Spring 2009 Prizes & Awards

APS Announces Spring 2009 Prize and Award Recipients

Thirty-seven APS prizes and awards will be presented during special sessions at three spring appeared in the December 2008 issue of APS News (http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200812/ meetings of the Society: the 2009 March Meeting, March16-20, in Pittsburgh, PA; the 2009 April index.cfm). Meeting, May 2-5, in Denver, CO; and the 2009 Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting, Additional biographical information and appropriate web links can be found at the APS website May 19-23, in Charlottesville, VA. (http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/index.cfm). Nominations for most of next year’s prizes and Citations and biographical information for each recipient follow. The Apker Award recipients awards are now being accepted. For details, see page 8 of this of this insert.

2009 PRIZES, AWARDS positions at the University been a scientist at the Francis Bitter Magnet Lab, MIT, tronic embedding methods in quantum chemistry, AND DISSERTATIONS of Freiburg, the University where he is group leader of the Thin Film Magnetism, accurate models for theoretical thermochemistry, and of Kaiserslautern, and the Tunneling and Nano Spintronics group. His research on metal oxide clusters to explore their roles in cata- University of Würzburg. interest focuses on fundamental and applied physics lytic activity. Will Allis Prize for the His research interests in- that includes nanospintronics–spin polarized trans- Study of Ionized Gases clude femtosecond laser port and tunneling, thin film magnetism, supercon- spectroscopy, non-linear Max Delbruck Prize in ductivity and phase-change materials. He pioneered Biological Physics NEXT PRIZE AWARDED IN 2010 optics, ultrafast (femtosec- the study of ferromagnet-insulator-ferromagnet tun- ond and attosecond) lasers, nel junctions (MTJ). NEXT PRIZE TO BE AWARDED IN 2010 adaptive femtosecond pulse shaping, coherent control Hans A. Bethe Prize Paul Tedrow received of chemical reactions, soft-X-ray generation through a Ph.D. in physics from David Arnett high harmonic generation, and femtosecond quantum Cornell University in 1966. Einstein Prize University of Arizona control of molecular switches and bond-forming cata- After spending a year as a James B. Hartle lytic reactions. Citation: “For his outstanding and fundamental post-doc at Cornell, Tedrow University of California, Santa Barbara began working with Robert work on how nuclear reactions shape multi- Citation: “For a broad range of fundamental Meservey at MIT’s Francis dimensional and partly out-of-equilibrium evolution Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter contributions to relativistic stars, quantum fields Bitter National Magnet Lab- of stars and supernova explosions and their yields of Physics Prize in curved spacetime, and especially quantum oratory in July 1967. Their new isotopes.” cosmology.” Robert Meservey investigations of the effects of electron spin paramag- David Arnett received Massachusetts Institute of Technology netism on the critical field of high-field superconduc- James B. Hartle was a B.S. in physics from the tors led to the discovery in 1970 of the splitting of educated at Princeton Uni- Terunobu Miyazaki University of Kentucky in the quasiparticle density of states of superconductors versity (A.B., 1960), and 1961 and a Ph.D. in phys- Tohoku University in a magnetic field. The experiments were extended the California Institute of ics from Yale University in to include ferromagnets and other superconductors. Technology where he com- 1965. He has held positions Jagadeesh Moodera Massachusetts Institute of Technology With some diversion caused by the discovery of high- pleted a Ph.D. in 1964. He at Caltech, Rice University, has held positions at the In- Tc superconductivity, Tedrow’s career was spent fol- UT Austin, University of Il- Paul Tedrow lowing various paths implied by the initial findings. stitute for Advanced Study, linois, Champaign-Urbana, Massachusetts Institute of Technology He spent the summer of 1983 as a visiting scientist at Princeton University, and University of Chicago (En- Stanford University. He retired from MIT and physics the University of Chicago. Citation: “To Robert Meservey, Terunobu Miyazaki, rico Fermi Institute), University of Arizona (1988- in July 1998. He is currently Research Professor and Professor Jagadeesh Moodera and Paul Tedrow for pioneering present). Arnett performed the first radiation hydro- of Physics Emeritus at the University of California, work in the field of spin-dependent tunneling and for dynamic simulations of gravitational collapse and the Santa Barbara and an external faculty member of the the application of these phenomena to the field of first simulations of thermonuclear supernovae. With Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic Santa Fe Institute. His scientific work is concerned magnetoelectronics.” collaborators and students, he showed that super- or Surface Physics with the application of general relativity to realistic novae yielded quantitative predictions of elemental Robert Meservey, re- astrophysical situations, especially cosmology. He Yves Chabal and isotopic abundances in agreement with data. He ceived a B.A. from Dart- has contributed to the understanding of gravitational University of Texas, Dallas predicted new types of supernovae (types Ib and Ic) mouth College in 1943. waves, relativistic stars, and black holes. He is cur- which were discovered a few years later. He and his In the army from 1943 to Krishnan Raghavachari rently interested in the quantum origin of the universe collaborators simulated stars in 2D and 3D, discov- 1946, he served in the Tenth Indiana University and the earliest moments of the big bang where the ering instabilities relevant to SN1987A and devising Mountain Division and subjects of quantum mechanics, quantum gravity, and analytic theory to capture the effects of turbulence. Citation: “For the individual development at the Engineer Research cosmology overlap. and collaborative application of fundamental and Development Labora- surface infrared spectroscopy an quantum chemical Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear tory (ERDL). He worked at methods to silicon surface reactions important in Fluid Dynamics Prize (2008) ERDL as a civilian physicist from 1951 to 1955. In Physics microelectronics.” Julio Maria Ottino 1961 he received a Ph.D. from Yale University. He Robert D. McKeown Yves Jean Chabal cur- Northwestern University California Institute of Technology joined the MIT research staff at the Lincoln Labora- tory in 1961, moving to the National Magnet Labora- rently holds the Texas In- Citation: “For outstanding contributions to the Citation: “For his pioneering work on studying tory in 1963. He retired and became a visiting sci- struments Distinguished fundamental understanding of chaotic mixing in nucleon structure using parity-violating electron entist in 1994. His research centered on tunneling Chair in Nanoelectronics at laminar flows, to mixing and segregation in granular scattering, in particular for the first measurement of studies of superconductors in magnetic fields. In 1970 the University of Texas at flows and for ground-breaking experimental work that the strange quark contribution to the electromagnetic Meservey and collaborators discoverd spin-polarized Dallas. He obtained his B.A. has led to the broad application of these concepts.” structure of the proton.” in physics from Princeton electron tunneling. In 1994 he helped analyze Mood- Julio M. Ottino is cur- Robert D. McKeown era’s successful tunneling experiment between ferro- University in 1974 and his rently Dean of the Robert received a B.S. in phys- magnetic metals at room temperature. Ph.D. in physics from Cor- R. McCormick School of ics in 1974 from Stony Terunobu Miyazaki nell University in 1980. He then spent 22 years at Bell Engineering and Applied Brook University in Stony received his B.S., M.S. and Laboratories, where he studied fundamental process- Sciences at Northwest- Brook, NY where he first Ph.D. in applied physics es relevant to the microelectronics industry, and de- ern University. He was the developed an interest in from Tohoku University in veloped with Krishnan