Jörg Schmalian

Jörg Schmalian received his doctoral degree in 1993 at the Freie University in Berlin. He has contributed more than 200 scholarly articles to the peer reviewed literature. At the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) his research group works on strongly correlated electron systems, quantum transport, and complex quantum matter such as unconventional superconductivity. Prior to moving to Karlsruhe in 2011, he was a full professor at Iowa State University and Senior Scientist at the Department of Energy Ames Laboratory. Schmalian serves on a number of international advisory boards, has co-organized numerous international conferences, workshops and schools, and has been honored by several awards, including a fellowship from the American Physical Society, the 2022 John Bardeen Prize for superconductivity theory, the 2023 Dresden Physics Award, and teaching awards at Iowa State University and KIT. He is a member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences. Beyond physics he enjoys classical music, hiking and riding a road bike in the Black Forest, as well as rowing in Karlsruhe’s Rhine harbor.