APS Announces Spring 2007 Prize and Award Recipients Thirty-nine prizes and awards will be presented theoretical research on correlated many-electron states spectroscopy with synchrotron radiation to reveal 1992. Since 1992 he has been a Permanent Member during special sessions at three spring meetings of in low dimensional systems.” the often surprising electronic states at semicon- at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics and the Society: the 2007 March Meeting, March 5-9, Eisenstein received ductor surfaces and interfaces. His current interests Professor at the University of California at Santa in Denver, CO, the 2007 April Meeting, April 14- his PhD in physics are self-assembled nanostructures at surfaces, such Barbara. Polchinski’s interests span quantum field 17, in Jacksonville, FL, and the 2007 Atomic, Mo- from the University of as magnetic quantum wells, atomic chains for the theory and string theory. In string theory, he dis- lecular and Optical Physics Meeting, June 5-9, in California, Berkeley, in study of low-dimensional electrons, an atomic scale covered the existence of a certain form of extended Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 1980. After a brief stint memory for testing the limits of data storage, and structure, the D-brane, which has been important Citations and biographical information for each as an assistant professor the attachment of bio-molecules to surfaces. His in the nonperturbative formulation of the theory. recipient follow. The Apker Award recipients ap- of physics at Williams more than 400 publications place him among the His current interests include the phenomenology peared in the December 2006 issue of APS News College, he moved to 100 most-cited physicists. of cosmic strings and various aspects of the duality (http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/awards/ap- Bell Laboratories in between gauge theory and gravity. Polchinski has ker.cfm). 1983, becoming a Dis- also written a widely-used two-volume textbook on Additional biographical information and appro- Einstein Prize tinguished Member of Technical Staff in 1993. In priate web links can be found at the APS web site string theory. 1996 Eisenstein moved to Caltech where he is now and can be found at http://www.aps.org/programs/ Ronald Drever honors/index.cfm/. Nominations for most of next the Frank J. Roshek Professor of Physics and Ap- California Institute of Technology Irving Langmuir Prize year’s prizes and awards are now being accepted. plied Physics. His research is focused on the collec- tive behavior of two-dimensional electron systems For details, see page 8 of this insert. Rainer Weiss Gabor A. Somorjai in semiconductor heterostructures at low tempera- Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of California, Berkeley tures and high magnetic fields. He is especially 2007 PRIZES AND AWARDS interested in double layer 2D systems. He is cur- Citation: “For fundamental contributions to the Citation: “For his pioneering research in surface rently a Member-at-Large of the DCMP Executive development of gravitational wave detectors based chemistry and delineation of catalytic mechanisms.” Hans A. Bethe Prize Committee. Eisenstein is member and Fellow of the on optical interferometry, leading to the successful APS and was elected to the National Academy of operation of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Somorjai was born James R. Wilson Sciences in 2005. Wave Observatory.” in Budapest, Hungary. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory He received his PhD in Girvin earned his PhD Drever is a Profes- chemistry from the Uni- Citation: “For his work in nuclear astrophysics in physics from Princ- sor of Physics Emeritus versity of California, and numerical work on supernovae core collapse, eton University in 1977. at the California Insti- Berkeley in 1960. After neutrino transport, and shock propagation. His codes He did his postdoctoral tute of Technology. He graduation, he joined reenergized supernovae shocks, launched numerical research at Indiana Uni- relativity and magnetically driven jets.” earned his Ph.D. in natu- the IBM research staff versity and the Chalmers ral philosophy from the in Yorktown Heights, University in Göteborg, After a stint at University of Glasgow New York, where he Sweden. After serving at in 1958. He has con- remained until 1964, when he joined the faculty of Los Alamos National the National Bureau of Laboratory from 1944- ceived and carried out the University of California, Berkeley. He is also a Standards (now NIST) original experiments in Faculty Senior Scientist in the Materials Sciences 1946, Wilson received from 1970 to 1987, he joined the faculty of Indiana his PhD in physics several fields, including an early high-precision Division, and Director of the Surface Science and University. Girvin came to Yale in 2002 where he experiment on anisotropy of inertial mass, using a Catalysis Program at the Center for Advanced Ma- from the University of is now Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics and California, Berkeley in unique earth’s-field nuclear precession technique to terials at the Lawrence Berkeley National Labora- Professor of Applied Physics. Girvin’s research set a sensitive limit to space anisotropy. Since 1972, tory. He was awarded the National Medal of Sci- 1952. He spent a year at has focused on strongly correlated quantum states Sandia National Labo- his main research work has related to the detection ence in 2002. His present research in the fields of of matter and the quantum phase transitions which of gravitational radiation. In 1979, he was invited to catalysis and surface chemistry include studies of ratories before joining separate them. He is currently working on develop- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where Caltech to initiate an experimental effort on gravi- structure and bonding at surfaces; metal nanoparti- ing circuit QED, the quantum optics of supercon- tation. He developed an exceptionally sensitive in- cle synthesis, characterization and catalytic reaction he has worked ever since. He has worked on vari- ducting electrical circuits. ous aspects of supernova modeling and numerical terferometer. This, together with a number of other studies; surface science of heterogeneous catalysis; original ideas, were key steps to the realization of molecular studies of polymer surfaces and adsorbed relativity, and modeled heavy-ion nuclear colli- MacDonald received sions and used data to make a high density nuclear the LIGO Project for a gravity-wave observatory, peptides. his Ph.D. from the Uni- now fully operational. equation of state. His current research is focused on versity of Toronto in Weiss biography unavailable at press time Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize developing a better supernova model for r-process 1978. He joined the re- calculations, has well as attempting to model the Lisa Randall search staff of the Ottawa Dannie Heineman Prize for “dark energy” induced expansion of universe by the laboratory of the Nation- Harvard University decay of sterile neutrinos. al Research Council of Mathematical Physics Canada in 1981 after a Citation: “For her pioneering work on particle Tom W. Bonner Prize period of postdoctoral re- Juan Maldacena physics and cosmology, and her tireless efforts to In Nuclear Physics search at the same insti- Institute for Advanced Study inspire and engaged both specialist and non-specialist, tution. He was a member of the faculty of Indiana by allegory and fact through publications and Stuart J. Freedman University from 1987 until 2000, when he joined Joseph Polchinski presentations.” University of California, Berkeley the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin. University of California, Santa Barbara MacDonald’s research has mainly been concerned Randall studies particle physics and Citation: “For his contributions to Neutrino Physics with the influence of interactions on the electronic Citation: “For profound developments in and the study of Weak Interactions, in particular for properties of condensed matter. Recently he has fo- Mathematical Physics that have illuminated cosmology at Harvard his leading role in the KAMLAND experiment, as well cused on spintronics, including contributions to the interconnections and launched major research areas in University, where she is as for his work on precision measurements of the beta theory of magnetic semiconductors, the spin Hall Quantum Field Theory, String Theory, and Gravity.” professor of theoretical decay of the neutron.” effect, and the influence of transport currents on physics. Her research magnetic order parameters. Maldacena was born concerns elementary Biography unavailable at press time in Argentina. He earned particles and funda- his “Licenciatura” in Davisson-Germer Prize mental forces, and has Herbert P. Broida Prize 1991 from Instituto involved the study of a in Atomic or Surface Physics Balseiro, Universidad wide variety of models, the most recent involving de Cuyo, Argentina, extra dimensions of space. She is currently working James C. Bergquist Franz Himpsel and went on to receive out the implications of extra-dimensional models National Institute of Science and University of Wisconsin a PhD in 1996 from for experiments, particularly those that will take Technology, Boulder Princeton University. place at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). She re- Citation: “For pioneering investigations of the After a postdoctoral cently completed a book entitled Warped Passages: Citation: “For seminal contributions to ultra- electronic structure of surfaces, interfaces, adsorbates, appointment at Rutgers University, he joined the Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden high-resolution laser spectroscopy and the realization and nanostructures.” faculty of Harvard University. Since 2001, he has Dimensions, which was included in the New York of accurate optical frequency standards.” been a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study Times’ list of 100 notable books of 2005. Randall Himpsel received a in Princeton, New Jersey. He works on the relation- Biography unavailable at press time diploma at the University ship between quantum field theories and gravity, of Munich with a thesis and explores the connection between strings and Table of Contents Oliver E. Buckley in quantum electrody- large gauge theories with a large number of col- Condensed Matter Physics Prize namics under Fritz Bopp. ors. He has also been honored with the 2004 APS After a summer at CERN Edward A. Bouchet award. 1 Prize and Award James P. Eisenstein he went to Munich for a Recipients California Institute of Technology PhD in condensed matter Polchinski received physics with Wulf Stein- his Ph.D. in physics Steven M. Girvin mann. As a postdoc, he from University of 4 New APS Fellows Yale University joined Dean Eastman at IBM Research in Yorktown California, Berkeley in Heights in 1977 to work on surface spectroscopy 1980. After postdocs 8 Nominations for 2008 with synchrotron radiation. He became staff mem- at SLAC and Harvard, Allan H. MacDonald Prizes and Awards University of Texas, Austin ber and was senior manager of the Surface Phys- he joined the faculty at ics Department. In 1995 he joined UW-Madison as the University of Texas Citation: “For fundamental experimental and professor of physics. In his scientific work, he used at Austin from 1984 to

APS Prizes and Awards  earned her Ph.D. in particle physics in 1987 from Citation: “For his groundbreaking historical and graduate degree design of polymer solution and melt formulations. Harvard University. She held professorships at MIT studies of fundamental concepts in physics, including from Caltech (1970). and Princeton University before returning to Har- his comprehensive account of the development of After 2 years at MPI, I.I. Rabi Prize in Atomic, vard in 2001. In autumn 2004, she was the most cit- quantum mechanics.” Munich/CERN, he Molecular and Optical Physics ed theoretical physicist of the previous five years. moved to Chicago. His Born in Berlin, Ger- research focused on ex- Jun Ye James C. McGroddy Prize in New many, Jammer studied periments in elementa- physics, mathematics JILA Materials ry particle physics, par- and philosophy at the ticularly those aimed at University of Vienna elucidating symmetry Citation: “For advances in precision measurement, Arthur J. Epstein and subsequently at violations in nature. Winstein has served on advi- including techniques for stabilizing and measuring Ohio State University Hebrew University in sory panels for Fermilab, SLAC, the NSF and the optical frequencies, controlling the phase of femtosecond laser pulses, and measuring molecular Jerusalem, where he ob- DOE. He has held visiting positions at Stanford transitions.” Joel S. Miller tained his Ph.D. in 1942. and Princeton, the latter turning him into an obser- University of Utah After active service in vational cosmologist. After founding Chicago’s Ye received the PhD the British Army he joined the faculty of Hebrew NSF Physics Frontier Center for Cosmological degree from the Univer- Citation: “For discovery and characterization University in 1946 to teach history and philosophy Physics, he’s back to full-time research, currently sity of Colorado, Boul- of organic-based magnets, and for observation and of physics. In 1952 he became a lecturer at Har- PI on the NSF funded QUIET project to study the der, in 1997. He was a study of predictable and previously unknown magnetic vard University, where he wrote Concepts of Space polarization of the cosmic microwave background postdoctoral fellow at phenomena in these fascinating materials leading to (Harvard University Press, 1954). In 1956 he joined radiation. fundamentally new science and the demonstrated the faculty of Bar-Ilan University in Israel where he the California Institute potential for creative new technologies.” of Technology from subsequently became President. Having personally Wahl is a professor 1997-1999. He has interviewed leading physicists, like Bohm, Born, of physics at the Uni- been a fellow of JILA, Epstein earned his de Broglie, Dirac, Heisenberg and Jordan, Jammer versity of Ferrara. He the National Institute Ph.D. in 1971 from the wrote his books on the history and philosophy of studied physics at the of Standards and Technology and the University