Physics:Lorentz Medal

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Lorentz Medal is a distinction awarded every four years by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. It was established in 1925 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the doctorate of Hendrik Lorentz. The medal is given for important contributions to theoretical physics, though in the past there have been some experimentalists among its recipients. The 2025 prize was anticipated by one year to celebrate the centennial.[1]

The first winner, Max Planck, was personally selected by Lorentz.[2] Eleven of the 25 award winners later received a Nobel Prize. The Lorentz medal is ranked fifth in a list of most prestigious international academic awards in physics.[3]

Recipients

Year Recipients
2025 Charles L. Kane[4][5][6]
2022 Daan Frenkel[7][8]
2018 Juan M. Maldacena[9][10]
2014 Michael Berry[11][12]
2010 Edward Witten[13][14]
2006 Leo P. Kadanoff[15][16]
2002 Frank Wilczek[17]
1998 Carl E. Wieman and Eric A. Cornell
1994 Alexander Polyakov[18]
1990 Pierre-Gilles de Gennes[19]
1986 Gerard 't Hooft[20]
1982 Anatole Abragam[21]
1978 Nicolaas Bloembergen[22]
1974 John H. van Vleck[23]
1970 George Uhlenbeck[24]
1966 Freeman J. Dyson
1962 Rudolf E. Peierls[25]
1958 Lars Onsager[26]
1953 Fritz London[27]
1947 Hendrik A. Kramers[28]
1939 Arnold Sommerfeld[29]
1935 Peter Debye[30]
1931 Wolfgang Pauli[31][32]
1927 Max Planck

See also

References

  1. ↑ 100 Years of Spin and Lorentz Medal Award Ceremony, https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025/09/lion-symposium-11-dec-2025 
  2. ↑ Berends, Frits; van Delft, Dirk (2019) (in Dutch). Lorentz, Gevierd Wetenschapper, Geboren Verzoener. Prometheus. p. 549. ISBN 9789044642667. 
  3. ↑ Meho, Lokman I. (2020). "Highly prestigious international academic awards and their impact on university rankings". Quantitative Science Studies 1 (2): 824–848. doi:10.1162/qss_a_00045. 
  4. ↑ University of Pennsylvania press release, https://pan-school.sas.upenn.edu/news/charles-kane-receive-2026-lorentz-medal#:~:text=Charles%20Kane%2C%20Christopher%20H.,groundbreaking%20contributions%20to%20theoretical%20physics. 
  5. ↑ KNAW press release, https://www.knaw.nl/en/news/lorentz-medal-awarded-physicist-charles-kane 
  6. ↑ "Uitreiking Lorentzmedaille aan natuurkundige Charles Kane - KNAW" (in nl). https://knaw.nl/bijeenkomsten/uitreiking-lorentzmedaille-aan-natuurkundige-charles-kane. 
  7. ↑ KNAW press release, https://www.knaw.nl/en/news/lorentz-medal-awarded-physicist-daan-frenkel 
  8. ↑ Cambridge University press release, https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/awards/professor-daan-frenkel-awarded-lorentz-medal 
  9. ↑ KNAW press release, https://knaw.nl/en/news/news/lorentz-medal-awarded-to-physicist-juan-martin-maldacena 
  10. ↑ IAS press release, 28 March 2018, https://www.ias.edu/news/2018/maldacena-lorentz 
  11. ↑ KNAW press release, https://www.knaw.nl/en/news/news/lorentz-medal-for-sir-michael-berry 
  12. ↑ Bristol University press release, https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2014/december/lorentz-medal-sir-michael-berry.html 
  13. ↑ KNAW press release, https://knaw.nl/en/news/news/lorentzmedaille-knaw-voor-edward-witten 
  14. ↑ IAS press release, 29 June 2010, https://www.ias.edu/news/edward-witten-awarded-lorentz-and-newton-medals 
  15. ↑ KNAW press release, https://www.knaw.nl/en/awards/laureates/lorentzmedaille/lorentzmedaille-2006-voor-leo-kadanoff 
  16. ↑ APS press release, https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200612/kadanoff.cfm 
  17. ↑ KNAW press release, https://www.knaw.nl/en/awards/laureates/lorentzmedaille/lorentzmedaille-2002-voor-amerikaanse-fysicus 
  18. ↑ Princeton University biography, https://dof.princeton.edu/people/alexander-polyakov 
  19. ↑ Nobel prize bio, https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1991/gennes/biographical/ 
  20. ↑ Utrecht University biography, https://webspace.science.uu.nl/~hooft101/cv.html 
  21. ↑ College de France biography, https://www.college-de-france.fr/en/chair/anatole-abragam-nuclear-magnetism-statutory-chair/biography 
  22. ↑ Nobel prize bio, https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1981/bloembergen/biographical/ 
  23. ↑ Nobel prize bio, https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1977/vleck/biographical/ 
  24. ↑ IAS biography, https://www.ias.edu/scholars/george-eugene-uhlenbeck 
  25. ↑ IAS biography, https://www.ias.edu/scholars/rudolf-ernst-peierls 
  26. ↑ Nobel prize bio, https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1968/onsager/biographical/ 
  27. ↑ AIP biography, https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/online/9332/Fritz-London 
  28. ↑ DNBL biography, https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_jaa003195201_01/_jaa003195201_01_0013.php 
  29. ↑ AIP biography, https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/online/5883/Arnold-Sommerfeld 
  30. ↑ Nobel prize bio, https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1936/debye/biographical/ 
  31. ↑ Nobel prize bio, https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1945/pauli/biographical/ 
  32. ↑ Eyewitness account of the 1931 award ceremony by H.B.G. Casimir, https://www.lorentz.leidenuniv.nl/lorentzmedal/lorentzmedal1931/pauli.html 



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