Honors and Awards Spring 1999

Physicists to Be Honored at APS Centennial Meeting Thirty-one APS prizes and awards keley and faculty senior scientist at the Alexander Zamolodchikov was born on 1999 HERBERT P. BROIDA PRIZE will be presented during a special cer- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. the 18th of September of 1952 in Dubna, He received his Ph.D. degree in physics emonial session at the APS Centennial Terry A. Miller USSR. He received his education from Meeting, to be held later this month in in 1976 from the University of Califor- Moscow Institute of Physics and Tech- The Ohio State University nia at Berkeley. After working at the IBM Atlanta, Georgia. Citations and bio- nology, which he graduated in 1975 as Watson Research Center, the AT&T Bell graphical information for each Nuclear Physics Engineer. In 1978 he re- Citation: “For his far-ranging contributions Laboratories at Murray Hill, and the recipient follow. Additional biographi- to spectroscopy and chemical physics of University of Pennsylvania, he joined ceived PhD in Physics from Institute of cal information and appropriate Web diatomics and radicals, his development the UC Berkeley faculty in 1980. His re- Experimental and Theoretical Physics in links can be found at the APS Web site of methods for plasma diagnostics, and for search interests are on the electronic and Moscow, USSR. From 1978 he is a mem- [http://www.aps.org]. Nominations his stewardship of the Ohio State Spectros- structural properties of solids, surfaces, ber of L.D.Landau Institute in for most of next year’s prizes and copy Conference.” clusters, and nanotubes, and on many- Chernogolovka, and from 1990, a Pro- awards are now being accepted. For Miller received his electron effects in the spectroscopic fessor of Physics at Rutgers University. details, see pages 7-8 of this insert. Ph.D. in chemistry properties of bulk and reduced dimen- Research interests of A. Zamolodchikov in 1968 from Cam- sional materials systems. He was are in Quantum Field Theory and Sta- bridge University, previously awarded the 1996 Rahman tistical Physics, in particular in PRIZES Prize in Computational Physics of the and joined the Conformal and Integrable Field Theo- APS. technical staff at ries. Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, 1999 HANS A. BETHE PRIZE 1999 DANNIE HEINEMAN PRIZE New Jersey before 1999 HIGH POLYMER PHYSICS moving to The PRIZE Edwin Ernest Salpeter Barry M. McCoy Cornell University Ohio State University in 1984, where he currently holds the Ohio Eminent Scholar SUNY at Stony Brook Charles C. Han Citation: “For wide-ranging contributions Chair of Experimental Physical Chemistry. National Institute of Standards and Tai Tsun Wu to nuclear and atomic physics and astro- His research centers around the spectro- Technology physics, including the triple-alpha scopic identification, characterization and Harvard University reaction, electron screening of nuclear re- monitoring of reactive chemical interme- Citation: “For outstanding contributions actions, charged-current emission of diates. He has developed a number of Alexander B. Zamolodchikov in the application of light and neutron neutrinos, and the form of the stellar ini- experimental spectroscopic techniques Rutgers University scattering to the physics of polymer tial mass function.” spanning frequencies from the microwave phase separation.” to the ultraviolet. At present, his labora- Citation: “For their groundbreaking and Salpeter received Han graduated tory is applying a battery of spectroscopic penetrating work on classical statistical his Ph.D. in theo- from National techniques to the characterization of the mechanics, integrable models, and con- retical physics in structure and dynamics of a number of Taiwan Univer- formal field theories.” 1948 from Bir- interesting chemical intermediates. sity with a B.S. in mingham Dr. McCoy re- chemical engi- University, and the neering in 1966 ceived his BS at following year 1999 OLIVER E. BUCKLEY PRIZE and from the Cal Tech in 1963 joined Cornell Uni- University of versity as a Sidney R. Nagel and his PhD from Wisconsin, research associate University of Chicago Harvard Univer- Madison, with a under Hans A. Bethe. He remained at sity in 1967. He Ph.D. in physical chemistry in 1973. Cornell as a professor, eventually becom- Citation: “For his innovative studies of dis- joined the Insti- He joined the Polymers Division of the ing the J. G. White Distinguished Professor ordered systems ranging from structural tute for National Institute of Standards and of Physical Sciences (Emeritus since 1997). glasses to granular materials.” Theoretical Phys- Technology (formerly the National Bu- In the 1950s, he worked with Bethe on reau of Standards) in 1974. He has Nagel received his ics at the State University of New York atomic theory and quantum electrodynam- been staff scientist, group leader and PhD in physics at Stony Brook in 1967 where he is cur- ics, developing the so-called recently a NIST fellow. His areas of in- from Princeton rently a Professor of Physics. He has “Bethe-Salpeter equation” and publishing terest and research have been related University in 1974 been visiting professor at the Research a book entitled Quantum Mechanics Of One- to polymer dynamics in dilute, and spent the next Institute of Mathematical Sciences in And Two Electron Atoms. semidilute and concentrated solu- two years as a re- Kyoto, the Institute Henri Poincare and tions. His recent research includes the search associate at the Australian National University. Dr. phase behavior of polymer blends un- Brown University. 1999 TOM W. BONNER PRIZE IN McCoy was awarded the Heineman der shear field and phase He joined the fac- NUCLEAR PHYSICS prize for work done from 1967-1981 on decomposition on the surface. He is a ulty of the the statistical mechanics of the Ising past recipient of the Dillon Medal of University of Chicago in 1976 serving as Vijay Raghunath Pandharipande model including boundary critical phe- the APS. University of Illinois director of the Materials Research Labora- tory from 1987 to 1991. He is currently the nomena, randomly layered systems which have Griffiths-McCoy Citation: “For fundamental contributions in Louis Block Professor in the Physical Sci- determining the structure of light nuclei ences. Nagel’s research interests focus on singularities, the Painleve representa- by solving the Schroedinger problem with disordered, nonlinear and out-of-equilib- tion of the two point function, quadratic Table of Contents more than three nucleons using realistic rium systems, including studies of glass difference equations for the n-point nucleon-nucleon interactions supple- transitions in supercooled liquids, phe- functions, and the Ising model in a mag- mented by three-body forces.” nomena in granular materials, and netic field. Dr. McCoy has in addition singularities occurring in the interface made contributions to the study of Pandharipande motion of hydrodynamic flows. Centennial Prize joined the Tata In- quantum spin chains, and the stitute of Fermionic representations of confor- and Award Fundamental Re- 1999 DAVISSON-GERMER PRIZE mal field theory, and has been a 1 Honorees search in Bombay IN ATOMIC OR SURFACE co-discoverer of the integrable chiral after receiving a PHYSICS Potts model. He has also worked ex- M.Sc. degree from tensively in quantum field theory and Nagpur University Steven Gwon Sheng Louie more recently has become known for in 1961. He re- University of California, Berkeley his mathematical work in nonlinear New APS Fellows ceived his Ph.D. differential equa- from Bombay University in 1969, while at Citation: “For his 4 tions and the the Tata Institute, and came to the Univer- predictive theoreti- theory of Rogers- sity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, his cal studies of present position, in 1972. He has also held surfaces and inter- Ramanujan a visiting faculty appointment at the Phys- faces.” identities. Nominations for ics Division of Argonne National Y2K Prizes and Laboratory since 1983. His research inter- Louie is a profes- Tai Tsun Wu, 7 ests include nuclear forces, structure and sor of physics at Harvard Awards reactions, quantum liquids and their the University of University drops, and dense matter and neutron stars. California at Ber- General Electric Re- He retired from Philips in 1972. Casimir Raizen received a 1999 IRVING LANGMUIR PRIZE search and made many contributions to science dur- Ph.D. in physics IN CHEMICAL PHYSICS Development Cen- ing his years in research from 1931 to 1950, from the Univer- ter in 1967 where he including long range van der Waals forces, sity of Texas at Daniel Kivelson has worked in the the so-called “Casimir effect.” In 1966, Austin in 1989, and University of California, Los Angeles areas of interstitial Casimir became co-founder and first presi- spent the next few diffusion, radiation dent of the (European Industrial Research years as a Citation: “For his influential studies, theo- damage, solute seg- Management Association (EIRMA). postdoctoral fel- retical and experimental, probing stability, regation in solids, low at the National structure and molecular motion in liquids, thermomigration, Institute of Stan- supercooled liquids and glasses.” electromigration, amorphous metals and 1999 W. H. K. PANOFSKY PRIZE dards and Technology in Boulder, Colorado. IN EXPERIMENTAL PARTICLE Kivelson received semiconductor processing, laser material He moved to the University of Texas at Aus- PHYSICS his Ph.D. from processing, anodic bonding, high-pres- tin in 1991, where he