Genzel Prize 2023

Within the scope of the solid state physics conference LEES 2023 (Low Energy Electrodynamics in Solids) in Sankt Pölten (Austria), the Ludwig-Genzel-Prize was awarded to Professor Ana Akrap. The Ludwig-Genzel-Prize is awarded biyearly for exceptional contributions to the field of condensed-matter spectroscopy. Bruker Optics GmbH & Co. KG (Ettlingen) is exclusively funding this award since almost 20 years.

Professor Ana Akrap has exceptional contributions to the physics of quantum materials obtained via infrared spectroscopy in high magnetic fields and at high pressures. She has been using infrared spectroscopy as her main experimental technique to study the electronic and lattice-dynamical properties of various condensed-matter systems. Of particular importance are her contributions to the understanding of the iron-based superconductors and of various low-dimensional correlated materials. More recently she has put her focus on the optical properties of topological insulators and semimetals. Here, she has performed seminal work that has helped us to understand important aspects of the band structure and the free carrier dynamics of Weyl and Dirac semimetals. Ana Akrap continuously pushes the experimental limits by performing her low-temperature spectroscopic experiments under extreme conditions.

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