2007. Berkeley Citation, University of California, 2011. Dickson Prize in Science, 2012. Doctor of Science Honoris Causa, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2013. Doctor of Science Honoris Causa, Weizmann Institute of Science, 2014. Von Hippel Award of the Materials Research Society, 2014. Thomson Reuters Citation Laureate, 2016. Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics 2017. Personal life Marvin Cohen is married to Suzy Locke Cohen who is an Art Advisor. Cohen and his late wife Merrill Leigh Gardner Cohen (deceased 1994) had a son Mark Cohen (born 1963) and a daughter Susan Cohen Crumpler (born 1965). His grandchildren are Jake Crumpler, Luke Crumpler, and Jessica Crumpler. Cohen has played the clarinet since age 13. Research and publications Background One of the most influential and broadest advances in the study of the physics of materials in the last fifty years is the use of computational tools to explain and predict properties of materials. Marvin Cohen has been honored for his creation of physical models and computational methods and applications that made a large fraction of these advances possible. This approach is often referred to as the “Standard Model” for computing properties of solids, and this work played an important part in the creation and development of the field of computational physics. The successful predictions of new materials and material properties have led to new insights in fundamental science, the production of useful materials, and the creative manipulations of known materials. An essential and standard tool is the availability of accurate electronic band structures for materials ranging from ceramics to metals, and the models and method mentioned above have made the use of electronic band structures and related calculations ubiquitous in pure and applied condensed matter physics. Representative publications A complete list of 860 publications for Marvin Cohen is given at: http://cohen.berkeley.edu Description of the contributions described in the representative publications In the list of selected representative publications (below), specific advances are reported in the following subareas of Condensed Matter Physics. For electronic structure, in the mid 1960’s it became possible to use pseudopotentials for accurately computing band structures for 14 semiconductors at a time when little was known about their electronic structure. This advance was revolutionary as it explained optical properties of semiconductors in the visible and UV range and led to the first pictures of electron density and bonds in semiconductors. These results were later confirmed experimentally. This work also