 | ANTON ZEILINGER |
Foreign member
Department of Mathematics, Physics and Geoscience
Membership of SASA
Foreign member since 2 November 2006
Field of study
Quantum physics, neutron physics and solid-state physics
Education
BSc, PhD (1971) in physics and mathematics; habilitation (1979) Vienna University of Technology
Career
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (МIT), associate professor (1981‒1983); University of Vienna, associate professor (1983‒1990); Technical University Munich, professor (1988‒1989); University of Innsbruck, professor (1990‒1999); University of Vienna, professor (1999‒); Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information( IQQQI), Austrian Academy of Sciences, senior scientist
Membership of other academies
Austrian Academy of Sciences, corresponding member (1994); full member (1998); Leopoldina German National Academy of Sciences (2005); Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (2002);
Awards and recognitions
Wolf-Prize in Physics (2010);
Isaac Newton Medal (2007);
Honorary Doctor, Humboldt University Berlin (2005);
King Faisal Prize, King Faisal Foundation, Saudi Arabia (2005);
Lorenz-Oken-Medal, Society of German Researchers and Physicians (GDNÄ), (2004);
Klopsteg Memorial Award, American Association of Physics Teachers (2004);
Sartorius Prize, Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany (2003);
Senior Humboldt Fellow Prize, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2000);
European Optics Prize, European Optical Society (1997);
‘Prix Vinci d’Excellence’, LVMH Fondation, Paris, France, (1995)
Johannes Kepler Prize, Austria (2002);
Austrian Cross for Services Rendered to Sciences and the Arts (2001);
Erwin Wenzl Prize, Austria (2001);
Science Prize, City of Vienna (2000);
Austrian Scientist of the Year (1996);
Prize of the Theodor Körner Foundation, Vienna (1980)