2012 Dirac Medal

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2012 Dirac Medal

On the occasion of the birthday of P.A.M. Dirac
we take pleasure in announcing that
the 2012 Dirac Medal and Prize
will be awarded to

Professor F. Duncan M. Haldane
Princeton University, USA

Professor Charles L. Kane
University of Pennsylvania, USA

Professor Shoucheng Zhang
Stanford University, USA

The 2012 Dirac Medal and Prize are awarded to F. Duncan M. Haldane
(Princeton University, USA), Charles L. Kane (University of Pennsylvania,
USA) and Shoucheng Zhang (Stanford University, USA) in recognition of
their many important contributions to condensed matter physics, including
their independent work preparing and opening the field of two and three
dimensional topological insulators. Their research and the physical
implications of the concepts and theories they developed have been
instrumental to exciting recent developments in this new area of
experimental and theoretical condensed matter physics.