SpringPrizes and 2002Awards APS Announces Spring 2002 Prize and Award Recipients

Thirty-seven APS prizes and ception of the Brookhaven Relativistic Mumbai, India. Jain’s most important con- Schwarz received his awards will be presented during spe- Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). tribution has been his introduction of Ph.D. in 1966 from U.C. cial sessions at three spring meetings electron-flux combinations called “compos- Berkeley. He joined ite fermions”. Jain has extended and Princeton University as a of the Society: the 2001 March Meet- 2002 BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS ing, 12-16 March, in Seattle, WA; the developed the theory of composite fermi- junior faculty member in PRIZE ons into several directions, in particular, 1966. In 1972 he moved to 2001 April Meeting, April 28 - May 1, Carlos Bustamente toward extracting detailed quantitative infor- Caltech, where he has re- in Washington, DC; and the 2001 meet- mation which can be compared with exact mained ever since. Schwarz has worked ing of the APS Division of Atomic, University of California, Berkeley results as well as experiment. on superstring theory for almost his en- Molecular and Optical Physics, May tire professional career. In 1984 Michael Citation: “For his pioneering work in single Read received his Ph.D. 15-19, in London, Ontario, Canada. Ci- Green and he discovered an anomaly can- molecule biophysics and the elucidation of the for work in Condensed tations and biographical information cellation mechanism, which resulted in fundamental physics principles underlying the Matter Theory in 1986 for each recipient follow. Additional string theory becoming one of the hottest mechanical properties and forces involved in from Imperial College, areas in theoretical physics. In 1989 he was biographical information and appro- DNA replication and transcription.” London. He was a awarded the Dirac Medal by the ICTP priate Web links can be found at the postdoctoral researcher Carlos Bustamante is a (Trieste, Italy). APS Web site (http:/www.aps.org). at Brown University and professor in the Depart- Nominations for most of next year’s MIT before joining the ments of Physics and prizes and awards are now being ac- faculty of Yale University in 1988. Read’s Molecular & Cell Biology 2002 FRANK ISAKSON PRIZE research has been mainly concerned with cepted. For details, see pages 7 and 8 of of the University of Cali- strongly interacting quantum many-par- James Allen this of this insert. fornia, Berkeley. He ticle systems in condensed matter physics. University of Michigan received a Ph.D. degree PRIZES His recent work is concerned with disor- from Berkeley in 1981. In Thomas Timusk der in noninteracting fermion systems. 1982 he joined Chemistry McMaster University 2002 WILL ALLIS PRIZE Dept. of the University of New Mexico as Willett received his Ph.D. in an assistant professor, becoming a full pro- physics from M.I.T. in 1988. Citation: “For their outstanding contribu- Alan Garscadden fessor in 1989. In 1991 he joined the From 1989 to 1990 he was tions to the field of spectroscopy in strongly Air Force Research Laboratory Chemistry Department at the University a post-doctoral member of correlated electron systems leading to elu- of Oregon and became investigator in the technical staff at Bell Labo- cidation of many body physics.” Citation: “In recognition of his distinguished Institute of Molecular Biology of that insti- ratories, and he has career in gaseous electronics, marked by a Allen received his PhD in tution where he remained until 1998 where remained as a member of sustained creativity in linking fundamen- electrical engineering he took up his present position at Berkeley. technical staff at Bell Labs, tal processes to the macroscopic properties from Stanford University Bustamante’s research is concerned with the now part of Lucent Technologies. Willett’s of gas discharges and plasmas, and for his in 1968 and joined the re- development of novel methods of single current research interests focus on the phys- dedicated role as an advocate for the field search staff at MIT’s molecule manipulation and detection and ics of reduced dimension phenomena, and of gaseous electronics.” Lincoln Laboratory, mov- their application to investigate biochemical particularly in the use of nanoscale structures ing to Xerox’s Palo Alto process. Optical tweezers, atomic force mi- to experimentally examine these effects. An- Garscadden received his Research Center in 1973. croscopy and single molecule fluorescence other current area of interest is the problem Ph.D. in physics at Queens In 1987 he joined the phys- experiments are used in his laboratory to of decoherence in metals, where his group’s University, Belfast. ics faculty at the University of Michigan, study protein and RNA folding, the me- efforts have included examination of Garscadden is presently where he served as associate chair of the chanical properties of biomolecules and the nanoscale wires to expose dephasing phe- Chief Scientist, Propulsion graduate program from 1990 to 1993.. mechanochemistry of molecular motors. nomena. Further current research topics Directorate, Air Force Re- Allen and his collaborators have employed include conduction mechanisms in and ma- search Laboratory, resonance and inverse photoemission, x Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, and Edwards nipulation of single molecules, and 2002 TOM W. BONNER PRIZE ray and optical sptectroscopies to study the developing photonic band gap structures. AFB, California. He has published approxi- electronic structure of solids. His most re- mately 140 refereed publications, multiple J. David Bowman cent focus is the use of angle resolved and book chapters, and consulted with vari- Los Alamos National Laboratory 2002 DAVISSON GERMER PRIZE resonant photoemission spectroscopy to ous DoD technical programs involving elucidate quasi particle phenomena. diverse areas such as lasers, hypersonics, Citation: “In recognition of his leadership Gerald Gabrielse combusts, optical-and mass-spectroscopy in performing precision measurements Harvard University Timusk received his PhD in and plasma sources. involving tests of fundamental symme- physics from Cornell Uni- tries, including his studies of parity non Citation: “For pioneering work in trapping, versity in 1961 and did conservation in compound nuclei.” cooling and precision measurement of the postdoctoral research in 2002 HANS A. BETHE PRIZE properties of matter and antimatter in ion Frankfurt, Germany, and Bio not available. Gordon Baym traps.” the University of Illinois. He joined the faculty of University of Illinois Bio not available. 2002 OLIVER E. BUCKLEY PRIZE McMaster University in 1965, where he has Citation: “For his superb synthesis of fun- remained ever since. Using infrared radia- damental concepts which have provided Jainendra Jain 2002 DANNIE HEINEMANN PRIZE tion, he has worked on the spectra of an understanding of matter at extreme Pennsylvania State University defects in alkali halides, on quasi crystals, Michael B. Green conditions, ranging from crusts and interi- the cosmic microwave background radia- Nicholas Read ors of neutron stars to matter at ultrahigh Cambridge University tion, and the propagation of radiation in temperature.” Yale University insulating materials, such as fiber glass and John H. Schwartz goose down. His current work is in the Baym received his Robert Willett California Institute of Technology area of exotic superconductors. bachelor’s degree in phys- Lucent Technologies ics from Cornell Citation: “For their pioneering work in the University in 1956, his Citation: “For theoretical and experimen- development of superstring theory.” tal work establishing the composite Table of Contents A.M. in mathematics Green’s early research fermion model for the half-filled Landau from Harvard in 1957, was in elementary par- and his Ph.D. in physics level and other quantized Hall systems.” ticle theory with special Prize and Award from Harvard in 1960. After a two year emphasis on string postdoc at the now Niels Bohr Institute in Jain received his Ph.D. in Recipients 1985 from the State Uni- theory applied to the Copenhagen, and a year at the University strong interactions. With 1 of California in Berkeley, he came to the versity of New York, Stony Brook. He held John Schwarz, he devel- University of Illinois in 1963. His research oped superstring theory New APS spans condensed matter and statistical postdoctoral positions at the University of Mary- and elucidated its consistency as a Fellows physics, including Bose-Einstein condensa- perturbatively finite and anomaly free tion in atomic vapors, astrophysics, nuclear land and Yale University 4 quantum theory of gravity. Subsequently physics, and the history of physics. He is a before joining the faculty of SUNY, Stony Brook. Since 1998, he has he has been involved in unraveling the un- Nominations for pioneer in the study of neutron stars — derlying geometrical structure of the and more generally the nature of the mat- been at The Pennsylvania State University. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Tata theory by studying nonperturbative ef- 2002 Prizes and ter under extreme conditions of density fects associated with stringy solitons and and pressure — and a leader in the con- Institute of Fundamental Research, 7 Awards instantons. ductors, and storage, successfully apply- Mathematical Sciences in 2002 JAMES C. MCGRODDY 2002 POLYMER PHYSICS PRIZE ing these disciplines to solving real world 1953. He was a fellow at the PRIZE technology problems. Prior to his present Tom Witten Centro Brasileiro de Sumio Iijima appointment, he was Vice President and University of Chicago Pesquisas Fisicas in Rio de Lab Director of the Research Division’s Janeiro, Brazil, where he at- NEC Corporation Almaden Research Center in San Jose, Cali- Citation: “For outstanding theoretical con- tended some graduate Donald S. Bethune fornia. Born in New York, Horn received tributions to the understanding of courses and did research IBM Almaden Research Center his doctoral degree in physics from the Uni- polymers and complex fluids.” work. Sirlin then became a graduate student versity of Rochester in 1973. Prior to at Cornell, where he received the Ph.D. de- Witten received his Citation: “For the discovery and develop- joining IBM in 1979, he was assistant and gree in 1958, remaining as a research associate bachelor’s degree in phys- ment of single-wall carbon nanotubes, associate professor in the Physics Depart- for the following year. Sirlin became an As- ics from Reed College in which can behave like metals or semicon- ment and the James Franck Institute at the sistant Professor of Physics at NYU in 1959 1966. He received a PhD ductors, can conduct electricity better than University of Chicago. and a full Professor in 1968. His main re- in physics in 1971 from the copper, can transmit heat better than dia- search interests have been in precision University of California, mond, and rank among the strongest electroweak physics, other topics in weak 2002 W.K.H. PANOFSKY PRIZE La Jolla in many-body materials known.” interaction theory, the search for higher sym- theoretical physics. He did Masatoshi Koshiba metries of the strong interactions, No bio available for Sumio Iijima. a postdoc in condensed matter theory at non-topological solitons, theorems on sym- Kajita Takaaki Princeton University and another in metry-breaking, some aspects of QCD, and Bethune is a Research renormalized field theory at Saclay, France. Staff Member at the IBM Yoji Totsuka the theoretical treatment of unstable par- Then he joined the physics faculty at Uni- ticles. Almaden Research Cen- University of Tokyo versity of Michigan. He left Michigan in ter. He received his Ph.D. 1982 to join the Corporate Research lab of Citation: “For compelling experimental evi- in physics from U.C. Ber- the Exxon Corporation. In 1989 he joined 2002 ARTHUR L. SCHAWLOW dence for neutrino oscillations using keley in 1977 for research the faculty of the Physics Department and PRIZE in nonlinear optics. He atmospheric neutrinos.” the James Franck research institute of the Stephen E. Harris joined the IBM Watson Research Center, Koshiba graduated from University of Chicago. He is a fellow of Stanford University where he worked on laser spectroscopy, the University of Tokyo the APS and gave the 1999 Paris-Sciences invented the ‘Bethune dye cell,’ and co-in- and earned his Ph.D from lectures at the Ecole Superieure de Phy- vented a nonlinear optical method for Citation: “For outstanding contributions to University of Rochester. sique et Chemie Industrielles in Paris. He fundamental and applied research into la- nanosecond recording of broadband infra- He was a physics profes- studies statistically structured forms of red spectra. He moved to the IBM San Jose ser