Raghavachari a mechanistic founder and co-director of experimental nuclear phys- 1967, 1969 and 1972, re- understanding of hydrogen passivation and oxidation the Northwestern Institute ics. He continued his work spectively. From 1973 to of silicon surfaces. He was then a faculty member at on Complex Systems and in the subject as a graduate 1975 he was a research as- Rutgers University and the Director of the Laboratory was Chairman of the Depart- student at Princeton University, receiving his Ph.D. sociate and a Humboldt re- for Surface Modification, where he developed in-situ ment of Chemical and Biological Engineering during in physics in 1979. After one year on the scientific 1992-2000. Ottino’s research has impacted fields as search fellow at University methods to study atomic layer deposition and chemi- staff at Argonne National Laboratory, McKeown took diverse as fluid dynamics, granular dynamics, micro- of Regensburg, Germany. He worked as a professor cal functionalization of silicon surfaces. He joined a position at the California Institute of Technology. fluidics, geophysical sciences, and nonlinear dynam- at Tohoku University from 1991 until March 2007. UT Dallas in 2008 and works on hydrogen storage His research interests have included studies of weak and nanoelectronics. ics and chaos. He is an Advisor to Unilever, was a interactions in nuclei, neutrino oscillations, parity- He has been a professor at WPI Advanced Institute member of the Technical Board of Dow Chemical, for Materials Research, Tohoku University since No- Krishnan Raghavachari violating electron scattering, and the electromagnetic obtained his B.Sc. in chem- and was a member of the International Review of En- vember 2007. His research fields include magnetism structure of nuclei and nucleons. istry in 1973 from Madras gineering in the UK. and magnetic materials. He is especially interested in University (India), his searching for new functionalized magnetic materials, Broida Prize M.Sc. from Indian Institute namely spin-electronic materials. He currently partic- of Technology (Madras) in Gustav Gerber ipates in the NEDO Spintronics Nonvolatile Device 1975, and his Ph.D. from Project. Table of Contents Citation: “For the pioneering experimental Carnegie-Mellon Univer- Jagadeesh Moodera realization of coherent control of molecular dynamics sity in 1981. He joined Bell received a B.S. in physics, and chemical reactions with feedback-optimized laser Laboratories as a research 1 Prize and Award math, and chemistry from pulses.” scientist in 1981. He joined Indiana University as a Recipients Government College in professor of chemistry in 2002. His work covers a Gustav Gerber studied physics and mathemat- Mercara, India, and a Ph.D. broad spectrum of problems ranging from chemical ics at the Free University of Berlin and the Univer- in physics from the Indian bonding in small clusters to computational investi- 5 New APS Fellows sity of Freiburg. He received a Dr. rer. nat., from the Institute of Technology in gations of semiconductor and nanoscale materials. University of Freiburg in 1974 and a Habilitation in Chennai, India in 1978. He Apart from his work on silicon surface chemistry, he 8 Nominations for 2009 experimental physics from the University of Freiburg was then a postdoctoral fel- is best known for the development of accurate elec- in 1982. Gerber was a Postdoctoral Fellow with H.P. Prizes and Awards low at West Virginia University. Since 1981 he has tron correlation techniques in quantum chemistry. Broida from 1974 to 1976. He has held academic Most recently, his group has focused on new elec-

APS Prizes and Awards 1 Dannie Heineman Prize of physics through teaching, lectures, textbooks, and for wide-ranging contributions to phenomenological were introduced in these experiments, most impor- for Mathematical Physics public talks.” many-body theory, which have advanced the analysis tantly, the active target based on semiconductors. of experiments on strongly correlated materials.” From 1990 to 2000 he devoted part of his time to an Carlo Becchi Ramamurti Shankar obtained his B. Tech (electri- Sriram Shastry received astroparticle experiment, CLUE. Since 1980 he has University of Genoa cal engineering) at the Indi- his B.Sc. (1968) from SA worked on CDF at Fermilab. Starting in 1985 he had Alain Rouet an Institute of Technology in College in Akola (Nagpur responsibility for the design, construction and com- Science & Technology 1969. He obtained his Ph.D. University), M.Sc. (1970) missioning of the silicon vertex, which was relevant in phyisics in 1974 from UC from I.I.T. Madras, and in a variety of measurements. He was responsible for Raymond Stora Berkeley. After spending Ph.D. (1976) from the Tata the CDF-Pisa group until 2006. LAPTH 1974-77 at the Harvard So- Institute of Fundamental Luciano Ristori gradu- Igor Tyutin ciety of Fellows, he joined Research (T.I.F.R.) Bombay. ated with the title Dottore Yale as J.W. Gibbs Instruc- He has held positions at the Lebedev Physical Institute in Fisica in 1971 from the tor. He is now the John Randolph Huffman Professor University of Utah, T.I.F.R., Scuola Normale Superiore Citation: “For discovery and exploitation of at Yale. He has contributed to the determinations of Princeton University, AT&T Bell Labs, and Indian in Pisa. In 1973, he joined the BRST symmetry for the quantization of gauge the quark gluon coupling constant, exact S-Matrices Institute of Science. He has been a professor at UC the NA1 Collaboration at theories providing a fundamental and essential tool for (with Witten), self-triality in statistical mechanics and Santa Cruz since 2003. At T.I.F.R., he worked on the CERN SPS. In 1977, subsequent developments.” field theory, exact solutions of disordered Ising mod- the integrability of the 1-d Hubbard model, and the he obtained a position at the els (with Murthy), renormalization group for fermi- magnetism of metals. At Princeton, he worked on Carlo M. Becchi earned Italian National Institute for ons and Landau’s fermi liquid, hamiltonian theory of the Gutzwiller type wave functions, and on rigorous his university degree in Nuclear Physics (INFN).In the fractional quantum hall effect (with Murthy) and theorems for long ranged order in quantum statistical 1991 he took a position at the Scuola Normale Su- physics in Genoa in 1962. the solution of disordered and chaotic quantum dots mechanics. At Bell Laboratories, he developed periore in Pisa. In 1990 he conceived and proposed He has been a professor (with Murthy). theories for understanding Nuclear Magnetic a secondary vertex trigger (SVT) for the CDF which at Genoa University since Relaxation, the Hall constant and Raman scattering has allowed CDF to perform measurements that 1963. Becchi has chaired in High Tc systems. At I.I.Sc he worked on “Spin James Clerk Maxwell Prize would otherwise be impossible, especially in the area the physics department in Ice,” and on the problem of superconductivity in of hadronic decays of B mesons and baryons. Since Genoa twice since 1983 and for Plasma Physics (2008) purely repulsive models. His current interests include 1998, he has been Research Director at INFN in Pisa. the Theory Scientific Com- Ronald C. Davidson thermoelectric effects in strongly correlated systems He was Co-Spokesperson of the CDF Collaboration mittee of INFN from 1997 to 2003. In 1964 he began Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory such as sodium cobaltate. from 2003 to 2005, and has been responsible for the a study of the theory of elementary particle physics Italian group in CDF since 2005. in the light of unitary symmetry and quark models. Citation: “For pioneering contributions to the Starting in 1971 he undertook a systematic study of physics of one-component non-neutral plasmas, Abraham Pais Prize for renormalization theory, considering symmetries in intense charge particle beams, and collective nonlinear History of Physics Earle K. Plyler Prize for interaction processes in high-temperature plasmas.” Molecular Spectroscopy particular. He began from the sigma-model and as- Stephen G. Brush Ronald C. Davidson sociated current algebra anomalies. Then he studied University of Maryland Terry A. Miller the possible extensions to gauge theories, which led has been Professor of As- Ohio State University to the discovery of the