Prof. Ronald Pethig / 2001

The first H.P. Schwan Award was presented to Prof. Ronald Pethig during the XI ICEBI, in 2001, in Oslo for "his remarkable achievements over a broad spectrum of award-relevant activities, both in theory, applications and industrial innovations.

His outstanding studies of the dielectric properties of single living cells in suspension, and the possible mechanical manipulation of such cells in an electric field.

His important technological exploitation of this concept using miniaturized analytical measuring devices.

His now classical book from 1979 "Dielectric and Electronic Properties of Biological Materials" with a fresh and original approach to the still unsolved problems of electronic and semiconductor properties of biological materials.