sources, nonlinear optics, extreme sor at the University of matter, such as diblock copolymer domain ultraviolet laser sources, and laser physics, Research Laboratory in 1983, where he has Tokyo until the retire- patterns, colloidal aggregates, and worked on nonlinear optics, gas-surface in- including electromagnetically induced ment on March 31,1987. He created the crumpled membranes. transparency and its application to lasing teractions, and novel carbon materials such underground facility Kamiokande to ini- as C60, metallofullerenes, and single-wall without inversion and to nonlinear optics tiate neutrino physics. at maximal coherence.” nanotubes. Recently he joined the quan- 2002 ANNESUR RAHMAN PRIZE tum information group, where he Takaaki earned his under- Harris is the Kenneth and David P. Landau co-invented and built an autocompensating graduate degree in 1981 Barbara Oshman Profes- fiberoptic quantum cryptography system. from Saitama University University of Georgia sor of Engineering at They are currently developing methods for and received his PhD Stanford University with Citation: “For the development of accurate single photon detection, generation, and from the University of appointments in Electrical Monte Carlo sampling and frequency conversion for use in systems Tokyo in 1986. He then Engineering and Applied renormalization group techniques, the for quantum information storage, trans- became a research asso- Physics. He received his study of the kinetics of aggregation and mission, and manipulation. ciate and then an associate professor at the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from gelation in polymer systems, and for nu- university’s Institute for Cosmic Ray Re- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1959. merous contributions to the development search. In 1999 he became director of the During 1959-1960 he was a member of the 2002 LARS ONSAGER PRIZE and application of molecular dynamics and institute’s Research Center for Cosmic technical staff at Bell Telephone Laborato- kinetic Monte Carlo methods.” Anatoly I. Larkin Neutrinos, in addition to assuming full pro- ries, where he worked on microwave fessorship. His research has focused on University of Minnesota Landau received his PhD masers. He studied at Stanford University, studying atmospheric neutrinos through from Yale University in where he received his Ph.D. in Electrical Citation: “For elucidating roles of fluctua- the Kamiokanda and Super Kamiokande 1967 and spent a year do- Engineering in 1963 and joined the faculty. tions and randomness in collective experiments. ing postdoctoral research Harris is known for his early work on phenomena, including critical behavior of Totsuka received his at CNRS Grenoble. He re- spontaneous parametric emission, fre- uniaxial ferroelectrics, dependence of criti- bachelor’s degree in turned to Yale as a lecture quency conversion in metal vapors, cal exponents in four dimensions on physics and PhD from the before joining the faculty invention of the tunable acousto-optic fil- symmetry, and how impurity pinning of University of Tokyo in of the University of Georgia in 1969, where ter, techniques for lasers and nonlinear vortices in superconductors destroys lat- 1965 and 1972, respec- is currently a distinguished research pro- optics in the extreme ultraviolet, and for tice order and controls critical currents.” tively. He participated in fessor and director of the Center for more recent contributions to lasing with- Simulational Physics. For the past 30 years, out inversion, electromagnetically induced Larkin received his M.S. the e+/e- experiments at the DESY facility in Germany in 1972, and Landau has studied classical and quantum transparency, and slow light. from Moscow Engineer- systems, emphasizing the importance of ing Physics Institute in the neutrino experiments and proton de- cay searches at the University of Tokyo’s high quality simulations, coupled with theo- 1956 and his PhD from the retically grounded analysis, to describe 2002 FACULTY MEMBER FOR Kurchatov Institute of Kamiokande and Super Kamiokande ex- RESEARCH IN AN UNDERGRADUATE periments. He became a professor of the diverse systems. With students and col- Atomic Energy in 1960, laborators, he recently developed new spin INSTITUTION PRIZE where he remained as a university’s Institute for Cosmic Ray Re- search in 1988; assumed the directorship dynamics methods and an improved James Cederberg researcher until 1966. He headed the phys- Monte Carlo method that samples densi- ics department at the Landau Institute of of the institute’s Kamioka Observatory in St. Olaf College 1995, and became director of the entire in- ties of states of statistical systems instead Theoretical Physics until 1995, when he ac- of probability distributions. cepted his current position as the William stitute in 2001. Citation: “For his sustained and productive and Bianca Fine Professor of Physics at the research in molecular beam spectroscopy and an extraordinary record of spurring University of Minnesota. He is a past re- 2002 EARLE K. PLYLER PRIZE 2002 J. J. SAKURAI PRIZE cipient of the Humboldt Award and the interest in careers in physics through stu- Hewlett Packard Europhysics Prize, both Graham Fleming William J. Marciano dent participation in challenging in 1993. University of California, Berkeley Brookhaven National Laboratory experiments.” Cederberg received his Citation: “For his seminal work on chemical Alberto Sirlin PhD in physics from 2002 GEORGE E. PAKE PRIZE reaction dynamics in liquids and the dynam- New York University Harvard University in ics of fundamental biological processes Paul M. Horn Citation: “For their pioneering work on ra- 1962 and spent the fol- using femtosecond laser spectroscopy.” IBM Corporation diative corrections, which made precision lowing year as a Fleming received his electroweak studies a powerful method of postdoctoral research as- Citation: “For his innovative contributions Bachelor of Science De- probing the Standard Model and search- sociate and lecturer there. to the understanding of 1/f noise, the elu- gree from the University ing for new physics.” Since 1964 he has been on cidation of surface phases and phase of Bristol (UK) in 1974. He the faculty of St. Olaf College, where he is Marciano received his B.S., M.S. and PhD transitions, and his signal achievements in was a postdoctoral fellow currently the Whittier Professor of Science. degrees in physics from New York Uni- managing IBM Corporation’s global re- at Caltech and the Uni- His current research project at St. Olaf be- versity, and joined the faculty of search team.” versity of Melbourne gan with the acquisition of an electronic Rockefeller University in 1974. He then with G. Wilse Robinson. resonance molecular beam spectrometer Horn was named Senior spent a year at Northwestern university He then returned to the Royal Institution from Norman Ramsey’s laboratory at Vice President of the IBM before joining the scientific staff of as Leverhulme Fellow until 1979 when he Harvard in 1981. Since then it has been used Corporation and Direc- Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1981, moved to the University of Chicago, to study the hyperfine spectra of molecules tor of Research in where he is currently a senior physicist. where, in 1987, he was named the Arthur A total of 65 undergraduate students have January 1996, directing He has also been an adjunct professor at Holly Compton Distinguished Service Pro- participated in the project over the last 20 IBM’s worldwide re- Yale University since 1990. His research in- fessor. In 1997 he moved to the University years. search program and terests span many aspects of elementary of California Berkeley and Lawrence Ber- helping guide IBM’s over- particle physics, including precision keley National Laboratory. He is currently all technical strategy. In his 22 years with electroweak calculations, grand unified 2002 GEORGE E. VALLEY PRIZE Professor of Chemistry and Co-Director the company, Horn has been a champion theories, neutrino physics, rare decays, and of the Institute for Bioengineering, Biotech- David Goldhaber-Gordon for translating technology based research CP violation. into marketplace opportunities. Trained as nology and Quantitative Biomedicine, and Stanford University a solid state physicist he has held key Director of the Physical Biosciences Divi- Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sirlin re- management positions in science, semicon- sion at Lawrence Berkeley National ceived the degree of Dr. in Physical- Citation: “For the discovery and elucida- Laboratory. 2 APS Honors and Awards tion of the physics of the Kondo Effect in years he has focused his attention on wide- people of Kansas reverse their State Board 2002 MARIA GOEPPERT MAYER Single Electron Transistors.” band-gap semiconductors. of Education’s anti-science action.” AWARD Goldhaber-Gordon re- Melott is currently Pro- ceived an AB in physics and 2001 LEROY APKER AWARD fessor of Physics and Deborah S. Jin an AM in history of science, (NON PH.D. INSTITUTION) Astronomy at the Uni- National Institute of Standards & both from Harvard Univer- versity of Kansas. He Technology sity in 1994. He then Robert Wagner received an M.Div. from pursued graduate studies in Illinois State University Starr King School for the Citation: “For her innovative realization and physics at the Massachu- Ministry in Berkeley, CA exploration of a novel quantum system, setts Institute of Citation: “Intense Laser Physics Theory” in 1971 and was for 7 the degenerate Fermi atomic gas, and the Technology. During his graduate work, he years minister in a Unitarian Universalist scientific promise portended by her pio- I will receive my under- spent a crucial year at Israel’s Weizmann church. He received his Ph.D. in physics neering work.” graduate degree from Institute. After receiving his Ph.D. from at the University of Texas in 1981, and has Illinois State University in Deborah Jin graduated MIT in 1999, he made the long trip back pursued research in physics at the Uni- May of 2002. I have from Princeton University upstream as a junior fellow and chocolate versities of Chicago, Oxford, UC Santa worked in the Intense in 1990. In 1995 she re- steward of the Harvard Society of Fellows. Barbara, Moscow, and Cambridge. His re- Laser Physics Theory Unit ceived a Ph. D. from the In September 2001, he became an Assis- search emphasis is the use of at Illinois State from Au- University of Chicago, tant Professor in the Department of Physics supercomputers to do massive simula- gust of 1998 through the where she worked on ex- and the Geballe Laboratory for Advanced tions of the formation of structure in the present. In addition to the Apker Award, I perimental studies of Materials at Stanford University. In addi- Universe. Recently, he has become inter- have also recieved a Barry Goldwater exotic low temperature tion to studying quantum phenomena in ested in uncovering correlations between scholarship and I have been twice selected superconductors. From 1995 to 1997 she mesoscopic semiconductor structures, he the properties of objects on supercluster to present in the undergraduate research was a National Research Council research has a strong interest in applications of scales—separated by up to 100 million session of the DAMOP meetings in 1999 associate with NIST, working at JILA in nanoelectronics. His collaborative review light years. He is a founding Board mem- and 2001. My current research focuses on Boulder, Colorado. At JILA Deborah article on nanodevices for computing re- ber of Kansas Citizens for Science. He numerical simulations of cycloatoms. worked with Dr. Eric Cornell and Prof. Carl ceived an award from the MITRE recently co-authored a Sunday school cur- Cycloatoms can be created with a hydro- Wieman on some of the first studies of di- Corporation as their best paper of 1997. riculum “Celebrating Our Origins in the gen atom in a linearly polarized laser and lute gas Bose-Einstein condensates. In 1997 Universe”, which introduces the ideas of a static magnetic field orientated parallel she accepted a permanent position with the Big Bang and the evolution of life to to the magnetic field component of the la- NIST and began work on creating and ex- 2002 ROBERT R. WILSON PRIZE elementary school age children. ser beam. When the magnetic field is ploring a dilute Fermi gas of atoms. A.N. Skrinsky chosen such that the cyclotron frequency Deborah is currently a JILA Fellow and an Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of the electron is close to the laser frequency, 2002 JOHN H. DILLON MEDAL Assistant Professor Adjoint at the Univer- a resonance condition results that quickly sity of Colorado. She has received a Young Citation: “For his major contribution to the accelerates the electron to a velocity close Timothy J. Bunning Investigator Award from the Office of Na- invention and development of electron to the speed of light. When this occurs, the Air Force Research Laboratory val Research and a Presidential Early cooling and for his development and for probability density function for the elec- Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. his contributions to the physics of the elec- tron becomes “smeared out” into a Citation: “For his outstanding accomplish- In 2001 she received the Samuel Wesley tron positron colliders at the Budker ring-shaped distribution which rotates ments in developing polymer-based Stratton Award from NIST. Institute.” around the nucleus with the laser period. materials for optical applications and for elucidating the physics and chemistry un- After graduating from derlying their formation.” 