is currently a tenured Harvard in 1953 sure, high-temperature diamond associate professor. Raizen has been work- and subsequently nucleation and growth and low-pressure Edward H. Thorndike ing in the field of atom optics. The main served as an in- chemical-vapor-deposition diamond University of Rochester focus of his research has been to study how structor in Physics nucleation and growth. quantum mechanics suppresses classical Citation: “For a leading role in milestone at M.I.T. He has chaos, by a mechanism known as dynami- Haller is a profes- advances in the study of the b quark with been on the faculty cal localization. Recent work in his group sor of materials the CLEO collaboration; particularly the at the University of has studied the effects of dissipation in go- science at the Uni- discovery and measurement of b California at Los ing from quantum to classical behavior. versity of semileptonic decay, the b to s Penguin de- Angeles in the Chemistry Department California at Ber- cay process, and the b to u weak transition. since 1953. Kivelson’s areas of research, keley and jointly In addition, his contributions led to sub- 1999 PRIZE TO A FACULTY both experimental and theoretical, have holds a faculty se- stantial improvements in understanding MEMBER FOR RESEARCH IN AN included microwave spectroscopy; elec- nior scientist the flavor sector of the Standard Model and UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION tron spin resonance spectrscopy; nuclear position at the the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix magnetic resonance; low-energy electron- Lawrence Berkeley of weak quark couplings.” molecule scattering; dynamic light Robert Edson Warner National Labora- Oberlin College scattering; relaxation phenomena in liq- tory. He received his doctorate in solid state Thorndike re- uids and viscoelastic fluids; supercooled ceived his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Basel, Citation: “For his research contributions in liquids and glasses; and polyamorphism. physics from Switzerlandin 1970, and joined LBNL to experimental nuclear physics, including Harvard Univer- perform research in ultra-pure semicon- the precise measurement of reaction cross sity in 1960, where 1999 JULIUS E. LILIENFELD ductors the following year. In 1980 he sections for exotic light nuclei, and for his he worked with PRIZE joined the UC Berkeley faculty. His re- active and enthusiastic collaboration with Richard Wilson on search focuses on semiconductor crystal Oberlin students.” nucleon-nucleon Stephen William Hawking growth, advanced doping and defect prob- lems, the metal-insulator transition, and scattering at the Warner is the University of Cambridge far-infrared detectors and coherent Harvard Cyclotron Donald R. Laboratory. After a postdoctoral position Longman Profes- Citation: “For boldness and creativity in sources. In 1990 he initiated research with isotopically enriched semiconductors. at Harvard, he joined the University of sor of Natural gravitational physics, best illustrated by Rochester faculty as assistant professor of Science at Oberlin the prediction that black holes should emit physics in 1961, attaining a full professor- College. He re- black body radiation and evaporate, and 1999 LARS ONSAGER PRIZE ship in 1972. His research interests are in ceived his Ph.D. for the special gift of making abstract ideas the general area of experimental high en- from the Univer- accessible and exciting to experts, gener- Chen Ning Yang ergy physics. His current research interest sity of Rochester in alists, and the public alike.” State University of New York at Stony is in b quark decay, with emphasis on rare 1959, and held fac- Hawking is an En- Brook decays and on CKM matrix determination. ulty appointments at the University of glish theoretical Rochester, Antioch, and the University of physicist whose Citation: “For fundamental contributions to Manitoba before joining the Oberlin fac- 1999 EARL K. PLYLER PRIZE FOR theory of explod- statistical mechanics and the theory of ulty in 1965. Warner and two Manitoba MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY ing black holes quantum fluids, including: the circle theo- undergraduates were the second group to drew upon both rem, off-diagonal long-range order and observe bremsstrahlung production in p- relativity theory flux quantization, Bose-Einstein conden- David Wixon Pratt p collisions. Since coming to Oberlin, he and quantum me- sation, and one- and two-dimensional University of Pittsburgh and his students have done experimental chanics. He also statistical mechanical models.” nuclear physics using accelerators at Citation: “For pioneering work in ultrahigh worked with NASA-Lewis, Chalk River, IUCF, NSCL, A native of China, resolution ultraviolet spectroscopy of cold space-time singularities. Hawking earned Notre Dame, KVI, Osaka (Japan), and Yang received his molecules in beams that elucidated the his PhD in mathematics and physics at Uppsala (Sweden). For many years he Ph.D. in 1948 from structure and isomerization dynamics of Trinity in 1966, and he was elected a re- studied the cluster structure of light nu- the University of a wide range of large molecules, molecu- search fellow at Gonville and Caius clei through knockout reactions. He now Chicago. In 1949 he lar vibrational dynamics, and hydrogen College at Cambridge. In the early 1960s concentrates on measuring total reaction joined the Institute bonding.” Hawking contracted amyotrophic lateral cross sections of radioactive nuclei and in- for Advanced sclerosis, an incurable degenerative neu- terpreting them with microscopic models. Study in Princeton Pratt received his romuscular disease. He continued to work where he was a Ph.D. in 1967 from despite the disease’s progressively dis- Professor from the University of 1999 J. J. SAKURAI PRIZE FOR abling effects, becoming professor of 1955 to 1966. In 1966 he joined the State California at Ber- THEORETICAL PARTICLE gravitational physics at Cambridge in University of New York at Stony Brook keley and then PHYSICS 1977. In 1979 he was appointed to where he is Albert Einstein Professor of moved to the Uni- Cambridge’s Lucasian professorship of Physics. He is also Director of the Institute versity of mathematics, a post once held by Isaac Mikhail Shifman of Theoretical Physics at SUNY- Stony California at Santa Newton. He has published two popular University of Minnesota Brook. Other honors include the Nobel Barbara. In 1968, books: the bestselling A Brief History of Time Prize in 1957 and the National Medal of he joined the Uni- and Black Holes and Baby Universes and Arkady Vainshtein Science in 1986. versity of Pittsburgh, where he is currently Other Essays. a professor of chemistry. Pratt’s research University of Minnesota in high resolution electronic spectroscopy Valentin Invanovich Zakharov 1999 GEORGE E. PAKE PRIZE uses lasers, molecular beams, and high 1999 JAMES C. McGRODDY speed data acquisition systems to study the Max-Planck Institut fur Physik PRIZE IN NEW MATERIALS structures and dynamical behaviors of a (Formerly the International Prize Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir Citation: “For fundamental contributions to wide range of isolated large molecules and for New Materials) Philips Research Laboratories the understanding of non-perturbative their clusters at unparalleled spectral reso- QCD, non-leptonic weak decays, and the lution. Currently, his research group is Citation: “For excellence as a leader of in- analytic properties of supersymmetric Thomas Richard Anthony focusing on chemical reaction dynamics, dustrial research at Royal Philips gauge theories.” General Electric Research & Electronics and for fundamental contribu- and on the eigenstates that participate in Development Center tions to the foundations of quantum the light-induced transformations of reac- Shifman received mechanics and solid state physics.” tants into products. his Ph.D. in 1976 at Eugene E. Haller the Institute of Casimir received University of California, Berkeley Theoretical and his Ph.D. at Leiden 1999 I. I. RABI PRIZE IN ATOMIC, Experimental Citation: “For innovations in growing dia- University in 1931. MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL Physics. He re- mond and germanium crystals with He worked as an PHYSICS mained at the unprecedented control of chemical and iso- assistant to Institute until 1989. topic purity and perfection, and for Wolfgang Pauli at Mark George Raizen That year, he was creative leadership and active participation Zurich, but re- University of Texas at Austin allowed to travel to in worldwide collaborations based on turned to Leiden the West, spending a year at Bern Univer- these extraordinary materials resulting in until 1942 when he Citation: “For his pioneering advances in the sity in Switzerland before opting to both fundamental discoveries and new joined the Re- experimental study of atom optics, and es- relocate to the U.S. He has been a profes- technological applications.” search Laboratories of the Philips pecially for the insightful connections he has sor of physics at the University of Company. He became a co-director of these developed between this discipline and stud- Minnesota since 1990. His scientific inter- Anthony received his Ph.D. in applied phys- laboratories in 1946 and a member of the ies of chaotic dynamics, condensed matter ests are focused around his self-proclaimed ics from Harvard in 1967. He joined the board of directors of the company in 1956. physics, and dissipative quantum systems.” “first love,” quantum chromodynamics.

