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1975
|Kenneth G. Wilson[{{Cite report |last1=Ruskin |first1=H. |last2=Cherry |first2=R. |date=1977-12-14 |title=IUPAP Conference on Statistical Physics (13th). |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA050790 |language=en |pages=2}}]
|Cornell University
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1977
|Ryogo Kubo
|University of Tokyo
|"his work in the field of fluctuation theory." |
1980
|Rodney J. Baxter[{{Cite journal |last=Pearce |first=Paul A |date=2016-10-14 |title=Hard hexagons, hard squares and hard mathematics |url=https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1751-8113/49/41/411003 |journal=Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical |volume=49 |issue=41 |pages=411003 |bibcode=2016JPhA...49O1003P |doi=10.1088/1751-8113/49/41/411003 |issn=1751-8113 |s2cid=125201916}}][{{Cite journal |date=2001 |title=Preface [Journal of Statistical Physics volume 102, pages 373–374 (2001)] |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1023/A:1017317713287 |journal=Journal of Statistical Physics |volume=102 |issue=3/4 |pages=373–374 |doi=10.1023/A:1017317713287}}]
|Australian National University
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1983
|Michael E. Fisher[{{Cite journal |last=Fisher |first=Michael E. |year=1984 |title=Walks, walls, wetting, and melting |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/BF01009436 |journal=Journal of Statistical Physics |language=en |volume=34 |issue=5–6 |pages=667–729 |bibcode=1984JSP....34..667F |doi=10.1007/BF01009436 |issn=0022-4715 |s2cid=122975700}}]
|University of Maryland, College Park
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rowspan="2" |1986
|David Ruelle[{{Cite journal |last=Khanin |first=Konstantin |year=2017 |title=Mathematical Journey of Yakov Sinai |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10955-016-1668-8 |journal=Journal of Statistical Physics |language=en |volume=166 |issue=3–4 |pages=463–466 |bibcode=2017JSP...166..463K |doi=10.1007/s10955-016-1668-8 |issn=0022-4715 |s2cid=126102547}}]
|Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques
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Yakov G. Sinai
|Moscow State University
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1989
|Leo Kadanoff[{{Cite journal |last=Brenner |first=Michael P. |year=2016 |title=Leo Philip Kadanoff |journal=Physics Today |volume=69 |issue=4 |pages=69–70 |bibcode=2016PhT....69d..69B |doi=10.1063/PT.3.3146 |doi-access=free}}]
|University of Chicago
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rowspan="2" |1992
|Joel Lebowitz[{{Cite journal |year=1992 |title=Lebowitz and Parisi are Boltzmann Medalists |url=http://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.2809888 |journal=Physics Today |language=en |volume=45 |issue=11 |pages=104 |bibcode=1992PhT....45k.104. |doi=10.1063/1.2809888 |issn=0031-9228}}]
|Rutgers University
|"his many important contributions to equilibrium and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics and for his leadership role in the statistical physics community." |
Giorgio Parisi
|Sapienza University of Rome
|"his fundamental contributions to statistical physics, and particularly for his solution of the mean field theory of spin glasses." |
1995
|Sam F. Edwards[{{Cite journal |last=Goldenfeld |first=Nigel |date=2016-01-05 |title=Samuel Frederick Edwards: Founder of modern polymer and soft matter theory |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |language=en |volume=113 |issue=1 |pages=10–11 |bibcode=2016PNAS..113...10G |doi=10.1073/pnas.1523001113 |issn=0027-8424 |pmc=4711878 |pmid=26699498 |doi-access=free}}]
|University of Cambridge
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rowspan="2" |1998
|Elliott Lieb[{{Cite journal |last1=Loring |first1=Roger F. |last2=Koga |first2=Kenichiro |last3=Ben-Amotz |first3=Dor |date=2018-04-05 |title=Tribute to Benjamin Widom |url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b00129 |journal=The Journal of Physical Chemistry B |language=en |volume=122 |issue=13 |pages=3203–3205 |doi=10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b00129 |issn=1520-6106 |pmid=29618212}}]
|Princeton University
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Benjamin Widom
|Cornell University
|"his illuminating studies of the statistical mechanics of fluids and fluid mixtures and their interfacial properties, especially his clear and general formulation of scaling hypotheses for the equation of state and surface tensions of fluids near critical points." |
rowspan="2" |2001
|Berni Alder[{{Cite journal |year=2001 |title=Alder, Kawasaki Named This Year's Boltzmann Medalists |journal=Physics Today |language=en |volume=54 |issue=6 |pages=73 |bibcode=2001PhT....54S..73. |doi=10.1063/1.1387602 |issn=0031-9228 |doi-access=free}}]
|University of California at Davis
|“inventing the technique of molecular dynamics simulation and showing that with such ‘computer experiments’ important discoveries in the field of statistical mechanics can be made, in particular the melting/crystallization transition of hard spheres and the long-time decay of autocorrelation functions in fluids.” |
Kyozi Kawasaki
|Chubu University
|“contribution to our understanding of dynamic phenomena in condensed matter systems, in particular the mode-coupling theory of fluids near criticality, and nonlinear problems, such as critical phenomena in sheared fluids and phase separation kinetics." |
rowspan="2" |2004
|E.G.D. Cohen[{{Cite journal |year=2004 |title=Cohen, Stanley Win Boltzmann Medals |url=http://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.2408583 |journal=Physics Today |language=en |volume=57 |issue=7 |pages=73 |doi=10.1063/1.2408583 |issn=0031-9228}}]
|Rockefeller University
|“fundamental contributions to nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, including the development of a theory of transport phenomena in dense gases, and the characterization of measures and fluctuations in non-equilibrium stationary states.” |