2001 NICHOLSON MEDAL Moscow State University 2001 LEROY APKER AWARD with an undergraduate Bunning received his PhD D. Allan Bromley (PH.D. INSTITUTION) degree in physics, in chemical engineering Yale University Skrinsky was a junior re- Kathryn Todd in 1992 from the Univer- searcher, becoming California Institute of Technology sity of Connecticut in Citation: “For his roles as a research scien- laboratory head of the Storrs, conducting his re- tist, an outstanding teacher, a supportive Russian Academy of Citation: “Studies of Double-Layer Two-Di- search onsite at the mentor and colleague, a leader of the phys- Science’s Budker Institute of Nuclear Phys- mensional Electron Gases” Hardening Materials ics community in this country and ics in 1961, where he has been director since Branch of the Wright Patterson Air worldwide, and advisor to governments.” 1978. He received his doctorate in physical Kathryn Todd received Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, an organiza- Bromley is the first Ster- and mathematical science in 1965, and cur- her B.S. degree in physics tion whose interests lie in advanced active ling Professor of the rently chairs the academy’s nuclear physics from Caltech, where she and passive optical materials. After a short Sciences at Yale; from 1994 department. His primary research contri- completed her thesis post doc at Cornell University, he returned to 2000 he served as Yale’s butions include development of the work under Professor Jim to the base, first as an onsite contractor Dean of Engineering. He electron electron and positron electron col- Eisenstein. She is cur- for the Science Applications International was the first Cabinet level liding beam method; development of the rently a graduate student Corporation (SAIC) and more recently as Assistant to the President VEPP family of positron electron colliders in physics at Stanford University. a government research engineer. His cur- of the United States for Science and Tech- and the cycles of hadron physics studies in rent research interests center around nology and Director of the White House annihilation procesees; the application of advanced polymer based photonic mate- 2002 EDWARD A. BOUCHET Office of Science and Technology Policy polarized beams in storage rings; the ap- rials and component. He is currently the AWARD (1989-1993). He received the B.Sc. degree plication of synchrotron radiation sources; project leader for a diverse internal and from Queen’s University in Canada in 1948 and free electron lasers. external R&D effort that is developing new Oliver Keith Baker and the Ph.D. from the University of Roch- responsive materials and approaches for Hampton University ester in 1952. He is a member of the integration in optical sensing. AWARDS, MEDALS AND National Academy of Sciences and in 1988 LECTURESHIPS Citation: “For his contribution to nuclear was awarded the National Medal of Sci- and particle physics; for building the infra- 2002 JOSEPH F. KEITHLEY ence. He has served as President of the structure required for construction of AAAS, of IUPAP, and of APS and holds 32 2002 DAVID ADLER AWARD advanced particle detectors; and for being honorary doctorates from universities in LECTURESHIP AWARD active in outreach activities, both locally Robert J. Soulen, Jr. Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, and nationally.” Chris G. Van de Walle Naval Research Laboratory South Africa and the United States. A dis- tinguished nuclear physicist he is known XEROX After completing his undergraduate edu- cation at MIT in 1981, Baker earned his Citation: “For developing low temperature as the father of modern heavy ion physics. Citation: “For his incisive theoretical con- PhD degree in physics from Stanford Uni- noise thermometry to achieve an absolute versity in 1987. He spent two years as a thermometer which now defines the year tributions to the understanding of the 2002 LEO SZILARD behavior of hydrogen in semiconductors postdoctoral researcher at Los Alamos 2000 International Temperature Scale be- LECTURESHIP AWARD and heterostructure energy band dia- National Laboratory before joining the tween 1 mK and 1 K to an accuracy of 0.1%, grams and the exceptional exposition of faculty of Hampton University in 1989, and for other significant contributions to Henry Kelly concurrently joining the physics staff at thermometry measurement over a distin- this work in the scientific community.” Federation of American Scientists the Thomas Jefferson National Accelera- guished career.” Van de Walle is a Principal tor Facility. His scientific accomplishments Citation: “For his exceptional efforts in in- Scientist at the Xerox Palo Soulen received his PhD include the first measurement of a nuclear forming and shaping government policy Alto Research Center. He in physics in 1966 from resonance effect in atomic electron cap- in arms control, the environment, infor- received his Ph.D. in 1986 Rutgers University and ture; the first accurate measurement of mation technology and energy policy while from Stanford University. thereafter joined the Na- the muon sticking probability in muon serving at the Solar Energy Research Insti- Before joining Xerox tional Bureau of catalyzed fusion; initiation of the ATLAS tute, the Congressional Office of PARC in 1991, he was a Standards, where he held effort and securing the Physics Frontiers Technology Assessment, and the White postdoctoral scientist at positions as a staff scien- Center, both at Hampton University. House Office of Science and Technology the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, a tist as well as several management policy.” Senior Member of Research Staff at Philips positions. In 1987 he joined the staff at the Naval Research Laboratory, serving in Laboratories, and an adjunct professor at 2002 JOSEPH A. BURTON The author of numerous both scientific and managerial capacities. Columbia University. Van de Walle devel- FORUM AWARD books and articles on is- A prolific, award winning scientific writer, ops and employs first-principles techniques sues in science and Soulen’s research interests involve super- to model the structure and behavior of Adrian Melott technology policy, Kelly conductivity and thermometry. He is semiconductors. He has performed exten- University of Kansas received his PhD in phys- presently investigating the use of a point sive studies of semiconductor interfaces ics from Harvard contact between and superconductor and (including the development of a widely Citation: “For his outstanding efforts in help- University in 1971. He is a ferromagnetic metal to measure the used model for band offsets) and of de- ing to restore evolution and cosmology to currently president of the Federation of latter’s spin polarization; and development fects and impurities in semiconductors, their proper place in the K-12 scientific cur- American Scientists. Before joining the FAS of an explanation for enhanced supercon- with particular emphasis on doping prob- riculum. As both a distinguished in June 2000, he spent seven and a half ductivity near a metal insulator transition. lems and on the role of hydrogen. In recent cosmologist and respected member of the years in the White House’s Office of Sci- clergy, he played a key role in helping the

APS Honors and Awards 3 ence & Technology helping negotiate and ceived his Ph.D. from Stanford University on the development and implementation of tion related problems in nuclear, particle, implement major research partnerships in in January 2000. Since October 1999 He has a new finite-element based approach to large- and astrophysics. new automobile and truck technology, held scientific staff appointments at the Na- scale ab initio electronic-structure housing technology, bioprocessing and in- tional Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) calculations. Pask completed his Ph.D. in formation technology. He also was Department of the Brookhaven National Labo- physics in 1999. Since then, he has continued 2002 TANAKA DISSERTATION instrumental in creating major federal pro- ratory. One of his major research activities has his work on electronic-structure method de- AWARD grams in learning technology for children been the design and implementation of a fast velopment and applications at the Naval Bruce Knuteson and adults, including an executive order digital feedback system to control electron Research Laboratory in Washington, DC, accelerating use of instructional technol- beam orbit stability with micron level accu- where he is currently working on the devel- University of Chicago ogy for training federal, civilian and racy. He is also working on possible opment of the finite-element approach and Citation: “For his development of the in- military employees. upgrade options for the NSLS, and continu- applications of the linearized augmented novative SLEUTH algorithm, and its ing with beam dynamics experiments in planewave method to transition-metal ox- successful application to a sensitive search storage rings. ide systems. DISSERTATION AWARDS for new phenomena in high energy inter- actions at the D0 experiment at the Fermilab 2002 NICHOLAS METROPOLIS 2002 DISSERTATION IN Tevatron. The results of this work have the 2002 DISSERTATION IN BEAM AWARD NUCLEAR PHYSICS AWARD potential for changing fundamentally the PHYSICS way that particle physicists approach John Earnest Pask Boris Podobedov Jiunn Wei Chen searches for new physics.” Naval Research Laboratory Brookhaven National Laboratory University of Washington Knuteson received his PhD from the University of Cali- Citation: “For an experimental study of the Citation: “For his contributions to computa- Citation: “For his outstanding contributions fornia, Berkeley, in 2000 and microwave instability in the SLC damping tional physics that included the formulation to the development and application of ef- is currently a McCormick rings using a streak camera to correlate each and implementation of a new finite element fective field theory to two nucleon Fellow at the University of event to the RF. The development of this based method for solving the equations of systems.” Chicago’s Enrico Fermi In- sophisticated technique provides a power- density functional theory.” Jiunn-Wei Chen received stitute, as well as an NSF ful tool for the study of non-linear Pask earned his B.S. in phys- a B.S. in physics from Na- International Research Fellow at CERN. His instabilities above threshold.” ics in 1988 at the University of tional Tsing-Hua doctoral research produced a novel strategy Podobedov received his California, Davis. He then University, Taiwan in for mining data to identify unexpected phe- MS degree in Physics from took a position at the Naval 1989 and M.S. degree in nomena, and he used it to carry out a model Moscow Institute of Phys- Nuclear Power School in Or- physics from National independent search for new physics in high ics and Technology, Russia, lando, Florida, where he Taiwan University, Tai- energy proton antiproton collider data. More in 1993 and he enrolled in taught introductory physics wan in 1991. He then served in the recently, he has developed a method for a Ph.D. program at to enlisted students, and taught mathemat- Taiwanese Army for a few years before making high energy collider data publicly Stanford University. His ics, physics, and reactor dynamics to officer coming to the United States. He received accessible, allowing physicists outside a col- thesis research concentrated on experimen- students and civilian engineers. He also did his Ph.D. in physics from the University of laboration to analyze experimental data. He tal and theoretical studies of longitudinal graduate work at the University of Central Washington, Seattle in 1999. His primary is now a member of the CDF collaboration, beam dynamics in the Stanford Linear Florida. In 1994, Pask returned to the UC research interest is on applying effective and hopes to help uncover “something in- Collider damping rings. He officially re- Davis to pursue a Ph.D. in physics, focusing field theory techniques to strong interac- teresting” in Tevatron Run II.

