Europe Section Alessandro Volta Medal
Basic data of the distinction
Type of award: Research award or other distinction
Awarded by: Electrochemical Society (ECS)
Award given to: Winter, Martin
Announced at: 09/10/2020
Date of awarding: 15/10/2020
Amount of prize money: 2000 USD
About the distinction
Als Begründung für die Auszeichnung von Martin Winter nennt die ECS seine „herausragenden Leistungen auf dem Gebiet fortschrittlicher Batteriematerialien und Zelldesigns sowie seine beispielhafte Führungsrolle in nationalen und internationalen Kooperations- und Forschungsprojekten“.
Link zur Pressemitteilung der Universität Münster: https://www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.php?cmdid=11283
Award winners from the University of Münster
| Winter, Martin |
About the award
The Europe Section Alessandro Volta Medal was established in 1998 to recognize excellence in electrochemistry and solid state science and technology research.The recipient will have made outstanding achievements in either electrochemical science or solid state science and technology based on publications and/or technical contributions to these fields. The award consists of a silver medal and a $2,000 prize. The recipient will be invited to deliver the “Volta Award Lecture” during the designated ECS meeting at which the award is presented, on a subject of major interest to him/her. The speech may relate to the citation of the award or to the individual’s current research activity. Alessandro Volta was an Italian scientist and is internationally recognized as the inventor of electrochemical science and technology. He is credited as the inventor of the electrical battery and as having discovered methane. The SI unit of electric potential, better known as volt, is named after him.
Type of award: Prize for excellent research
Website of the award or committee: https://www.electrochem.org/volta-medal
Zeitraum der Vergabe: since 1998