Becchi-Rouet-Stora symmetry. trophysical Sciences at Citation: “For his pioneering, in-depth studies His work after 1976 was devoted to the extensions Princeton University since in the history of nineteenth and twentieth century Citation: “For his pioneering spectroscopic investigations of complex molecules, free radicals, and of renormalization techniques to various situations 1991, and was Director of physics.” ions – especially for the development of a quantitative including string theory. the Princeton Plasma Phys- Stephen G. Brush stud- understanding of the Jahn-Teller effect in organic Alain Rouet received a ics Laboratory from 1991- ied physics and chemistry at molecules.” degree in engineering from 1996. He received a B.Sc. Harvard (A.B., 1955) and the Ecole Centrale des Arts from McMaster University Oxford (D. Phil., 1958). As Terry A. Miller holds an et Manufactures in 1969, in 1963, and a Ph.D. from Princeton University in a theoretical physicist at the Ohio Eminent Scholar Chair and a Ph.D. in theoretical 1966. He has held positions at the University of Cali- Lawrence Livermore Labo- at The Ohio State Universi- physics in 1974. His re- fornia at Berkeley, the University of Maryland and ratory, he helped to show ty. He is also Director of the search has been in quantum Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Davidson has that a one-component clas- Spectroscopy Institute and field theory, and he has also made numerous fundamental theoretical contributions sical plasma could condense Chair of the Chemical Phys- been interested in dynamic to several areas of pure and applied plasma physics, to an ordered solid state. Brush’s research in statistical ics Program there. Previ- systems. He has worked at including nonneutral plasmas, nonlinear effects and mechanics was complemented by an interest in the ously he was a Distinguished Max Planck Institut für Physik und Astrophysik, Mu- anomalous transport, kinetic equilibrium and stability history of the kinetic theory of gases. At the Universi- Member of Technical Staff nich (Germany)(1975), CERN(1976-1978), CNRS properties, intense charged particle beam propagation ty of Maryland since 1968, he started a new program at Bell Laboratories. He (Marseille, France) (1979-1981), and the Institute in high energy accelerators, and coherent radiation in history of science. He published historical books received his undergraduate degree in 1965 from the for Advanced Study at Princeton (1981-1982). From generation by relativistic electrons. on the origin of the solar system, the internal structure University of Kansas and his Ph.D. from Cambridge 1979-1981 he also did consulting work for Aerospa- and age of the Earth, and the relation between science University in 1968. Miller’s research centers around tiale and the Atomic Energy Agency. He was technical James C. McGroddy Prize and culture. His current research is a crossdisciplinary the spectroscopic identification, characterization and director of Videolor (Thomson group) (1983-1986), for New Materials study of the reasons why theories like the Periodic monitoring of reactive chemical intermediates. He and in 1986 was involved in the creation of Science has developed numerous spectroscopic techniques Akihisa Inoue Table, Relativity, the Big Bang, and Natural Selection & Tec, a consulting company for strategic scientific were accepted. spanning frequencies from the microwave to the ul- Institute for Materials Research and technical issues. He is now President and Chief traviolet. Currently, his laboratory focuses upon re- Executive Officer of Science & Tec. William L. Johnson active intermediates, particularly alkoxy and peroxy California Institute of Technology George E. Pake Prize radicals, involved in the oxidation of hydrocarbons. David J. Bishop Raymond Stora (biography unavailable at press Citation: “For the development of slow cooling LGS time). methods for the fabrication of bulk metallic glasses Polymer Physics Prize with remarkable mechanical properties and the Citation: “For his effective leadership of AT&T/ Steve Granick Igor Tyutin (biography unavailable at press characterization and application of these materials.” Lucent/Bell Labs research during an especially University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign time). Akihisa Inoue received turbulent time in the telecommunications industry, Citation: “For pathbreaking and elegant a B.A. in metallurgical en- and for his seminal contributions to low-temperature physics research.” experiment that elucidate the structure and dynamics Frank Isakson Prize gineering from Himeji Insti- David J. Bishop is cur- of polymers and liquids confined by surfaces.” for Optical Effects in Solids tute of Technology in 1970, an M.A. in materials sci- rently the CTO/COO of LGS, Steve Granick has NEXT PRIZE TO BE AWARDED IN 2010 ence and engineering from the wholly-owned subsidiary been on the faculty of the Tohoku University in 1972, of Alcatel-Lucent dedicated University of Illinois since 1985, where he is currently and a Ph.D. in materials sci- to serving the U.S. federal government market with Founder Professor of Mate- Irving Langmuir Prize ence and engineering, from advanced R&D solutions. rials Science and Engineer- W.E. Moerner Tohoku University in 1975. Inoue was a postdoctoral Most recently he was Presi- ing, as well as Professor Stanford University fellow in the Non-equilibrium Laboratory in the In- dent of Government Re- of Chemistry, Physics, and Citation: “For making major contributions to stitute for Materials Research of Tohoku University search & Security Solutions for Bell Labs, Lucent Chemical and Biomolecular the chemical physics of biological systems and non- from 1975 to 1976, a research associate there from Technologies. He joined AT&T-Bell Laboratories in Engineering. He graduated biological materials through the application of single 1976-1985, became a professor at Tohoku University 1978 as a postdoctoral member of staff and in 1979 from Princeton University in 1978 with a B.A. and molecule spectroscopy.” in 1985, and is currently President of Tohoku Univer- became a Member of the Technical Staff. In 1988 in 1982 earned his Ph.D. in chemistry at the Univer- sity. He is a Member of the Scientific and Techno- William E. Moerner, he was made a Distinguished Member of the Tech- sity of Wisconsin. As a postdoc, he worked first with logical Investigation Council, Ministry of Education, the Harry S. Mosher Profes- nical Staff and later that same year was promoted to Pierre-Gilles de Gennes at the Collège de France and sor of Chemistry and Pro- Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Department Head, Bell Laboratories. Bishop gradu- then with Matthew Tirrell at the University of Minne- fessor, by courtesy, of Ap- Japan. ated from Syracuse University in 1973 with a B.S. in sota. He has long-standing research interests in tribol- plied Physics, at Stanford William L. Johnson physics. In 1978 he received a Ph.D. in physics from ogy as well as in the dynamics of polymers, complex University, has conducted received his Ph.D. in ap- Cornell University. fluids, colloids, and phospholipid membranes. research in the areas of plied physics from Caltech in 1974. After working at physical chemistry and bio- W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in I.I. Rabi Prize physics of single molecules, IBM’s Watson Research nanophotonics, photorefrac- Center from 1975-77, he Experimental Particle Physics Mikhail Lukin tive polymers, and trapping of single nanoparticles in returned to Caltech as a fac- Aldo Menzione Harvard University ulty member in 1977. He solution. He received three bachelor’s degrees from I.N.F.N. (Ist. Naz. Fis. Nucl.) Citation: “For pioneering theoretical and Washington University in 1975 and master’s and has held the Ruben Mettler Professorship in Engineering and Applied Science Luciano Ristori experimental work at the interface between quantum doctoral degrees in physics from Cornell University optics, quantum information processing, and the in 1978 and 1982. He has worked as a Research Staff at Caltech since 1988. Johnson was a Visiting Pro- Fermilab fessor and Alexander von Humboldt Distinguished quantum many body problem.” Member and Manager, IBM Research in San Jose, Citation: “For their leading role in the CA (1981-1985); Guest