Stuart Parkin is the Director of the Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics in Halle. Parkin is a fellow/member of the Royal Society (London), Royal Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Indian Academy of Sciences, and The World Academy of Sciences. He has received numerous awards from around the world, including the Millennium Technology Award in 2014 and the King Faisal Prize for Science 2022