APS Council Announces 2001 APS Fellows

The APS Council elected 193 Members as Fellows of the Society at its November 2000 Belkacem Ali Breizman Boris N. meeting. The names and citations of the new APS fellows are listed below. Nominations Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory University of Texas DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) Plasma Physics for fellowship are received by the APS headquarters throughout the year, and are For contributions made in the study of charge changing For the development of basic theories to describe a forwarded for review to the appropriate division or topical group fellowship commit- mechanisms involving high energy, relativistic, highly wide variety of nonlinear plasma phenomena and the tees. These, in turn, forward their recommendations to the APS Fellowship Committee, charged ions leading to the discovery of new atomic corellation to experimental data. chaired in 2000 by APS Vice President William Brinkman (Lucent Technologies/Bell processes involving the negative energy continuum. Laboratories). Burchat Patricia R. Benioff Paul Stanford University Fellowship nomination forms may be obtained by writing to the APS Fellowship Argonne National Laboratory Particles & Fields For her contributions to the understanding of heavy Office, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD, 20740-3844, by accessing the APS URL Computational Physics For highly original work that first showed quantum com- quark physics, particularly in semileptonic weak de- (http://www.aps.org), or by sending an email message to [email protected]. Deadlines putation to be theoretically possible and led to important cays, in mixing of neutral D and B mesons, and in CP for fellowship nominations in 2001 can be found on page 8 of this insert. subsequent advances in quantum communication and violation. quantum computing. Albright Carl of quasifission, a new mode in the interaction of heavy Campuzano Juan Carlos Fermi National Accelerator Lab ions. Beratan David Nathan University of Illinois at Chicago Particles & Fields University of Pittsburgh DCMP (Condensed Matter) Bansil Rama For his contributions to the physics of electroweak in- Chemical Physics For fundamental contributions to the physics of high Boston University teractions, particularly weak neutral currents, quark For establishing molecular-level theories of electron tun- temperature cuprate superconductors by use of angle Polymer Physics mixing, and neutrino masses and mixing. For her important contributions to phase transition ki- neling interactions in proteins and DNA. resolved photoemission spectroscopy. Alhassid Yoram netics, probe diffusion and chemical reactions in gels Bethune Donald Stimson Canfield Paul C. Yale University and applications of gelation in biological systems. IBM Almaden Research Center Iowa State University Nuclear Physics DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) Materials Physics Barrera Ruben Gerardo For development of computational techniques for the For contributing to our understanding of fullerenes, in- For crystal growth and characterization of novel materi- UNAM, Mexico shell model and their application to properties to heavy cluding spectroscopy that confirmed the fullerene als such as heavy fermion compounds, magnetic Forum on International Physics nuclei. For his significant contributions to the understanding of structure of carbon clusters, and for synthesizing superconductors and quasicrystals, leading to impor- AndereggFrancois the optical properties of surfaces and inhomogenous metallofullerenes and single wall carbon nanotubes. tant advances in condensed matter and materials physics. Univ. of California, San Diego media as well as for his leadership in the establishment Betti Riccardo Plasma Physics and improvement of relations among physicists in the University of Rochester Cerrina Francesco For experiments quantifying particle diffusion and heat Americas, e.g., helping to create the Latin American Plasma Physics University of Wisconsin - Madison transport due to long-range E×B collisions in single Federation of Physics Societies. For seminal contributions to the analytic theory and Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics species plasmas, and for the laser diagnostics and understanding of ablative Rayleigh-Taylor instability in For innovative physics applications in the domains of Baruch Pierre plasma control techniques which enabled these experi- inertial confinement fusion and Alfven eigenmodes in lithography, x-ray optics and microscopy. Universite Paris 7 - Denis Diderot ments. magnetic fusion energy research. Forum on International Physics Chomaz Jean-Marc Aronson Igor Samuel For his theoretical studies on energy conversion and Bingham Robert Laboratoire d’Hydrodynamique, Palaiseau, Argonne National Lab the thermodynamical description of photovoltaic cell Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Fluid Dynamics DCMP (Condensed Matter) operation as well as for his numerous actions in support Forum on International Physics For his fundamental and elegant studies of linear and For important theoretical contributions to dynamics of of international scientific cooperation, e.g., through the For his original and creative approaches to applying nonlinear global modes in shear flows, and for the dis- far-from-equilibrium systems, and applications of novel Organization for Economic Cooperation and Develop- plasma physics to a diverse range of problems in laser- covery of a new zig-zag instability of vortices in stratified methods of nonlinear dynamics to condensed matter ment and its Megascience Forum. plasma interactions, space-, and astro-plasma physics. media. physics. Beck Donald R. Borsa Ferdinando Cohen Thomas David Averback Robert S. Michigan Technological University Iowa State University University of Maryland Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) DCMP (Condensed Matter) Nuclear Physics Materials Physics For his outstanding contributions to the development For his novel and pioneering applications of NMR and For significant contributions to nuclear physics, includ- For his research on the fundamental interactions be- and application of many body and relativistic formalism NQR to a wide variety of problems in condensed matter ing the use of QCD sum rules to understand the tween energetic ions and solids and the kinetic response to atoms and negative ions. physics, including stripe physics in cuprate supercon- interaction of a nucleon with a nucleus. of materials far from equilibrium. ductors and magnetization tunneling in molecular Beiersdorfer Peter Colson William Boniface nanomagnets. Awes Terry Clayton Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) Boyd Robert William Physics of Beams Nuclear Physics For his many contributions to precision x-ray spectros- University of Rochester For outstanding theoretical contributions to the funda- For his leadership in the discovery of direct-photon copy of highly-charged systems and application of this Laser Science mental understanding of Free Electron Lasers. These emission in relativistic heavy-ion collisions as a means spectroscopy to plasma and astrophysical problems. For contributions to the understanding of the nonlinear theoretical concepts, first put forward over 20 years for searching for the quark-gluon plasma, and for his interaction of light with matter. ago, are widely applied throughout the world today. leadership as Spokesman of CERN heavy-ion experi- Beise Elizabeth J. ment WA98. University of Maryland Brandenberger Robert H. Cvetic Mirjam Nuclear Physics Brown University University of Pennsylvania Back Birger Bo For contributions to and leadership in electroweak inter- Astrophysics Particles & Fields Argonne National Laboratory action studies, especially for measurements of parity For his contributions to the development of inflationary For her work in a wide range of topics in supergravity Nuclear Physics violation in polarized electron-nucleon elastic scattering Universe cosmology, in particular the theory of cosmo- and string theory, from non-perturbative gravitational For his elucidation of the role of vibrational resonances elucidating the role of strange quarks and the anapole logical perturbations and the analysis of reheating. effects such as black holes and domain walls to their in fission and for the identification and characterization structure. phenomenological consequences.