of University of Pennsyl- quantum mechanics and of fundamental physical University of München, Colorado, since 2001. He has been a fellow of NIST vania. He was a tech- concepts, like Force, Mass (Princeton Univ. Press, the Swiss Technical since 2004. His research interests include precision nical staff member at 1999) and, most recently, Simultaneity (Johns Hop- Highschool (ETH) in measurement, ultracold atoms and molecules, opti- MITRE in 1971-1972, kins Univ. Press, 2006). Zürich, and at the Uni- cal frequency metrology, and ultrafast science and before joining the Xerox versity of Hamburg, quantum control. He has co-authored over 150 tech- Webster Research Cen- George E. Pake Prize where he earned his nical papers. ter. In 1985 he became PhD in 1967 with his work on nuclear resonance professor of physics and Mark Kryder fluorescence in Li-6. He also conducted experi- professor of chemistry at The Ohio State University, Aneesur Rahman Prize for Seagate Research ments on high energy photoproduction of mesons at and was appointed Distinguished University Profes- the German Electron-Synchroton Laboratory DESY Computational Physics sor in 1997. He presently is the Director of the OSU Citation: “For his leadership and research in in Hamburg. Since 1969 he has been a member of Institute for Magnetic and Electronic Polymers. high-density magnetic and magneto-optic data and the research staff at the European Laboratory for Daniel Frenkel His extensive research includes discovery of phe- storage.” Particle Physics CERN in Geneva. His research has Amsterdam Center for Computational Science nomena that result from organic molecules as the included experiments on CP violation at the CERN repeat units in magnets. New concepts developed Kryder is Chief SPS accelerator, primarily to search for direct CP Citation: “For groundbreaking contributions in his labs include fractal magnetism, magnets with Technical Officer and violation in neutral kaon decays and to determine its to computational physics through the development multiple photonic responses, and fully spin-polar- Senior Vice President, strength. This led to the first observation and mea- of novel methodologies and algorithms to probe soft ized room temperature magnetic semiconductors. Research at Seagate surement of direct CP violation. matter systems, thereby providing understanding of Epstein is a past recipient of the William Fowler Technology and Uni- their diverse behaviors.” Award of the Ohio Section of the APS for Distin- versity Professor of Earle K. Plyler Prize for guished Work in Physics (2003). Frenkel received Electrical and Comput- Molecular Spectroscopy er Engineering, Carn- his PhD from the Uni- Miller received his egie Mellon University. versity of Amsterdam PhD from UCLA in Timothy S. Zwier He has over 35 years of in 1977. He spent three 1971. After a postdoc- experience working in the field of magnetic mem- Purdue University years doing postdoc- toral fellowship at Stan- ory and storage devices, having previously worked toral research at UCLA ford University, and Citation: “For the design and implementation at Caltech, the University of Regensburg, IBM before becoming a re- several positions in in- of multiple resonance methods that elucidate the T.J. Watson Research Center and Carnegie Mel- search scientist at Shell. dustry including the Xe- potential energy landscapes of flexible biomimetic lon University. Kryder received his BSEE degree He left in 1981 to join rox Corporation and Du molecules and their hydrates by optical control of from Stanford University in 1965 and his MSEE the faculty of the Uni- Pont, he joined the Uni- isomer populations.” from the California Institute of Technology in 1966. versity of Utrecht. In 1998 he became a professor versity of Utah in 1993, He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering and of computational macromolecular chemistry at the where he is a Distinguished Professor in the Depart- Zwier received his Physics from Caltech in 1970. He has over 350 University of Amsterdam. His current research in- ment of Chemistry. He has been a Visiting Scientist Ph.D. in chemical phys- publications and 23 patents in the field of magnetic terests include computer simulations of structure at the Weizmann Institute and a Visiting Professor ics from the University memory and storage technology. and dynamics of soft-matter systems; simulations of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania, of Colorado-Boulder in of nucleation phenomena; novel Monte Carlo algo- University of Barcelona, and Professeur Invité, In- 1981. He then spent two rithms and coarse-grained modeling techniques. stitut de Science et d’Ingénierie Supramoléculaires W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in years as a post-doctoral research associate at (ISIS), Université Louis Pasteur among other insti- Experimental Particle Physics J.J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical tutions. He is on the advisory boards of Advanced the James Franck Insti- Particle Physics Materials, Chemistry–a European Journal, and is a Italo Mannelli tute of the University of member of the Inorganic Synthesis Corporation. He University of Piza Chicago. From 1983- also has been a Guest Editor for the Electrochemi- 1988, he was an assistant and associate professor of Stanley Brodsky cal Society’s Interface, and the MRS Bulletin, ed- Bruce Winstein chemistry at Calvin College. In 1988 he moved to Stanford Linear Accelerator Center ited seventeen monographs, and published over 450 University of Chicago the Department of Chemistry at Purdue University, papers. becoming associate professor in 1993 and full pro- Citation: “For applications of perturbative fessor in 1997. Since 2004 he has been department Heinrich Wahl quantum field theory to critical questions of elementary head there. His current research involves the devel- particle physics, in particular, to the analysis of hard Lars Onsager Prize University of Ferrara/CERN opment and use of laser-based, multiple-resonance exclusive strong interaction processes.” methods to probe the spectroscopy and dynamics A. Brooks Harris Citation: “For leadership in the series of of flexible biomolecules and molecular clusters. He Brodsky received University of Pennsylvania experiments that resulted in a multitude of precision his Ph.D. in 1964 from measurements of properties of neutral K mesons, most also applies these techniques to molecules and free radicals of importance in combustion processes and the University of Min- Citation: “For his many contributions to the notably the discovery of direct CP violation.” planetary atmospheres. nesota. He was a re- statistical physics of random systems, including the search associate in formulation of the Harris criterion, which has led Mannelli was born theoretical physics at to numerous insights into a variety of disordered in Florence, Italy. He Polymer Physics Prize systems.” obtained the Laurea Columbia University in Physics at the Uni- Glenn Fredrickson for two years. In 1966 Harris obtained his versity of Pisa in 1957 University of California, Santa Barbara he joined the Stanford PhD in experimental and the Diploma of Linear Accelerator physics from Harvard the Scuola Normale in Citation: “For insightful and predictive theories Center of Stanford University as a research associ- University in 1962. He 1958. He was awarded regarding the thermodynamics and dynamics of ate. Brodsky became a permanent staff member in then retrained himself the Libera Docenza in macromolecular systems.” 1968 and a professor at SLAC in 1976. He was head as a theorist for the next Physics in 1964. Af- of the SLAC theory group from 1996 to 2002. His three years at Duke ter teaching as lecturer and assistant professor he Fredrickson re- research spans many areas of high-energy and nu- University, followed by was nominated in 1968 to be full professor with the ceived his Ph.D. de- clear theoretical physics, as well as precision tests a year at Harwell in the Chair of Elementary Particle Physics at the Univer- grees from Stanford of quantum electrodynamics in atomic physics. UK. He then joined the sity of Pisa. During 1975-1998 he worked as senior University in 1984 in Recently he has been collaborating on the insights faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, where he physicist on the staff of CERN. He returned to Pisa chemical engineer- into the QCD spectra and hadron light-front wave- has been ever since. He was a Sloan fellow (1967- in 1987 to join the faculty of the Scuola Normale ing. He subsequently functions which can be obtained from the AdS/CFT 1969) and a Guggenheim fellow (1972-1973). His Superiore, where he is at present. He worked on the joined AT&T Bell correspondence. research interests have included orientational order- NA31 experiment, which produced in 1987 the first Laboratories, and was ing in solid molecular hydrogen, critical properties evidence of Direct CP violation in two-pion neutral named Distinguished Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science of numerous random systems, the crystal structure Kaon decays. Work is now in progress at CERN on Member of Technical and dynamics of fullerenes, spin dynamics of frus- charged Kaon decays to three pions and other more Staff in 1989. In 1990 he moved to the University trated magnets and the symmetry properties of frus- rare modes. Mannelli has been Vice-President of of California, Santa Barbara. He served as Chair of Szymon Suckewer trated magnets which exhibit simultaneous magnet- INFN, Research Director at CERN, Chairman of the Chemical Engineering from 1998 to 2001 and in Princeton University ic and ferroelectric ordering. The “Harris” criterion CERN Scientific Policy Committee and member of 2001 founded the Mitsubishi Chemical Center for was developed during a 1973 visit to Oxford. the ERC review Committee on LHC. He has also Advanced Materials (MC-CAM). Fredrickson cur- Citation: “For pioneering contributions to the served, in various capacities, in several national and rently serves as MC-CAM Director and Associate generation of ultra-short wavelength femtosecond Abraham Pais Prize on international scientific bodies. Director of UCSB’s Materials Research Laboratory. lasers and x-ray microscopy.” He has approximately 200 refereed publications and History of Physics Winstein is the Samuel K. Allison Distinguished a long-standing interest in the statistical mechanics Suckewer is a professor of Mechanical and of complex fluids, especially polymers and glasses. Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. He Max Jammer (retired) Service Professor in the Department of Physics and the Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago. His current research is focused on developing field- received a PhD in 1966 and a DSc in 1971 from His undergraduate degree was from UCLA (1965) based computer simulation strategies to assist the Warsaw University, both in physics. He emigrated

 APS Prizes and Awards to the US in 1975 and director of Argonne’s at the University of ment as Affiliate Graduate Faculty in the Depart- joined Princeton Uni- Materials Science Delaware. He earned ment of Physics and Astronomy at the University of versity’s Plasma Phys- Division, and Chief his PhD in polymer Hawaii. Barger’s primary research interest is map- ics Laboratory. His Scientist of the new science and engineer- ping the star formation and accretion histories of the initial work at PPPL Center for Nanoscale ing at the University universe using observations at many wavelengths. was on spectroscopic Materials. He is known of Massachusetts-Am- She has made discoveries of new populations of diagnostics of high for work in magnetic herst, followed by a dusty galaxies and supermassive black holes in the temperature plasma surfaces, films and su- postdoctoral fellow- distant universe. and development of a perlattices, including ship at the National recombination x-ray ferromagnetic-super- Institute of Standards Francis M. Pipkin Award laser in magnetically confined plasma, which he and conducting multilayers. He has been active in the and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland. His his group successfully demonstrated in 1984. This fields of giant and colossal magnetoresistance and research program involves the construction of new David DeMille laser was used for X-ray microscopy in 1987-1991. exchange-coupled multilayers. He pioneered the materials and nanostructures via molecular self-as- Yale University In 1985 he expanded his group to proceed with the surface magneto-optic Kerr effect (SMOKE) ap- sembly mechanisms. Materials of interest include development of an ultrashort pulse KrF laser, which proach in surface magnetism. His interests include multicompartment, novel micelles, hierarchically Citation: “For wide-ranging studies of fundamental was completed in 1987. Suckewer and his group creating ultra-strong permanent magnets, known as structured hydrogels, and the directed assembly symmetries in atoms and molecules, including are now developing a powerful femtosecond laser spring magnets, and to explore laterally confined of inorganic nanoparticles. Currently, Darrin also novel approaches to searches for the electric dipole based on Raman amplification and compression in nanomagnets in order to develop magnetic electron- serves as associate editor for North America of Soft moment of the electron and investigations of parity plasma. ics and bio-inspired templates for self-assembly. Matter, a new interdisciplinary journal from the nonconservation and the spin-statistics connection.” Royal Society of Chemistry. 