J. G. Bednorz

Dates

May 16, 1950 – present

Authorized Form of Name

Bednorz, J. G. (Johannes Georg), 1950-

Additional Forms of Names

Bednorz, J. Georg, 1950-

Bednorz, Johannes Georg, 1950-

Biography

Abstract

J. Georg Bednorz is a physicist at IMB Zurich Research Laboratory, specializing in superconductivity. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics 1987 along with K. Alex Müller "for their important break-through in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials."

Important Dates

May 16, 1950Birth, Neuenkirchen (Osnabrück, Germany).

1976Obtained Masters degree, University of Munster (Universität Münster), Münster (Germany : Regierungsbezirk).

1982Obtained PhD degree, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule), Zurich (Switzerland).

1982 – presentResearch Staff Member, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Rüschlikon (Switzerland).

1986Awarded Marcel-Benoist Prize, Marcel-Benoist Foundation.

1987Awarded Thirteenth Fritz London Memorial Award, University of California.

1987Awarded Dannie Heineman Prize, Academy of Sciences Göttingen.

1987Awarded Robert Wichard Pohl Prize, German Physical Society.

1987Awarded Viktor Moritz Goldschmidt Prize, German Mineralogical Society.

1987Awarded Otto-Klung Prize, Free University of Berlin.

1987Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics along with K. Alex Müller "for their important break-through in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials".

1988Awarded Hewlett-Packard Europhysics Prize, European Physical Society.

1988Awarded International Prize for New Materials Research of the American Physical Society with K. Alex Müller.

1988Awarded Das Grosse Bundesverdienstkreuz mit Stern und Schulterband, German Federal Republic. “Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany”.

1991Awarded Aldo-Villa Prize with K. Alex Müller, Italian Ceramic Society.

Occupation

Crystallographer.

Places

Subjects

Ceramic materials.

Crystallography.

Electric conductivity.

Relationships

People

Family

Bednorz, Anton

Father.

Bednorz, Elisabeth

Mother.

Bednorz, Mechthild Wennemer

Wife.

Advisors & Collaborators

Gränicher, W. H. (Heini), 1924-2004

PhD avisor at ETH.

Hoffmann, Wolfgang, 1935-

PhD advisor at University of Münster.

Müller, K. A. (Karl A.), 1927-

PhD advisor at ETH; shared Nobel Prize 1987 "for their important break-through in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials;" and co-won numerous awards.

Scheel, Hans J.

Advisor at IBM Zurich Research Laboratory.