2 APS Honors and Awards Vainshtein com- Dyson is now re- After completing 1999 FRANCIS M. PIPKIN pleted his Ph.D. in tired, having been his undergraduate AWARD 1968 at the Brudker for most of his life education at the Institute of Nuclear a professor of University of Chile Physics. He re- physics at the Insti- Steven Keith Lamoreaux in 1970, Schuller mained at the tute of Advanced Los Alamos National Laboratory pursued graduate Institute for several Study in Princeton. studies at North- years in various re- He was born in En- Citation: “For extensive contributions to western University search positions. gland and worked precision measurements science, espe- in the U.S., receiv- His interest in as a civilian scien- cially searches for a permanent electric ing his PhD in physics from his earliest days of research tist for the Royal Air Force in World War dipole moment of the neutron and at- physics in 1976. He spent the ensuing years have been concentrated on the gauge theo- II, graduating from Cambridge University oms, measurements of atomic parity as an adjunct professor at UCLA and a se- ries of fundamental interactions and in 1945 with a B.A. degree in mathemat- violation, and tests of spatial symme- nior physicist at Argonne National remain his main area of his research. In ics. He went to Cornell University as a tries and quantum mechanics, including Laboratory, before joining the faculty of the 1990, Vainshtein came to the U.S. as a pro- graduate student in 1947 where he worked observation of the vacuum Casimir Ef- University of California in 1987. He also fessor at the University of Minnesota. He with Hans Bethe and Richard Feynman. fect.” holds faculty appointments at the is now the Gloria Lubkin Professor and a Cornell University made him a professor Lamoreaux re- Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia, and member of the Theoretical Physics Insti- without bothering about his lack of a Ph.D. ceived his Ph.D. the Catholic University in Santiago, Chile. tute at the University of Minnesota, and He subsequently worked on nuclear reac- in physics from His research interests center around the became a U.S. citizen in 1998. tors, solid-state physics, ferromagnetism, the University of physics of length scales and novel materi- astrophysics and biology. Dyson has writ- als in condensed matter physics. This Zakharov received Washington in ten a number of books about science for includes experimental studies of magne- his Ph.D. in 1966 1986, where he the general public, beginning with Disturb- tism, superconductivity, magnetotransport, from the Institute remained until ing the Universe in 1979. The most recent is optical and mechanical properties of thin of Theoretical and 1996 as a re- The Sun, the Genome and the Internet, which films and complex materials, as well as nu- Experimental search associate will be published in 1999. merical simulation and theoretical studies Physics (ITEP) in professor. In De- in related areas. Moscow. He was a cember 1996 he moved to Los Alamos researcher at ITEP National Laboratory, where he cur- in Moscow from 1999 MARIA GOEPPERT-MAYER rently is a staff member. He has many MEDALS AND 1966 to 1990, when AWARD areas of interest including the theory LECTURESHIPS he became a staff member at the Max- of neutron matter interactions; lasers Planck Institute for Physics in Munich, Andrea Mia Ghez and optoelectronics, and Germany. In 1993 he became a professor University of California, Los Angeles radiofrequency spectroscopy. His cur- 1999 JOHN H. DILLON MEDAL of physics at the University of Michigan rent work includes classical and in Ann Arbor, returning to the Max-Planck Citation: “For her use of speckle interfer- quantum cryptography, quantum Institute in 1998. Zakharov has conducted ometry to obtain very high-resolution computing, and tests of fundamental Anne M. Mayes extensive research in particle theory, par- images with the Keck telescope and for her interactions using ultracold neutrons. Massachusetts Institute of Technology ticularly quantum chromodynamics, presentations to astronomers and the gen- He is the co-author of two books, supersymetric theories. His current re- eral public that sparkle with enthusiasm. Ultracold Neutrons and CP Violations Citation: “For her unique combination of search is in the area of non-perturbative Her research has shed new light on how Without Strangeness: The Electric Dipole theoretical and experimental insight into effects at short distances. stars form and on the nature of the mas- Moments of Particles, Atoms and Mol- polymer self-organization.” sive black hole at the center of the Milky ecules. Mayes is currently Way.” associate professor 1999 ROBERT R. WILSON PRIZE Ghez received her 1999 LEO SZILARD AWARD of polymer physics Ph.D. in physics at M.I.T. She re- Robert Brian Palmer from Caltech in ceived her Ph.D. Brookhaven National Laboratory John Alexander Simpson 1992, and was a University of Chicago from Northwest- Hubble ern University in Citation: “For his many diverse contribu- Postdoctoral Re- 1991 in the field of tions and innovations in particle Citation: “For his leading role in educat- search Fellow at Materials Science accelerator and detector technologies, in- ing scientists, members of Congress and the Steward Obser- and Engineering. cluding superconducting magnets, the public on the importance of civilian vatory of the Following a two-year appointment as vis- longitudinal stochastic cooling, bubble control of nuclear policy and his critical University of Ari- iting scientist at IBM Almaden Research chambers and neutrino beam lines, crab efforts in the planning and execution of zona. Her primary research interests are Center, she joined the M.I.T. faculty in 1993. crossing in lepton colliders, laser accelera- the International Geophysical Year, the development and application of high In 1995 she was named Class of ’48 Assis- tion, and for leadership of the muon which established in 1957, a successful spatial resolution infrared imaging tech- tant Professor of Polymer Physics, and was collider concept.” model for today’s global scale scientific niques to basic research in astronomy. In endeavors.” promoted to Associate Professor in 1997. Palmer received particular, she has focused on the origin Her research program consists of inte- his Ph.D. from Im- and early life of stars and more recently Simpson received grated theoretical and experimental perial College in an investigation of the distribution and his Ph.D. from studies of polymeric materials, with spe- London in 1960 nature of the matter at the center of our New York Univer- cial emphasis on block copolymers and where he built the Galaxy. Before taking up teaching and re- sity in 1943 and polymer surfaces and interfaces. Mayes is first European hy- search, Ghez worked at UCLA in 1994. then served as a author or co-author of over 50 publications. drogen bubble scientific group chamber. He then leader in the Met- allurgical 1999 EDWARD A. BOUCHET began his work at 1999 JOSEPH F. KEITHLEY Laboratory of the AWARD the Brookhaven AWARD National Laboratory and worked in the Manhattan high energy physics bubble chamber Project until 1946. He joined the Univer- Alfred Z. Msezane Simon Foner sity of Chicago in 1945, and in 1974 he Clark Atlanta University group. With Samios and Schutt he received Massachusetts Institute of Technology the APS W.H.K. Panofsky prize for the dis- became the A.H. Compton Distin- Citation: “For continuing outstanding con- covery of the w- particle. From 1983 to guished Service Professor (emeritus Citation: “For the invention and develop- tributions to theoretical atomic physics and 1986, Palmer was the Associate Director for since 1987). Simpson’s personal concern ment of the vibrating sample leadership in the creation and administra- High Energy Physics, establishing the rare for the use of nuclear weapons began in magnetometer and many of its successful tion of a highly regarded research center K decay program, and from 1986-1991, he 1944 and led to the organization and applications, and for the innovative devel- of excellence.” held a joint appointment with SLAC. Since Chairmanship of the Atomic Scientists opment of very high field pulsed of Chicago in 1945. His current research 1991, Palmer has been head of the Msezane, profes- magnets.” includes experiments on the Ulysses Brookhaven National Laboratory Center sor of physics and Spacecraft to measure the isotopic and for Accelerator Physics, and is also an Ad- Foner received his director of the elemental composition of the galactic junct Professor at the State University of D.Sc. in physics NSF-funded cosmic radiation in order to determine New York at Stonybrook. from the CTSPS at Clark At- their nucleosynthetic origins and their Carnegie Mellon lanta University, lifetime in galactic magnetic fields. University in received his Ph.D. AWARDS 1952, where he in physics from the also held a 1999 WHEATLEY AWARD University of West- postdoctoral ap- ern Ontario in pointment. He Ivan K. Schuller 1973. Naturalized in 1985, he immigrated 1999 JOSEPH A. BURTON FORUM then joined Lin- University of California to the U.S. from South Africa via Canada AWARD coln Laboratory at MIT in 1953 and the for postdoctoral research. He has worked Francis Bitter National Magnet Labora- Citation: “For his dedication to the de- at Witwatersrand University (South Africa), Freeman John Dyson tory at MIT when it was organized in velopment of physics at the frontier level Georgia State University, the University of Institute for Advanced Study 1961. He retired as Associate Director in Latin America, China and India; for New Brunswick, Louisiana State University, and Chief Scientist in 1995 and is cur- his efforts in organizing international Morehouse College, and Atlanta University, Citation: “For his thoughtful, elegant and rently a visiting scientist. His condensed events and building strong bridges to joining Clark’s faculty in 1989. Msezane’s widely published writings regarding the matter physics research is in magnetism, connect people, ideas, and resources current research includes electron/photon impact of diverse science and technology basic and applied high field supercon- from around the world; and for his re- interactions, particularly non-dipole effects developments on critical societal issues ductivity, materials science, sults as an imaginative physicist and a in atoms and the elucidation of small-angle and on fundamental questions for human- magnetometry and high field physics close collaborator with young physicists electron scattering through innovative theo- kind.” and technology. in developing countries.” retical approaches.

