This award recognizes significant experimental or theoretical contributions to condensed matter and materials physics.

Prof. Young-June Kim is awarded the 2026 CAP/ DCMMP Brockhouse medal in recognition of his pioneering contributions to quantum magnetism, including the discovery that the material alpha-RuCl₃ may realize the topological magnetic state predicted by Alexei Kitaev, and for his leadership in elucidating its properties, culminating in key experimental signatures of a Kitaev spin liquid under high magnetic fields; work that has advanced the search for Majorana fermions and opened promising pathways toward topological quantum computing.

Please see the press release here: https://cap.ca/programs/recognitions/post-graduate-physicists/brockhouse-medal/previous-winners-bm/