4 APS Honors and Awards Dahlburg Jill P. Few Body Systems Topical Group Goree John A. Hybertsen Mark S. Naval Research Laboratory For her significant contributions to the understanding of University of Iowa Agere Systems Plasma Physics the nucleon-nucleon interaction and its applications in Plasma Physics Materials Physics For making pioneering advances in computational plasma few-body systems and nuclear reactions. For pioneering contributions to the physics of dusty For fundamental developments in the theory of elec- physics, development of a full 3-D radiative transport plasmas, including experimental and simulation studies tronic and optical properties of materials, especially the hydrodynamic code, and the understanding of inertial Fathe Laurie A. of Coulomb crystal formation and structure, dust-acoustic importance of many-body effects, and the application to George Mason University confinement physics, especially Rayleigh-Taylor insta- waves, and the experimental discovery of Mach cones. semiconductor optoelectronic technology. Forum on Physics & Society bility and ablation physics. For serving as an example of a Civic Scientist - for Griest Kim Jayaprakash Ciriyam Dandekar Dattatraya Purushottam ongoing work in promoting state and national policy that University of California, San Diego Ohio State University Army Research Laboratory supports science and science education, and for her Astrophysics DCMP (Condensed Matter) Shock Compression Topical Group efforts to inspire and teach other scientists to be effec- For contributions to understanding the nature of dark For distinguished work on the statistical physics of Jo- For innovative design of novel experimental techniques tive in the policy world. matter, including the theory of relic abundance and de- sephson junction arrays, crystal shapes, the two-impurity and multi-beam real-time velocity interferometric diag- tection of particle dark matter, and the theory, discovery, Kondo problem, and classical non-equilibrium systems. nostics to probe shocked-reshocked and heterogenous Fertig Herbert A. and interpretation of gravitational microlensing. University of Kentucky Kamien Randall David materials. DCMP (Condensed Matter) Grigera J. Raul Univ. of Pennsylvania de Jager Cornelis William For his contributions to the theory of the two-dimen- IFLTSIB DCMP (Condensed Matter) Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator sional electron gas in high magnetic fields. Biological Physics For significant contributions to the theory of polymeric Nuclear Physics For his role in developing the SPC/E model of water, and liquid crystalline systems and for elucidating the For his contributions to experimental medium-energy Fischbach Ephraim which is perhaps the most widely used one in computer role of chirality in the determination of their structure. Purdue University nuclear physics, in particular for his lead role in the simulation of biological systems, and for his application Fundamental Const. Topical Group Kapon Eli development of and measurements with an internal tar- to unveiling the structure of hydrated biomolecules. For his contributions to understanding the connection Ecole Polytechnique Federale du Lausanne get facility using polarized electrons. between precision gravity measurements and high-en- Gronlund Lisbeth Dagmar DCMP (Condensed Matter) DeGrand Thomas Alan ergy physics. Union of Concerned Scientist For his fundamental contributions to the understanding Forum on Physics & Society of the electronic and optical properties of low-dimen- University of Colorado Fleetwood Daniel Mark Computational Physics Vanderbilt University In recognition of her many important contributions to sional semiconductor systems. For contributions to our understanding of the strong arms control, including work on missile defense, missile Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics Kapteyn Henry Cornelius interactions- particularly for the development of innova- capabilities and the nuclear fuel cycle as it relates to For important and broad-based contributions to the un- University of Colorado tive techniques in the numerical study of quantum derstanding of radiation effects and low-frequency noise proliferation, made possible by her ability to analyze DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) chromodynamics. in microelectronic materials and devices. technical issues and by her communication skills. For his imaginative techniques for the generation of ultrashort pulses of optical and x-ray radiation that have den Nijs Marcellinus P.M. Foster Thomas Harrison Guyot-Sionnest Philippe University of Washington University of Rochester James Franck Institute had a widespread impact on laser science. DCMP (Condensed Matter) Laser Science Biological Physics Kelley Anne Myers For his contributions to the theory of surface critical For fundamental contributions to surface nonlinear op- For his unique and successful applications of physical Kansas State University phenomena, the prediction of new surface phases, and concepts to the understanding and advancement of tics and to characterizing and manipulating the electronic Chemical Physics the elucidation of their transitions. magnetic resonance imaging, photodynamic therapy, and optical response of semiconductor nanocrystals. For outstanding and innovative work in Raman spec- Desai Rashmi C. and diffuse-light optical studies of tissues. Haber Carl troscopy. University of Toronto Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Franciosi Alfonso Kerstein Alan Robert Statistical & Nonlinear Physics Particles & Fields For applications of statistical mechanics to materials Instituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia, Sandia National Laboratories For leadership in applying silicon strip detectors to had- science, including: phase separation and ordering ki- Materials Physics Fluid Dynamics ron collider experiments, thereby opening new paths to netics in systems with competing interactions, Langmuir For his contribution to the understanding of the proper- For his substantial and enduring original contributions to films, ferromagnetic films, epitaxially grown solid films, ties of interfaces, including semiconductor B-hadron physics and permitting efficient identification turbulence dynamics, turbulent mixing, and turbulent order-order transitions in polymeric systems. heterojunctions and metal/semiconductor contacts, and of b-quark jets. combustion, and for his insightful technical leadership his efforts to bridge the gap between basic interface among peers and students. Dixon David A. Hadjipanayis George C. science and applications. University of Delaware Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Kivelson Margaret Galland Magnetism & Its Application Chemical Physics Freund Hans-Joachim University of California, Los Angeles For the development and use of high level computa- Fritz-Haber-Institut For his innovative and applicable investigations and Plasma Physics tional chemistry techniques to solve complex industrial Chemical Physics development of novel permanent magnets and magnetic For numerous pioneering contributions connecting fun- and environmental problems. In recognition of his pioneering study of the structure nanoparticles. damental principles of plasma physics to spacecraft and dynamics of adsorbates on thin film oxide surfaces observations ranging from geomagnetic field line reso- Doering Charles R. Halas Naomi J. and oxide supported metal clusters and their applica- University of Michigan Rice University nances to the discovery of the magnetic topology of Statistical & Nonlinear Physics tions in heterogeneous catalysis. Laser Science Jupiter’s moons. For the development of new types of nanoparticles with For fundamental contributions to the analysis of noisy Fujimoto James G. Klapwijk Teunis Martien unique optical properties and applications, and and nonlinear dynamical systems, including co-discov- M.I.T. Delft University of Technology ery of resonant activation, current reversals in stochastic Laser Science groundbreaking studies of molecular modification of DCMP (Condensed Matter) ratchets, and rigorous dissipation rate bounds for in- For pioneering contributions to ultrafast optics and opti- scanning probe microscope tip properties. For seminal contributions to the field of nonequilibrium compressible turbulence. cal coherence tomography. Heffner Robert Haag and mesoscopic superconductivity. Los Alamos National Lab Doyle John Morrissey Furnstahl Richard J. Knobloch Edgar DCMP (Condensed Matter) Harvard University The Ohio State University University of California, Berkeley DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) Nuclear Physics For the discovery and insightful study of complex mag- Fluid Dynamics In recognition of contributions to the field of atomic, For pioneering contributions to the nuclear many-body netic and superconducting states in correlated electron For his innovative applications of modern mathematical molecular and optical physics and in low-energy problem, including developments in relativistic many- materials using muon-spin-relaxation/rotation techniques. tools such as bifurcation and group theory to the analy- nuclear/particle physics, particularly buffer gas cool- body theory, QCD sum roles at finite density, and sis of nonlinear structures in fluid flows and for his ing and magnetic trapping of atoms, molecules and Heiney Paul A. effective field theory at finite density. elucidation of fundamental dynamical mechanisms. neutrons. University of Pennsylvania DCMP (Condensed Matter) Gadgil Ashok J. Krafft Geoffrey Arthur Duncan Michael Ansel For his contributions to our understanding of the struc- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility University of Georgia Forum on Physics & Society ture, defects, disorder, and phase transitions in Physics of Beams Laser Science For his outstanding work modeling air and pollutant trans- quasicrystals and fullerenes. For his pioneering contributions in establishing the sta- For the application of lasers to produce novel metal port inside buildings, analyzing energy issues in developing clusters in the gas phase and for measurements of Heinz Ulrich Walter bility and operational foundation of superconducting and their spectroscopy and photodissociation dynamics. countries, and developing “UV” waterworks” for inexpen- Ohio State University recirculating electron accelerators. sively disinfecting drinking water in such countries. Nuclear Physics Dykman Mark I. Kuyucak Serdar For his original work on the kinetic theory of relativistic Michigan State University Geer Stephen Australian National University quantum systems and his contributions to our under- DCMP (Condensed Matter) Fermi National Accelerator Lab Forum on International Physics standing of the dynamics and thermodynamics of For insightful contributions toward understanding the Particles & Fields For co-development of the 1/N boson expansion tech- relativistic heavy ion collisions. importance of large fluctuations in physical systems For his leadership in the US effort towards a neutrino nique for describing the properties of medium- to and for theoretical developments on the many-electron factory based on a muon storage ring. Helfrich Karl R. heavy- mass nuclei and for its extensions to high- spin states and subbarrier fusion as well as for his dynamics of the two-dimensional electron gas. Gidley David W. Woods Hole Oceanagraphic Institution Fluid Dynamics significant contributions to the promotion of interna- Dylla Henry Frederick University of Michigan For laboratory, analytical, numerical, and observational tional collaborations and exchanges between Australia Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Fundamental Const. Topical Group contributions to understanding waves, hydraulic control, and the United States and for the organization of Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics For his pioneering contributions to the physics of positro- abyssal ocean circulation, thermals, plumes, viscous international conferences and schools. For sustained contributions to the surface science of nium including precision measurement of the singlet and fingering and other areas of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. materials and the design of ultrahigh vacuum systems triplet state lifetimes and for his development of applica- Kwiat Paul Gregory that have enabled a new generation of particle accelera- tions and techniques using positrons for the study of Herman Michael Frederick Los Alamos National Laboratory tors, plasma devices and materials processing systems. materials. Tulane University DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) Chemical Physics For the development of quantum optical techniques to Eastman Lester Fuess Glenzer Siegfried H. For the development of the semiclassical propagation of investigate the foundations of quantum physics and Cornell University Lawrence Livermore National Lab wavefunctions for advancing the understanding and their use in studies of quantum information concepts. Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics Plasma Physics development of semiclassical procedures for processes For pioneering contributions to the concepts of ballistic For the development of Thomson Scattering for the Labaune Christine involving non-adiabatic transitions. transport and piezoelectric doping in ultra-small III-V diagnostics of high temperature inertial confinement fu- Ecole Polytechnique heterojunction transistors for applications in high-speed sion plasmas and for important contributions to Horowitz Gary T. Plasma Physics and microwave power devices and circuits and for lead- understanding of plasma waves, atomic physics, and University of California, Santa Barbara For the most comprehensive study of parametric insta- ership in transitioning electron device technology from hydrodynamics of hot dense plasmas. Gravitational Topical Group bilities in laser produced plasmas, using novel and Gary Horowit’z precise insights have illuminated both advanced applications of Thomson Scattering. university to industrial laboratories. Goldbart Paul Mark the general properties of Einstein’s classical general Edelheit Lewis S. University of Illinois Lam Nghi Quoc theory of relativity and the nature of string theory quan- General Electric Company DCMP (Condensed Matter) Argonne National Laboratory tum gravity. Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics For fundamental contributions to the theory of disor- APS For outstanding technical contributions to projection dered solids and to the elucidation of the role of geometric Hsu Julia W.P. For dedicated service to the community as Editor of radiography and fast-scan, ‘fan-beam’ computed X-ray phases in mesoscopic systems. Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies Applied Physics Letters, whereby he improved the jour- Materials Physics nal as a vital communications instrument via higher tomography systems, and for leadership in bringing world- Goldhirsch Isaac class commercial medical imaging systems to the market. Tel-Aviv University For pioneering work in applying scanning probe micros- standards of quality and timeliness. Forum on International Physics copy techniques to elucidate the nanometer scale Efros Alexander Lev Lange Andrew E. For seminal contributions in the field of granular fluids electronic and optical properties of novel materials, in Naval Research Laboratory California Institute of Technology particular the physics related to defects. DCMP (Condensed Matter) and fundamental contributions in magnetism, solid-state Astrophysics For pioneering and fundamental contributions to the theory physics, dynamical systems and hydrodynamics. Hu Bei-Lok For developing a new generation of bolometers that operate in the submillimeter and employing them to de- of semiconductor nanocrystals including establishing Goodman Mark University of Maryland the basic model used for describing their electronic and Department of State Gravitational Topical Group termine the geometry of the universe. optical properties. For fundamental contributions to quantum field theory in Forum on Physics & Society Lee Timothy Joseph For scholarship and diplomacy to control nuclear mate- curved spacetime, quantum processes in the early uni- Elster Charlotte NASA Ames Research Center rials for preventing nuclear proliferation. verse, and nonequilibrium statistical field theory applied Ohio University Chemical Physics to gravity and cosmology.

