Prof. Stuart Parkin

Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics Halle, Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Stuart Parkin received his B.A. in Physics and Theoretical Physics in 1977 and his Ph.D. in 1980 from the University of Cambridge, UK. Parkin is an elected Fellow or Member of: the Royal Society (London), Royal Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, German National Academy of Science – Leopoldina, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Indian Academy of Sciences, and TWAS – the academy of sciences for the developing world.

Parkin’s awards include the Materials Research Society Inaugural Outstanding Young Investigator Award (1991); American Physical Society International Prize for New Materials (1994); Europhysics Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Solid State Physics (1997); IUPAP Magnetism Prize and Néel Medal (2009); von Hippel Award – Materials Research Society (2012); Swan Medal – Institute of Physics, London (2013); Alexander von Humboldt Professorship – International Award for Research (2014); Millennium Technology Award (2014); ERC Advanced Grant – SORBET (2015); King Faisal Prize for Science (2021); ERC Advanced Grant – SUPERMINT (2022); the 2024 APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research; and the 2024 Charles Stark Draper Prize of the National Academy of Engineering. Parkin has received 4 honorary doctorates. He was named a Highly Cited Researcher for the years 2018–2025 and a Citation Laureate™ for 2023 by Clarivate.