Awards

The Sturge Prize
The International Advisory Committee (IAC) of the International Conference on Dynamical Processes in Excited States of Solids (DPC) met in August 2003 in Christchurch, New Zealand on the occasion of the 14th convocation of these meetings and voted unanimously to establish a prize to be awarded in future DPC’s in honor of Professor Michael D. Sturge who passed away in 2003.

Professor Sturge made significant contributions to our understanding in many areas of the optical properties of the condensed phases and exercised foresight and leadership in establishing the Journal of Luminescence as the premier depository of spectroscopic properties of the solid state. He had a continuing and deep seated concern for the welfare of young students which he demonstrated amply during his tenure at Dartmouth College. For these reasons, the IAC established a prize in his honor which would recognize contributions made by researchers in the field of Condensed Matter Spectroscopy who are in the initial phases of their scientific careers.

Previous Sturge Prize winners:
DPC 2005: Irene Georgakoudi
DPC 2007: Angel Garcia Adeva
DPC 2010: Thierry Chaneliere
DPC 2013: Richard Hildner
DPC 2016: Haiming Zhu
DPC 2019: Jiajia Zhou
DPC 2022: Renren Deng

Eligible nominees are researchers who are in the initial phase of their scientific career (including postdoctoral fellows) in the field of condensed matter spectroscopy, including experimental and theoretical studies of excited-state dynamics in solids.

Nominations should consist of a letter of citation, a copy of the nominee’s curriculum vitae and  one letter of endorsement by people acquainted with the nominee’s contributions. 

The deadline of submitting nominations for the DPC’25 Sturge Prize is June 16, 2025, and the winner will be announced by July 1, 2025.

Please send your application to Prof. Mike Reid (Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, mike.reid@canterbury.ac.nz), who is the chair of the Prize Committee.

The Sturge Prize Committee:

Mike Reid – Chair – University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Daniel M. Boye – Davidson College, Davidson, United States
Tsing-hua Her – University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, United States
Jiajia Zhou – University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Best Poster Prize

Following the successful establishment of the Best Poster Prize in DPC’05, the best posters presented at DPC’25 will be rewarded. The prize aims to encourage the graduate students, post-docs, and junior scientists to devote their future research to the field of excited-state dynamics. The best poster prize nomination committee will select up to 5 winners for this prize based on the scientific content, clarity of “in situ” presentation, and artistic lay-out.