Past awards: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017

The I-LAMP Prize recognizes and promotes the best students who have graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences of UCSC with a thesis work on a theme of interest of the I-LAMP Research Center.
The prize is divided in two sections:

• I-LAMP Master graduates award: the prize is awarded to students who have obtained the master's degree in the academic year in which the prize is awarded or in the immediately preceding one, on the recommendation of the members of the I-LAMP steering committee. The assignment criteria refer to the exceptional nature of the student's career and the quality of his graduation work.
   
• I-LAMP early career award: the prize is awarded to students that obtained a degree from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences of UCSC, who subsequently obtained a research doctorate or equivalent qualification and / or achieved excellent results in careers in the private sector. The Prize is divided in two categories:
  - Academic: The award criteria refer to the excellence of the results achieved during and after the research doctorate (academic position, published articles, etc.)
  - Non-Academic: The Prize recognizes the career in the private/industrial sector (technical responsibilities within an industrial project, management, journalistic or editorial career, etc.)

The Prize is awarded to candidates indicated by the unanimity of the academic components of the steering committee, on nominations that can be sent to one of the members of the steering committee.

2022

• I-LAMP Master graduates award: Alfredo Febbrari and Michele Pintossi, for their excellent career in university studies and the contents of their master thesis in physics.
   
• I-LAMP early career award: Dr. Federico Cilento, for his research on out-of-equilibrium states in low-dimensional materials.
   
• I-LAMP early career award: Dr. Marco Travagliati, for the development and applications of microfluidics in the industrial sector.

2021

• I-LAMP Master graduates award: Andrea De Poli and Guido Farinacci, for the excellent career in university studies and the contents of their master thesis in physics
   
• I-LAMP early career award: Dr. Alberto Biella, for his scientific contributions to the study of many-body physics with neural networks.
   
• I-LAMP early career award: Dr. Angelo Ziletti, for his career in theoretical physics of matter and the technology transfer towards pharmaceutical industry.

2020

• I-LAMP Master graduates award: Federica Airoldi and Pietro Bolpagni, for the excellent career in university studies and the contents of their master thesis in physics
   
• I-LAMP early career award (academic): Davide Bossini, for his scientific contributions to the ultrafast magnetic dynamics in quantum materials
   
• I-LAMP early career award (non academic): Mirco Chiodi, for his career in applied physics and materials science for R&D and technology transfer
   

2019

• I-LAMP Master graduates award: Chiara Devescovi and Matteo Grassi, for the excellent career in university studies and the contents of their master thesis in physics;
   
• I-LAMP early career award (academic): Alessandro Sepe, for his scientific contribution to the development of big data analysis at large-scale facilities;
   
• I-LAMP early career award (non academic): Anna Lombardi, for her career as a science journalist and her position as a digital interactive journalist @TheTimes;

2018

• I-LAMP Master graduates award: Giada Bianchetti and Nicolò Zenoni, for the excellent career in university studies and the contents of their master thesis in physics;
   
• I-LAMP early career award (academic): Patrizia Borghetti, for her scientific contribution to the study of atomically controlled surfaces, interfaces and nanostructures;
   
• I-LAMP early career award (non academic): Damiano Nardi, for the important results in the field of spectroscopy and nanometrology and for the career in the semiconductor and nanotechnology industry;

2017

• I-LAMP Master graduates award: Paolo Franceschini, for the excellent career in university studies and the contents of his master thesis in physics;
   
• I-LAMP early career award (academic): Daniele Fausti, for his scientific contribution to the study of quantum effects in solids;
   
• I-LAMP early career award (non academic): Luca Spadafora, for his career in quantitative finance modeling, applying methodologies learned in the study of statistical physics.