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EMA Awards

In 2019, the European Magnetism Association (EMA) established two awards. The Young Scientist Award is awarded every year to a young scientist, for theoretical or experimental work performed mostly in Europe, in fields of fundamental or applied magnetism. The Dominique Givord Award for Advancing Magnetism in Europe is awarded every three years to an excellent Scientist (or scientists), who has significantly helped to push forward magnetism research and the magnetism community in Europe.

Results for the 2026 EMA awards

The 2026 Young Scientist Award goes to Talieh Ghiasi for her pioneering experiments in proximity-induced magnetism and topological quantum spin transport in graphene, advancing two-dimensional platforms for integrating spin-based computation and magnetic memory.

The 2026 Dominique Givord Award goes to Burkard Hillebrands for his pioneering contributions to the field of spin dynamics, particularly in magnonics, alongside his dedicated leadership and influential and deeply supportive presence within the magnetism community.

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The Young Scientist Award

The Young Scientist Award is awarded every year to a young scientist, for theoretical or experimental work performed mostly in Europe, in fields of fundamental or applied magnetism. The nominated candidate must have defended the doctorate no more than five years before the nomination date, with allowances for military service and parental leave. Candidates at a previous call can be nominated again, if not previously awarded.

The award consists of a certificate, a medal, a monetary award of €2,000, an invitation to the next JEMS to attend the award ceremony and present a plenary talk, and a travel allowance of €500 for that purpose. The awardee will be selected by a committee composed of the members of the EMA General Council. Nominations may be made by anyone interested in the field of magnetism. Nominations for female candidates are encouraged.

  • 2026: Talieh Ghiasi for her pioneering experiments in proximity-induced magnetism and topological quantum spin transport in graphene, advancing two-dimensional platforms for integrating spin-based computation and magnetic memory. [See the news]
  • 2025: Johanna Fischer for her outstanding contributions to the field of magnetism, ranging from multiferroics to magnetic skyrmions and their application as sensors. [See the news and her presentation]
  • 2024: Alvaro Martín Gallo Cordova for his contributions aimed at bridging the gap between fundamental magnetism and impactful industrial applications, collaborating with private and public entities. [See the news and his presentation]
  • 2023: Samuel Mañas-Valero for his groundbreaking contributions to molecular magnetism in the two-dimensional limit, isolating 2D molecule-based magnets, and 2D hybrid heterostructures combining molecular spin-crossover layers and inorganic 2D materials. [See news and existing EMA Early-career seminar 2023]
  • 2022: Jan Masell, for his ground-breaking theoretical studies on the stabilisation, dynamics, and potential applications of topological magnetic textures and related novel transport phenomena, his innovative contributions to more efficient numerical micromagnetics, and his continuous collaboration with experimentalists on a broad international level. [See the news and his presentation]
  • 2021: Libor Šmejkal, for ground-breaking theoretical predictions of novel spin-splitting mechanisms and antiferromagnetic Hall effect in collinear antiferromagnets, which have ignited the emergent field of topological antiferromagnetic spintronics. [See the news and his presentation]
  • 2020: Claire Donnelly, for advances in the experimental characterisation of spin textures and their dynamics in three dimensions with X-ray techniques. [See the news and her presentation]

Dominique Givord Award

The Dominique Givord Award for Advancing Magnetism in Europe is awarded every three years to an outstanding Scientist (or scientists), who has significantly helped to push forward magnetism research and the magnetism community in Europe.

The award consists of a certificate, a medal, a monetary award of €3,000, an invitation to the next JEMS to attend the award ceremony and present a plenary talk, and a travel allowance of €500 for that purpose. The awardee will be selected by a committee composed of the members of the EMA General Council. Nominations may be made by anyone interested in the field of magnetism. Nominations for female candidates are encouraged.

Candidates at a previous call can be nominated again if not previously awarded. Current members of the EMA General Council are ineligible for nomination.

  • 2026: Burkard Hillebrands for his pioneering contributions to the field of spin dynamics, particularly in magnonics, alongside his dedicated leadership and influential and deeply supportive presence within the magnetism community. [See the news]
  • 2023: Oliver Gutfleisch for mastery of hysteresis of magnetic materials for energy efficient technologies, including permanent magnets and magnetocaloric materials, making magnetism based energy conversion sustainable. [See the news and the existing 2021 EMA plenary lecture]
  • 2020: Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, for advancing the field of single molecule magnets, magnetization tunnelling and molecular spintronics. [See the news and his presentation]

Nominations and evaluation

The call for nominations and the selection process are under the responsibility of the EMA Officer for Awards, currently Jeffrey McCord. A call is launched yearly, during the Fall. The selection process is conducted by a committee chaired by Jeffrey McCord, composed of selected members of the General Council of EMA.

EMA awards 2020 photo

Awardees Presentation

The presentation given by the awardees during the JEMS conferences can be found on this page.

News about EMA awards

Here you can find all calls and results of EMA awards since their first edition in 2020.