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CERN Courier September 2018 Faces & Places Discover these and more – download the first chapter of every title for free. A WARDS iopscience.org/books IOP award winners for 2018 announced J Thomas, KCL, S Bates, M Alexander, R Hahn/Fermilab, J Ramage Each year, the UK Institute of Physics (IOP) Expanding PhysicsTM recognises outstanding and exceptional contributions to physics. 2018 sees five IOP Expanding Physics IOP Expanding Physics IOP Expanding Physics IOP Expanding Physics awards go to those working in high-energy Key Nuclear Reaction An Introduction to A Short Course Nuclear and physics and related fields. Experiments Elementary Particle on Relativistic Particle Physics Jenny Thomas from University College Discoveries and consequences Phenomenology Heavy Ion Collisions Claude Amsler London received the Michael Faraday Medal Hans Paetz gen. Schieck Philip G Ratcliffe Asis Kumar Chaudhuri and Prize “for her outstanding investigations into the physics of neutrino oscillations, in particular her leadership of the MINOS/ MINOS+ long-baseline neutrino-oscillation experiment”. MINOS was one of the seminal oscillation experiments, confirming that accelerator neutrinos change type as they travel. Thomas was one of a handful of people who orchestrated the formation of the collaboration, becoming co-spokesperson in 2010 and leading the proposal of a new phase Prize winners (clockwise from top left): Jenny Thomas, Bobby Acharya, Michael Begg, of the MINOS experiment, MINOS+. Hiranya Peiris, Stefan Söldner-Rembold and James Ramage. IOP Expanding Physics IOP Expanding Physics IOP Expanding Physics IOP Expanding Physics Bobby Acharya from the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Italy and Ltd from a manufacturer of conventional Fermilab from 2009 to 2011. Effective Science The Foundations of Precise Dimensions Bias in Science King’s College London won the Lawrence magnets for particle accelerators into a world Finally, the Fred Hoyle Medal and Prize, A history of units from 1791–2018 Communication Electric Circuit Theory and Communication Bragg Medal and Prize “for his contributions leader of magnets for high-energy physics, made for distinguished contributions Malcolm Cooper A field guide A practical guide to surviving N R Sree Harsha Jim Grozier Anupama Prakash as the driver of several projects to teach and MRI and oncology equipment”. to astrophysics, gravitational physics or as a scientist Matthew Welsh D P Kothari Sam Illingworth promote physics in the developing world, with Stefan Söldner-Rembold from the cosmology, went to Hiranya Peiris from Grant Allen the ultimate aim of developing sustainable University of Manchester received the University College London and the Oskar physics research in those countries”. Acharya James Chadwick Medal and Prize, Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, is involved with the ATLAS experiment at the reserved for distinguished contributions Stockholm. She was cited “for her leading LHC, and specialises in the phenomenological to particle physics, in recognition of “his contributions to understanding the origin and consequences of string/M-theory. contributions to pioneering experimental evolution of cosmic structure, by pioneering The winners of the Katharine Burr Blodgett work in high-energy particle physics and an interdisciplinary approach that combines Medal and Prize, awarded for outstanding and his international leadership in Higgs and theoretical, statistical and observational sustained contributions to the organisation neutrino physics”. Söldner-Rembold is cosmology, astrophysics, numerical relativity or application of physics in an industrial or co-spokesperson of the Deep Underground and theoretical physics”. commercial context, were Michael Begg and Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) and has The award ceremony will take place on Concise PhysicsTM James Ramage from Tesla Engineering Ltd held many leadership roles, including being 20 November at the Royal Lancaster “for the transformation of Tesla Engineering spokesperson of the D0 experiment at London Hotel. IOP Concise Physics A Morgan & Claypool Publication IOP Concise Physics A Morgan & Claypool Publication IOP Concise Physics A Morgan & Claypool Publication IOP Concise Physics A Morgan & Claypool Publication From left to right: Valery Rubakov, Introduction to Beam Quantum Field Theory Entrepreneurship Logic for Physicists Markov prize for INR RAS co-chairman of the Markov Readings; Dynamics in High-Energy An arcane setting for explaining the world for Physicists Nicolas A Pereyra 2018 laureates Eduard Boos and Dmitry Electron Storage Rings Roberto Iengo A practical guide to move inventions from university to market Gorbunov; and Leonid Kravchuk, director Andrzej Wolski Boos and Gorbunov Davide Iannuzzi