Professor of Physical Chem- Fellow at the University of Gottingen, Germany, in Mikhail Lukin received 1988. Johnson was named as the recipient of the TMS establishment and use of precision silicon tracking his Ph.D. from Texas A&M istry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich detectors at hadron colliders, enabling broad advances (1993-1994); Professor and Distinguished Chair in Hume-Rothery Award in 1996, the MRS Gold Medal University in 1998. He was Award in 1998, and the Franklin Mehl Award of TMS in knowledge of the top quark, b-hadrons, and charm- a post-doctoral fellow at Physical Chemistry, University of California-San hadrons.” Diego (1995-1998); Robert B. Woodward Visiting in 2004. An inventor on over 20 U.S. patents, he co- the Institute for Theoreti- Professor, Harvard University (1997-1998); and Pro- founded a company, Liquidmetal Technologies Inc., Aldo Menzione gradu- cal Atomic and Molecular fessor, Stanford University (1998-present). which has pioneered the commercialization of bulk ated from the University of Physics at Harvard Univer- amorphous metals in engineering applications. Pisa in 1967. From 1965 sity from 1998-2001. He to 1968 he worked on the joined the faculty of Harvard Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize Physics Department as an Assistant Professor in 2001 Lars Onsager Prize CERN Karlsrhue Collabo- Ramamurti Shankar ration. From 1970 to 1973 and has been a Professor of Physics at Harvard since 2004. His research interests include quantum optics, Yale University B. Sriram Shastry he worked at CERN-ISR- quantum control of atomic and nanoscale solid-state University of California, Santa Cruz R801. From 1973 to 1980 Citation: “For his innovative applications of field systems, quantum dynamics of many-body systems he worked at CERN-SPS theoretic techniques to quantum condensed matter Citation: “For pioneering work in developing and quantum information science. He has received a Experiments NA1 NA7. Many technical innovations systems, and his marvelous presentations of the story and solving models of strongly correlated systems and number of awards, including Alfred P. Sloan Fellow-

2 APS Prizes and Awards ship, David and Lucile Packard Fellowship for Sci- Arthur L. Schawlow Prize showing the relevance of quark degrees of freedom in A. T. Charlie Johnson’s group. He used experimen- ence and Engineering, NSF Career Award, Adolph in Laser Science heavy ion interactions.” tal and computational tools to study the biochemical, Lomb Medal of the Optical Society of America (200) structural and electronic properties of one- and two- Robert W. Field Paul Sorensen devel- and AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize. oped an interest in physics dimensional nanostructures including few-layer gra- Massachusetts Institute of Technology while studying art at Mount phene, carbon nanotubes, and devices for single-mol- Aneesur Rahman Prize Citation: “For pioneering development and Hood Community College ecule electronics. Datta is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Oregon. Transferring to in physics at Harvard University. His current research for Computational Physics application of multiple resonance laser spectroscopy and effective Hamiltonian models, that reveal the University of Nebraska– interests include experimental soft condensed matter A. Peter Young fundamental mechanisms of chemical bond breaking, Lincoln, he earned a B.S. in physics and physical biology. University of California, Santa Cruz electronic rearrangement, intramolecular vibrational physics in 1996. Sorensen Byron C. Drury re- redistribution, and unimolecular isomerization.” went on to earn an M.S. and ceived a B.S. in physics Citation: “For his innovative and definitive Ph.D. in physics, both from from Haverford College in numerical studies of spin glasses and the vortex glass Robert W. Field ma- the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1999 and May 2008. His research has state of High Temperature superconductors.” jored in chemistry at Am- herst College (1965). He 2003, respectively. Sorensen’s thesis was awarded the explored the algebraic struc- A. Peter Young received received his Ph.D. from RHIC and AGS thesis award in 2003. He was a post- ture of the group of quantum his undergraduate degree in Harvard University in 1972. doctoral researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National logic operators, the building 1970 from Oxford Univer- As a postdoc with Her- Laboratory for two years before joining Brookhaven blocks of the quantum circuit sity, and his D. Phil in 1973 bert P. Broida and David Lab in 2005 as a Goldhaber Distinguished Fellow. model of quantum computa- from the same institution. O. Harris at UCSB (1971- Sorensen recently became an associate physicist at tion. In 2008 Drury received From 1978 to 1985 he was 1974) he performed the Brookhaven. His current research within the STAR a Churchill Scholarship to study at the University of lecturer and then reader at first microwave-optical and collaboration focuses on the phase diagram of nuclear Cambridge, and he is currently pursuing a Certificate Imperial College, London, optical-optical double resonance studies of diatomic matter. of Advanced Study in Mathematics at the DAMTP. In and has been Professor of molecules using tunable lasers and showed how to fall of 2009 he will enter the Ph.D. program in phys- Physics at the University extract global insights into the electronic structure ics at MIT. Drury is an Honorary Cambridge Over- of California Santa Cruz since 1985. He is the author Robert R. Wilson Prize for of the alkaline earth monoxides from the systematic seas Trust Scholar, a member of the Phi Beta Kappa of about 200 papers on theoretical condensed matter Achievement in the study of spectroscopic perturbations. At MIT his stu- honor society, and a recipient of the Louis Green physics, especially numerical studies on the theory of dents and postdocs have continued to develop new Physics of Particle Accelerators Prize in Physics. phase transitions in disordered condensed matter sys- laser spectroscopic techniques (most notably Stimu- tems such as spin glasses, and the theory of quantum Satoshi Ozaki lated Emission Pumping) with a goal of uncovering phase transitions. Brookhaven National Laboratory Edward A. Bouchet Award and exploiting unconventional patterns that encode the mechanisms of far-from-equilibrium molecular Citation: “For his outstanding contribution to the Gaston R. Gutierrez Andrei Sakharov Prize dynamics, particularly Intramolecular Vibrational design and construction of accelerators that has led Fermilab to the realization of major machines for fundamental Redistribution, Doorway-Mediated Intersystem Citation: “For contributions to the D-Zero NEXT PRIZE TO BE AWARDED IN 2010 science on two continents, and his promotion of Crossing, and energy exchange between a Rydberg collaboration, in particular the “matrix-element” international collaboration.” electron and a molecular ion-core. method of extracting precise measurements of J.J. Sakurai Prize for Satoshi Ozaki com- standard-model parameters, as well as his outstanding Theoretical Particle Physics pleted his B.S. and M.S. at mentorship of young scientists.” Prize for a Faculty member for Osaka University, Japan, in Gaston R. Gutierrez John C. Collins Research in an 1953 and 1955, respectively. Pennsylvania State University Undergraduate Institution completed his undergradu- After obtaining his Ph.D. in ate education in the National R. Keith Ellis James C. Eckert physics from MIT in 1959, University of La Plata, Ar- Fermilab Harvery Mudd College he moved to BNL. In 1981, gentina in 1977. In 1982 he he moved to KEK, Japan, received his Ph.D. from the Citation: “For the significant contributions he has Davison E. Soper to direct the construction of same institution. He partici- made to the understanding of the complex exchange University of Oregon TRISTAN, a 60 GeV e+e- collider, the first major high pated in high energy physics biasing mechanism crucial to spin-valve sensors energy physics facility in Japan. He returned to BNL experiments at Brookhaven Citation: “For work in perturbative Quantum used in the read-write heads of hard disks and for his in 1989 as head of the RHIC Project, which was com- National Laboratory