Photo © Zhe Wang
Due to the Corona pandemic, this year´s EMFL award ceremony took place less festive as usual. This time, Dr. Zhe Wang, junior group leader at the University of Cologne, had the honor to receive the prize. Due to the unusual circumstances, Jochen Wosnitza, Director of the Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory and chair of the prize committee, was forced to hand over the award via mail.
Dr. Zhe Wang received the award for his pioneering work in the field of quantum magnetism, in particular for the experimental detection of Bethe strings using terahertz spectroscopy at very high magnetic fields. The German Physical Society had previously nominated him as laureate for the Walter Schottky prize 2020 for his contributions to the field of solid-state physics. Due to the pandemic and oddly enough, this award ceremony got affected as well and had to be postponed to a later date.
Since 2009, the EMFL members award annually the EMFL prize for exceptional achievements in science done in high magnetic fields.