APS Honors and Awards 3 1999 DAVID ADLER DISSERTATION AWARDS 1999 NICHOLAS METROPOLIS 1999 OUTSTANDING LECTURESHIP AWARD AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DOCTORAL THESIS DOCTORAL THESIS WORK IN RESEARCH IN NUCLEAR Leonard C. Feldman 1999 OUTSTANDING DOCTORAL COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS PHYSICS Vanderbilt University THESIS RESEARCH IN BEAM PHYSICS Luis Lehner Eric A. Hawker Citation: “For distinguished research University of Pittsburgh Texas A&M University and lecturing on ion beam analysis, Zhirong Huang semiconductor surfaces and thin film Stanford University Citation: “For developing a method that Citation: “For his major contributions growth.” significantly advances the capability for to the measurement and analysis of Citation: “For his analysis of radiation modeling gravitational radiation by mak- Feldman re- the Drell-Yan cross section that made damping and quantum excitation in novel ing possible the stable numerical solution ceived his Ph.D. possible the first determinations of accelerator configurations.” of Einstein’s equation near moving black from Rutgers ratio and difference of anti-up quark holes.” State University Huang was born and anti-down quark densities in the in 1967. He then and raised in Lehner received nucleon as functions of the anti-quark joined AT&T Bell China. He re- his “Licenciatura momentum fraction. The results will Laboratories, ceived his B.S. in en Fisica” from the help elucidate the roles played by serving as a physics from National Univer- perturbative and non-perturbative member of the Caltech in 1992, sity of Cordoba in Quantum Chromodynamics in the staff and depart- receiving his Argentina in 1993, structure of the nucleon.” ment head in departments associated Ph.D. in physics where he contin- Hawker graduated from the Univer- with semiconductor materials physics. in 1998 from ued holding a sity of Illinois in 1991 with a B.S. in In 1996 he assumed the position of Stanford Univer- Research Fellow- engineering physics, and proceeded to Stevenson Professor of Physics at sity. His thesis research was on radiative ship. In August pursue graduate studies in physics at Vanderbilt University and Distin- cooling of relativistic electron beams. 1994 he moved to the University of Pitts- Texas A&M University, completing his guished Visiting Scientist at Oak This research centered on both funda- burgh, where he received his Ph.D. in PhD in 1998. Ridge National Laboratory. Feldman’s mental aspects and innovative methods January 1998, remaining there as a scientific contributions have centered of generating ultra-low emittance elec- postdoctoral fellow until August 1998. His thesis was based on his work as about the use of ion beams for the tron beams and has generated three He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at part of a Texas A&M group collaborat- study and modification of solids. This published papers in Physical Review. In the University of Texas at Austin. His ing on the Fermilab E866 (NuSea) work addressed question of surface May 1998, Huang joined the Advanced main field of research is numerical rela- experiment. structure of solids, mostly semicon- Photon Source at Argonne National Labo- tivity, studying the modeling of binary He currently holds a postdoctoral po- ductors, at the monolayer level. ratory as a staff physicist. His current black hole collisions, critical phenomena sition with Los Alamos National Current scientific endeavors include research is in the interaction of photons and the evolution of matter in black hole Laboratory, and is a collaborator on ion beam applications to and electrons, with emphasis towards free- spacetimes. He is also interested in non- the BooNE experiment at Fermilab. nanostructures and organic materials. electron laser development. perturbative quantum gravity. Editor’s Note: The recipients of the 1998 Apker Award will also be honored during the ceremonial session at the Centennial Meeting. Names, citations and biographical informa- tion were published in the December 1998 issue of APS News. The recipient of the 1999 Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics will be selected at the Centennial Meeting. APS Council Announces 1998 APS Fellows The APS Council elected 204 members as Fellows of the Society at its November 1998 Bozovic, Ivan Centrella, Joan Mary Varian Research Center Drexel University meeting. The names and citations of new APS fellows are listed below. Nominations for Materials Physics Astrophysics fellowship are received by the APS headquarters throughout the year, and are forwarded For his outstanding contributions to atomic-layer engi- For her original contributions to numerical relativity, cos- for review to the appropriate division and topical group fellowship committees. These neering of cuprate superconductors and other complex mology, and astrophysics, in particular for her studies of in turn forward their recommendations to the APS Fellowship Committee, chaired in oxides, fabriction of delicate multilayers and superlattices, large-scale structure in the universe and sources of gravi- and their innovative spectroscopic characterization. tational radiation. 1998 by APS Vice President James S. Langer (University of California, Santa Barbara). Braun, Hans Albert Chen, James Fellowship nomination forms may be obtained by writing to the APS Fellowship Of- University of Marburg Naval Research Laboratory fice, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740- 3844, by accessing the APS URL: Biological Physics Plasma Physics For the discovery of noise mediated neuronal oscillators For innovative and unique research in chaos and nonlin- http://www.aps.org, or sending an email message to [email protected]. and for elucidating their nonlinear dynamical properties. ear dynamics, and in the evolution of large-scale solar plasma eruptions and their impact on the magnetosphere. Adkins, Gregory Scott Bennett, Charles Henry Buck, III Warren Wesley Franklin & Marshall College IBM Watson Research Center Hampton University Chivukula, R. Sekhar Fundamental Const. Topical Group For inventing reversible computation, for his analysis of Forum on Education Boston University For numerous contributions to the theory of the hyper- Maxwell’s demon, and for co-inventing quantum cryp- For creating a Ph.D. program in physics at Hampton Particles & Fields fine splitting and decay rate of positronium. tography and quantum teleportation. University, pioneering several model programs to attract For contributions to the understanding of electroweak diverse students into physics, and involving minority edu- symmetry breaking and flavor symmetry. Alascio, Blas Rafael Berger, Beverly K. cational institutions in physics research. Centro Atomic Oakland University Cieplak, Marek Forum on International Physics Gravitational Topical Group Buckman, Stephen John Polish Academy of Sciences For important contributions to the theory of correlated For her pioneering contributions to global issues in clas- Australian National University Computational Physics electrons and intermediate valence, and developing the sical general relativity, particularly the analysis of the DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) For his insightful contributions to the numerical studies Instituto Balseiro to its current international importance. nature of cosmological singularities, and for founding the For benchmark experiments in low-energy electron-atom of disordered systems. Topical Group on Gravitation of the APS. and electron-molecular scattering. Anisimov, Mikhail Alexeevich Cohen, Yachin University of Maryland Burns, Jack O’Neal Technion Bernard, Peter Simon Chemical Physics University of Missouri - Columbia High Polymer Physics For his outstanding contributions towards a fundamen- University of Maryland Astrophysics For his insightful microstructural studies of polymer-sol- tal understanding of critical phenomena in fluids and fluid Fluid Dynamics For fundamental contributions to the observation and vent complexes of rigid polymers and their role in phase mixtures including complex fluids and liquid crystals. For elucidating the physics of turbulent transport and in- numerical modeling of extragalactic jets and clusters of transformations from solution to the gel and to the solid corporating this knowledge in original closure models galaxies. state. Baer, Howard Arthur and for unraveling knotty problems in isotropic turbulence Camp, William J. Florida State University decay. Colby, Ralph H. Sandia National Laboratories Particles & Fields Pennsylvania State University Computational Physics For contributions to the search for new states of matter Bernard, Claude High Polymer Physics For contributions to computational methods in the theory and for elucidating the observable consequences of Washington University For advancing the understanding of the dynamics of of phase transition and in reactor safety physics, and for weak-scale supersymmetry. Computational Physics macromolecular liquids. For his many contributions to the numerical study of quan- seminal efforts in high performance computing for sci- Cotanch, Stephen Robert Baragiola, Raúl Antonio tum chromodynamics, particularly of the weak decays ence and engineering. North Carolina State University University of Virginia of strongly interacting particles. Car, Roberto Few Body Systems Topical Group DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) Universite de Geneve For sustained contributions to hadronic and electromag- For broad contributions to our understanding of interac- Berz, Martin Materials Physics netic studies of strangeness and theoretical tions of energetic particles with solids, especially Michigan State University For outstanding contributions to physics, especially the advancements in nuclear and photonuclear reactions and regarding mechanisms of electron emission and des- Physics of Beams combination of molecular dynamics with density func- hadron structure. orption and astronomical applications. For pioneering the application of computational differen- tional theory which has proven to be a powerful method tial algebra to modeling and analysis of beam dynamics. to study atomic-scale dynamics in molecules and solids. Cowley, Steven Charles Bartschat, Klaus Richard University of California, Los Angeles Drake University Bokor, Jeffrey Carlson Joseph Allen Plasma Physics DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) University of California, Berkeley Los Alamos National Laboratory For the discovery of explosive energy release mecha- For his contributions to the theory and numerical treat- Laser Science Nuclear Physics nisms in MHD and numerous important contributions to ment of atomic collisions through advancing the density For contributions to laser science, including short-wave- For the development of novel Green’s Function Monte the theory of fusion and astrophysical plasmas. matrix description and developing the R-matrix with length lasers and non-linear optics, development of Carlo algorithms and their pioneering application to pseudo-states approach. time-resolved, two-photon photoemission, and contribu- exact calculations of the structure and response of light Curtright, Thomas Lynn nuclei using contemporary, realistic nuclear University of Miami Basov, Nicolay G. tions to extreme ultraviolet lithography and sub-micron MOSFET device development. interactions. Particles & Fields Lebedev Physics Institute For applications of relativistic quantum field theories to For fundamental work in the field of quantum electron- Carter, Emily Ann Bond, J. Richard supersymmetry and to the theory of strings and mem- ics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and U.C.L.A. University of Toronto branes. amplifiers based on the maser-laser principles. Chemical Physics Astrophysics For her pioneering development and applications of ab- Cushing, James T. For fundamental contributions to astrophysics and cos- Bednorz, J. Georg initio methods to energetics, kinetics and dynamics University of Notre Dame mology; in particular for developing the IBM Research, Zurich Research Lab. studies of surface reactions. Forum on History of Physics understanding of fluctuations in the cosmic background For an important breakthrough in the discovery of su- For his deep analyses of the interpretation of quantum radiation. perconductivity in ceramic materials. Casperson, Lee Wendel mechanics in an historical and philosophical context. Portland State University Bedzyk, Michael J. Boswell, Roderick William Laser Science Da Silva, Luiz Barroca Northwestern Univ. & Argonne Nat. Lab. Australian National University For his pioneering contributions to the field of laser in- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory DCMP (Condensed Matter) Forum on International Physics stabilities, the discovery of the laser instability that bears Plasma Physics For the development of variable-period x-ray standing For the invention, development, theory and applications his name, and his numerous advances in laser and reso- For his pioneering use of x-ray lasers and laser gener- wave experiments. of the helicon plasma source. nator design. ated shock waves to study high density plasmas.

