The 32nd ICDS awards include the Haller prize
and the Corbett prize
The Corbett Prize
The Corbett Prize is named after James W. Corbett who consistently helped and promoted young researchers in the field of defects in semiconductors. The Corbett Prize is given to the best early career researcher(s) at each ICDS. It shall be prominently announced in all conference materials. Candidates should have received their PhD within 5 years of the first day of the conference.
The Haller Prize
The Haller Prize is named after Eugene E. Haller who was a major figure in the semiconductor community and an inspiring mentor for students. The Haller Prize is given to the best graduate student(s) at each ICDS. It shall be prominently announced in all conference materials. Candidates should not yet have received their PhD on January 1 of the year of the conference.
Finalists and winners
Corbett Prize
Brendan McCullian, Cornell (winner)
Fangzhou Zhao, UCSB (winner)
Chitraleema Chakraborty, Univ. Delaware
Ross Kerner, NREL
Yihuang Xiong, Dartmouth
Haller Prize
Sarah Thompson (U. Penn) (winner)
Igor Prozheev (Univ. Helsinki) (winner)
Piyush Kumar (ETH Zurich)
Yujie Liu (Univ. Michigan)
Muhammad Hassan Shaikh (Univ. Delaware)
Zhaojian Xu (Princeton)
Iuliia Zhelezova (Univ. Helsinki)
Previous Corbett prize winners:
2021 (Oslo, Norway):
- Robert Karsthof, Researcher at University of Oslo, Norway (PhD in 2018)
2019 (Seattle, USA):
- Kunal Mukherjee, PhD at University of California, Santa Barbara, USA (PhD in 2014)
- Christian Zimmermann, PhD student at University of Oslo, Norway (PhD in 2020)
2017 (Matsue, Japan):
- Liwen Sang, Independent scientist at NIMS, Japan (PhD in 2010)
- Elena Pascal, PhD student at University of Strathclyde
2015 (Espoo, Finland):
- Thomas Auzelle, scientist at Paul-Drude-Institute in Berlin, Germany (PhD in 2015)
- Jan E. Stehr, assistant prof at Linköping University (PhD in 2011)
2013 (Bologna, Italy):
- Daniel José da Silva, post-doc at KU Leuven (PhD in 2014)
2011 (Nelson, New Zealand):
- Ben Green, research scientist at Element Six, UK (PhD in 2013)
2009 (St Petersburg, Russia):
- Yoshihiro Gohda professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (PhD in 2003)
- Pavel Petrov, senior scientist at Ioffe Institute, Russia (PhD in 2001)
2007 (Albuquerque, USA):
- Fadwa El-Mellouhi, senior scientist at Qatar Energy and Environment Research Institute, Qatar (PhD in 2006)
2005 (Awaji Island, Japan):
- Hannes Raebiger, professor at Yokohama National University, Japan (PhD in 2006)
- Savas Berber, professor at Gebze Technical University, Turkey (PhD in 2004)
- Sukit Limpijumnong, professor at Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand (PhD in 2000)
2003 (Aarhus, Denmark):
- Naoki Fukata, now group leader at NIMS, Japan (PhD in 1998)
2001 (Giessen, Germany):
- Benjamin Hourahine, lecturer at University of Strathclyde (PhD in 2000)
1999 (California, USA):
- Ant Ural, professor at University of Florida (PhD in 2001)
1997 (Aveiro, Portugal):
- Joanne E. Gower, King’s College London
- Tomas Hallberg, Linkoping University, Deputy Research Director at Swedish Defence Research Agency (PhD in 1995)
- Tomi Mattila, Helsinki University of Technology, now Senior Scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (PhD in 1997)
1995 (Sendai, Japan):
- Yasunori Mochizuki, now Vice President for Central Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation (PhD in 1987)
- Kohei M. Itoh, now professor at Keio University, Japan (PhD in 1994)