007 Feenberg Medal
2007	Robert E. Zillich	Kümmel Award honorable mentioning
2006	Michael Aichinger	Erwin Wenzel Preis
2004	Josef Springer	Macke Prize 04 Wilhelm Macke Preis
2001	Robert E. Zillich	Miller Fellowship
2001	Stefan Denk	Macke Prize 01 Wilhelm Macke Preis
1998	Robert E. Zillich	Macke Prize 98 Wilhelm Macke Preis
1996	Eckhard Krotscheck	APS fellowship 96 APS fellowship

Short Details to some of the Prizes:
(more details can be found at the links given above)

Feenberg Medal:
This medal (established in 1983) commemorates E. Feenberg's wise stewardship and seminal contributions in many particle physics. It is awarded by the Advisory Committee of the series of Int. Conf. on Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories for firmly established work which has significantly advanced the field. Recipients include D. Pines (1985), W. Kohn (1991), and A.J. Leggett (1999).
Eugene Feenberg (1906-1977) graduated from the Univ. of Texas and completed his Ph.D. 1933 at Harvard. He also studied with A. Sommerfeld, W. Pauli, and E. Fermi. After the war Feenberg became professor at Washington University in St. Louis. 1953 and 1955 he published his 1st and 2nd books ("Quantum Theory of Angular Momentum" and "Shell Theory of the Nucleus"). Then he developed and applied the method of "correlated basis functions" to strongly interacting many-particle systems, leading to his 3rd book ("Theory of Quantum Fluids"). Feenberg also had a pedagogical interest in the theory of special relativity and he occasionally published on the topic. He was a modest man, who cared deeply for his students.

Kümmel Award:
This prize (established in 2007) is awarded by the Advisory Committee of the series of Int. Conf. on Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories to young physicists whose published work is a significant contribution to quantum many-body theory.
Hermann Kümmel (1922-) developed the Coupled-Cluster Method that contributed substantially to the understanding of challenging problems in condensed matter physics, atomic and molecular physics, nuclear physics, and subnuclear physics/quantum field theory (see Physics Today, March 1987). H. Kümmel finished his Ph.D. 1953 at the FU Berlin. 1969 he became professor at the Ruhr University Bochum, where he is presently Prof.em.; he was a leader in the field and a mentor for younger generations.

The APS Fellowship
is an honor awarded by the American Physical Society.

The Miller Research Fellowship
provides individuals of outstanding talent with the opportunity to pursue their research in Berkeley.
A.C. Miller (1866-1957), professor of economics, founded the Miller Institute at the University of California, Berkeley.

Macke Prize:
Awarded by the Macke Sholarship Foundation this prize honors the best 1-3 diploma theses of the year.
Wilhelm Macke (1920-1994) pioneered partial summation methods in many body physics. Founder of physics at JKU Linz he was a particularily gifted teacher.

Erwin Wenzel Prize:
This prize is awarded for excellent diploma and Ph.D. theses of the JKU Linz.
Erwin Wenzel (1921-2005) was governor of Upper Austria.