APS Honors and Awards 5 For his original contributions to the development of ab McNeil Laurie Elizabeth Peters Michael H. Roe Natalie Ann initio quantum mechanical methods and their applica- University of North Carolina Florida State University Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory tion to important chemical physics problems in Forum on Physics & Society Computational Physics Particles & Fields rovibrational spectroscopy and the atmospheric sci- For numerous contributions towards improving the cli- For contributions to the computational physics of aero- For her leadership in the design and construction of the ences. mate for women in physics, including extending the sols and gas/solids systems and to computational BaBar silicon vertex detector, and her studies of BB Committee on the Status of Women in Physics Aca- non-equilibrium statistical mechanics of aerosols. mixing, oscillations, and CP violation in B meson decays. Lee M. Howard demic Site Visit Program and performing an extensive Pincus Philip A. Ross Frances Mary University of Georgia report on the dual-career couple problem. Statistical & Nonlinear Physics University of California, Santa Barbara IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Developed the method of recurrence relations to study Mecking Bernhard Alfred Polymer Physics Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics dynamic behavior in many particle systems. Established Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator For outstanding contributions to the theory of polymers, For her pioneering contributions to in-situ studies of an equivalence between Fermi and Bose gases in two Nuclear Physics biopolymers, colloids, and complex fluids. materials processes in the electron microscope. For his contributions to electromagnetic nuclear phys- dimensions. Prakash Madappa Ruchti Randal Charles ics, including leadership in the design and construction SUNY at Stony Brook University of Notre Dame Leemans Wim Pieter of the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer, CLAS. Nuclear Physics Forum on Education Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Physics of Beams Mele Eugene J For fundamental research into the properties of hot and For providing forefront directed research experiences For pioneering experiments on the interaction of relativ- Univ. of Pennsylvania dense matter, providing a basis for understanding rela- as a co-founder of QuarkNet for high school teachers istic electron beams, lasers and plasmas, including DCMP (Condensed Matter) tivistic heavy ion collisions and the structure and in particle physics. For his contributions to the theory of electronic phenom- composition of neutron stars. femtosecond x-ray generation using Thomson scatter- Sachdev Subir ena in conducting polymers, fullerides and nanotubes. ing, plasma lens focusing, laser-plasma accelerators Puri Ashok Yale University and advanced diagnostic techniques. Meyer Jerry Richard University of New Orleans DCMP (Condensed Matter) Naval Research Laboratory Forum on Education For his contributions to the theory of quantum phase tran- Lele Sanjiva Keshava Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics For enhancing the presence and quality of minority re- sitions and its application to correlated electron materials. Stanford For fundamental and applied contributions to the phys- searchers in physics, for his efforts in support of science Fluid Dynamics Scherrer Robert J. ics of semiconductor optical and electronic processes working with elementary and high school teachers, and For his seminal contributions to the understanding of The Ohio State University compressible turbulent flows and for his pioneering work and devices, including new classes of midwave-infrared for his innovative curriculum enhancement of a state-of- Astrophysics in computational acoustics. quantum well lasers. the-art laser laboratory. For his significant contributions to a broad range of topics in cosmology including primordial nucleosyn- Levine Zachary Howard Mitchell John F. Raghavachari Krishnan thesis, particle physics in the early universe, large-scale N.I.S.T. Argonne National Laboratory Bell Laboratories Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics Magnetism & Its Application Chemical Physics structure, topological defects, scalar field evolution For leadership in demonstrating x-ray tomography of For leading efforts in the synthesis and determination of For outstanding contributions to the development of and Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropies. structural and magnetic behavior of colossal accurate electronic structure theories and for innova- integrated circuit interconnects with submicron resolu- Schmidt Kevin Edward magnetoresistive oxides and for enabling international ef- tive investigations of the structures, spectroscopy, and tion. Arizona State University forts in the exploration of these correlated electron materials. reactivity of clusters and surfaces. Computational Physics Levinton Fred M. For his contributions to enhanced high accuracy com- Nova Photonic, Inc., Princeton, NJ Mitselmakher Guenakh Rameika Regina Abby Plasma Physics University of Florida Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory putational methods and application in the simulation of For his pioneering development of the Motional Stark Particles & Fields Particles & Fields electronic structure, nuclear matter and quantum fluids. For his early measurement of the pion charge radius and For her crucial role in establishing the first direct evi- Effect diagnostic technique for measuring local mag- Schubert E. Fred for his leadership role in the design of innovative very dence for the tau neutrino. netic fields in a hot plasma and application of the Boston University high rate muon detectors at hadronic colliders. technique to critical measurement of equilibrium, stabil- Ramesh Ramamoorthy Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics ity, and plasma turbulence suppression. Monroe Donald Paul University of Maryland For pioneering contributions to the doping of semi- Agere Systems Materials Physics conductors including delta doping, doping of Lewis Brenton Raymond Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics For contributions to the materials physics of supercon- compositionally graded structures resulting in the elimi- The Australian National University Forum on International Physics For contributions to understanding of physical mecha- ductivity, ferroelectric and magnetic perovskite oxide nation of band discontinuities, and superlattice doping For his seminal studies of the electronic structure of nisms underlying electronic device performance and thin films and heterostructures. to enhance acceptor activation. reliability. atmospheric molecules, particularly O2, through high- Rapaport Dennis Chaim Seideman Tamar resolution vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy and Munro David H. Bar-Ilan University National Research Council coupled-channel calculations as well as for his major Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Computational Physics DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) international efforts to organize global effort to investi- Plasma Physics For innovative contributions to applications, methodol- For creative work in theoretical molecular physics, in- gate this problem. For seminal contributions to the design of laser-driven ogy and education in the field of molecular dynamics. cluding coherent control of internal and external molecular Rayleigh-Taylor experiments, and to the analysis and degrees of freedom of molecules, control of surface Linan Amable Register Richard A. design of shock-timing experiments for cryogenic iner- reactions using an Scanning Tunneling Microscope, and School of Aeronautics, Madrid, Spain Princeton University Fluid Dynamics tial confinement fusion targets. Polymer Physics time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy. For his seminal contributions to the aerodynamics of Murnane Margaret Mary For insightful experiments relating morphology with prop- Sen Abhijit combustion, in particular to the structure and stability of University of Colorado erties in polymeric melts and solids, and particularly Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, diffusion flames, and for the other elegant applications DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) block copolymers containing crystallizable blocks. Plasma Physics of asymptotic methods of fluid mechanics. For her major contributions to the optical physics and For outstanding contributions to lower hybrid / laser plasma Rehr John J. technology of the generation of ultrashort pulses of interactions, nonlinear dynamics of coupled oscillators, Lisy James Michael University of Washington optical and x-ray radiation. physics of strongly coupled dusty plasmas and leader- University of Illinois DCMP (Condensed Matter) ship of plasma research in India / developing world. Chemical Physics Neil George R. For developments which led to a quantitative theory and For his contributions to the field of ion cluster spectros- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility analysis of extended x-ray absorption fine structure. Shandarin Sergei F. copy, establishing the connection between gas-phase Physics of Beams University of Kansas Ren Shang-Fen species with aqueous solutions and biochemical sys- For contributions to the development of physics and Astrophysics Illinois State University tems, and demonstrating the contribution of internal technology of Free Electron Lasers and for his leader- Forum on International Physics For seminal work in the theory of gravitational insta- energy in structural isomerization and dynamics. ship in demonstrating a high average power FEL. For her contributions to theoretical understanding of bility, particularly our understanding of the formation of superclusters in the Universe. Lundberg Byron Gene Neuberger Herbert low-dimensional semiconductor systems, especially Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Rutgers University the vibrational properties in semiconductor Shankar Ramamurti Particles & Fields Particles & Fields superlattices, quantum wires, and quantum dots as Yale University For his leadership of the experiment which gave the first For contributions to modeling multiple particle produc- well as for her many contributions promoting interna- DCMP (Condensed Matter) direct evidence for the tau neutrino. tion, to defining the non-perturbative triviality bound on tional scientific collaborations, such as through the For his contributions to statistical physics and quan- the Higgs mass and to a method of preserving exact National Science Foundation’s Research Experience tum many-body theory, including notable works on Makri Nancy chiral symmetry on the lattice. for Undergraduates program with East Asia. random magnetism, fermionic renormalization group University of Illinois theory and the Quantum Hall system; and for his Chemical Physics Norman Michael Lester Rice Julia Elizabeth outstanding contributions to physics pedagogy. For developing novel real time path integral methods University of California, San Diego IBM Almaden Research Center and decisively quantifying how condensed phase envi- Astrophysics Computational Physics Shoemaker David H. ronments affect quantum barrier crossing and biological For his pioneering numerical hydrodynamic simulations For pioneering the development of efficient algorithms MIT charge transfer. in astrophysics and cosmology which elucidated the for the analytic derivative method with electron correla- Gravitational Topical Group structure of extragalactic radio jets, the Lyman alpha tion, and for the calculation of frequency dependent For his insightful work, experimental artistry, and lead- Marburger III John H. forest, and the formation of primordial stars. polarizabilities with accuracy comparable to experiment. ership role in the LIGO gravity wave program. Brookhaven National Laboratory APS Oitmaa Jaan Riecke Hermann Shukla Padma Kant For his contributions to laser