2007 Prize to a Faculty Member Edward A. Bouchet Award DeMille received for Research in an 2007 Excellence in Physics his PhD in physics Undergraduate Institution Gabriela Gonzalez Education Award from the University of Louisiana State University California, Berkeley in Physical Science Study Committee 1994. After postdoc- William K. Wootters toral research at Law- Williams College Citation: “For her significant impact on the field of gravitation wave physics through her many important Recipients: Martin Deutsch, John Dodge, rence Berkeley Na- Nathaniel H. Frank, Anthony P. French, tional Lab, he joined Citation: “For his pioneering work on quantum technical and scientific contributions to the Laser the faculty at Amherst teleportation, his widely cited contributions to quantum Interferometric Gravitation Wave Observatory (LIGO) Francis Friedman, Robert Gardner, Edwin information theory, and his prolific engagement and for communicating the excitement of this field to (Ned) Goldwasser, Uri Haber-Schaim, Rob- College in 1997, then of undergraduate students in this research at the the scientific community and the public.” ert Hulsizer, John King, Edwin D. Land, Phil moved to Yale University in 1998. DeMille’s recent foundation of quantum mechanics.” Morrison, Edwin Purcell, Jerrold Zachrias research focuses on use of diatomic molecules as Born in Córdoba, a resource in several subfields. For example, the Wootters is the Argentina, Gonzalez Citation: “For the revitalization of subject matter small spacing between energy levels in molecules Barclay Jermain Pro- attended the Univer- through the involvement of teachers and researchers can enhance small symmetry-violating effects. De- fessor of Natural sity of Córdoba, earn- at all levels, the elevation of the instructional role of Mille is using these enhancements in experiments Philosophy in the De- ing her undergradu- the laboratory, the development and utilization of in- to study the electric dipole moment of the electron; partment of Physics at ate degree in 1988. novative instructional media, and the emphasis on nuclear anapole moments and semileptonic elec- Williams College. He She moved to the US discipline-centered inquiry and the nature of physics, troweak couplings; and possible time variation of received his PhD in in 1989, and got her PSSC Physics has had a major and ongoing influence the electron-to-proton mass ratio. In parallel with PhD in 1995 at Syra- 1980 from the Univer- on physics education at the national level.” these efforts, he is developing techniques to cool sity of Texas at Austin, cuse University. She and trap polar molecules, and investigating applica- worked with the MIT-LIGO group in 1995-1997 as with a thesis in the Joseph Keithley Award for tions of ultracold molecules in precision measure- foundations of quantum mechanics. He joined the a staff scientist, joined the faculty of Penn State in ment and quantum information processing. 1997, and the faculty of Louisiana State University Advances in faculty at Williams in 1982 and has spent sabbati- Measurement Science cals at various institutions, including Santa Fe In- in 2001, where she is currently an associate profes- Shock Compression Science Award stitute and the University of Montreal. Most of his sor. Her research interest is in the detection of grav- research has been in quantum information theory, itational waves with interferometric detectors, such Kent D. Irwin Dennis E. Grady focusing particularly on the quantitative analysis of as the one in the LIGO Livingston Observatory, in National Institute of Science & Technology, Applied Research Associates entanglement, the use of entanglement in quantum Livingston, LA. She was a founding member of the Boulder communication, and the acquisition of classical in- LIGO Scientific Collaboration. She co-leads one Citation: “For his pioneering contributions into formation from quantum states. Currently he and of the four data analysis groups in the collabora- Citation: “For the development of SQUID the fundamental principles controlling dynamic failure his students are investigating a phase-space formu- tion, dedicated to the search for gravitational waves multiplexers used in large-format arrays of and fragmentation, developing a large database of the lation of quantum mechanics based on finite fields. generated by binary systems of compact objects superconducting transition-edge sensors that have dynamic response of brittle materials, and identifying (neutron stars or black holes) in the final inspiraling impacted such fields as particle physics, astronomy, a universal relationship between shock wave structure materials analysis, cosmology, and nuclear physics.” Robert R. Wilson Prize for stage before coalescence. and its amplitude.” Achievement in the Physics of Joseph A. Burton Forum Award Irwin leads the Grady is currently Particle Accelerators quantum sensors proj- an associate and prin- Matthew G. Bunn ect at the National cipal scientist with the Institute of Standards Lee C. Teng Harvard University South West Division of Argonne National Laboratory and Technology in Applied Research As- Boulder, Colorado, Citation: “For his outstanding contributions in sociates headquartered Citation: “For invention of resonant extraction helping to formulate policies to decrease the risks of and is an adjoint pro- in Albuquerque, New and transition crossing techniques critical to hadron theft of nuclear weapons and nuclear materials, and fessor of astrophysics Mexico. He received synchrotrons and storage rings, for early and continued his effective communication of these proposals to and planetary science his PhD in physics development of linear matrix theory of particle beams, Congress and the public.” at the University of from Washington State and for leadership in the realization of a facility for Colorado. He received a PhD.from Stanford Uni- University in 1971. Following three years on the radiation therapy with protons.” Bunn is a senior re- versity in 1995. At Stanford, he developed the volt- research staff of Poulter Laboratory at SRI Inter- search associate in the age-biased superconducting transition-edge sensor national, he joined Sandia National Laboratories. After complet- Project on Managing (TES). These devices are now being actively used He retired from Sandia in 1996 and joined Applied ing his undergradu- the Atom at Harvard for the sensitive measurement of electromagnetic Research Associates the same year. He has been in- ate studies at Fu Jen University’s John F. signals from microwaves through gamma rays, and volved with the experimental measurement and the- University in Beijing, Kennedy School of for the detection of dark matter, alpha particles, and oretical description of condensed matter under the Teng received his PhD Government. His re- neutrons. At NIST, he and his group have developed extreme pressure and temperature stimulus of shock from the University of search interests focus multiplexed superconducting quantum interference and high-velocity impact for over 30 years. He has Chicago in 1951. He primarily on policies devices that have made it possible to instrument published over 300 technical papers and reports on spent two years at the to prevent nuclear pro- large TES arrays, significantly enlarging their scope a range of materials and applications issues in the University of Minne- liferation and nuclear terrorism. Before coming to of application. His group is actively developing intense shock environment including experimental sota, and another two Harvard, Bunn served as an adviser to the White detector systems based on multiplexed TES arrays methods, electric and magnetic effects, phase trans- years at Wichita State University before becoming House Office of Science and Technology Policy, for astronomy, nuclear non-proliferation, materials formation, high-pressure equation of state, transient director of Argonne National Laboratory’s Particle where he took part in a wide range of U.S.-Russian analysis, and homeland defense applications. strength, hypervelocity interaction, and dynamic Accelerator Division in 1955. In 1967 he became negotiations relating to security, monitoring, and fragmentation. associate head of the Accelerator Division at Fer- disposition of weapons-usable nuclear materials, Maria Goeppert Mayer Award milab, returning to Argonne in 1989 as head of the and directed a secret study of security for nuclear Accelerator Physics Advanced Photon Source, a Leo Szilard Lectureship Award stockpiles for President Clinton. Previously, Bunn Amy J. Barger position he held until 1997. His research has fo- James E. Hansen directed a seminal National Academy of Sciences University of Wisconsin, Madison cused on beam dynamics and accelerator project National Aeronautics and Space Administration study on disposition of excess plutonium, and served management. as editor of the journal Arms Control Today. He is Citation: “For her pioneering efforts in using Citation: “For his seminal contributions to the author or co-author of more than a dozen books observational cosmology to provide new insight into climate physics, especially the incorporation of Awards, Medalships the evolution of black holes, star formation rates and or major technical reports, and dozens of articles radiative transfer in in publications ranging from Science and Nuclear galaxies.” & Lectureships climate models, and Technology to Foreign Policy and The Washington his tireless efforts Post. He received his bachelor’s and master’s de- Barger received to bring the results David Adler Lectureship Award in grees in political science from the Massachusetts her PhD in Astronomy the Field of Material Physics Institute of Technology in 1995. in 1997 from King’s of climate science College and the Insti- to the attention of policymakers and the Samuel D. Bader John H. Dillon Medal for Research tute of Astronomy at public.” Argonne National Laboratory in Polymer Physics the University of Cam- bridge, where she was a Marshall Scholar. In Biography unavailable at press time Citation: “For spirited lectures, writing and Darrin J. Pochan 1996, she became a experimental research in the area of nanomagnetism, University of Delaware magnetic films, multilayers and surfaces of metallic postdoctoral fellow at John Wheatley Award the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Ha- Fazley Bary Malik systems, including championing the surface magneto- Citation: “For advancing our understanding of waii. She continued her research there after being optic Kerr effect approach.” the physics of assembly and chain conformation of Southern Illinois University named both a Hubble Fellow and a Chandra Fel- synthetic polypeptides.” Bader received his PhD in chemistry from the low at Large in 1999. Barger joined the faculty of Citation: “For his extensive contributions to the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2000 in the University of California, Berkeley, in 1974. Pres- Pochan is currently an associate professor in the developing physics and inspiring physicists in emerging Department of Astronomy, where she is presently nations through insightful personal collaboration, ently he is an Argonne Distinguished Fellow. He Materials Science and Engineering Department, as an associate professor. She also holds an appoint- continuing education of graduate students, creation of also heads the Magnetic Films Group, as associate well as the Delaware Biotechnology Institute, both research centers and groups in developing countries,

APS Prizes and Awards  organization of international meetings and attracting M.S.) in Mechanics cal Engineering from UCLA and currently works as Her current research addresses collisional heavy resources in the USA and internationally to sustain all from the University a postdoctoral scholar in the plasma theory and sim- quark energy loss and generalization of the energy these activities for over thirty years.” of Paris VI. Lauga re- ulation group at the physics department of UCLA. loss formalism to a dynamical medium. ceived his PhD in 2005 Malik received from the Division of Dissertation in Nuclear Physics his PhD in 1958 from Engineering and Ap- Mitsuyoshi Tanaka Göttingen University, Dissertation Award in plied Sciences at Har- Kathryn K.S. Miknaitis and spent the next few vard University, under University of Washington Experimental Particle Physics years as a postdoctoral the direction of Michael Jean-Francois Arguin fellow before joining P. Brenner and Howard Citation: “For her dissertation describing a search the faculty of Princeton A. Stone. Lauga’s thesis work concerned theoretical Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for change in the flavor composition of neutrinos that University in 1964. He investigations of flow behavior at the micron scale. Citation: “Measurement of the Top Quark Mass left in 1982 for a pro- He is currently an Assistant Professor of Applied traverse the earth by means of analysis of salt-phase with In Situ Jet Energy Scale Calibration using fessorship at Indiana Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics at data from the SUdbury Neutrino Observatory to Hadronic W Boson Decays at CDF-II” University, Bloomington. Since 2005, he has been a MIT. His current work considers problems in bio- identify day-night variations in the rate of neutrino research professor at Southern Illinois University at fluid mechanics and microfluidics. interactions.” Jean-Francois Ar- Carbondale. His research includes extensive inves- guin was born in 1976 tigations in relativistic effects in atomic processes, Biography unavailable at press time Nicholas Metropolis Award for Out- in Chicoutimi, Qc, theory of nuclear fission, the role of rotational-par- standing Doctoral Thesis Work in Canada and lived most ticle in nuclear spectra, nuclear reaction, physical Magdalena Djordjevic of his life in Quebec processes in strongly correlated systems and varia- Computational Physics Columbia University City. Arguin complet- tional method in quantum physics. He has served as ed his undergraduate a consultant to many national labs, and as an advi- Chengkun Huang Citation: “For her dissertation presenting a degree in Mathemati- sor to Bangladesh Government on higher education University of California, Los Angeles theoretical treatment of heavy quark energy loss in a cal Physics in 1998 and UNESCO to establish an international institute strongly interacting quark gluon plasma in which the at the Université de of applied and theoretical physics in Iowa. He has Citation: “For his innovative work in plasma gluon radiative energy loss was solved to all orders in Montréal. He became interested in experimental been a member of the International Advisory Com- physics that led to the development of the QuickPIC opacity.” particle physics in the last year of his B.Sc., which mittee on International Workshop on Condensed code that revolutionized the simulation of plasma- brought him to study charm physics at the BaBar Matter Theories since 1985. based accelerator research.” Born in Serbia, experiment. Arguin completed an M.Sc. on BaBar Djordjevic received Huang was born in from the Université de Montréal in 2000. He then her Diploma in Phys- DISSERTATION AWARDS