of INR RAS. The Institute for Nuclear Research of the the goldstino sector and suggesting direct Russian Academy of Sciences (INR RAS) experimental tests of the minimal extension has awarded its 2018 Markov prize to Eduard of the Standard Model, in addition to Boos from Lomonosov Moscow State putting forward the idea that blazars are University and Dmitry Gorbunov from INR sources of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays RAS for their “outstanding contributions a new method of event simulation that takes (see p7). The award was presented at the to the theoretical studies of hypothetical into account loop corrections and a new 15th Markov Readings, a series elementary particles and developments of method of optimising kinematical variables. of international seminars held in methods for their experimental search”. Gorbunov was recognised for, among other commemoration of the prominent Russian Boos was recognised for, among other things, the development of an experimental scientist Moisey Markov, in Moscow on achievements, participating in the creation of programme to search for new physics in 13 May. 67 CCSep18_Faces&Places_v5.indd 67 21/08/2018 10:34 CERNCOURIER www. V OLUME 5 8 N UMBER 7 S EPTEMBER 2 0 1 8 CERN Courier September 2018 CERN Courier September 2018 Faces & Places Faces & Places H Gray Seoul, Korea, on 4–11 July. A PPOINTMENT Trnka, an assistant professor at the Young scientists K Higgins University of California, Davis, was awarded Trnka and Gray the prize “for the discovery and exploration Larry Gladney named dean of diversity at Yale of new physical and mathematical principles underlying the dynamics of particle scattering Experimental particle physicist Larry Larry Gladney aims to improve inclusion win awards amplitudes in a wide range of theories”. Gladney of the University of Pennsylvania and diversity. Gray, a divisional fellow at Lawrence in the US has been appointed dean of Particle physicists Jaroslav Trnka and Berkeley Laboratory in the US, received diversity and faculty development for the planning and simulation of the Heather Gray have each received a Young the prize “for her broad and creative the Yale Faculty of Arts and Sciences – a Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, an Scientist Prize in Particles and Fields from contributions as well as leadership in new role intended to promote equity and observatory under construction in Chile the International Union of Pure and Applied performance and physics analysis in inclusion. that is designed to measure the expansion Physics (IUPAP). The prizes, each consisting the ATLAS experiment and beyond, Gladney’s research career has focused New York Academy of Sciences history of the universe. Gladney will of a medal and a €1000 cash award, Jaroslav Trnka (left) and Heather Gray culminating in her strong role in the searches on the study of weak interactions of heavy continue to carry out research and were presented at the 39th International received IUPAP Young Scientist Prizes and initial measurements of Higgs boson quarks and the experimental examination teach once he takes up the new role in Conference on High Energy Physics in in Particles and Fields. interactions with quarks”. of dark energy. He is currently working on January 2019. M EETINGS Two researchers awarded CMS thesis honour Science for development in Vietnam CMS-PHO-COLLAB-2018-012-5 On 25 June, the CMS collaboration M Gautié presented its annual PhD thesis awards The international workshop Science for to two recipients, Luca Cadamuro and Development was held at the International Felice Pantaleo, from a total of 18 theses Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and nominated. Theses written on any Education (ICISE) in Quy Nhơn, Vietnam, CMS-related topic, including physics on May 9–10. The second in a new series of analysis, simulation, computing, detector Les Rencontres du Vietnam that kicked off development and engineering, are eligible two years ago, the event brought together for nomination. The theses are critiqued on scientists, policy makers, economics experts, originality, clarity of writing and content, entrepreneurs and industry managers to and impact on CMS and in high-energy design a common roadmap for development physics. Cadamuro received his PhD based on science and technology. from École polytechnique, University Based on past experience, scientists of Paris-Saclay, for his thesis work on a have been able to construct an effective search for the production of two Higgs “micro-society” that is based on a bosons. Pantaleo received his PhD from the collaborative – yet competitive – approach University of Hamburg for his work on new to problem solving. They have built track-reconstruction techniques for CMS. Luca Cadamuro (left) and Felice Pantaleo with their engraved plaques. multifaceted laboratories