Anton Oed prize

It was Anton Oed, at the end of the 80s, who first introduced MicroStrip Gas Chambers to detect neutrons at the ILL. This led to the development of the highly successful MicroPattern Gas Detectors - MPGDs - which brought decisive improvements to detector technology. 

Anton Oed passed away on 30 September 2018; he was a passionate inventor and remains a source of inspiration for many of us today. The ILL would therefore like to honour his memory, whilst encouraging the development of detector techniques for scientific applications. The Anton Oed Prize, of a lump sum 1000 €, will be awarded on Thursday 9 May 2019 at the MPGD conference in La Rochelle. The aim is to reward a major contribution in the development of MPGDs by a scientist presently active in the field.  

We are now inviting anyone interested in proposing one or several candidates for the prize to send an email to oedprize@remove-this.ill.fr with a few lines of explanation in support of the choice.

The deadline for submitting the names is 9 April 2019. The panel will meet shortly after this date to select the laureate, who will need to be informed sufficiently in advance of the MPGD conference.