H. Eugene Stanley[{{Cite journal |last=Tsallis |first=Constantino |date=2020-10-15 |title=Retirement of Prof. H. Eugene Stanley as Main Editor of Physica A/Elsevier |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0378437120304325 |journal=Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications |language=en |volume=556 |pages=124834 |bibcode=2020PhyA..55624834T |doi=10.1016/j.physa.2020.124834 |s2cid=225697874}}]
|Boston University
|"influential contributions to several areas of statistical physics, including the theory of phase transitions and critical phenomena in spin systems and the percolation problem, and the application of these ideas to interpret the anomalous properties of liquid water." |
rowspan="2" |2007
|Kurt Binder[{{Cite journal |last=Mareschal |first=Michel |date=2019-07-09 |title=From Varenna (1970) to Como (1995): Kurt Binder's long walk in the land of criticality |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1140/epjh/e2019-100016-3 |journal=The European Physical Journal H |language=en |volume=44 |issue=2 |pages=161–179 |bibcode=2019EPJH...44..161M |doi=10.1140/epjh/e2019-100016-3 |issn=2102-6459 |s2cid=198440745}}]
|University of Mainz
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Giovanni Gallavotti[{{Cite web |title=Statphys 23 - Boltzmann Medal |url=http://www.statphys23.org/boltzmann_medal.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060706174906/http://www.statphys23.org/boltzmann_medal.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 6, 2006 |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=www.statphys23.org}}]
|Sapienza University of Rome
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rowspan="2" |2010
|John Cardy[{{Cite journal |last=Cardy |first=John |date=2010-10-07 |title=The ubiquitous ' c ': from the Stefan–Boltzmann law to quantum information |url=https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-5468/2010/10/P10004 |journal=Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment |volume=2010 |issue=10 |pages=P10004 |arxiv=1008.2331 |bibcode=2010JSMTE..10..004C |doi=10.1088/1742-5468/2010/10/P10004 |issn=1742-5468 |s2cid=119105135}}]
|University of Oxford
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Bernard Derrida[{{Cite web |last=statphys.sissa |title=Boltzmann medal {{!}} Statistical Physics @ Trieste |url=https://www.statphys.sissa.it/wordpress/?p=96 |access-date=2022-06-23 |language=en-US}}]
|École Normale Supérieure
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rowspan="2" |2013
|Giovanni Jona-Lasinio[{{Cite web |title=STATPHYS25 |url=http://www.statphys25.org/sub06_1.htm |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=www.statphys25.org}}]
|Sapienza University of Rome
|"his seminal contributions to spontaneous symmetry breaking in particle physics and the theory of non-equilibrium fluctuations." |
Harry Swinney
|University of Texas at Austin
|"his ingenious and challenging experiments which have had a large impact on many areas of statistical physics." |
rowspan="2" |2016
|Daan Frenkel[{{Cite journal |last1=Frenkel |first1=Daan |last2=Louët |first2=Sabine |date=2016-06-28 |title=Interview with Daan Frenkel, Boltzmann Medallist 2016: Simulating soft matter through the lens of statistical mechanics |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1140/epje/i2016-16068-7 |journal=The European Physical Journal E |language=en |volume=39 |issue=6 |pages=68 |doi=10.1140/epje/i2016-16068-7 |issn=1292-8941 |pmid=27349557 |s2cid=45142053}}]
|University of Cambridge
|"seminal contributions to the statistical-mechanical understanding of the kinetics, self-assembly and phase behaviour of soft matter." |
Yves Pomeau[{{Cite journal |last1=Pomeau |first1=Yves |last2=Louët |first2=Sabine |date=2016-06-28 |title=Interview with Yves Pomeau, Boltzmann Medallist 2016: The universality of statistical physics interpretation is ever more obvious |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1140/epje/i2016-16067-8 |journal=The European Physical Journal E |language=en |volume=39 |issue=6 |pages=67 |doi=10.1140/epje/i2016-16067-8 |issn=1292-8941 |pmid=27349556 |s2cid=25538225}}]
|University of Arizona and École Normale Supérieure
|"key contributions to the Statistical Physics of non-equilibrium phenomena in general. And, in particular, for developing our modern understanding of fluid mechanics, instabilities, pattern formation and chaos." |
2019
|Herbert Spohn[{{Cite web |title=Boltzmann Medal for Herbert Spohn |url=https://www.tum.de/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/detail/35565 |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=TUM |language=de}}]
|Technical University Munich
|"his wide-ranging and highly influential work in non-equilibrium statistical physics."[{{Cite web |title=StatPhys 27 — International Conference on Statistical Physics |url=https://statphys27.df.uba.ar/boltzmann.html |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=statphys27.df.uba.ar}}] |
rowspan="2" |2022
|Deepak Dhar[{{Cite news |last=Desikan |first=Shubashree |date=2022-03-05 |title=Deepak Dhar and John J. Hopfield chosen for the Boltzmann medal |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/deepak-dhar-and-john-j-hopfield-chosen-for-the-boltzmann-medal/article65192794.ece |access-date=2022-06-23 |issn=0971-751X}}]
|Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
|"his seminal contributions in the field of statistical physics, including exact solutions of self-organised criticality models, interfacial growth, universal long-time relaxation in disordered magnetic systems, exact solutions in percolation and cluster counting problems and definition of spectral dimension of fractals." |
John J. Hopfield
|Princeton University
|"extending the boundaries of statistical physics to encompass the phenomena of life, from kinetic proofreading in the transmission of information at the molecular level to the dynamics of neural networks creating a new language for thinking about computation in the brain." |
rowspan="2" |2025
|Mehran Kardar[{{Cite web |title=STATPHYS29 |url=https://statphys29.org/boltzmann-medal}}]
|MIT
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Yoshiki Kuramoto
|Kyoto University
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