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The Prix Schläfli, awarded by the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT), is one of the oldest prizes in Switzerland and rewards outstanding dissertations in the natural sciences since 1866. Bestowed every three years, the Prix Schläfli in Physics goes this year to advances in the control of ferroelectric order using light.

Professor Nicola Spaldin, head of the Materials Theory group and a pioneer in multiferroic materials, will receive the prestigious Carus Medal from the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.