4 APS Honors and Awards Dagotto, Elbio Fradkin, Eduardo Hector Hammel, Peter C. Kossler, William John Florida State University University of Illinois Los Alamos National Laboratory College of William & Mary DCMP (Condensed Matter) DCMP (Condensed Matter) DCMP (Condensed Matter) DCMP (Condensed Matter) For the development and use of computational methods For the application of quantum field theory methods to For nuclear magnetic resonance studies of supercon- For pioneering work using muon spin rotation tech- to study strongly correlated electron materials. condensed matter physics. ducting cuprates. niques in condensed matter physics.

Dahm, Werner J.A. Francisco, Joseph S. Hauptman, Herbert Aaron Kotschenreuther, Michael T. University of Michigan Purdue University Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research University of Texas, Austin Fluid Dynamics Chemical Physics For outstanding achievements in the development of di- Plasma Physics For his many insightful studies of small-scale turbulence, For his fundamental contributions to the theoretical and rect methods for the determination of crystal structures. For fundamental contributions to the self-consistent and for the development of novel experimental tech- spectroscopic elucidation of critical transient species in theory of magnetic island formation, for the niques, including “scalar image velocimetry”. atmospheric chemical processes. Havey, Mark Douglas implementtion of the §f numerical technique, and for Old Dominion University developing theoretical techniques that quantitatively Deleplanque, Marie-Agnes D. Frank, Alejandro Hoeflich DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) describe plasma transport in tokamaks. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares For development and explication of novel one- and two- Nuclear Physics Forum on International Physics photon spectroscopies of bound and dissociative Krauss, Lawrence M. For her groundbreaking work in the studies of nuclear For fundamental contributions to the development and electronic states of diatomic molecules; also for devel- Case Western Reserve University structure at the highest angular momenta and important application of algebraic models in nuclear physics, and opment of precision atomic two-photon polarization Astrophysics contributions to the developments of gamma-ray detec- especially to algebraic scattering theory and the discov- spectroscopy for determination of atomic matrix elements For his original contributions at the interface of par- tor arrays. ery of scissors states in odd-mass nuclei. and novel sum rule. ticle physics and astrophysics

Della, Torre Edward Fraser, Gerald Timothy Hays, Dan A. Krisch, Jean Peck The George Washington University NIST Xerox Corp University of Michigan Magnetism & Its Application Chemical Physics Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics Forum on Education For his contribution to the understanding of magnetizing For major contributions to the understanding of weak For original contributions to the physics of Xerography. For leadership and national contributions to the Soci- processes through numerical micromagnetic and intermolecular forces, vibrational couplings, intramolecu- ety of Physics Students, effective and innovative Preisach modeling. lar vibrational energy redistribution, and the development Hillebrecht, Franz Ulrich undergraduate physics teaching, including to of the technique of electric-resonance optothermal spec- Düsseldorf Universitaet preservice elementary teachers, and for successful Detar, Carleton Edward troscopy. DCMP (Condensed Matter) mentorship of women graduate students. University of Utah For contributions to the development of spin polarized Computational Physics Fredrickson, Glenn H. photoemission. Kritz, Arnold H. For wide ranging contributions to hadronic and compu- University of California, Santa Barbara Lehigh University tational physics from the MIT bag model, to lattice studies High Polymer Physics Hoffmann, Gerald Wayne Computational Physics of the spectrum, and especially for study of the quark- For contributions to the theory of block copolymers and University of Texas, Austin For the development of innovative simulation tools to gluon plasma. polymer blends. Nuclear Physics study wave heating, current drive and transport in plas- For contributions to precision measurements of interme- mas, and for inspired leadership in a teamed approach Dewey, Thomas Gregory Fullerton, Eric Edward diate energy proton-nucleus scattering cross sections to large computations. University of Denver IBM Almaden Research Center and polarization observables, development of polarized Biological Physics Magnetism & Its Application nuclear targets, and the understanding of nucleon- Kumar, Sanat K. For applications of fractals and complexity theory to bio- For innovative contributions to understanding the growth, nucleus scattering dynamics. Pennsylvania State University logical systems with emphasis on sequence: structure structural characterization, and magnetic properties of High Polymer Physics relationships in proteins. metallic thin films and superlattices. Holmes, Neil C. For his pioneering simulation work on thin films of poly- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory mers and thermodynamics of polymer blends. Dimonte, Guy Garito, Anthony F. Shock Compression Topical Group Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory University of Pennsylvania For innovative experimental studies to elucidate and Ladd, Anthony Plasma Physics DCMP (Condensed Matter) understand the response of condensed matter to dy- University of Florida For outstanding contributions to understanding turbu- For contributions to the understanding of enhancement namic high pressures. Computational Physics lence and mixing in high energy density fluids by novel mechanisms for second and third order nonlinear opti- For a variety of contributions to numerical simulations experimental techniques and facilities. cal processes in organic and polymer structures. Holt, Rush D. of particle systems and especially for the development U.S. Congress Dobaczewski, Jacek of lattice-gas and lattice-Boltzmann methods to par- Garoff, Stephen For advancing the health of science in the US through Warsaw University ticle suspension. Carnegie Mellon University important contributions to plasma physics research, pub- Nuclear Physics DCMP (Condensed Matter) lic science education reform, and public service. Landau, Rubin Harold For his pioneering contributions to our understanding of For experimental studies of the dynamics of wetting. Oregon State University the nuclear many-body problem, especially the develop- Huth, John Computational Physics ment of mean-field techniques and boson expansion Gharib, Morteza Harvard University For innovative developments and practical applications methods. Caltech Particles & Fields of computational quantum physics to the scattering Fluid Dynamics For contributions to the study of quantum chromodynam- Drever, Ronald W. P. and exotic bound states of elementary particles, and For his innovative experimental techniques, such as digi- ics in high energy proton-antiproton collisions. California Institute of Technology for original books in quantum mechanics and compu- tal particle-image velocimetry and soap film tunnel, and Gravitational Topical Group tational physics. for his fundamental contributions to the study of vorticity Jackson, Gerald Peter For his fundamental experiment to test the isotropy of dynamics in wakes, free-surface and cardiac flows. Fermilab Laughlin, Robert Bettes space, and for his pioneering contributions to laser inter- Physics of Beams Stanford University ferometry as a tool for gravitational-wave detection. Gilbert, Walter For conceptual and technical innovations in circular For discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with frac- Harvard University colliders, leading to record-breaking luminosities in the Dutto, Gerardo Giovanni tionally charged excitations. For fundamental studies of the biochemistry of nucleic Tevatron, and to the Recycler. TRIUMF acids with particular regard to recombinant-DNA. Lee, Siu Au Physics of Beams Javanainen, Juha M. Colorado State University For contributions to the development of high-intensity H¯ Glendinning, Sharon Gail University of Connecticut Fundamental Const. Topical Group cyclotrons both as meson facilities and for production of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) For contributions to the field of high resolution laser proton-rich radioisotopes. Plasma Physics For fundamental contributions to theoretical quantum spectroscopy, and for precision experiments in hydro- Eaton, William A. For clear and illuminating experimental investigations of optics, especially light pressure, laser cooling and trap- gen and in tests of special relativity. National Institute of Health ablation-front Rayleigh-Taylor instability, laser imprinting, ping, and optical properties of Bose-Einstein Biological Physics and nonlinear hydrodynamic instabilities relevant to in- condensates. LeGoues, Francoise K. ertial confinement fusion, high energy-density physics IBM T. J. Watson Research Center For his contributions towards the understanding of physi- Johnson, W. Neil and astrophysics. Materials Physics cal mechanisms of protein folding, and the function of Naval Research Laboratory For insightful contributions and creative use of elec- heme proteins. Astrophysics Gold, Steven Harvey tron microscopy in determining mechanisms of strain In recognition of outstanding contributions to observa- Edelstein, Norman Marvin Naval Research Laboratory relaxation in heteroepitaxial growth of semiconductor tional gamma-ray astrophysics, development of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Plasma Physics thin films. DCMP (Condensed Matter) For outstanding contributions to research on high power, OSSE instrument, and the understanding of high-energy emissions from the Galaxy and Active Galactic Nuclei. For optical and magnetic studies of the electronic struc- coherent radiation sources driven by intense, relativistic Limon, Peter J. electron beams, including millimeter-wave free-electron ture of actinide ions. Jones, Ieuan Rinallt Fermilab lasers, gyrotron oscillators and amplifiers, and the Particles & Fields Ellis, Paul John The Flinders Univ. of South Australia magnicon. For many contributions to the construction of the University of Minnesota Plasma Physics Tevatron, leadership in the SSC Central Design Group, Nuclear Physics Goldman, Vladimir Joseph For advancing the understanding of the interaction of and guidance of the CDF calorimeter upgrade. For his diverse contributions to the study of light nuclei SUNY radio frequency power with plasma and pioneering the using nuclear shell model methods; and to the study of DCMP (Condensed Matter) use of rotating magnetic fields to produce the Rotamak Liu, Kopin pion-nucleon scattering using chiral Lagrangians. For experimental studies of quantum Hall systems. compact torus configuration. Academi Sinica