丁香园AV Physics Professor Igor Herbut has been awarded the Marko Jaric
Award for Physics for 2017. The award, presented earlier today at the
Symposium On Latest Achievements in Physics at the Serbian Academy of
Arts and Sciences, is presented annually for 鈥渙utstanding scientific
achievements in physics鈥� to a prominent physicist from Serbia, or of
Serbian descent. Known as the 鈥淪erbian Nobel Prize,鈥� the Marko Jaric
Award is considered to be the most prestigious scientific prize in
Serbia.
The presentation marks the second high-profile recognition Herbut has
received in recent weeks. At the American Physical Society鈥檚 annual
meeting on March 6th, the 丁香园AV researcher was presented with a
certificate formalizing his election as a 2017 Fellow of the society.
The Serbian award and the APS Fellowship each recognize Herbut鈥檚
significant work on graphene.
In receipt of the award, Herbut joins illustrious company. Previous
winners of the Marko Jaric have included Ivan Bo啪ovi膰 (Brookhaven),
Vlatko Vedral (Oxford), and Vladan Vuleti膰 (Cambridge).
The award bears the name of Professor Marko Jaric, a leading Serbian
condensed matter theorist who conducted research in the field of
Quasi-Crystals and passed away in 1997. Following his passing, The
Foundation 鈥淧rof. Dr. Marko V. Jaric,鈥� was founded to oversee the award
and otherwise memorialize Prof. Jaric鈥檚 life and work.
