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Year
1998
Subject
Chemistry
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California
Citation
For his application of ultrafast lasers to probe chemical reactions contributing to the formation of a new field of research called "femtochemistry."
Year
2015
Subject
Physics
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Stanford University │ Stanford, California
Citation
With Charles Kane and Eugene Mele, for their groundbreaking theoretical contributions leading to the discovery of a new class of materials called topological insulators, and for their prediction of specific compounds exhibiting the novel properties expected of these new materials.
Year
2010
Subject
Physics
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck | Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Academy of Sciences | Innsbruck, Austria
Citation
With J. Ignacio Cirac and David Wineland, for their theoretical proposal and experimental realization of the first device that performs elementary computer-logic operations using the quantum properties of individual atoms.
Notes:
- "Franklin" Medals are not the same as "Benjamin Franklin" Medals. The Benjamin Franklin Medal was initiated in 1998 to represent the combined legacies of several historic medals, including the Franklin Medal.
- The Scott Medal is awarded by the City of Philadelphia. Prior to 1920, the Institute's Committee on Science and the Arts selected the medalists and the Scott Medals were presented on Awards Day at The Franklin Institute.
- For more information about The Franklin Institute Awards program, contact the Awards Program Director at awards@fi.edu.