and Fermilab and for the past ten Chromodynamics, including applications to problems skilled and enthusiastic inclusion of undergraduates in pleted in 1999. He was also instrumental in bringing years he has been a member of the D0 experiment. pivotal to the interpretation of high energy particle physics research.” collisions.” polarized proton capability to RHIC with funding The young scientists he mentored have been recipi- James C. Eckert is a support from RIKEN, Japan. He is the Senior Project ents of Fermilab’s Alvin Tollestrup Award, the APS John C. Collins re- professor of physics at Har- Advisor to the NSLS-II Project at BNL, He has served Mitsuyoshi Tanaka Dissertation Award, the URA ceived his B.A. in 1971 vey Mudd College. He re- on science policy committees of several laboratories, Thesis Award and the University of Rochester Fred- and his Ph.D. in 1975, ceived his B.S. in 1974 and and on technical, project and program reviews and erick Lobkowicz Thesis Award. His contributions to both from the University his Ph.D. in 1980, both from advisories for many laboratories and for DOE. the D0 experiment include the construction of the Fi- of Cambridge. From 1975 the University of Southern ber Tracker detector, the optimization of the Central to 1980, he was a postdoc California. He joined the Muon detector and the precision measurement of the and then an assistant profes- faculty at Harvey Mudd in AWARDS top quark mass. His current research interest also in- sor at Princeton University. 1980. His research efforts cludes the understanding of dark energy. are in the area of magnetism From 1980 to 1990, he was David Adler Lectureship Award in on the faculty of the Illinois Institute of Technology. and have focused on magnetic exchange bias in mul- Since then he has been on the faculty at the Penn- tilayer systems with extremely thin antiferromagnetic the Field of Materials Physics Joseph A. Burton Forum Award layers, probing the onset of exchange bias. Eckert sylvania State University. Collins’ primary research Salvatore Torquato Patricia Lewis is one of the founders of the Harvey Mudd College interests focus on the consequences of QCD in high- Princeton University UNIDIR Magnetism Group, with over $2M in state of the art energy collisions. In collaboration with Dave Soper sample preparation and diagnostic equipment in use Citation: “For his highly original and deep studies Citation: “For her contributions to arms control and George Sterman, he formulated, proved, and by undergraduates. In the past 5 years, he has pub- of n-point correlation functions in heterogeneous and international security, through experiments to extended factorization theorems that are essential to lished 16 papers with undergraduate research students materials and his outstanding communication of these demonstrate verifiability of arms control treaties and many applications of QCD. In recent years, he has appearing as coauthors a total of 43 times. His stu- results through publication and public presentation.” through her leadership of two international institutes, shown how novel QCD phenomena appear in more dents routinely present their work at major national Salvatore Torquato is VERTIC and UNIDIR.” complicated situations. and international conferences. Professor of Chemistry at Patricia Lewis is the Davison E. Soper grad- Princeton University. He Deputy Director and Sci- uated from Amherst College earned his B.S. from Syra- Prize for Industrial Application entist-in-Residence of the in 1965 and received his cuse University in 1975. James Martin Center for Ph.D. from Stanford Uni- of Physics He received his Ph.D. in Nonproliferation Studies versity in 1971. He taught at Philip J. Wyatt 1981 from SUNY at Stony at the Monterey Institute of Princeton University from Wyatt Technology Corporation Brook. He soon after joined International Studies. Prior 1971 to 1977. He has been the faculty at North Carolina to this appointment, she was at the University of Oregon Citation: “For pioneering developments in State University. In 1992 he the Director of the United since 1977. Soper worked the physics of the inverse scattering problem: new joined the faculty at Princeton. Torquato is broadly in- Nations Institute for Disar- with J. Collins on the definition of parton distribu- applications of laser light scattering and the successful terested in the fundamental microscopic understand- mament Research (UNIDIR). From 1989 to 1997, she tion functions and with Collins and G. Sterman on sustained commercialization of new related analytical ing of condensed matter using statistical mechanics. was the Director of the Verification Technology and summing logarithmically enhanced contributions to methods and instrumentation.” Systems under study include heterogeneous materials Information Centre (VERTIC) in London. She holds observables and on the factorization property that Philip J. Wyatt com- (e.g., composites and porous media), colloids, liquids, her B.Sc.(Hons) in physics from the University of enables one to make reliable predictions for hadron pleted his undergraduate glasses, quasicrystals, and crystals. Current work has Manchester (1978) and her Ph.D. in nuclear physics colliders. Z. Kunszt, S. Ellis, and Soper calculated education at the University been focused on understanding random particle pack- from the University of Birmingham (1981). Before cross sections to make jets of hadrons in hadron-had- of Chicago (A.B. 1952, S.B. ings in low dimensions, sphere packings in high di- her work at UNIDIR in Geneva, she has worked in ron collisions, using matrix elements from R.K. Ellis 1954) with additional stud- mensions, optimal multifunctional material design, India, New Zealand, Australia and the United King- and J. Sexton. Soper’s most recent work, with Zoltan ies at Christ’s College, Cam- self-assembly theory, and cancer modeling. dom. Lewis was a Commissioner on the 2004-2006 Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission. Current- Nagy, concerns the parton showers produced in high bridge University. He com- pleted his graduate studies ly Lewis is an adviser to the International Commis- energy collisions. at the University of Illinois LeRoy Apker Award sion on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament Richard Keith Ellis (M.S. 1956) and the Florida (ICNND). graduated from New Col- PhD-Granting Institutions State University (Ph.D. 1959) Upon graduation he lege, Oxford with a B.A. in Sujit S. Datta joined the Ford Motor Company’s Aeronutronic Di- 1971. In 1975 he obtained University of Pennsylvania vision. In 1968, he founded Science Spectrum, Inc. John Dawson Award for Excellence the degree of D.Phil, from That firm closed in 1982 at which time he founded in Plasma Physics (2008) Wadham College. After Non-PhD-Granting Institutions Wyatt Technology Corporation where he continues postdoctoral positions at Stewart C. Prager as its CEO. His scientific endeavors continue with Byron C. Drury La Sapienza (Rome), Im- University of Wisconsin his direction of the firm’s ongoing research, devel- Haverford College perial College (London), opment and manufacturing in the field of analytical Michael C. Zarnstorff MIT, Caltech, CERN, and INFN (Rome), he came Citation: “Surface Potentials and Layer Charge instrumentation with particular attention to the study to Fermilab in 1984 and led the Fermilab Theory Distributions in Few-Layer Graphene Films.” Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and measurement of protein interactions, nanoparticle department from 1992-2004. His most significant Citation: “For demonstrating that the parallel structure, drug development and delivery, and biode- Citation: “Factoring Quantum Logic Gates with scientific accomplishments include calculations Ohm’s law in axisymmetric toroidal plasmas with fense. Cartan Involutions.” that support the precise measurement of alpha_s, impurities is governed by Coulomb collision processes, Sujit S. Datta received a and the best predictions for many hard processes including neoclassical resistivity and the bootstrap B.A. and an M.S. in physics, including heavy flavor production. His current sci- George E. Valley, Jr Prize current.” entific interest is the accurate prediction of hard and a B.A. in mathematics, Stewart C. Prager received his Ph.D. from Co- processes at the Tevatron and the LHC, especially Paul Sorensen from the University of Penn- lumbia University in 1975, and bachelor’s degrees those involving leptons, missing energy and heavy Brookhaven National Laboratory sylvania in May 2008. As in 1970 from both Columbia (electrical engineering) flavors, which are of importance in the search for Citation: “For his role in the discovery of quark an undergraduate at Penn, physics beyond the standard model. Datta studied the physics of and Queens College, New York (liberal arts). Fol- number of scaling in the elliptic flow of hadrons in lowing two years at General Atomics (1975-1977), nucleus-nucleus collisions, and its interpretation electrons at the nanoscale in he joined the faculty at Wisconsin, where he is now

