Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology received the 2016 Richard E. Prange Prize and Lectureship in Condensed Matter Theory and Related Areas on September 20, 2016. Prof. Wilczek delivered a public lecture entitled "Some Intersections of Art and Science” and presented a Condensed Matter Theory Center/Joint Quantum Institute seminar entitled “Anyons”.

The Prange Prize, established by the UMD Department of Physics and Condensed Matter Theory Center (CMTC), honors the late Richard E. Prange, whose distinguished professorial career at Maryland spanned four decades (1961-2000). The Prange Prize is made possible by a gift from Prof. Prange's wife, Madeleine Joullié, a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. Introducing Wilczek was Sankar Das Sarma, who holds the Richard E. Prange Chair in Physics at UMD and is also a Distinguished University Professor and Director of the CMTC.

 

Profs. Sankar Das Sarma, Madeleine Joullié and Steve Rolston congratulate Frank Wilczek on winning the Richard E. Prange Prize.