Prize Talks

With its awards, the DPG honours outstanding scientific achievements in the field of physics in a special way.

With these awards we document respect and admiration for the work of the prize winners and at the same time contribute to making special achievements in physics known.

The following prize winners will give their prize talks at the DPG Spring Meeting:

  • Max-Planck-Medal 2026
    Kurt Kremer
    Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
  • Stern-Gerlach-Medal 2026
    Andrea Cavalleri
    Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg, Germany / University of Oxford, Great Britain
  • Walter-Schottky-Prize 2026
    Marcel Reutzel
    University of Göttingen, Germany / Marburg University, Germany
  • Gaede-Prize 2026
    Anna Roslawska
    Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany
  • Hertha-Sponer-Prize 2026
    Maria Azhar
    University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
  • Georg-Kerschensteiner-Prize 2026
    Herbert Dreiner
    University of Bonn, Germany
  • Max-Born-Prize 2026
    Roderich Moessner
    Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany

Details and abstracts of the presentations can be found in the electronic conference programme as soon as it is published.