APS Prizes and Awards 3 a professor of physics. He joined Yale as a postdoctoral researcher in 1995 and became known as the NAG/FRAG (Nucleation and ion quantum computing currently directs both the became a faculty member in 1998. Growth to Fragmentation) methodology. Over the group of Chris Monroe at MST experiment in plasma next 30 years, he and colleagues applied this method- the University of Michigan. physics and fusion research, Maria Goeppert Mayer Award ology to measurement and modeling of both dynamic Moehring’s graduate disser- and quasi-static material failure applications. tation presents a theoretical and the Center for Magnetic Saskia Mioduszewski Self-Organization in Labora- and experimental realization Cyclotron Institute for the entanglement of two tory and Astrophysical Plas- Leo Szilard Lectureship Award mas, a multi-institutional Citation: “For her pioneering contributions to the trapped atomic ions, includ- center supported under the observation of jet quenching and her continuing efforts Raymond Jeanloz ing the first explicit demon- stration of quantum entanglement between a single NSF Physics Frontier Centers program. His research to understand high- p_T phenomena in relativistic University of California, Berkeley heavy- ion collisions.” trapped ion and its single emitted photon, as well as focuses on basic plasma physics, fusion plasma phys- Citation: “For contributions to development of the entanglement between two macroscopically sepa- ics (particularly magnetic confinement) and, recently, Saskia Mioduszewski sound public policy for nuclear weapons management rated trapped ions. In addition to their promise for is an experimental nuclear and nuclear non-proliferation.” connections between lab and astrophysical plasmas. scalable quantum information processing, these re- physicist interested in ultra- Michael C. Zarnstorff Raymond Jeanloz, a sults provide evidence for the completeness of quan- relativistic heavy-ion colli- is a Principal Research Phys- professor of Earth and Plan- tum mechanics via demonstration of Bell inequality sions. She received her B.S. icist at the Princeton Plasma etary Science and of As- violations. in physics and mathematics Physics Laboratory. He was tronomy at the University of in 1994 from North Caro- named a Distinguished Re- California, Berkeley, chairs lina State University and search Fellow by the labora- the National Academy of Outstanding Doctoral Thesis in her Ph.D. in physics from tory in 1995 and teaches in Sciences’ Committee on Beam Physics Award (2008) the University of Tennessee. Starting as a Postdoc- the astrophysics department International Security and toral Research Associate in 2000, she worked at Rama Calaga of Princeton University. He Arms Control that focuses Brookhaven National Laboratory on the PHENIX Brookhaven National Laboratory received his Ph.D. in physics from the University on scientist-to-scientist dia- Experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider of Wisconsin-Madison (1984). Zarnstorff is an ex- logs around the world on topics ranging from nuclear Citation: “For his dissertation about (RHIC). In 2005, she moved to Texas A&M Univer- perimental plasma physicist with interest in the ba- weapons and non-proliferation to biological threats characterization and correction of RHIC’s transverse sity as an assistant professor and became a member sic physics of plasma confinement and configuration and counter-terrorism. His scientific research has fo- optics and beam dynamics and about design of an of the STAR Collaboration at RHIC, where she con- optimization. His research included the first observa- cused on the properties of materials at high pressures Ampere Class SRF gun and cavity.” tinues to pursue her interest in high-energy heavy-ion tion and systematic study of the bootstrap current, and temperatures and on the constitution and evolu- collisions. Rama Calaga obtained investigations of neoclassical and turbulent transport, tion of planetary interiors. After completing his bach- transport barriers, and the confinement and stability a B.S. in physics and minor elor’s degree (Amherst College, 1975), he received in mathematics (2000) from of different magnetic field configurations. He led the Nicholson Medal for his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology National Compact Stellarator Experiment physics Truman State University. Human Outreach in 1979, and joined the faculty of Harvard University He completed his Ph.D. in group and was one of the leaders of the TFTR experi- before moving to UC Berkeley in 1981. mental program. He has collaborated on experiments Katepalli R. Sreenivasan physics at Stony Brook Uni- across the US and in Germany, Japan, and the UK. ICTP versity in 2006. His Ph.D. John Wheatley Award work on “RHIC optics char- Citation: “For his commitment to mentoring acterization & Ampere class John H. Dillon Medal for students and junior colleagues and his significant Carlos R. Ordonez superconducting linacs” was Research in Polymer Physics contributions to fostering international collaborations University of Houston supervised by Ilan Ben-Zvi and Steve Peggs, who are and promoting the advancement and education of early Citation: “For his extensive contributions to research staff members at Brookhaven National Lab Venkat Ganesan career scientists from the developing world.” and professors of physics at Stony Brook University. University of Texas developing physics throughout Latin America, and Katepalli R. Sreenivasan especially for his work with the World Laboratory to His research was awarded the Stony Brook’s Presi- Citation: “For exceptional contributions to joined Yale University in expand its efforts on US-Latin American exchange and dent’s Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students in innovative computer simulation approaches and 1979 on its teaching faculty, cooperation.” May 2006. He is currently a TOOHIG fellow under analysis of equilibrium and dynamic properties following his education the US-LARP program to aid in commissioning and Carlos R. Ordóñez got of multicomponent polymetric materials and and post-doctoral work in upgrade studies of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) his B.S. in physics at the nanocomposites.” India, Australia and at the at CERN. University of Panama in Johns Hopkins University. Venkat Ganesan is an 1979 and his Ph.D. in phys- Associate Professor in the In 2002, he moved to the Nicholas Metropolis Award for University of Maryland as ics at the University of Texas Department of Chemical in 1986. He has taught and Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Work Engineering at the Univer- the Director of the Institute done research at the Uni- in Computational Physics sity of Texas at Austin. He of Physical Science and Technology. A year and a half versity of Texas at Austin; obtained his bachelor’s de- later, he took up his current position as the Director Chao Cao The Rockefeller University; gree in chemical engineer- of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in University of Florida ing from the Indian Institute Trieste, Italy, where he also holds the Abdus Salam New York University; Vanderbilt University; The In- ADVISOR: Hai-Ping Cheng of Technology, Madras, and Research Professorship. His research interests are pri- stitute for Advanced Study at Princeton; The Kavli his master’s degree and marily in fluid dynamics, but they have also touched Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Citation: “For First-Principles and Multi-Scale Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Massachu- on