Jossem, E. Leonard Farrow, Robin F. C. Goshaw, Alfred T. Chemical Physics The Ohio State University IBM Almaden Research Center Duke University For major contributions in the study of state and angle- Forum on Education Materials Physics Particles & Fields resolved reaction and energy transfer dynamics using For his leadership, persistence, and numerous contribu- For pioneering the development of molecular beam epi- For broad contributions to the study of the strong inter- molecular beam techniques, in particular, the Doppler tions that advanced the enterprise of physics education taxy to grow and study epitaxial semiconductors, actions in high energy hadron collisions, and for his selected time-of-flight technique. and built a community of physics educators, both in the metastable phases, dielectrics, magnetic elements and leadership in particle physics. alloys. USA and internationally. Liu, Bai Xin Tsinghua University Gray, Kenneth E. Kaplan, David B. Fauchet, Philippe M. Forum on International Physics Argonne National Laboratory University of Washington University of Rochester For outstanding contributions to the understanding of DCMP (Condensed Matter) Nuclear Physics DCMP (Condensed Matter) For contributions to the understanding of non-equilibrium amorphous alloy formation by ion beam mixing. For experimental contributions to understanding proper- For his insightful and original contributions to nuclear superconductivity. and particle physics, spanning topics such as kaon ties of porous silicon. Livingston, Arthur Eugene condensation, strangeness in the nucleon, weak scale Greene, Joseph E. University of Notre Dame baryogenesis, and chiral fermions on the lattice. Feagin, James Marshall University of Illinois DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) Calif. State University - Fullerton Materials Physics Kautz, Richard Lloyd For his contributions to the understanding of relativis- DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) For original contributions to the experimental develop- National Inst. of Standards & Tech. tic, QED, and Rydberg state atomic structures through For advancements towards understanding the dynami- ment, modeling, and understanding of Si, Ge, and Inst. & Measurements Topical Group the spectroscopy of highly-charged ions, and for pre- cal symmetries of the few-body Coulomb problem, Si(1-x)Ge(x) atomic-layer epitaxy and gas-source mo- For experimental and theoretical investigations of Jo- cise determinations of excited-state lifetimes involving particularly of low-energy bound and continuum elec- lecular-beam epitaxy. sephson junctions, particularly the nonlinear dynamics allowed and forbidden atomic transitions. tron pairs. of phase locking and chaos, essential to the develop- Gupta, Arunava ment of practical series-array voltage standards. Manohar, Aneesh V. Felker, Peter Mark IBM T.J. Watson Research Cntr UCLA Univ. of Calif., San Diego Materials Physics Kenkre, Vasudev Mangesh Chemical Physics Particles & Fields For contributions to the development of pulsed laser University of New Mexico For the development of rotational coherence spectros- For contributions to the development of effective field deposition techniques, the use of this technique for the Chemical Physics copy and ion-detected Raman spectroscopy and major theories and their applications in our understanding production of materials with novel physical properties, For fundamental advances in the transport of quasi- contributions in the study of molecular clusters and in- of the fundamental properties of elementary particles. and for original contributions to the understanding of particles in materials, ultrafast phenomena, disordered termolecular interactions. nonequilibrium film-growth mechanisms. materials, and light-matter interactions. Mate, Charles Mathew IBM Almaden Research Center Fisher, Matthew P. A. Gupta, Rajendra Khosla, Rajinder P. Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics University of California, Santa Barbara University of Arkansas National Science Foundation For his pioneering contributions establishing the field DCMP (Condensed Matter) Laser Science Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics of nanoscale tribology, producing widespread impact For contributions to theories of vortex states, supercon- For the first Doppler-free spectroscopy of optically inac- In recognition of exemplary leadership in developing on technology, particularly on lubrication in disk drives. ductor-insulator transitions, and edge states in the cessible states of alkali atoms, for the most complete innovative and creative applications of quantum Hall effect. study of photothermal technique in flowing fluids, and for microelectronics in imaging technology. innovative use of photothermal technique to combustion Matthaeus, William Henry Foster, George William diagnostics. Koch, Donald L. University of Deleware Fermilab Cornell University Computational Physics Particles & Fields Halley, J. Woods Fluid Dynamics For contributions to understanding of fluid and plasma For contributions to development of large scale particle University of Minnesota For original contributions to our understanding of sus- relaxation processes, for pioneering work on novel lat- physics electronics, and for a leading role in the design DCMP (Condensed Matter) pension mechanics in areas of bubbly flows, fiber tice gas simulation methods, and for advances in of the permanent magnetic-based Fermilab Antiproton For contributions to the theory of superfluidity and to the suspensions, gas-solid suspensions, colloids, liquid understanding of turbulence and particle scattering in Recycler ring. theory of electrode-electrolyte interfaces. crystals, and transport in porous media. space plasmas.

APS Honors and Awards 5 McClelland, Jabez Jenkins Proctor, Ivan David Schenck, John Frederic Tang, Ching W. NIST Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory General Electric Corp. R&D Center Eastman Kodak Company DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics Biological Physics Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics For elucidation of spin polarized electron-atom inter- For producing accuracy, capacity and capability im- For contributions to the physics of magnetic resonance For his pioneering work in organic light emitting di- actions, and for pioneering development and provements in accelerator mass spectrometry that imaging. odes. application of atom optical methods in nanostructure have contributed to archaeology, the earth sciences, fabrication. the biological sciences and arms control. Schrader, David M. Tejedor, Carlos Marquette University University Autonoma de Madrid McGaughey, Patrick L. Rahman, Talat Shahnaz DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) Forum on International Physics Los Alamos National Laboratory Kansas State University In recognition of significant contributions to the dis- For his contributions to the understanding of the elec- Nuclear Physics DCMP (Condensed Matter) covery of positron-atoms and positron-molecules. tronic band structure and collective phenomena in For his contributions to experimental high-energy For theoretical studies of surface dynamics. semiconductors and low-dimensionality structures, nuclear physics; including his leadership of Fermilab Schutz, Bernard Fredrick and for his influence on the development of con- Albert Einstein Institute E866, his penetrating contributions to the understand- Rehm, Karl Ernst densed-matter physics in Spanish-speaking countries. Gravitational Topical Group ing of J/y production in nuclear collisions, and his Argonne National Lab. For his pioneering work in the theory of gravitational Thaler, Jon J. insight and leadership in helping formulate the con- Nuclear Physics radiation, for the discovery of new instabilities in ro- University of Illinios ceptual design of the PHENIX detector at RHIC. For decisive clarification of the reaction mechanisms tating, relativistic stars, and for elucidating how Particles & Fields in the interaction and fusion of heavy ions and the de- Meneveau, Charles gravitational-wave observations can reveal astrophysi- For contributions to the development of hardware and velopment of radioactive beams for measurements of Johns Hopkins University cal and cosmological information. software systems for large collider detectors. importance to explosive nucleosynthesis. Fluid Dynamics For major contributions to understanding the Schwettman, Harry Alan Thielemann, Friedrich K. multifractal nature of turbulent energy dissipation, en- Rigden, John S. Stanford University University of Basel ergy, the transfer of energy across scales, and American Institute of Physics Physics of Beams Astrophysics subgrid-scale models. Forum on History of Physics For contributions in the development and applications For his work at the interface of nuclear physics and In recognition of his distinguished historical research, of superconducting radio frequency accelerators and astrophysics and the applications to stellar Meyerson, Bernard S. and his devotion to the advancement of physics free-electron lasers. nucleosynthesis, Type Ia and Type II Supernovae, as IBM T. J. Watson Research Center through education, administration, and public service. well as the r- and rp-process Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics Scott, Steven Douglas For the invention of ultra-high vacuum chemical vapor Rimai, Donald S. Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. Thomas, Valerie deposition and its application to low temperature sili- Eastman Kodak Company Plasma Physics Princeton University con epitaxy, especially the fabrication of SiGe Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics For definitive experimental investigations of the cross- Forum on Physics & Society heterojunction bipolar integrated circuits for wireless For his contributions in the fields of particle adhesion field transport physics of heat, particles, and angular For her efforts to build an active interface between the telecommunications. and electrophotography. momentum in tokamak plasma. science of materials and pollutants, and the avenues mechanisms necessary to build sound management Molina, Mario J. Rizzo, Thomas Ralph Serene, Joseph W. strategies, and to build international networks of envi- M. I. T. Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Georgetown University ronmental science and policy researchers. For work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly con- Chemical Physics DCMP (Condensed Matter) cerning the formation and decomposition of ozone. For development and application of double resonance For contributions to theories of the normal and super- Tibbetts, Gary George and infrared photodissociation techniques to study- fluid states of quantum liquids and strongly correlated General Motors R & D Center Moser, Robert D. ing unimolecular reactions and vibrational electronic materials. Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics University of Illinois spectroscopy. For his pioneering research which led to the discovery Fluid Dynamics Shafi, Qaisar of vapor-phase growth of carbon fibers from natural gas University of Deleware For pioneering work on the direct numerical simula- Robinson, Robert Alan and for his subsequent significant researches on the Particles & Fields tion of fully turbulent wall-bounded and free shear Los Alamos National Laboratory properties and applications of these fibers. For contributions to the understanding of physics and flows, and for insightful and elegant analysis of the DCMP (Condensed Matter) cosmology, helping to understand influences on the Ting, Antonio C. dynamics and three-dimensional structure of turbu- For elastic and inelastic neutron scattering studies of early development of the universe and subsequent Naval Research Laboratory lence. magnetic structures. structure formation. Plasma Physics Neilson, George H. In recognition of his seminal experimental and theo- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Rose, Harvey A. Shaka1, Arnold J. retical contributions tot the field of ultra high intensity Plasma Physics Los Alamos National Lab. Technical University of Vienna laser interactions. For his pioneering work in the exploitation of magnetic Plasma Physics Laser Science equilibrium diagnostics and for his leadership in the For seminal contributions to the linear and nonlinear For his contributions to ultrafast optics and leadership Tiwari, Sandip physics design of fusion experiments. theory of laser induced instabilities in plasmas and role in the funding of scientific research in Austria. IBM Watson Research Center the role of Langmuir turbulence in the saturation of Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics Nelson, Ann E. these instabilities. Shanabrook, Benjamin Victor For contributions to understanding of device physics University of Washington Naval Research Laboratory and for innovations in small electronics and optical Particles & Fields Rosenzweig, James Benjamin DCMP (Condensed Matter) devices with strong quantum confinement. For contributions to the theory of CP violation, kaon U.C.L.A. For experimental studies of semiconductor quantum condensation, baryogenesis in the early Universe and Physics of Beams wells and superlattices. Tornow, Werner supersymmetry breaking. For experimental and theoretical work on plasma Duke University wakefield acceleration and focusing techniques, and Shapiro, Stuart Louis Nuclear Physics Ng, Andrew developments in the theory and diagnosis of high Univeristy of Illinois For his contributions to few-nucleon physics, especially University of British Columbia brightness, short pulse electron beams. Astrophysics his measurements with polarized neutron beams and Shock Compression Topical Group For his broad contributions to theoretical astrophys- their precise determination of the n-n scattering length. For original contributions to the understanding of opti- Rubinstein, Roy ics and general relativity, including the physics of black cal probing of shock waves and two-temperature Fermilab holes, neutron stars, and large N-body dynamical sys- Urry, Claudia Megan non-equilibrium shock states, and for the use of laser- Forum on International Physics tems, and his pioneering use of supercomputers to Space Telescope Science Institute driven shocks in advancing research on high density For his leadership on behalf of Fermilab, US physics explore these areas. Astrophysics matter. organizations and international physics organizations For pioneering studies of the nature of Active Galactic to strengthen collaboration among physicists of the Sherrill, Bradley Marc Nuclei through multi-wavelength observational cam- Nienhaus, Gerd Ulrich world. Michigan State University paigns and the elucidation of unified models. University of Ulm Nuclear Physics Biological Physics Ruggiero, Alessandro G. For his contributions to the field of radioactive beams, Valls, Oriol Tomas For significant contributions to the field of protein dy- Brookhaven National Laboratory especially for development of innovative ion-optical University of Minnesota namics with a broad spectrum of experimental Physics of Beams techniques, and for their use in the measurement of DCMP (Condensed Matter) techniques, particularly x-ray diffraction, gamma ray For contributions to accelerator theory, including in- breakup momentum distributions and obtaining their For contributions to the theory of unconventional Coo- scattering, and time-resolved optical spectroscopies. stabilities and nonlinear dynamics; to accelerator relation to the momentum wavefunctions of weakly per paring and to the theory of nonequilibrium complex designs notably the Antiproton Source and bound nuclei. phenomena in liquids. Oono, Yoshitsugu the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider; and to accelerator Shimony, Abner van Hemmen, Jan Leonard University of Illinois architecture investigation of Spallation Neutron Boston University Technical University of Munich Statistical & Nonlinear Physics Sources. For significant contributions to the theory of chaos and Forum on History of Physics Biological Physics to the understanding of non-equilibrium aspects of soft Ryutomv, Dmitri D. For his original contributions both to general questions For theoretically resolving learning in spatio-temporal materials science. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the philosophy of science, and to the analysis of neuronal activity with specific application to the barn Forum on International Physics nonlocality in quantum mechanics. owl’s sound localization. Painter, Paul C. For his long-continued contributions to the diverse Shraiman, Boris I. Vinokur, Valerii M. Penn State University areas of fusion plasma and astrophysical research, in AT&T Bell Laboratories Argonne National Laboratory High Polymer Physics a career characterized by exceptional analytical skills DCMP (Condensed Matter) DCMP (Condensed Matter) For theoretical and spectroscopic characterization of and innovative ideas. hydrogen bonded polymer blends. For theoretical contributions to statistical physics as For contributions to the theory of vortex pinning and applied to the non-linear dynamics of fluids and to mag- dynamics in a random environment. Rzazewski, Kazimierz Perry, Anthony Edward netism. Polish Academy of Sciences University of Melbourne, AU Von Klitzing, Klaus Laser Science Fluid Dynamics Sobel, Henry Wayne Max-Planck Institute - Stuttgart For creative application of the methods of quantum For physical insights into the behavior of turbulence, Univ. of Calif., Irvine For the discovery of the quantized Hall effect. optics to frontier problems of strong-field and atomic structure-based modeling approaches, elegant use of Particles & Fields physics. scaling arguments, and inspirational teaching. For many contributions to the study of neutrino phys- Wadehra, Jogindra Mohan ics and the investigation of nucleon stability. Wayne State University Polanyi, John C. Sai-Halasz, George Anthony DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) University of Toronto IBM, T.J. Watson Research Center Sokol, Paul E. For extensive contributions to theoretical atomic and For contributions concerning the dynamics of chemi- Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics Pennsylvania State University molecular physics, notably studies of the dissociative cal elementary processes. For his applications of physics in seminal contribu- DCMP (Condensed Matter) electron attachment process, scattering of positrons tions to microelectronics. For neutron scattering studies of 3He and 4He. by atoms, and the transport of electrons in gases. Poling, Ronald A. University of Minnesota Sales, Brian Craig Souder, Paul Walther, Herbert Particles & Fields Oak Ridge National Laboratory Syracuse University Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik For contributions to the experimental understanding Materials Physics Nuclear Physics Laser Science of b-quarks and his leadership role in the CLEO col- For development of important new materials for: (a) For precise measurements of the effects of In recognition of his fundamental contributions to the laboration. the storage of nuclear waste, and (b) the generation electroweak interactions in few-body systems, lead- quantum optics of atoms. of electrical power. ing to fundamental information about muonium, Polyzou, Wayne Nicholas muonic helium, and the spin structure of the nucleon. Ward, Bennie Franklin Leon The University of Iowa Salin, Antoine Beno Uiversity of Tennessee Few Body Systems Topical Group Universite Bordwaux I Stephens, Peter Wesley Particles & Fields For contributions to understanding the formulation of DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) SUNY Stony Brook For contributions to the understanding of radiative cor- Poincaré invariant few body models. For fundamental contributions to the theory of ion-atom Materials Physics rections required for precision electroweak studies in collisions including the development of CDW method For determination of the structure of fullerene materi- electron-positron collisions. Possin, George Edward for the description of charge transfer, and elucidation als and elucidation of the relationships between their General Electric Corp. R & D of the role of dynamic correlation. structures and physical properties. Weiler, Margaret Horton Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics Lockheed Martin For sustained excellence in the science and technol- Sauls, James Avery Stewart, Donald Scott Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics ogy of medical X-ray imaging equipment, flat panel Northwestern University Univ. of Illinois For fundamental contributions to HgCdTe infrared de- displays, and semiconductor physics. DCMP (Condensed Matter) Fluid Dynamics tector and GaAs microwave device technologies, in For contributions to theories of unconventional super- For fundamental contributions to the theory of chemi- the development and experimental validation of new Preston, Daryl W. fluidity and superconductivity. cally reactive flows, especially concerning the physical models for semiconductor device properties California State University dynamics of multi-dimensional detonations. and their influence on system applications. Forum on Education Scheffler, Matthias For substantially advancing and disseminating the art Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Swartz, Morris L. Weinberger, Peter of experimental physics as taught to undergraduates Materials Physics Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Technische Universitat by developing experiments, publishing books, and di- For significant contributions to elucidating atomic-scale Particles & Fields Forum on International Physics recting faculty workshops on laboratory physics for structures in solids and solid surfaces by first-principles For contributions to high precision experimental stud- For the development of techniques for relativistic elec- undergraduates. approaches. ies of the electroweak interaction at high energy. tron structure calculations and their application.