physics and for his scien- The University of New South Wales Northwestern University Ruhr-Univeersitaet Bochum tific leadership as Director of Brookhaven National DCMP (Condensed Matter) Fluid Dynamics Forum on International Physics Laboratory. For numerical and analytic theoretical studies of quan- For Pioneering work on pattern formation in nonlinear For theoretical investigations of an enormous variety tum spin and correlated fermion models. non-equilibrium systems, especially in Taylor-vortex of plasma phenomena in laboratory and space plas- Marks Laurence Daniel flow, binary-mixture convection, and electro-convec- mas, including the prediction and exploration of waves Northwestern University Olinto Angela Villela tion in nematics. in dusty plasmas. Materials Physics University of Chicago For contributions to quantitative imaging and diffrac- Astrophysics Rikvold Per Arne Sirota Eric B. tion methods for determining the atomic structure of For her many contributions to the advancement of par- Florida State University ExxonMobil Research & Eng. Company surfaces and bulk materials. ticle astrophysics, from inflation to ultra-high-energy Computational Physics DCMP (Condensed Matter) cosmic rays. For innovative and significant computational studies For his pioneering use of x-ray scattering techniques McClelland John B. in statistical and condensed-matter physics, materi- in soft condensed matter, particularly regarding bulk Los Alamos National Laboratory Olvera de la Cruz Monica als science, and electrochemistry, including and surface physics of alkyl-chain compounds. Nuclear Physics Northwestern University development of novel algorithms to study the decay For contributions to the development of novel instru- Polymer Physics Slakey Francis of metastable phases of matter. mentation for measurement of spin observables in For her contributions to the understanding of polyelec- American Physical Society medium energy proton induced reactions. trolytes, block copolymers and multicomponent polymer Roberts Craig Darrian Forum on Physics & Society blends. Argonne National Laboratory For developing effective grassroots advocacy within McFadden Geoffrey B. Few Body Systems Topical Group the American Physical Society and for forcefully and N.I.S.T. Palmstrom Christopher J. For significant contributions to continuum modeling of successfully advocating key APS positions on is- Fluid Dynamics University of Minnesota QCD for hadron physics, linking both quark-gluon con- sues including the federal science budget. For fundamental insights into the effect of fluid flow on Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics finement and dynamical chiral symmetry breaking with crystal growth and for an innovative approach to phase For his original work on metallic compound/compound Smith Gregory Scott light meson observables. field methods in fluid mechanics. semiconductor heterostructures and thin film interfa- Los Alamos National Laboratory cial analysis. Robicheaux, Jr. Francis J. DCMP (Condensed Matter) McIntyre Peter Mastin Auburn University For scattering studies of the structure and interac- Texas A & M University Peggs Stephen G. DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) tions of surfactant membranes and polymeric films Physics of Beams Brookhaven National Laboratory For his theoretical contributions to a better under- and for pioneering novel x-ray and neutron scattering In recognition of his contributions to the physics and Physics of Beams standing of quantal dynamics in atoms and molecules techniques for studying surfaces and interfaces. technology of hadron colliding beams, including a suc- For his important contributions to the study of nonlinear subject to time-dependent probes: including photo- cession of superconducting magnet technologies to push dynamical effects in accelerators and for his contribu- Soni Amarjit ionization, photorecombination, pulsed field ionization, the energy frontier in hadron colliders. tions to the successful design, construction and Brookhaven National Laboratory operation of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. and electron-impact ionization. Particles & Fields

6 APS Honors and Awards For contributions to studies of CP violation in b decays and For his seminal contributions to the theory of solids, Vishniac Ethan T. Wingreen Ned S. the computation of weak matrix elements on the lattice. such as, the faceting, reconstruction, preroughening Johns Hopkins University NEC Research Institute and melting of surfaces, and the multi-shell helical Plasma Astrophysics Biological Physics Suenaga Masaki structure of gold nanowires, while also serving as a For pioneering contributions to the study of blast- For contributions to the fundamental understanding Brookhaven National Laboratory wave stability, the generation of secondary anisotropies of protein folding and design, including theoretical Materials Physics scientific leader in fostering international ties via world- in the microwave background, and the study of MHD insights into the selection of protein structures. For pioneering studies of the properties that control wide collaborations and the organization of turbulence and dynamos in astrophysical objects. the critical current density of both low and high tem- conferences. Wu Ruqian University of California, Irvine perature superconductors. Tucker John R. Walmsley David George Computational Physics University of Illinois Queen’s University Swordy Simon Patrick DCMP (Condensed Matter) DCMP (Condensed Matter) For contributions to the understanding of magnetic, University of Chicago For fundamental experimental studies of superconduc- electronic, mechanical, chemical and optical proper- Astrophysics For discovery of new photon-assisted tunneling phe- tivity and for novel applications of electron tunneling. ties of compounds, alloys, interfaces, thin films and For innovative measurements with detectors on the nomena leading to quantum-noise-limited surfaces using first-principles calculations and for ground, on balloons, and in space that significantly (sub)millimeter astronomical receivers, and other Walsworth, Jr. Ronald Lee development of the methods and codes for such cal- advanced the understanding of the sources and ga- unique applications of quantum tunneling. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Fundamental Const. Topical Group culations. lactic propagation of cosmic rays at high energies. Tuts Philip Michael For the development and use of atomic clocks in Columbia University Yethiraj Arun Tata Xerxes Ramyar Particles & Fields tests of fundamental symmetries; and multidisciplinary University of Wisconsin University of Hawaii applications of related technology. Polymer Physics Particles & Fields In recognition of his contributions to elementary par- For pioneering contributions in computational and theo- For seminal contributions in elucidation for experi- ticles as a leader in the CUSB and D0 collaborations Wang Zhen-Gang retical polymers physics especially in the areas of mental implications of weak scale supersymmetry and in designing, implementation of experiments and analy- California Institute of Technology polyelectrolytes, polymer blends, and confined poly- to strategies for searches for new physics at high sis of important data, including efforts that directly Polymer Physics mers. energy colliders. resulted in observation of the Upsilon double-prime For theoretical contributions to the understanding of and precision measurement of the W mass. the morphology, fluctuation, metastability and kinetic Young Lloyd Martin Taylor Antoinette Jane pathways in microphase ordered block copolymers. Los Alamos National Laboratory van Bibber Karl Albert Los Alamos National Laboratory Physics of Beams Laser Science Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Weber Eicke R. For his invention, development, and beam operation For pioneering developments of ultrafast optoelectric Particles & Fields UC Berkeley of the resonantly coupled RFQ structure, and for the techniques and their use in understanding dynamical For his leadership role in an ultra-sensitive search for Materials Physics new methods used to tune it and other RFQ struc- processes in electronic materials and devices. dark-matter axions, and the conception of other el- For his pioneering studies of defects in semiconductors, egant experiments for detection of the axion. in particular his research on the microscopic properties tures. Terris Bruce David and gettering behavior of transition metal impurities. Zhang Shengbai IBM Almaden Research Center van Driel Henry National Renewable Energy Laboratory Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics University of Toronto Wieman Howard Henry Computational Physics For the exploration of novel approaches to high density Laser Science Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory For contributions to the understanding of semicon- data storage. Professor Henry van Driel is a leading scientist in the Nuclear Physics field of experimental laser physics, having made sig- For the development of the time projection chamber ductor defects, impurities, surfaces, interfaces, and Teubner Peter John Osmond nificant contributions in the areas of ultrafast into an essential tool for the study of relativistic heavy high-pressure phases using first-principles calcula- The Flinders University of South Australia phenomena, nonlinear optics and laser physics. ion collisions. tions. DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) Zhou Bing For pioneering and outstanding contributions to ex- Veal Boyd William Williams Carl J. University of Michigan periments in electron scattering from atoms and Argonne National Lab N.I.S.T. Particles & Fields molecules including the development of coincidence DCMP (Condensed Matter) DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) For outstanding contributions and leadership in the techniques and benchmark experiments on alkali tar- For significant contributions to photoemission stud- For definitive calculations of atomic collision pro- development, construction, and exploitation of com- gets. ies of transition and actinide metal compounds and cesses, which have improved our understanding of for seminal studies and innovations within the YBCO photoassociation spectroscopy, dynamics of Bose- plex detectors in fundamental particle physics Tipton Paul L. family of cuprate high-temperature superconductors. Einstein condensates, and effects of radiation experiments. University of Rochester retardation on atomic collisions. Zitzewitz Paul William Particles & Fields Vergados John D. University of Michigan-Dearborn “For playing a lead role in the discovery and study of University of Ioannina Wilson James Randall Forum on Education the top quark, and for his part in the construction of Forum on International Physics Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory For his many contributions to physics and science the SVX detector used in that discovery.” For his important contributions to double beta decay Plasma Physics and symmetries in weak interactions as well as for In recognition of his major pioneering contributions education for high school and middle school teachers Tosatti Erio his strong support and development of international made to the application of and understanding of radio and students, and for his many contributions to the International School for Advanced Studies, collaborations between Greece and other countries. frequency heating and current drive in reactor grade Forum on Education. Forum on International Physics deuterium and deuterium-tritium plasmas. Nomination Announcements Call for Nominations for 2003 APS Prizes and Award The following prizes and awards will be bestowed by the Society in 2001. 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. For complete information regarding rules and eligibility requirements for individual prizes and awards, please refer to the Prize and Awards page on the APS Web site at http://www.aps.org. NOMINATION DEADLINE IS JULY 2, 2001, UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED.

