| 2021 |  |
Daniel Gall
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), USA |
For seminal contributions to furthering the understanding of thin film growth of transition metal nitrides and their electronic, optical, mechanical, and tribological properties |
| 2020 |  |
Jochen Schneider
RWTH Aachen University, Germany |
For seminal contributions to the quantum mechanically guided design of coating materials |