Short Biography
Prof. Peter Böni (*1955) uses the scattering of neutrons and photons to investigate the static and dynamic properties of magnetic and superconducting materials on an atomic scale in order to understand their macroscopic behaviour and make them usable for technical applications. The main focus of his research is on strongly correlated electron systems near phase transitions and on heterostructures for applications in neutron and xray optics as well as other applications.
After studying physics at ETH Zurich, Prof. P. Böni received his doctorate in 1983 from ETH Zurich in the field of dynamic light scattering. His activities as a scientist took him first to Brookhaven National Laboratory (until 1988) and to the Paul Scherrer Institute, where he held the position of deputy head of the ETH & PSI Neutron Scattering Laboratory. Since 2000, Prof. Böni has been full professor of neutron scattering at TUM. Prof. Böni is a founding member and is chairman of the supervisory board and CEO of SwissNeutronics AG since 1999.
Awards
2021 Walter-Hälg Prize 2021, awarded by the European Neutron Scattering Association (ENSA) for the discovery of topological skyrmions in MnSi and contributions to neutron optics and instrumentation.
2021 MLZ Prize for Instrumentation and scientific use of the Neutron Source FRM II, Technical University of Munich.
2016 Europhysics Prize for Condensed Matter Physics of the European Physical Society for the discovery of topological skyrmions.
1992 IBM Prize of the Swiss Physical Society