China. He began his joined the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) ics from the University undergraduate study collaboration, which studies proton-antiproton col- of Belgrade in August Andreas Acrivos Dissertation Award at Tsinghua University lisions at the Tevatron. Arguin’s doctorate studies 2000. In September were conducted at the University of Toronto under in Fluid Dynamics in 1994 and conducted 2000, she enrolled in the supervision of Professor Pekka K. Sinervo. Ar- graduate research on Eric Lauga graduate studies at Co- guin studied the top quark at CDF. He devised a the spherical tokamak Massachusetts Institute of Technology lumbia University, as method to measure precisely the mass of the top in Tsinghua University, a Faculty Fellow. Her quark by reducing the uncertainty in measurements receiving a master’s Citation: “For the dissertation ‘Slip, Swin, thesis work which addressed theoretical problems of the energy of the jets that arise from the decay of degree in 2000. He Mix, Pack: Fluid Mechanics at the Micron Scale,’ a in Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics, was done under top quarks. This method yielded the most precise continued his study in the Department of Electri- treatment of slip and mixing relevant to micron-scale the guidance of Professor Miklos Gyulassy. In joint measurement of the top quark mass to date, which cal Engineering at the University of California, Los geometries, swimming of microorganisms and self- work with Gyulassy, she developed a formalism in turn provided unprecedented constraints on the Angeles, where his research focused on multiscale assembly of colloidal particles.” that allows to compute the radiative energy loss for mass of the Higgs boson, the last particle predicted computer modeling for plasma wakefield accel- by the Standard Model that has yet to be observed. heavy quarks in a hot quark-gluon plasma to all or- Eric Lauga received the diplôme d’Ingénieur eration. Huang is the author of the simulation tool Arguin’s work was awarded the URA Thesis Award ders in opacity. This theory allows to obtain theoret- (equiv. B.S.) from Ecole Polytechnique in France in QuickPIC, which is a large scale parallel Particle- at Fermilab. Arguin is now a Chamberlain fellow at ical predictions for heavy-ion collision experiments 1998, majoring in Fluid Mechanics and Earth Sci- In-Cell code for efficiently modeling beam-plasma the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, where he is par- at RHIC (the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider) and ences. He then joined the Corps des Mines program and laser-plasma interactions in plasma-based ac- ticipating in the next generation of hadron collider LHC (the Large Hadron Collider) She is currently a at Ecole des Mines de Paris, during which he spent celeration and also used in studying electron cloud experiments: the ATLAS experiment at the Large postdoctoral researcher at The Ohio State Universi- a year at the University of California San Diego effect of conventional accelerators. He holds a M.S. Hadron Collider at CERN. ty under the supervision of Professor Ulrich Heinz. (1999-2000). In 2001 he obtained a D.E.A. (equiv. degree (2003) and a Ph.D. degree (2005) in Electri- APS Council Announces 2006 APS Fellows

The APS Council elected the following as Fellows of the Society at its November 2006 meeting. Particles & Fields Brown, Garry L. Nominations for fellowship are received at APS Headquarters throughout the year, and are forwarded For leadership in experiments elucidating the elec- Princeton University troweak and strong interaction theories, primarily for review to the appropriate division, topical group or forum fellowship committees. The deadlines Fluid Dynamics through the development of advanced instrumentation. for the various units appear on page 8 of this insert, and are posted on the web. For seminal contributions to the understanding of structure and mixing in turbulent shear flows. Fellowship nomination forms may be completed on the web at http://fellowship.aps.org/. Infor- Bilderback, Donald H. mation for completing the form is available at http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/ Cornell University Bryant, Garnett W. nomination-requirements.cfm . DCMP NIST For his contributions to synchrotron x- DCMP ray physics in the field of x-ray optics and For seminal contributions to the theory of semi- to the development of cryogenic cooling. 2006 Fellows (Alphabetical by Last Name) conductor quantum dots and other complex quantum nanostructures and to nanooptics. Adams, Philip Wayne ularly the sequence of revivals and fractional revivals. Billinge, Simon John Laird Louisiana State University Michigan State University Bulgac, Aurel Balachandar, Sivaramakrishnan DCMP Materials Physics University of Washington For his major contributions to the under- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign For seminal contributions to the study of atomic-scale dis- Nuclear Physics standing of high field superconductiv- Fluid Dynamics order in complex nanostructured materials by developing For his ground-breaking work on collec- ity and two dimensional electron localization. For fundamental contributions to the understand- and applying novel x-ray and neutron scattering methods. tive properties of many-fermi systems, par- ing of thermal convection in the earth’s mantle, the ticularly on the theory of nuclear pairing. Allamandola, Louis John structure of bluff body wakes and their effect on the Blaisten-Barojas, Estela Olga NASA Ames Research Center dynamics of small particles, the dynamics of vortices in George Mason University wall turbulence, and theory of two-phase flow, includ- Bunning, Timothy J. Chemical Physics Computational Physics ing the equilibrium Euler formulation for disperse flow. AFRL/MLPJ For his seminal contributions in astrochemistry For pioneering work in the computational simulation Polymer Physics that have forever revolutionized our understand- of atomic and molecular clusters including significant For fundamental and innovative elucidation of ing of interstellar molecules, interstellar ices, and Banerjee, Sanjay Kumar advances in the understanding of the structure and the structure-property relationships of novel pas- the chemical physics of the interstellar medium. University of Texas other important properties of nanoscale systems. sice and synamic polymer-based photonic ma- Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics terials; which is enabling the development of For contributions to silicon and silicon-ger- Amendt, Peter Blucher, Edward Charles next-generation adaptive optical platforms. Andrew Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory manium heterostructure MOS transistors and University of Chicago three-dimensional integrated-circuit technology. Plasma Physics Particles & Fields Burkhardt, Theodore W. For seminal contributions to the development For his work in measurements of electroweak pro- Temple University of indirectly-driven single- and double- shell in- Baroni, Stefano cesses, in particular for precise determinations DCMP ertial confinement fusion physics necessary for Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avan- of the parameters of kaon decays and the eluci- For his contributions to the theory of phase tran- the demonstration of laboratory-scale ignition. zati, Italy dation of the “unitarity puzzle” in kaon physics. sitions at surfaces and interfaces, and his contri- Computational Physics butions to the statistical mechanics of polymers. Arnold, Susan Theresa For his seminal contributions to the broad area Blumberg, Girsh Air Force Research Laboratory of modeling of condensed matter and for his Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies Cao, Hui services to the international electronic struc- DAMOP DCMP Northwestern University For outstanding achievements in anion laser photoelec- ture community as a promoter and an instructor. For his seminal contributions to elucidating the Laser Science tron spectroscopy and the kinetics and dynamics of ion- physics of spin, charge and superconducting For the invention of microlasers based on disordered me- molecule, electron-molecule, and electron-ion reactions of Batrouni, Ghassan George correlations in 1D and 2D complex oxide com- dia, and other groundbreaking experimental studies co- importance in the atmospheric and aerospace sciences. Institut Non-Lineaire de Nice University of Nice- pounds using Raman scattering techniques. herent light generation and transport in disordered media. Sophia Antipolis, France Attwood, David Computational Physics Bollen, Georg Cerdeira, Hilda A. University of California, Berkeley Michigan State University For fundamental contributions to quantum monte The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theo- Laser Science carlo techniques and their application to lattice Nuclear Physics retical Physics, Italy For leading contributions to the characteriza- gauge theory, condensed matter and atomic physics. For his seminal contribution to the development of Pen- tion and use of coherent extreme ultravio- ning traps for short-lived radioactive isotopes and for Forum on International Physics let and soft x-ray radiation, and for pioneering Bauer, Daniel high-precision mass measurements of these isotopes. For her contributions in superconductivity, nonlinear dynamics and synchronization of chaotic systems and work in laser interferometry of dense plasmas. Fermilab her development and management of outreach pro- Particles & Fields Bonnecaze, Roger T. Averbukh, Ilya grams in communications and literature for colleagues For his crucial contributions to the success of the University of Texas in developing countries. The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Cold Dark Matter Search (CDMS) experiment. Fluid Dynamics . DAMOP For seminal contributions to the understand- For pioneering contributions to the understanding of Becker, Ulrich J. ing of suspension and interfacial flows. wave packet dynamics in atoms and molecules, partic- Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 APS Prizes and Awards Chan, Shirley Suiling Duxbury, Phillip Martin Giulian, Gabriele F. For his many contributions to nuclear structure, es- Princeton University Michigan State University Purdue University pecially large-scale shell model physics, particle- core coupling and nuclear shape coexistence, as Biological Physics Computational Physics DCMP well as his excellent textbooks on nuclear physics. For using sophisticated techniques to explore the spectra, For the development of efficient computa- For his many contributions to the theory of the structure, and dynamics of proteins and nuclei acids, and tional methods for strongly non-linear disor- electron liquid and in particular to its modern for- for dedicated service to the American Physical Society. dered systems and the extraction of novel phys- mulation in terms of many-body local fields. Hillery, Mark ics from the application of these methods. Hunter College of CUNY Chang, Choong-Seock Glazie, James Alexander DAMOP New York University Edwards, Glenn S. Indiana University For his imaginative and pioneering work in quan- tum information theory and quantum optics and Plasma Physics Duke University Biological Physics his effective contributions to Physical Review A For seminal and pioneering contributions in neo- Biological Physics For his contributions to the development of the field of on the Editorial Board and as Associate Editor. classical, rf-driven, and basic transport theories, For seminal research in the rapid thermodynamics gov- biological physics through the Cellular Potts Model and and for his leadership in plasma edge simula- erning infrared-laser ablation of tissue and for quantify- the modeling of limb development and angiogenesis. tion in torodial magnetic confinement devices. ing force producing processes in tissue dynamics during Hinchliffe, Ian dorsal closure, a stage of Drosophila morphogenesis. Glotzer, Sharon C. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Chaudhury, Manoj K. University of Michigan Particles & Fields For distinguished contributions to the theoretical Lehigh University Elliott, Daniel S. Computational Physics and experimental physics of high energy colliders. Polymer Physics Purdue University For her pioneering simulations of glass-form- For conducting fundamental studies on the roles of Laser Science ing liquids, self-assembled nanomaterials and energetic and kinetic processes on adhesion, fracture For pioneering experimental demonstra- complex fluids, and for her leadership and- ser Hixson, Robert S. and tribological properties of polymeric interfaces. tions of coherent control in atomic systems. vice to the computational science community. Los Alamos National Laboratory Shock Compression Topical Group Cheng, Kwong-sang Erwin, Steven Charles Gray, George Thompson (Rusty) For sustained technical contributions towards dynamic University of Hong Kong, China Naval Research Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory properties measurements on materials of broad scien- tific importance and vital interest to national defense Astrophysics Computational Physics Shock Compression Topical Group needs, and for leadership in the field of shock physics. For contributions to the theory of compact objects, es- For creative and influential contributions to - com For the development of soft shock recovery tech- pecially the study of high energy radiation from pulsars putational materials science in the fields of ful- niques leading to significant advances in our un- and the glitch relaxation phenomenon of pulsars. leride solids, semiconductor surfaces, mag- derstanding of defect generation and storage, and Hofer, Ulrich netic semiconductors, and nanocrystals. tensile failure of shock compressed materials. Philipps-Universitat Marburg, Germany Chin, Siu Ah Laser Science Texas A&M University Esry, Brett Daniel Greaves, Roderick George For outstanding contributon to the develop- ment and application of laser-based techniques Computational Physics Kansas State University First Point Scientific, Inc to the study of surface and interface dynamics. For original and powerful new fourth-order al- DAMOP Plasma Physics gorithms to solve diverse computational prob- For contributions to the theory of few-body phys- For the development of new methods to create posi- lems in physics and chemistry; and for pioneer- ics at ultracold temperatures and its impact on our tron plasmas and beams, including those of techno- Hogan, Mark J. ing theoretical and computational contributions understanding of trapped atoms, molecules and logical importance, and seminal studies of positron Stanford Linear Accelerator Center to the many-body physics of hadronic matter. Efimov states, and degenerate quantum gases. plasmas and the electron-positron plasma system. Physics of Beams For scientific achievement and leadership in the de- Chu, Sung Nee George Ferron, John R. Griffioen, Keith A. velopment of electron and positron beam-plasma Multiplex INC General Atomics College of William and Mary interactions, including the first experimental dem- onstration of meter-scale wakefield acceleration. Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics Plasma Physics Hadronic Physics For contributions to the development of lasers and For contributions to the fundamental understanding and For definitive experimental studies of the spin photodiodes for optical fiber communication systems. control of the MHD stability of high-pressure tokamak structure of the proton and neutron, both in Holmes, Philip John plasmas, including the stability of the H-mode edge. the perturbative, deep-inelastic regime, and Princeton University Coles, William Arthur in the non-perturbative resonance region. Statistical & Nonlinear Physics University of California, San Diego Fisher, Peter H. For fundamental contributions to the theory of non- linear dynamics and the development of ground- Plasma Astrophysics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Hallman, Timothy J. breaking applications in classical, solid and fluid me- For his major contributions to our understanding of Particles & Fields Brookhaven National Laboratory chanics, neuroscience, and cognitive psychology. the effect of plasma turbulence on radio wave propa- For initiating Tau Polarization Asymmetry Mea- Nuclear Physics gation, and the use of radio propagation measure- surements and W-Boson self couplings, lead- For his leadership of the STAR experiment at the Relativis- ments to infer properties of remote turbulent plasmas ing to a top mass prediction (found later at FNAL). tic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Holtkamp, Norbert Richard in interplanetary space and the interstellar medium. First proof of single W-production in e+ e- anni- Oak Ridge National Laboratory hilation. Determination of sin20w with proposal Hammond, Paula T. Physics of Beams Collins, Gilbert Wilson to expand to highest accuracy of 10-5 at LHC. Massachusetts Institute of Technology For leadership in the successful construction and commissioning of the Spallation Neutron Source. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Polymer Physics Plasma Physics Fitzsimmons, Michael Raymond For her contributions on thin-film patterning of poly- For seminal contributions to the field of high-energy- Los Alamos National Laboratory mers through selective deposition and her studies Howell, Calvin R. density physics related to the development and appli- Topical Group on Magnetism on side-chain liquid-crystalline block copolymers. Duke University cation of novel laser-compression capabilities to mea- & Its Applications Nuclear Physics suring ultra-high pressure material properties. For his work in elucidating the magnetiza- Hanne, George Friedrich For precision measurements of the nucleon-nu- tion reversal processes in exchange bias sys- Universitat Munster, Germany cleon interaction in few-body systems using polar- ization observables and for service to the scien- Corke, Thomas C. tems using polarized neutron reflectometry. DAMOP tific community, especially, by mentoring students University of Notre Dame For his studies of spin-dependent effects in at historically black colleges and universities. Fluid Dynamics Freericks, James Knox electron-atom collisions using polarized elec- For beautiful experiments elucidating the struc- Georgetown University trons, and particularly his prediction and experi- Hu, Qing ture of turbulent boundary layers, the transition from DCMP mental verification of the “fine-structure effect”. laminar to turbulent flow in boundary layers and in For seminal results in applying dynamical mean- Massachusetts Institute of Technology unconfined systems, and the control of turbulence. field theory to bulk and multilayered strongly Harrison, Neil Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics correlated electron systems, significantly -ad Los Alamos National Laboratory For contributions to the development of long-wavelength terahertz quantum-cas- De Long, Lance Eric vancing our understanding of transport, light DCMP cade lasers and real-time terahertz imaging. University of Kentucky scattering, ordered phases and photoemission. For pioneering experimentation on the electronic DCMP structure and magnetism of strongly correlated For his contributions to the understanding of mag- Fu, Guo-yong electron systems in very strong magnetic fields. Hudson, Steven David netic properties and interactions in superconducting Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory NIST and strongly correlated metallic crystals and films. Plasma Physics Hebner, Gregory A. Polymer Physics For pioneering contributions to the physics of Sandia National Laboratories For excellence in structural studies of supramo- lecular and polymeric materials and the quan- Deem, Michael W. energetic particle-driven MHD modes in toka- DAMOP tative description of droplet and particle dis- Rice University maks and ideal MHD stability in stellarators. For investigations of, and contributions to, persion under quiescent and flow conditions. Biological Physics the science of atomic and molecular process- For his elegant and pioneering work on the con- Fye, Richard Maurice es in plasmas through development of inno- nection between spin glass physics and complex Sandia National Laboratories vative optical, microwave and rf diagnostics. Huffman, Gerald P. phenomena in biology ranging from the immune Computational Physics University of Kentucky system response to the dynamics of evolution. For the pioneering development and usage of ex- Helmerson, Kristian P. Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics act quantum Monte Carlo and other methods for National Institute of Standards and Technology For wide-ranging and significant contribu- Dekker, Cees studying models of highly correlated electrons. Laser Science tions to the field of fossil energy research. Delft University of Technology, Netherlands For pioneering work in cooling, trapping, and co- Materials Physics Gammie, Charles Forbes herent manipulation of cold atoms and for the de- Inguscio, Massimo For seminal experimental discoveries of University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign velopment of seminal techniques for the manipula- University of Florence, Italy the electronic properties of carbon nano- Astrophysics tion and control of objects with optical tweezers. DAMOP tubes and other contributions to nanoscience. For contributions to understanding the structure For pathbreaking experiments exploring the quan- and implications of astrophysical turbulence, par- Hernandez, E. Susana tum dynamics of ultracold gases of atomic fermi- Delley, Bernard T. ticularly in black hole magnetospheres, star form- University of Buenos Aires, Argentina ons and bosons, and for major advances in pre- Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland ing interstellar clouds, and circumstellar disks. Forum on International Physics cision laser spectroscopy of the helium atom. Chemical Physics For her contributions to international physics, in- For his pioneering contributions to density functional meth- Garcia, Ricardo Garcia cluding remarkably diverse scientific contributions Ioffe,Lev B. odology and helping to establish density functional theo- Instituto de Microelectronica de Madrid, Spain derived from her continuing efforts to bring to- Rutgers University ry as a major tool for academic and industrial chemistry. Materials Physics gether researchers from different areas and disci- DCMP For his contributions to the development of scanning plines with particular emphasis on young scientists. For significant contributions to the theory of spin glass- Demkov, Alexander A. probe microscopes into multipurpose tools for na- es, without quenched disorder, disordered supercon- University of Texas at Austin noscale imaging, patterning and compositional analy- Hernando, Antonio ductors, high-Tc superconductors and the discovery of sis of polymers, biomolecules and semiconductors. Josephson networks with topological order parameter. Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics Instituto de Magnetismo Aplicado, Spain For contributions to the development of the ma- Forum on International Physics terials theory of oxides and their interfaces, Garcia De Abajo, Francisco Javier For significant contributions to applied- mag Jenkins, Elizabeth as applied to CMOS technology development. Institute De Optica, CSIC, Spain netism in soft magnetic materials and magne- University of California, San Diego APS tism in metallic nanoparticles for his many con- Nuclear Physics Dingus, Brenda Lynn Nominated for his theoretical contributions to understand- tributions to international physics through his For her contributions to the understanding of the realiza- participation in IUPAP committees and activities. Los Alamos National Laboratory ing various aspects of atomic collisions in solids, elec- tion of flavor and spin symmetries for Baryons, through tron-energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), photoelectron innovative application of the large Nc expansion. Astrophysics diffraction (PD), and light interaction with nanostructures. Herrmann, Hans Jurgen For her pioneering work on understanding the highest energy gamma-ray emission from gamma-ray bursts. University of Stuttgart, Germany Kais, Sabre Gehring, Peter Motz Computational Physics Purdue University Dobrynin Andrey V. NIST For his novel contributions to significant problems in Chemical Physics computational physics including fracture, packings, per- University of Connecticut DCMP For the development of a finite size scaling ap- For major contributions to our understanding of colation, granular flow, dunes and irreversible growth. proach to calculate quantum critical parameters Polymer Physics the lattice dynamics of relaxor ferroelectrics, and for atomic, molecular and quantum dot systems. For his contributions to the theory of charged polymers. elucidating the nature of the spin dynamics of cu- Heyde, Kristiaan Ludwig Guido prate oxides by means of neutron scattering. University of Gent, Belgium Kane, Charles Lewis Nuclear Physics University of Pennsylvania

APS Prizes and Awards  DCMP Nuclear Physics For seminal and fundamental contributions to the new self-organized structures in strongly-cou- For significant contributions to the theory of electronic For contributions in experimental nuclear physics from theory of quantum feedback and control and of op- pled plasmas, and innovative contributions to re- transport in low-dimensional systems, including Lut- the study of lead high-spin states to the investigation tical implementations of quantum computation. search on plasma turbulence and the ionosphere. tinger liquids, the quantum Hall effect, carbon nano- of lithium nuclei, and the measurement of the nucle- tubes and graphene. on electromagnetic form-factors and spin structure. Milton, John Gordon Plischke, Michael Simon The Claremont Colleges Fraser University, Canada Kao, Chi-Chang Lin, Zhihong Biological Physics Statistical & Nonlinear Physics Brookhaven National Laboratory University of California For his work on the biological physics of ner- For seminal work on the statistical mechanics of com- Topical Group on Magnetism & Its Applica- Plasma Physics vous systems and their motor control. plex systems, including alloys, random magnets, clas- tions For fundamental contributions to the under- sical fluids, aggregation, random surfaces, interface For his many contributions to resonant elas- standing of zonal flows and turbulence spread- Morse, William Michael growth and deposition, and vulcanization. tic and inelastic x-ray scattering techniques ing and to the pioneering development of mas- Brookhaven National Laboratory sively parallel gyrokinetic particle simulations and their application to materials physics. Particles & Fields Pocanic, Dinko on modern leadership class supercomputers. For leadership and intellectual contributions to University of Virginia Karna, Shashi P. experimental particle physics, and especially Nuclear Physics Liu, Ying US Army Research Laboratory for his role as resident spokesman for the BNL For leading contributions to measurements of rare Pennsylvania State University Chemical Physics muon anomalous magnetic moment experiment. decays, structure and interactions of the pi meson. For contributions to the theory and understanding DCMP of the mechanism of nonlinear optical phenomena For contributions to the understanding of the pairing Mungal, Mark Godfrey Prokof’ev, Nikolai Victorovich in molecules and nanoscale atomic nanoclusters. state of the superconductivity in strontium ruthenate Stanford University University of Massachusetts and for innovative investigations of the destruction of Fluid Dynamics global phase coherence in superconducting cylinders. DCMP Kent, Andrew David For the fundamental understanding of mixing and For pioneering contributions to theories of dis- New York University chemical reactions in subsonic and supersonic shear sipative quantum dynamics and for innova- Lu, Zheng-Tian Topical Group on Magnetism layers and jets in co-flow and cross-flow, and for elu- tive Monte Carlo approaches to quantum Argonne National Laboratory cidating the role of the flowfield in flame stabilization. & Its Applications and classical studies of critical phenomena. Fundamental Const. Topical Group For seminal contributions to quantum tunnel- For development of the Atom Trap Trace Analysis ing through experimental studies of the tunnel- Murray, Norman William Pullin, Dale Ian technique and its subsequent application to radio- ing of the magnetization in molecular magnets. University of Toronto, Canada California Institute of Technology krypton dating of ancient groundwater