a few other areas of physics. Santa Barbara; the University of Houston, and has Modeling of Nano-Scale Systems.” had short-term visits to many other institutions. He setts Institute of Technology. Subsequently, he spent Chao Cao earned his directed a World Laboratory Center at the University 2 years as a postdoctoral research associate at the Francis Pipkin Award bachelor’s degree in physics Materials Research Laboratories at the University of of Houston from 1998-2006. He does research in Zheng-Tian Lu at Fudan University, Shang- California at Santa Barbara before joining UT Austin high-energy theory with emphasis on quantum field hai, China, in 2003, when Argonne National Laboratory in 2001. Ganesan’s research interests center on the theory and aspects of quantum gravity and black hole he entered the University of development of models and simulation approaches Citation: “For development of techniques to laser thermodynamics. He has made important contribu- Florida for graduate study in for predicting the equilibrium and dynamical prop- cool and trap rare and radioactive atomic species; and tions to theoretical nuclear physics (chiral lagrangian physics. Under the supervi- erties of multicomponent polymeric materials and for applications of these techniques ranging from trace approach). sion of Hai-Ping Cheng, Cao polymer nanocomposites. More recently, his research isotope analysis to tests of fundamental symmetries.” worked on mechanical, elec- has started making forays into the structure-property Zheng-Tian Lu is a Se- DISSERTATION AWARDS tronic, and transport proper- relationships in polymers used for fuel cell and or- ties of quasi-one-dimensional wires and on effects of ganic photovoltaic applications. nior Scientist in the Physics Division of Argonne Nation- external fields and environments. Cao developed a al Laboratory and a Profes- Andreas Acrivos Dissertation Award parallel computing framework for execution of mul- Excellence in Physics Education sor (part-time) in the Physics in Fluid Dynamics (2008) tiple codes that allows multi-scale and multi- phe- nomena modeling and simulation. Cao has mastered Award Department and Enrico Fer- John Ryan Taylor mi Institute of The Univer- a number of theoretical and computational methods Two Year College Workshop Team (Curtis Massachusetts Institute of Technology and worked on nano-magnets and high T materials sity of Chicago. He received c Hieggelke, Tom O’Kuma, David Maloney) a B.Sc. from the University Citation: “Numerical Simulations of the Stratified during his Ph.D. studies. Cao received his Ph.D. in of Science and Technology of China in 1987, and a Oceanic Bottom Boundary Layer.” physics in 2008. He is continuing his work in com- putational physics in the areas of nano-scale sciences, Citation: “For leadership in introducing physicists Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley John R. Taylor received condensed matter, and materials. in two-year colleges to new instructional methods, in in 1994. He was a postdoc at JILA prior to joining a B.S. in engineering phys- developing new materials based on physics education Argonne in 1997. Throughout his career, Lu has been ics from Santa Clara Uni- research, and in fostering faculty networking, particularly developing novel techniques of laser manipulation versity in 2001. He spent the Nuclear Physics Dissertation Award in two-year colleges.” and laser spectroscopy of atoms, and applying these following year as a UCAR techniques to ultrasensitive trace analysis, studying Thomas I. Banks visiting scientist at the Na- University of California, Berkeley nuclear structure, and testing fundamental symme- vy’s Fleet Numerical Me- Joseph Keithley Award for tries. teorology and Oceanogra- Steven M. Clayton Advances in Measurement Science phy Center before starting University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign graduate school in the De- Robert Schoelkopf Citation: “For measurement of the rate of muon Shock Compression Award partment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Yale University capture in hydrogen gas and determination of the Donald Curran at the University of California, San Diego in 2002. He proton’s pseudoscalar coupling.” Citation: “For development of techniques for high SRI International received his Ph.D. in 2008. His thesis work on strati- frequency measurements of mesoscopic physics and fied bottom boundary layers was advised by Sutanu Thomas I. Banks re- Citation: “For his pioneering contributions to quantum noise, including the radio-frequency single- Sarkar. Taylor is currently working with Raffaele Fer- ceived an A.B. in 1999 the fundamental understanding of dynamic failure of electron transistor and absolute thermometry based on rari as an NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral from Cornell University. materials and the incorporation of this understanding electron shot-noise.” Fellow in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and into successful theories and models of material Banks then entered gradu- Planetary Sciences at MIT. His current research inter- Robert J. Schoelkopf, response.” ate school at the University the William A. Norton Pro- ests include turbulence in the ocean and atmosphere, of California, Berkeley. In Donald Curran is a Se- fessor of Applied Physics internal wave dynamics, and physical-biological in- 2001 he joined the Berke- nior Staff Scientist Emeritus and Physics at Yale Univer- teractions. ley group collaborating on with SRI International. He sity, is noted for his research the MuCap experiment, received his B.S. in phys- on quantum transport, single- which sought to make a precision measurement of ics from Iowa State College Outstanding Doctoral Thesis electron devices and charge in 1953, and an M.S. and the muon capture rate in hydrogen gas in order to dynamics in nanostructures. Research in Atomic, Molecular and a Ph.D. in physics in 1956 resolve the controversy surrounding the value of He and his laboratory in- Optical Physics Award (2008) and 1960, respectively, from the nucleon’s electroweak pseudoscalar coupling. vented the Radio-Frequency Washington State Universi- David Moehring Banks received a Ph.D. in 2007 for his disserta- Single-Electron Transistor, an electrometer capable of ty. After receiving his M.S., Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics tion describing the results of his analysis of the measuring sub-electron charges on nanosecond tim- and during the summers while pursuing his Ph.D., first MuCap data. Banks is currently a postdoctoral escales. In 2007, a team of scientists led by Schoelko- Citation: “Remote Entanglement of Trapped he worked at SRI. From 1962 to 1967 he worked at researcher at Berkeley, where he has developed a pf and Steven Girvin engineered a superconducting Atomic Ions.” the Norwegian Defense Research Establishment near new calibration system for the KamLAND neutrino communication bus to store and transfer information David Moehring attended Purdue University as Oslo, Norway, and thereafter at the Ernst Mach Insti- experiment and contributes to the CUORE neutri- between distant qubits on a chip. Schoelkopf earned an undergraduate. Moehring received his bachelor’s tute in Freiburg, Germany before returning to SRI in noless double beta decay experiment. a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and a degree in honors applied physics with highest distinc- 1970. At that time a group of scientists was develop- Steven M. Clayton received a B.Sc. in physics Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology. He tion in 2001, and shortly thereafter joined the trapped ing a new approach to fracture mechanics, which later from University of Minnesota in 1997. He earned

