- New video for the IFT channel: Interview with Claudio Bonnano, recipient of the 2025 Kenneth G. Wilson Award for Excellence in Lattice Field Theory.
In this new video, we interview Claudio Bonanno, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Theoretical Physics (IFT, UAM–CSIC), who has been honored with the 2025 Kenneth G. Wilson Award for Excellence in Lattice Field Theory—one of the most important international accolades in the field of lattice field theory.
The committee recognized Bonanno for his “significant contributions to the understanding of topology in QCD, QCD-like theories, and gauge theories, including the development of algorithms to mitigate topological freezing, the study of the spectral properties of the Dirac operator, and axion phenomenology.”
The Kenneth G. Wilson Award for Excellence in Lattice Field Theory has been presented annually since 2011 to physicists who have made recent, outstanding contributions to lattice field theory within seven years of obtaining their PhD.
The award is named after Kenneth G. Wilson (1936–2013), a Nobel laureate in Physics and a pioneer of lattice gauge theory, which enabled the numerical study of gauge theories using supercomputers. The prize is presented during the International Lattice Conference, the premier global gathering for the lattice field theory community.
Claudio Bonanno presented the findings that led to this award at the 42nd Lattice Conference, held at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Mumbai, India, from November 2 to 8, 2025.
This recognition once again places the IFT at the forefront of international theoretical physics and lattice field theory, highlighting the impact of contributions made by young researchers trained and hosted at the institute.
Congratulations, colleague!
Video by: Claudio Bonnano
Production: Ángel Uranga and Laura Marcos.