and mea- Astrophysics Fluid Dynamics surement of the charge radii of short-lived nuclei. Kessler, David Alan For fundamental contributions to the theory of active ga- For his deep, insightful contributions to theoretical/ Bar-Ilan University, Israel lactic nuclei, black hole and star formation in galactic disks, computational fluid dynamics including: understand- Lumpkin, Alexander Henderson planet formation, and the dynamics of planetary systems. ing of vortex sheet dynamics, the equilibrium par- Statistical & Nonlinear Physics Argonne National Laboratory ticle simulation method, and physics-based vortex For fundamental investigations into non-equilibrium pat- Physics of Beams models for turbulence and large-eddy simulation. tern formation mechanisms, especially with regard to den- Nagaitsev, Sergei For his pioneering work in the time-resolved imag- dritic growth, viscous fingering and surface deposition. Fermilab ing of particle and photon beams, which has led to Physics of Beams Raab, Fredrick J. a better understanding of the dynamics of accelera- For designing, building, and successfully commission- LIGO Hanford Observatory Kharzeev, Dmitri E. tor and photon source related physical processes. Brookhaven National Laboratory ing the world’s first relativistic electron cooling device. Gravitational Topical Group For development of fundamental techniques Nuclear Physics Magnaudet, Jacques for interferometeric gravitational wave detec- For research on the properties of matter at very high ener- Nahar, Sultana Nurun Institut de Mecanique des Fuides de Toulouse, tion and for leadership in LIGO during its trasition gy density, and the theory of the high energy limit of QCD. Ohio State University France from laboratory-scale to kilometer scale devices. DAMOP Kivshar, Yuri S. Fluid Dynamics For seminal contributions to studies of photoioniza- For numerical and theoretical contributions to the Radford, David C. Australian National University, Australia tion and recombination of multicharged atomic sys- understanding and description of multiphase flows tems fundamental to atomic physics and plasma Oak Ridge National Laboratory Laser Science at both high and low Reynolds numbers, includ- physics and pioneering calculations of remarkable Nuclear Physics For creative, stimulating, and seminal contribu- ing turbulent flows and heat and mass transfer. complexity on astrophysically significant processes. For pioneering nuclear structure studies with ra- tions to nonlinear optics, the physics of optical soli- dioactive ion beams, development of innovative tons, and the theory of nonlinear localized modes. Mandrus, David G. Nastasi, Michael Anthony software for gamma ray spectroscopy, and signifi- Oak Ridge National Laboratory cant contributions to gamma ray tracking detectors. Klippenstein, Stephen Jacob Los Alamos National Laboratory Materials Physics Argonne National Laboratory Materials Physics For significant contributions to the discovery and eluci- For seminal contributions to the fields of ion-solid inter- Raikh, Mikhail E. Chemical Physics dation of new properties of correlated electron materials. actions, including ion enhanced and plasma synthesis University of Utah For fundamental contributions to the development and of novel materials with applications to energy, manufac- DCMP application of quantative theoretical methods for predict- Marko, John Frederick turing, nanotechnology, and advanced microelectronics. For pioneering contributions to the theory of ing the kinetics of chemical reactions in the gas phase. University of Illinois at Chicago tunneling through localized states, magneto- Newman, Nathan transport in two-dimensional electron systems, Kolomensky, Yury G. Biological Physics For statistical-mechanical theories of DNA and chro- Arizona State University and light propagation in disordered crystals. University of California, Berkeley mosome structure. Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics Particles & Fields For contributions to the understanding of Schottky Raithel, Georg Albrecht For his significant contributions of elucidat- Martel, Richard barriers in semiconductor devices, and to the synthe- University of Michigan ing the spin structure of the nucleon, the Universite de Montreal, Canada sis of novel materials for superconducting devices. DAMOP electroweak theory and B-meson decays. Chemical Physics For research on collisions and excitation block- Norris, David J. ades in cold gases of Rydberg atoms, Rydberg- Krieger, Martin Harvey For seminal advances in understand- ing and exploiting the electrical and opti- University of Minnesota atom trapping, and cold-atoms in optical lat- University of Southern California tices, atom guides and strong magnetic fields. cal properties of individual carbon nanotubes. DCMP Forum on History of Physics For fundamental contributions and pioneering investi- For his series of books on the historical development Martins, Jose Luis gations in the areas of growth of doped nanocrystals Rappe, Andrew Marshall of models and the mathematics employed in twenti- Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal and growth of photonic crystals based on self-assembly. University of Pennsylvania eth-century physics, especially the Ising model and Chemical Physics its relatives and the proofs of the stability of matter. DCMP For his contributions to the study of the electronic struc- Norton, David Paul For contributions to electronic structure methodology, un- derstanding mechanisms of chemisorption bonding and Kronberg, Philipp Paul ture of solids and clusters and to the development of University of Florida ab-initio methods, including new pseudopotentials. energy exchange with surfaces, and for relating chemi- Los Alamos National Laboratory Materials Physics cal identity to material response in ferroelectric oxides. For pioneering work in the area of epitaxial oxide thin Astrophysics Masnou-Seeuws, Francoise films, including superlattice formation and heteroepitaxy. For leading the growing appreciation of the importance Rasio, Frederic A. Laboratoire Aime Cotton, France of astrophysical magnetic fields. His work has helped to Northwestern University define this area of astrophysics and plasma astrophysics. DAMOP Orr, Bradford G. For the development and application of original proce- University of Michigan Astrophysics For his broad contributions to theoretical as- Law, Chung King dures for high precision calculations of the properties Materials Physics of diatomic molecules and the creation of ultracold trophysics, including pioneering work on merg- Princeton University For contributions to the fundamental understanding ers of relativistic binaries, compact objects in molecules by photoassociation of ultracold atoms. of heteroepitaxial and homoepitaxial thin film growth. Fluid Dynamics dense star clusters, and extrasolar planets. For sustained and outstanding contributions to the fun- Matis, Howard S. damentals of combustion, notably those on the dynam- Ostroumov, Peter Nikolayevich Argonne Reitze, David Howard Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ics and combustion of droplets, the dynamics, structure, National Laboratory University of Florida Forum on Education extinction, and stability of flames, and flame chemistry. Physics of Beams APS For his many contributions to education and out- For creativity and leadership in the design reach on nuclear science including a website, For leadership in the applications of lasers to Lawrence Jonathan Mac and development of both normal conduct- in diverse areas from the detection of gravita- wall-chart, guidebook, and Boy Scout merit badge, ing and superconducting ion linear accelerators. University of California, Irvine as well as a classroom cosmic-ray detector. tional waves to the ultrafast response of matter. DCMP Ott, William R. For pioneering contibutions to understanding intermedi- Matkowsky, Bernard Judah Resta, Raffaele ate valence phenomena in correlated electron systems. National Institute of Standards and Technology Northwestern University Universita di Trieste, Italy APS Computational Physics Leibfried, Dietrich Fluid Dynamics For sustained leadership of the research and ser- For fundamental contributions to the combustion the- For outstanding contributions to the development of theo- NIST vice programs of the Physics Laboratory of the rectical methods for the calculation of dielectric response ory including the formulation and derivation of math- National Institute of Standards and Technology. Quantum Information ematical models and their use in describing observed and electronic polarization and localization in insulators. For seminal contributions to the field of Quantum- In behavior and predicting new, as yet unobserved, Panton, Ronald L. formation Processing using trapped ions including thermally active physical and chemical processes. Reucroft, Stephen the demonstration of high fidelity logic gates and the University of Texas, Austin Northeastern University implementation and application of entangled states. Melnitchouk, Wolodymyr (Wally) Jeffer- Fluid Dynamics Particles & Fields For insightful application of analytical methods to fluid son Lab For leadership and outstanding contribu- Leigh, Robert G. mechanics, the study of turbulence, including wall-bound- Hadronic Physics tions to the precision determination of fun- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign ed turbulent flows and pressure fluctuations, and for au- damental quantities in particle physics. For his theoretical and phenomenological con- thorship of a successful graduate-level fluids textbook. Particles & Fields tributions to the study of the quark structure of For his important work in String Theory, Supersym- Rice, John Edward nucleons and nuclei, in particular that underpin- Pianetta, Piero Antonio metric Gauge Theory, the Theory of the Electroweak ning the nuclear physics program at Jefferson Lab. Massachusetts Institute of Technology SLAC Phase Transition, and the Theory of D-branes. Plasma Physics Merminga, Nikolitsa (Lia) DCMP For significant contributions in the areas of For his pioneering contributions to the synchro- Li, Chikang Center for Advanced Studies of Accelerators spontaneous rotation, momentum and impu- Massachusetts Institute of Technology tron based photoelectron spectroscopy study of rity transport, internal transport barrier forma- Physics of Beams electronic structure of surfaces and interfaces. Plasma Physics For leadership in designing and develop- tion and spectroscopy of medium and high Z im- For innovative analysis of implosion physics utilizing purities in magnetic fusion confinement devices. ing energy recovery linacs, and applications Piel, Alexander J. novel charged-particle techniques that have led to to light sources and electron-ion colliders. insightful measurements and understanding of fuel- Institut fur Experimentelle und Angewandte Ritz, Steven M. shell mix, of areal density, and of a asymmetry growth. Milburn, Gerard J. Physik, Germany NASA Goddard Space Flight Center University of Queensland, Australia Plasma Physics Astrophysics Lichtenstadt, Jechiel For significant contributions in opening the field DAMOP For his leadership role in particle astrophysics, including Tel Aviv University, Israel of dusty plasma experiments, discoveries of his major contributions to the design and construction

 APS Prizes and Awards of the Large Area Telescope for the GLAST Mission. Plasma Physics photon interactions with atoms and molecules, from the For fundamental contributions to the x-ray weak-field through strong-field regime. Whisnant, Kerry Lewis Rogers, John A. spectroscopy of hot laser-produced and so- Iowa State University lar plasmas, and for the determination of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Timmermans, Eddy M. Particles & Fields atomic energy levels of highly-charged ions. Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics Los Alamos National Laboratory For important contributions to the study of neutrino For contributions to the fields of flex- DAMOP mass and neutrino oscillations and to the phenomenol- ible electronics, optical fiber devices, nano- Selen, Mats Anton For theoretical insights into trapped ultracold atoms, ogy of electroweak gauge models. lithography and picosecond ultrasonics. University of Illinois including novel superfluids in bosonic and fermionic Particles & Fields systems, Feshbach resonances and atom-molecule Whyte, Dennis Gordon Rosenberg, Eli Ira For leadership and hardware contributions to the coherence, and resonant light scattering. University of Wisconsin-Madison Iowa State University CLEO collaboration and contributions to the under- standing of charm hadronic decays and excited states. Plasma Physics Particles & Fields Timp, Gregory Louis For major contributions to the understanding of physi- For his definitive contributions to the first measure- University of Illinois cal processes in the edge of magnetic confinement Shastry, Balajapalli Sriram ments of quark structure of the pion, electronics DCMP plasma devices, the physics of plasma surface interac- design for the DELPHI electromagnetic calorim- University of California, Santa Cruz For contributions to the fabrication of nanometer-scale tions and disruption mitigation. eter, and development of the BaBar on-line software. DCMP structures and the understanding of transport through For his seminal contributions to the theory of them. Willenbrock, Scott strongly correlated and quantum-spin systems. Rosengren, Anders University of Illinois KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Toner, John Sheldon, Paul Particles & Fields DCMP University of Oregon For pioneering work in the understanding of single top For sustained theoretical work that correctly predicted Vanderbilt University DCMP quark production at hadron colliders, and for contribu- superconductivity in americium, effects of impurities in Particles & Fields For a wealth of contributions to the theory of correlations, tions to the understanding of associated production of high-temperature superconductors, new phases in rare- For significant contributions to search- fluctuations, topological defects, and anomalous elas- Higgs and vector bosons as a discovery channel at the earth metals, and the critical point for the 3d Ising model. es for rare and forbidden charm decays. ticity and hydrodynamics of partially ordered phases. Tevatron and LHC.

