George E. Pake Prize

official
Organizer
American Physical Society
Why it counts
Awarded by the American Physical Society (APS) since 1984 (annually until 2018, biennially in even-numbered years since), endowed by Xerox Corporation in honor of George E. Pake, recognizing outstanding work combining original research accomplishments with leadership in the management of industrial research and development
Held
biennial, biennial (even years); recipient announced by the APS in October of the preceding year, presented at the APS March Meeting / Global Physics Summit in March; year = prize year

Reigning winners

Pake Prize recipient · 2026

YearPake Prize recipient
2026 Jay Gambetta
2024 Chih-Yuan Lu
2017 Tze-Chiang Chen
2016 Robert Doering
2015 Thomas N. Theis