PRIZES OLIVER E. BUCKLEY CONDENSED JAMES CLERK MAXWELL PRIZE JAMES C. MCGRODDY PRIZE FOR MATTER PHYSICS PRIZE NEW MATERIALS Supported by the Maxwell Technologies, Inc. Endowed by AT&T Bell Laboratories. Endowed by IBM. HANS A. BETHE PRIZE Purpose: To recognize outstanding contribu- Endowed by contributions from the Division Purpose: To recognize and encourage outstand- tions to the field of plasma physics. Purpose: To recognize and encourage outstand- ing theoretical or experimental contributions to ing achievement in the science and application of Astrophysics, the Division of Nuclear Send name of proposed candidate and support- condensed matter physics. of new materials. Physics and friends of Hans Bethe. ing information to: Wallace Manheimer; Code Purpose: To recognize outstanding work in Send name of proposed candidate and sup- 6707; NRL; 4555 Overlook Ave SW; Washing- Send name of proposed candidate and sup- theory, experiment or observation in the ar- porting information to: Doug Osheroff; ton DC 20375; Phone (202) 767-3128; Fax (202) porting information to: Tom Russell; Dept of 767-1607; Email [email protected] Poly Sci & Engr; Univ of Mass; Silvio O’Conte eas of astrophysics, nuclear physics, nuclear Dept of Phys; Stanford Univ; Stanford, CA 94305- Res Ctr; Amherst, MA 01003; Phone (413) astrophysics, or closely related fields. 4060; Phone (650) 723-4228; Fax (650) 725-6544; 545-2680; Fax (413) 577-1510; Email Send name of proposed candidate and sup- Email [email protected] DANNIE HEINEMAN PRIZE FOR [email protected] porting information to: Katherine Gebbie; MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS B160 Phys; NIST; 100 Bureau Dr MS DAVISSON-GERMER PRIZE IN Sponsored by the Heineman Foundation for LARS ONSAGER PRIZE 8400;Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8400; Phone ATOMIC OR SURFACE PHYSICS Research, Educational, Charitable and Scien- (301) 975-4200; Fax (301) 975-3038; Email tific Purposes, Inc. Endowed by Russell and Marion Donnelly. [email protected] Established by AT&T Bell Laboratories (now Lucent Technologies). Purpose: To recognize outstanding publications Purpose: To recognize outstanding research in in the field of mathematical physics. theoretical statistical physics including the TOM W. BONNER PRIZE IN Purpose: To recognize and encourage outstand- Send name of proposed candidate and sup- quantum fluids. NUCLEAR PHYSICS ing work in atomic physics or surface physics. porting information to: Martin Gutzwiller; 370 Send name of proposed candidate and sup- Send name of proposed candidate and supporting Endowed by friends of Tom W. Bonner. Riverside Dr Apt 14B; New York, NY 10025; porting information to: John Reppy; LASSP; information to: Mara Prentiss; Dept of Phys; Harvard Phone (212) 662-1149; Fax (914) 945-2141; Cornell Univ; Clark Hall; Ithaca, NY 14853- Purpose: To recognize and encourage out- Univ; 17 Oxford Street; Cambridge, MA 02138; Email [email protected] 2501; Phone (607) 255-3777; Fax (607) standing experimental research in nuclear Email [email protected] 255-6428; Email [email protected] physics, including the development of a method, technique, or device that significantly POLYMER PHYSICS PRIZE THE FLUID DYNAMICS PRIZE contributes in a general way to nuclear phys- GEORGE E. PAKE PRIZE Sponsored by the Ford Motor Company. ics research. Supported by friends of the Division of Fluid Deadline: April 1, 2002 Send name of proposed candidate and support- Dynamics and the American Institute of Phys- Purpose: To recognize outstanding accomplish- ing information to: T.W. Donnelly; Ctr for ics journal Physics of Fluids. ment and excellence of contributions in high Endowed by the Xerox Corporation. polymer physics research. Theor Phys 6-300; MIT; 77 Massachusetts Purpose: To recognize and encourage outstand- Purpose: To recognize and encourage outstand- Ave; Cambridge MA 02139; Phone (617) ing achievement in fluid dynamics research. Send name of proposed candidate and support- ing work by physicists combining original 253-4847; Fax (617) 253-8674; Email ing information to: Ralph Colby; Dept of research accomplishments with leadership in Send name of proposed candidate and sup- [email protected] Materials Sci & Engr; Pennsylvania State Univ; the management of research or development in porting information to: Paul Steen; Dept of University Park PA 16802; Phone (814) 863-3457; industry. Chem Engr; Cornell Univ; Olin Hall; Ithaca, Fax (814) 865-2917; Email [email protected] NY 14853; Phone (607) 255-4749; Fax (607) 255-9166; Email [email protected] APS Honors and Awards 7 Send name of proposed candidate and sup- Send name of proposed candidate and porting information to: Yang-Tse Cheng; MS supporting information to: Vijendra K. JOSEPH F. KEITHLEY AWARD NICHOLSON MEDAL FOR 480-106-224; GM Res & Development Ctr; Agarwal; Assistant Provost; College of FOR ADVANCES IN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE MEASUREMENT SCIENCE 30500 Mound Road; Warren, MI 48090-9055; Staten Island; 2800 Victory Blvd; Staten Deadline: April 1, 2002 Phone (810) 986-0939; Fax (810) 986-8697; Island, NY 10314; Email Endowed by Keithley Instruments, Inc., and Sponsored by friends of Dwight Nicholson. Email [email protected] [email protected] the Instrument and Measurement Science Topi- cal Group (IMSTG). Purpose: To recognize the humanitarian aspect of physics and physicists. W.K.H. PANOFSKY PRIZE IN ROBERT R. WILSON PRIZE Purpose: To recognize physicists who have been EXPERIMENTAL PARTICLE instrumental in the development of measure- Send name of proposed candidate and sup- PHYSICS Sponsored by friends of Robert Wilson. ment techniques or equipment that have impact porting information to: R. Paul Drake; Purpose: To recognize and encourage outstand- on the physics community by providing better University of Michigan; Atmospheric Oceanic Endowed by the friends of W.K.H. Panofsky ing achievement in the physics of particle measurements. and Space Sciences; Space Physics Research and the Division of Particles and Fields. Laboratory; 2455 Hayward St.;Ann Arbor, accelerators. Send name of proposed candidate and Purpose: To recognize and encourage outstand- MI 48109; Phone: 734-763-4072; Fax: 734- Send name of proposed candidate and sup- supporting information to: Bruce Brandt; ing achievements in Experimental Particle 647-3083; Email: [email protected] porting information to: Norbert Holtkamp; Nat’l High Magnetic Field Lab; Florida State Physics. OS 481 Prince Crossing Rd; West Chicago, IL Univ; 1800 E Paul Dirac Dr; Tallahassee, FL Send name of proposed candidate and support- 60185; Phone (630) 840-6429; Fax (630) 840- 32310-3704; Phone (850) 644-4068; Fax (850) LEO SZILARD LECTURESHIP ing information to: Bruce Winstein; Enrico Fermi 6311; Email [email protected] 644-0534; Email [email protected] AWARD Inst; Univ of Chicago; 5640 Ellis Ave; Chicago, Endowed by members of the Forum on Physics IL 60637; Phone (773) 702-7594; Fax (773) 702- AWARDS MEDALS AND LECTURESHIPS 1914; Email [email protected] and Society and the Packard, Mac Arthur, and Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Re- Energy Foundations. search DAVID ADLER LECTURESHIP Purpose: To recognize outstanding accom- EARLE K. PLYLER PRIZE FOR Deadline: April 1, 2002 AWARD plishments by physicists in promoting the use MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY of physics for the benefit of society in such Supported from friends of the Division of Established by friends of David Adler. Sponsored by the George E. Crouch Founda- areas as the environment, arms control, and Plasma Physics. tion. Purpose: To recognize an outstanding con- science policy. Purpose: To recognize a particular recent out- tributor to the field of materials physics, who Purpose: To recognize and encourage notable Send name of proposed candidate and sup- standing achievement in plasma physics is noted for the quality of his/her research, contributions to the field of molecular spec- porting information to: Andrew Sessler; Univ research. review articles and lecturing. troscopy. of California; Lawrence Berkeley Lab MS71- Send name of proposed candidate and sup- Send name of proposed candidate and sup- 259; One Cyclotron Rd; Berkeley CA 94720; Send name of proposed candidate and sup- porting information to: Ricardo Betti; Univ porting information to: James Chelikowsky; Phone (510) 486-4992; Fax (510) 486-6485; porting information to: Paul Barbara; Dept of of Rochester; 233 Hoperman Bldg; Roches- Dept. of Chem. Engr. & Matr. Sci.; Univ. of Email [email protected] Chem and Biochem; Univ of Texas at Austin; ter, NY 14627; Phone (716) 275-5479; Fax Minnesota; Minneapolis, MN 55455; Phone: Welch Hall; Austin, TX 78712; Phone (512) 471- (716) 256-2509; Email (612) 625-1313; Fax: (612) 626-7246; Email: 2880; Fax (512) 471-3389; Email DISSERTATION AWARDS [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] OUTSTANDING DOCTORAL EDWARD A. BOUCHET AWARD ANEESUR RAHMAN PRIZE FOR LEROY APKER AWARD THESIS IN PLASMA PHYSICS COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS Deadline: June 14, 2002 Sponsored by the Research Corporation. AWARD Sponsored by the IBM Corporation and Endowed by Jean Dickey Apker in memory of Purpose: To promote the participation of Deadline: April 1, 2002 Argonne National Laboratory. LeRoy Apker. under-represented minorities in physics by Endowed in by General Atomics Inc. identifying and recognizing a distinguished Purpose: To recognize and encourage outstand- Purpose: To recognize outstanding achieve- minority physicist who has made significant Purpose: To provide recognition to excep- ing achievement in computational physics ment in physics by undergraduate students, contributions to physics research. tional young scientists who have performed research. and thereby provide encouragement to young original thesis work of outstanding scien- physicists who have demonstrated great po- Send name of proposed candidate and sup- Send name of proposed candidate and tific quality and achievement in the area of tential for future scientific accomplishment. porting information to: Ron Mickens; 2853 supporting information to: Priya plasma physics. Chaucer Dr SW; Atlanta GA 30311; Phone Vashishta; Phys Dept; Louisiana State Send name of proposed candidate and sup- (404) 696-0739; Fax (404) 880-6258; Email Send name of proposed candidate and sup- Univ; 202 Nicholson Hall; Baton Rouge, porting information to: Dr. Alan Chodos; [email protected] porting information to: Amanda Hubbard; LA 70803-4001; Phone (504) 388-1157; Fax American Physical Society; One Physics El- NW17-113 Plasma Fusion Ctr; MIT; 175 Al- (504) 388-5855; Email lipse; College Park, MD 20740; Attn: Apker bany St; Cambridge MA 02139; Email [email protected] Award Committee; Phone (301) 209-3233; JOHN H. DILLON MEDAL [email protected] Fax (301) 209-0865; Email [email protected] Sponsored by Elsevier Science, Oxford, U.K., J. J. SAKURAI PRIZE FOR publishers of the journal, Polymer. OUTSTANDING DOCTORAL THE OTTO LAPORTE AWARD THEORETICAL PARTICLE Purpose: To recognize outstanding research THESIS RESEARCH IN BEAM PHYSICS Endowed by the friends of Otto Laporte and accomplishments by young polymer physi- PHYSICS AWARD cists who have demonstrated exceptional Endowed by the family and friends of J.J. the Division of Fluid Dynamics. Supported by Brookhaven Science Associates, research promise early in their careers. Sakurai. Purpose: To recognize outstanding research ac- Southwest Universities Research Association, Purpose: To recognize and encourage outstand- complishments pertaining to the physics of Send name of proposed candidate and sup- and Universities Research Association. porting information to: Ralph H. Colby; Dept. ing achievement in particle theory. fluids. 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