Roth, Bradley J. Snoke, David W. Traschen, Jennie Harriet Williams, James Stanislaus Oakland University University of Pittsburgh University of Massachusetts Australian National University Biological Physics DCMP Gravitational Topical Group Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics For his theoretical and numerical studies of bioelec- For his pioneering work on the experimental and theo- For her ground-breaking contributions to early universe For contributions to the understanding and application tric and biomagnetic phenomena, especially for his retical understanding of dynamical optical processes in cosmology and black hole physics. of ion-solid interactions in semiconductors, especially contributions to the bidomain model of the heart. semiconductor systems. defect evolution and crystallization of amorphous lay- Trebino, Rick Peter ers. Rugar, Daniel Son, Dam Thanh Georgia Institute of Technology IBM Research Division Williams, David Robert University of Washington Laser Science DCMP Nuclear Physics For inventing and developing techniques for measuring Illinois Institute of Technology For his development of ultrasensitive force detec- For original contributions to the theory of quark pairing ultrashort laser pulses. Fluid Dynamics tion techniques and their application to atomic, at high density, and for the proposal of a fundamental For contributions to the understanding of fluid flow and magnetic and magnetic resonance force micros- viscosity bound for the QCD plasma being investigated Tsang, Manyee Betty flow control through innovative experimentation with copies, including single electron spin detection. at RHIC. cylinder wakes, cavities and bodies of revolution. Michigan State University Sanders, Barry C. Spalding, William Jeffrey Nuclear Physics Worster, Michael Grae University of Calgary, Canada For her contributions towards the understanding of re- Fermilab action dynamics, the density dependence of the sym- University of Cambridge, UK Quantum Information Particles & Fields metry energy, and the extraction of spectroscopic fac- Fluid Dynamics For contributions to optical quantum informa- For his outstanding contributions to heavy flavor phys- tors. For making fundamental advances in understanding tion science including optimal quantum mea- ics experiments in both fixed target and colliding had- the interaction between solidification and convection in surements, quantum cryptography, and new ron beam environments. Vicsek, Tamas mushy layers through systematic analytical, numerical protocols for quantum information processing. and experimental studies. Eotvos University, Hungary Springborg, Michael Sarcevic, Ina Statistical & Nonlinear Physics University of Saarland, Germany Xiao, Gang University of Arizona For his numerous seminal contributions to statistical Chemical Physics physics, and its applications to fractal growth phenom- Brown University Particles & Fields For his seminal contributions to the development of ena, surface dynamics, and self-organization in biologi- Topical Group on Magnetism & Its Applica- For outstanding contributions to physics of ul- density-functional methods exploiting helical sym- cal systems and human dynamics. tions trahigh-energy neutrinos and cosmic rays. metry of one-dimensional systems and their ap- For his significant contributions to spintronics research, plication to the polymers and chain compounds. Vidali, Gianfranco especially on half-metallic ferromagnets, magneto-tun- Sarff, John Stephen neling, colossal magnetoresistance, nanoscale struc- Syracuse University University of Wisconsin-Madison Srinivasarao, Mohan tures and devices. APS Plasma Physics Georgia Institute of Technology In recognition of significant contributions to our under- For seminal contributions to the understand- Polymer Physics Yang, Xueming ing and control of magnetic fluctuations and - as standing of atom-surface interactions and seminal ex- For his creative contributions to the fields of microstruc- perimental investigations in astrochemistry. Chinese Academy of Sciences, China sociated transport, to the understanding of mag- tured polymers and polymer-dispersed liquid crystals. netic self-organization, and to the advancement Chemical Physics For his contributions to the study of reaction dynamics of the reversed field pinch fusion configuration. Villeneuve, David M. Stankiewicz, Jolanta Irena of elementary chemical reactions using the state-of- National Research Council of Canada Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain the-art crossed molecular beam methods. Sarkar, Sutanu DAMOP DCMP University of California, San Diego For the first observation of a single electron orbital For significant contributions to the physics of Yelton, John Martin Fluid Dynamics wavefunction using high harmonic emission, and novel semimagnetic semiconductors and pioneer- applications of femtosecond lasers to controlling mo- University of Florida For outstanding and original contributions to ing semiconductor research in Venezuela. the physics of turbulence in compressible flows, lecular internal and external degrees of freedom. Particles & Fields For discovery and study of many baryons states, which stratified flows and combustion, and for- thenu Stolovitzky, Gustavo A. merical modeling of these important processes. Vogt, Thomas contributed to our understanding of the quark structure IBM-Thomas J. Watson Research Center of hadrons. USC NanoCenter Biological Physics Savin, Daniel Wolf Materials Physics For contributions to the use of pattern discov- For original contributions to the development and dis- Yeung, Pui-Kuen Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory ery and other multivariate analytical tools in semination of neutron and synchrotron x-ray powder Georgia Institute of Technology DAMOP mining biological data–especially in gene ex- diffraction and their use in probing structure-property Fluid Dynamics For his many and wide ranging contributions to pression–and to modeling noise in biotechnolo- relationships. For insightful contributions to the understanding and atomic collision studies; their applications to as- gies such as PCR and gene expression arrays. trophysics; and for catalyzing numerous as- modeling of similarity scaling in turbulence and the mix- trophysically motivated research projects with Voter, Arthur F. ing of passive scalars, especially the study of Lagrang- Stoof, Hendricus T. C. ian statistics and dispersion in turbulence through high- other atomic, molecular, and optical scientists. Los Alamos National Laboratory Utrecht University, Netherlands resolution simulations addressing Reynolds number Materials Physics Schein, Lawrence B. DAMOP and Schmidt number dependencies. For pioneering contributions to the many-body the- For original contributions to the theory of chemical and Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics ory of ultracold atomic gases, and especially for the surface dynamics, especially through the pioneering For contributions to electrophotography, elec- Zaleskiewicz, Thad P. development of the theory of Feshbach resonanc- development of accelerated molecular dynamics. trostatics and transport in organic solids. University of Pittsburgh es in strongly interacting Bose and Fermi gases. Walukiewicz, Wladyslaw Forum on Education For contributions to the education of teachers in con- Schmalian, Jorg Stutzmann, Martin Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Iowa State University temporary physics topics through continuous sustained Walter Schottky Institut, Germany Materials Physics activity in the Contemporary Physics Education Proj- DCMP Materials Physics For seminal contributions in the areas of amphoteric ect. For his pioneering contributions to the theory For contributions to the microscopic understand- defects in semiconductors; Group-III nitrides; the effect of strongly correlated materials, including stud- ing of electronic processes in semiconductors and of Mn interstitials in ferromagnetic semiconductors; ies on the role of disorder, frustration, and uncon- Zhu, Yimei the development of novel semiconductor devices. and the formulation of the band structure of highly-mis- ventional pairing in quantum many body systems. matched semiconductor alloys. Brookhaven National Laboratory Suits, Arthur G. Materials Physics Schollwoeck, Ulrich Joseph Institut For outstanding and innovative development and im- Wayne State University Wang, Enge fur Theoretische Physik, Germany plementation of advanced electron beam experiments Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Computational Physics to understand electronic and magnetic structures and For pioneering work in the application of state-resolved Forum on International Physics the physical behavior of functional materials such as For his contributions to the density matrix renor- and “universal” ion imaging techniques to a broad range For his contributions to the synthesis of tubular graph- superconductors and ferromagnetics. malization group method and its application to of problems in chemical physics and reaction dynamics. ite cones, nanobells and other nanostructures and for non-equilibrium classical and quantum problems. developing the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy Zia, Royce K.P. Szmulowicz, Frank of Sciences, as a premier institution to promote inter- Schopper, Herwig national collaborations. Virginia Tech University of Dayton Research Institute CERN Switzerland Statistical & Nonlinear Physics Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics Wang, Lin-Wang For seminal and sustained contributions to statisti- Forum on International Physics For contributions to the design and understanding of For his contributions to particle physics and ac- cal physics, especially critical phenomena, interfacial semiconductor materials for infrared detector applica- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory celerator technology; for fostering world-wide properties and far-from-equilibrium phenomena. tions. Computational Physics scienctific collaborations; for leadership in the For his contributions in computational nanoscience, SESAME project towards the advancement Zouros, Theo J.M. Tang, Kwong Tin especially for the development of new computational of physics and peaceful regional cooperation. algorithms in electronic structure calculations of large University of Crete Pacific Lutheran University nanostructures. DAMOP Schwartz, Steven David DAMOP For his many years of exploration of ion-atom collisions Albert Einstein College of Medicine For seminal theoretical contributions to our understand- Wang, Hailin through high-resolution electron spectroscopy and his ing of intermolecular forces, which govern the proper- study of inelastic scattering of electrons from highly- Biological Physics University of Oregon ties of gases, most liquids and insulator solids. charged ions through the use of quasi-free electron For the development of the theory of the coupling of Laser Science protein vibrations to catalytic function in enzymes. targets. Taylor, Kenneth Thomas Andrew The For contributions to the study of coherent optical pro- cesses in semiconductors, especially the pioneering Queen’s University, Northern Ireland Seely, John F. experimental work on electromagnetically induced Naval Research Laboratory DAMOP transparency via exciton correlations. For pioneering theoretical and computational studies of

APS Prizes and Awards  Nomination Announcements Call for Nominations for 2008 APS Prizes and Awards

The following prizes and awards will be bestowed by the Society in 2008. Members are invited to nominate candidates to the respective committees charged with recommending the recipients. A brief description of each prize and award is given below, along with the addresses of the selection committee chairs to whom nomina- tions should be sent. For complete information regarding rules and eligibility requirements for individual prizes and awards, please refer to the Prizes and Awards page on the APS web site at http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/. Nomination Deadline is July 1, 2007, unless otherwise indicated.