6 APS Honors and Awards Weiss, Robert A. Yaffe, Laurence G. University of Connecticut University of Washington High Polymer Physics Particles & Fields 1999 APS Fellowship For outstanding contributions to the understanding of For work on finite temperature gauge field theory and viscoelastic and phase equilibria in high polymers, es- on non-perturbative approximations to quantum field pecially in ionomeric and liquid crystalline high polymers. theory. Nomination Deadlines West, Roy N. University of Texas, Arlington Yang, Guozhen DCMP (Condensed Matter) Chinese Academy of Sciences For contributions to the development of positron annihi- Forum on International Physics Fellowship nominations may be submitted at any time, but lation spectroscopy. For his achievements in optics computing and laser physics, his outstanding accomplishments in scien- must be received by the deadlines listed below for 1999 review. White, Steven R. tific management, and his significant contributions to Univ. of Calif., Irvine international exchanges. Nomination forms and submission information may be found Computational Physics For the development of the density matrix through the APS Home Page [www.aps.org] under the Fellow- Yodh, Arjun Gaurang renormalization group method which provides a pow- University of Pennsylvania ship button. erful numerical technique for investigating the properties of strongly correlated electron systems. DCMP (Condensed Matter) All nominations should be sent to: Executive Officer, The For contributions to the use of diffusing light fields in White, Carter T. studies of the structural, dynamical, and spectroscopic American Physical Society; One Physics Ellipse, College Park. Naval Research Laboratory properties of highly scattering materials. Chemical Physics MD 20750; ATTN: Fellowship Program For theoretical contributions to materials chemistry prob- Yoh, John lems including carbon-based conductors and energetic Fermilab materials. Particles & Fields UNIT DEADLINE (1999) UNIT DEADLINE (1999) For contributions to the discovery of the Upsilon reso- Wiescher, Michael C. F. University of Notre Dame nance indicating the existence of the b-quark. DIVISIONS FORUMS Nuclear Physics For his productive work both in laboratory nuclear as- Yuan, Jian-Min Astrophysics 05/01 Physics & Society 04/01 trophysics measurements and in connecting those Drexel University results to specific astrophysical sites. Chemical Physics Biological Physics 06/01 History of Physics 04/01 For the application of nonlinear dynamics and chaos Chemical Physics Past Wilson, Kenneth G. theory to the understanding of atomic and molecular International Physics 04/01 The Ohio State Unversity processes, particularly laser-induced molecular dis- Computational Physics Past Industrial & Applied Physics 03/01 For his theory for critical phenomena in connection with sociation and ionization. phase transitions. Atomic, Molecular, Optical Past Education Past Winkler, Peter Zeilinger, Anton Condensed Matter Past University of Nevada, Reno University of Innsbruck DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) Fluid Dynamics Past TOPICAL GROUPS For development of innovative theoretical methods to For elucidating and extending the mystery of the quan- describe many-body effects in atomic structure and tum phenomena of interference and entanglement by High Polymer Physics Past Few Body 04/01 atomic interactions in plasma environments. elegant experiments with neutrons, atoms, and pho- Laser Science 04/01 Fundamental Constants 04/01 ton pairs together with new theoretical insights. Wodkiewicz, Krzysztof Warsaw University Materials Physics Past Precision Instrs. & Meas. 04/01 Laser Science Zhang, Zhenyu Nuclear Physics 04/01 Shock Compression 04/01 For key contributions to our understanding of the role of Oak Ridge National Laboratory stochastic processes in nonlinear optical resonance, Materials Physics Particles & Fields 04/01 Gravitation 04/01 and for pathbreaking studies of the operational approach For original and innovative contributions to the under- to quantum phase-space measurements. standing of thin-film growth mechanisms and kinetic/ Physics of Beams 03/15 Magnetism & Its Appli. 05/06 dynamical processes at surfaces. Wollan, David S. Plasma Physics 04/01 US Arms Control & Disarmament Agncy Forum on Physics & Society Zimmerman, Jr. William For leadership in the arms control of both offensive and University of Minnesota APS GENERAL NOMINATIONS 06/01 defensive strategic arms, combining deep technical DCMP (Condensed Matter) analysis with legal and diplomatic expertise regarding For research on macroscopic quantum properties and the SALT II, START I, and ABM treaties. vorticity in superfluid 4HE. Nomination Announcements Call for Nominations for Y2K APS Prizes and Award The following prizes and awards will be bestowed by the Society in 2000. 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 nominations should be sent. Please refer to the APS Membership Directory, pages A21-A40, for complete information regarding rules and eligibility requirements for individual prizes and awards, or visit the Prize and Awards page on the APS Web site at http://www.aps.org. NOMINATION DEADLINE IS JULY 1, 1999, UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED.

PRIZES Purpose: To recognize outstanding publica- BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS PRIZE OLIVER E. BUCKLEY tions in the field of mathematical physics. CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS Established by the Division of Biologi- PRIZE Send name of proposed candidate and sup- WILL ALLIS PRIZE FOR THE cal Physics. Corporate sponsors include porting information to: John L Challifour, STUDY OF IONIZED GASES Abbot Labs, Bio-Rad Microscience Divi- Endowed by AT&T Bell Laboratories. Dept of Phys 117 Swain Hall W., Indiana sion, Candela Laser Corp., Coherent Univ, Bloomington IN 47405, Phone (812) Purpose: To recognize and encourage out- Sponsored by AT&T, General Electric, Laser Products Group, Eastman Kodak, 855-3257, Fax (812) 855-5533 Email standing theoretical or experimental GTE, IBM, and Xerox Corporations. Furumoto Research Foundation, New- [email protected] contributions to condensed matter physics. port Corporation, and Siemans AG Purpose: To recognize and encourage Medical Enigneering Group. Send name of proposed candidate and sup- outstanding research into the micro- porting information to: Zachary Fisk, HIGH POLYMER PHYSICS PRIZE scopic or macroscopic behavior of Purpose: To recognize and encourage National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, ionized gases. outstanding achievement in biological Sponsored by the Ford Motor Company. Florida State University, 1800 E Paul Dirac physics research. Send name of proposed candidate and Dr, Tallahassee FL 32306-4005, Phone (850) Purpose: To recognize outstanding accom- supporting information to: Chair, Allis Send name of proposed candidate and 644-2922, Fax (850) 644-5038, Email plishment and excellence of contributions Prize, J.W. McConkey, Dept. of Physics, supporting information to: Egidijus E. [email protected] in high polymer physics research. 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Purpose: To recognize and encourage FRANK ISAKSON PRIZE FOR Send name of proposed candidate and Purpose: To recognize outstanding work in outstanding experimental research in OPTICAL EFFECTS IN SOLIDS supporting information to: Chun C Lin, theory, experiment or observation in the nuclear physics, including the devel- Dept of Physics, Univ of Wisconsin, 1150 Supported by Elsevier Science, Ltd., areas of astrophysics, nuclear physics, opment of a method, technique, or University Ave, Madison WI 53706, publishers of the journal, Solid State nuclear astrophysics, or closely related device that significantly contributes in Phone (608) 262-0697, Fax (608) 265-2334 Communications. fields. a general way to nuclear physics re- search. Purpose: To recognize and encourage Send name of proposed candidate and outstanding contributions to the field of supporting information to: John D Send name of proposed candidate and DANNIE HEINEMAN PRIZE FOR optical effects in solids. 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LEROY APKER AWARD porting information to: Carlos R Handy, Dept Endowed by family, friends and colleagues of Physics, Clark Atlanta Univ, 223 James P Purpose: To recognize a most outstanding of I.I. Rabi. Endowed by Jean Dickey Apker in memory Brawley Dr, Atlanta GA 30314, Phone (404) contribution to physics by a single indi- of LeRoy Apker. 880-8664, Fax (404) 880-8360, Email vidual who also has exceptional skills in Purpose: To recognize and encourage out- [email protected] lecturing to diverse audiences. standing research in Atomic, Molecular and Purpose: To recognize outstanding achieve- Optical Physics. ment in physics by undergraduate students, Send name of proposed candidate and sup- and thereby provide encouragement to JOHN H. 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