Stuart Parkin is a Professor at the Institute of Physics of the Martin-Luther-University at Halle-Wittenberg where he develops and shapes the field of material sciences, and applied spintronics specifically. Considered a pioneer in the science and application of spintronic materials, he has made crucial discoveries in the behaviour of thin-film magnetic structures leading to the increased data density and capacity of hard drives.
Dr. Parkin has received numerous honours including the Gutenberg Research Award, the Humboldt Research Award, the American Institute of Physics Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics, the European Physical Society’s Europhysics Prize, and the American Physical Society’s International New Materials Prize. Named the first “Innovator of the Year” by R&D Magazine in 2001, he received the “No Boundaries” Award for Innovation from The Economist in 2007. A corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland, Dr. Parkin received the Millennium Technology Prize for his work on spintronic materials.
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