Prizes 27708-0305, Phone (919) 660-2584, Fax (919) 660-2525, WC2R 2LS, Phone 011+44+777 600 3081, Fax 011+44+207 Email [email protected] Excellence in Plasma Physics 848 2436, Email [email protected] Education Award Will Allis Prize Earle K. Plyler Prize Ken Krane, Oregon State University, Department of Physics, DISSERTATION Margaret M. Murnane, JILA, University of Colorado – Boul- David Pratt, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Chem- 301 Weniger Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-6507, Phone (541) der, Boulder, CO 80309-0440, Phone (303) 492-7839, Fax 737-1692, Fax (541) 737-1683, Email [email protected] AWARDS (303) 492-5235, Email [email protected] istry, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, Phone (412) 624-8660, Fax (412) 624-8611, Email [email protected] egonstate.edu Andreas Acrivos Hans A. Bethe Prize Polymer Physics Prize Leroy Apker Award Dissertation Award Robert Tribble, Texas A&M University, Cyclotron Institute, Deadline: June 20, 2007 Sandip Ghosal, Northwestern University, Department of College Station, TX 77843, Phone (979) 845-1411, Fax (979) Anne Mayes, MIT, 13-5025, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cam- Alan Chodos, American Physical Society, One Physics Ellipse, Mechanical Engineering, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 845-1899, Email [email protected] bridge, MA 02139, Phone (617) 253-3318, Fax (617) 452- 3432, Email [email protected] College Park, MD 20740, Phone (301) 209-3233, Fax (301) 60208, Phone (847) 467-5990, Email s-ghosal@northwestern. 209-0865, Email [email protected] edu Max Delbruck Prize Aneesur Rahman Prize John Nagle, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Phys- Edward A. Bouchet Award Mitsuyoshi Tanaka Beverly Berger, NSF, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA ics, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, Phone (412) 268-2764, Fax (412) Elvira Williams, Shaw University, College of Arts and Sci- Dissertation Award 681-0648, Email [email protected] 22230, Phone (703) 292-7372, Fax (703) 292-9078, Email [email protected] ences, 118 East South Street, Raleigh, NC 27601, Phone (919) Henry Frisch, Enrico Fermi Institute, 5640 S. El- 546-8274/8395, Email [email protected] lis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, Phone (773) 702- Tom W. Bonner Prize 7479, Fax (773) 704-5959 Email Frisch@hep. Andrei Sakharov Prize Joseph A. Burton Award uchicago.edu Ani Aprahamian, University of Notre Dame, Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, Andrew M Sessler, University of California, Lawrence Berke- Peter D. Zimmerman, Chair, Science and Security, Department Phone (219) 631-8120, Fax (219) 631-5952, Email ani.apra- of War Studies, King’s College, London, Strand, London, Marshall Rosenbluth [email protected] ley Lab MS71-259, One Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720, Phone (510) 486-4992, Fax (510) 486-6485, Email am- WC2R 2LS, Phone 011+44+777 600 3081, Fax 011+44+207 Dissertation Award 848 2436, Email [email protected] [email protected] John Goree, The University of Iowa, 210 Van Allen Hall, De- Oliver E. Buckley Prize partment of Physics & Astronomy, Iowa City, IA 52242, Phone M. Christina Marchetti, Syracuse University, Department of J.J. Sakurai Prize John H. Dillon Medal (319) 335-1843, Fax(319) 335-1753, Email john-goree@ uiowa.edu Physics, Syracuse, NY 13244, Phone (315) 443-2581, Fax Deadline: May 1, 2007 Anne Mayes, MIT, 13-5025, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cam- (315) 443-9103, Email [email protected] bridge, MA 02139, Tel: (617) 253-3318, Fax: (617) 452-3432, Joe Polchinski, UCSB, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Email: [email protected] Nuclear Physics Barbara, CA 93106, Phone (805) 893-3126, Fax (805) 893- Davisson-Germer Prize 2431, Email [email protected] Dissertation Award Nora Berrah, Department of Physics, Western Michigan Uni- Joseph F. Keithley Award Richard G. Milner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 26-411 Department of Physics, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, versity, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5151, Phone (616) 387-4955, Arthur L. Schalow Prize Art Hebard, University of Florida, Department of Physics, Cambridge, MA 02139, Phone (617) 258-5439, Fax (617) 258- Fax (616) 387-4939, Email [email protected] 2257 New Physics Building, Box 118440, Gainesville, FL Lou F. DiMauro, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Depart- 5440, Email [email protected] 32611-8440, Phone (352) 392-8842, Fax (352) 392-3591, ment of Chemistry, Upton, NY 11973, Phone (631) 344-4323, Email [email protected] Fluid Dynamics Prize Fax (631) 344-5815, Email [email protected] Deadline: March 31, 2007 Nicholas Metropolis Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award Dissertation Award Elaine Oran, 3516 Duff Drive, Falls Church, VA 22041, Phone Prize to a Faculty Member for Research (202) 767-6260, Fax (202) 767-4798, Email [email protected]. in an Undergraduate Institution Marc Sher, College of William & Mary, Department of Phys- Ann Orel, University of California-Davis, Department of Ap- navy.mil ics, Williamsburg, VA 23187, Phone (757) 221-3538, Fax plied Science, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, Phone Sally Koutsoliotas, Bucknell University, Department of Phys- (757) 221-3540, Email [email protected] (925) 422-9787, Fax (925) 422-8681, Email aeorel@ucdavis. ics, Lewisburg, PA 17837, Phone (570) 577-3105, Email kout- edu Dannie Heineman Prize [email protected] Dwight Nicholson Medal for John Donoghue, University of Massachusetts, Department of DAMOP Thesis Research Physics & Astronomy, Amherst, MA 01003, Phone (413) 545- Human Outreach Robert R. Wilson Prize 1940, Fax (413) 545-0648, Email [email protected]. Dissertation Award John Risley, North Carolina State University, Department of edu Steve Peggs, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Building 911, Physics, PO Box 8202, Raleigh, NC 27695-8202, Phone (919) Janine Shertzer, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Upton, NY 11973, Phone (631) 344-3104, Fax (631) 344- 515-2524, Fax (919) 781-2994, Email [email protected] Physics, Worcester, MA 01610, Phone (508) 793-2470, Email 5729, Email [email protected] [email protected] Frank Isakson Prize Antoinette (Toni) Taylor, Los Alamos National Laboratory, John Dawson Award in MS K764, Los Alamos, NM 87545, Phone (505) 665-7652, AWARDS, MEDALS & Plasma Physics Research Beam Physics Fax (505) 665-0030, Email [email protected] Dissertation Award LECTURESHIPS Deadline: April 3, 2007 Nermin Uckan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Fus Energy Div- Georg Hoffstaetter, Cornell University, Department of Physics, Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize M/S 6169, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, Phone (865) Newman Lab, Ithaca, NY 14850, Phone (607) 255-5197, Fax David Adler Lectureship 574-1354, Fax (865) 241-8231, Email [email protected] (607) 254-4552, Email [email protected] Evelyn Hu, University of California, Santa Barbara, Depart- ment of ECE, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, Phone (805) 893- Julie Ann Borchers, NIST, Center for Neutron Research, Bldg 2368, Fax (805) 893-8170, Email [email protected] 235, E154, Gaitherburg, MD 20899, Phone (301) 975-6597, Leo Szilard Lectureship Fax (301) 921-9847, Email [email protected] Peter D. Zimmerman, Chair, Science and Security, Department James Clerk Maxwell Prize of War Studies, King’s College, London, Strand, London, Deadline: April 3, 2007 Michael Mauel, Columbia University, Department of Applied Physics, 500 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027, Phone 2007 APS Fellowship Nomination Deadlines (212) 854-4455, Fax (212) 854-8257, Email mauel@columbia. edu Fellowship nominations may be submitted at any time, but must be received by the deadlines listed below for the next review. For submittal information see: http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/nominations.cfm James C. McGroddy Prize DIVISIONS Christopher B. Murray, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, 1101 Kitchawan Road, PO Box 218, Route 134, Yorktown Astrophysics ………………………………………..04/27/2007 TOPICAL GROUPS Heights, NY 10598, Phone (914) 945-3021, Fax (914) 945- Biological Physics ………………………………….04/03/2007 Few Body …………………………………………...04/03/2007 2141, Email [email protected] Chemical Physics …………………………………...... …...PAST Precision Measurement & Fund. Const.………....04/03/2007 Computational Physics ……………………………04/16/2007 Instrument & Measurement Science …………….04/27/2007 Lars Onsager Prize DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) ……………04/16/2007 Shock Compression ……………………………….04/03/2007 DCMP (Condensed Matter) ………………………...... PAST Christopher Gould, University of Southern California, De- Hadronic Physics ….……………………………….04/27/2007 partment of Physics, Seaver Science Center, Los Angeles, Fluid Dynamics …………………………………….03/30/2007 Gravitation …………………………………………..04/03/2007 CA 90089-0484, Phone (213) 740-1101, Fax (213) 740-6653, Polymer Physics …………………………………...04/16/2007 Email [email protected] Magnetism and Its Applications …………………..04/03/2007 Laser Science ………………………………………04/03/2007 Statistical & Nonlinear Physics …………………...04/16/2007 Materials Physics …………………………………...... PAST Plasma Astrophysics ………….…………………...04/03/2007 Abraham Pais Prize Nuclear Physics ……………………………………04/03/2007 Deadline: May 1, 2007 Quantum Information ……………………………...04/13/2007 Particles & Fields …………………………………..04/03/2007 Daniel M. Siegel, 2218 Eton Ridge, Madison, WI 53726-5304, Physics of Beams ………………………………….03/16/2007 Phone (608) 262-1406, Fax (608) 262-3984, Email dmsiegel@ APS GENERAL 06/02/07 facstaff.wisc.edu Plasma Physics …………………………………….04/03/2007 This category is reserved for unusual situations where the George E. Pake Prize contributions of the nominee clearly do not fall into the area FORUMS Dan Fleetwood, EECS Department, Vanderbilt University, PO of a technical unit. They are reviewed and recommended Box 92 Station B, Nashville, TN 37235, Phone (615) 322-2498, Physics & Society ………………...………………..04/03/2007 directly by the APS Fellowship Committee) Fax 615) 343-6702, Email [email protected] History of Physics …………………………...……..05/11/2007 International Physics ……………………………....04/03/2007 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize Industrial and Applied Physics ……………………03/09/2007 Deadline: May 1, 2007 Education ……..…………………………………....04/16/2007 Al Goshaw, Duke University, PO Box 90305, Durham, NC

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