4 APS Prizes and Awards his Ph.D. in physics from Marshall N. Rosenbluth Outstanding eXperiment (MRX) in the Princeton Plasma Physics He received his Ph.D. in 2007 the University of Illinois in Doctoral Thesis Award (2008) Laboratory, studying non-MHD effects during mag- from Princeton University. 2007. At Illinois, Clayton netic reconnection. His dissertation work experimen- His thesis work was com- tally verified the Hall Effect and identified the elec- performed an independent Yang Ren pleted on the MiniBooNE data analysis of the Mu- University of Wisconsin tron diffusion region during magnetic reconnection. Ren received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in experiment at Fermilab, Cap experiment–which Citation: “For experimental characterization of 2007. Ren then joined the Madison Symmetric Torus which looked to confirm or measured the capture rate collisionless magnetic reconnection in a laboratory (MST) group at the University of Wisconsin-Madi- refute the unexplained neu- of the negative muon on plasma, including the out-of-plane Hall effect magnetic son. He is currently studying magnetic turbulence in trino oscillation signal hinted the proton–after contrib- field and the diffusive electron out-of-flow channel.” MST, particularly high frequency magnetic fluctua- at by earlier results from the LSND experiment at Los uting to MuCap’s construction, commissioning, tions. Alamos. Patterson’s dissertation presented an analysis and first-physics data collection. After completion Yang Ren received his bachelor’s degree in applied of MiniBooNE’s first complete neutrino data set. His of his Ph.D., Clayton joined an effort to measure physics from the University Mitsuyoshi Tanaka Dissertation Award analysis, which showed no evidence for LSND-like the electric dipole moment of the neutron (the of Science and Technology nEDM collaboration) and became a postdoctoral in Experimental Particle Physics two-flavor oscillations, required the development of China in 2000. He was of many calibration, simulation, and reconstruction researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory, awarded the Guo Moruo Ryan B. Patterson where he continues to work on nEDM as well as Scholarship, the highest California Institute of Technology techniques to achieve sufficient sensitivity to make an experiment to measure the neutron beta decay honor for undergraduates, a definitive statement. Patterson is now a Tolman in 1999, and he received an Citation: “A Search for Muon Neutrino to Electron Postdoctoral Scholar at Caltech, where he continues asymmetry using ultracold neutrons. 2 2 excellent undergraduate the- Neutrino Oscillations at Δm > 0.1 (eV) .” investigating the unknowns of the neutrino sector sis award in 2000. Ren did Ryan Patterson received a bachelor of science through two long-baseline neutrino experiments, MI- his Ph.D. thesis work at the magnetic Reconnection from the California Institute of Technology in 2000. NOS and NOvA. APS Council Announces 2008 APS Fellows The APS Council elected the following as Fellows of the Society at its November 2008 meeting. The names and citations of the new APS fellows are listed below. Nominations for fellowship are received at the APS headquarters throughout the year, and are forwarded for review to the appropriate division, topical group or forum fellowship committees. The deadline for the various units appear on page 8 of this insert, and are posted on the web. Fellowship nomination forms may be completed on the web at (http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/nominations.cfm). Information for completing the form is available at (http://www.aps. org/programs/honors/fellowships/nomination-requirements.cfm).

Akerib, Daniel and polymers. Nominated by: Polymer Physics (DPOLY) Nominated by: Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP) ser and z-pinch plasma physics, dedicated service to the profes- sional community, and leadership in promoting laboratory and Case Western Reserve University Belcher, John Chakraborty, Bulbul Citation: For significant contributions to direct Dark Matter university collaborations. Nominated by: Plasma Physics (DPP) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Brandeis University detection experiments, in particular for his work on the CDMS Citation: For developing 3D electromagnetic field visualization Citation: For important theoretical contributions to diverse ar- Crowell, Paul experiment. Nominated by: Particles and Fields (DPF) tools and for the creation and large-scale implementation of a eas of condensed matter physics, including frustrated magnets, University of Minnesota Alam, Muhammad studio-based, active learning version of introductory physics, diffusion of light particles in metals, the glass transition, and Citation: For the application of elegant optical and transport Purdue University TEAL. Nominated by: Education (FEd) jamming in granular systems. Nominated by: Condensed Matter techniques to the study of spin dynamics and transport in metals Citation: For fundamental contributions to and innovative Physics (DCMP) and semiconductors and experiments probing the excitation Beltram, Fabio spectra of inhomogeneously magnetized systems, particularly computational models for Electronic Transport in Spatially and Scuola Normale Superiore Chamon, Claudio Temporally Random Systems. Nominated by: Industrial and magnetic vortices. Nominated by: Magnetism & Its Applications Citation: For major contributions to nanophysics, including Boston University Applied Physics (FIAP) (GMAG) studies of semiconductor nanostructures and in molecular bio- Citation: For his important theoretical work on the probing of Albers, Robert C. physics, and for leadership in promoting the international reach fractional charge and statistics in strongly correlated systems. Dahl, Jens Los Alamos National Laboratory of Italian research. Nominated by: International Physics (FIP) Nominated by: Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP) Technical University of Denmark Citation: For his pioneering work on quantum chemistry and Citation: For his pioneering work on the theory of f-electron Ben-Naim, Eli Chandrasekhar, Venkat elements and materials, and its implementation of into robust its interplay with Wigner phase-space including fundamental Los Alamos National Laboratory Northwestern University computational methods for use by experimentalists to interpret questions of quantum mechanics such as the spinning electron. Citation: For broad contributions to granular physics, traffic Citation: For significant contributions to transport in mesoscop- Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure spectra. Nominated Nominated by: Atomic, Molecular, & Optical Physics (DAMOP) flows, and non-equilibrium statistical physics. Nominated by: ic systems. Nominated by: Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP) by: Computational Physics (DCOMP) Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP) Dai, Pengcheng Chang, Zenghu University of Tennessee Aleiner, Igor Benz, Samuel Columbia University Kansas State University Citation: For his contribution to understand fundamental NIST Citation: For contributions to the development of femtosecond Citation: For important contributions to the theory of low- properties of magnetic excitations in high-transition tempera- Citation: For inventing and developing the first Josephson x-ray streak cameras, to the stabilization of the carrier-envelope dimensional and mesoscopic conductors. Nominated by: ture superconductors, f-electron heavy Fermions, and colossal junction array arbitrary waveform synthesizer and using it as phase of high-power lasers, and to the generation of high-order Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP) magneto-resistance manganites. Nominated by: Magnetism & a practical quantum-based ac voltage standard. Nominated by: harmonics and attosecond pulses. Nominated by: Laser Science Its Applications (GMAG) Alexandrov, Alexandre Instrument & Measurement Science (GIMS) (DLS) Danielewicz, Pawel Loughborough University Berman, Michael Chen, Jian-Ping Citation: For important and broad-ranging contributions to the Michigan State University Air Force Office of Science Research Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility theory of correlated electron systems. Nominated by: Condensed Citation: For outstanding contributions to the theory of Citation: For his outstanding leadership, advocacy, and support Citation: For his contributions to understanding the spin Matter Physics (DCMP) quantum transport, particle production in nuclear collisions, of physical science research and for fostering and developing structure of the neutron, through the use of a polarized Helium-3 the nuclear equation of state and the development of important Anders, Andre innovative and visionary multidisciplinary partnerships. Nomi- target. Nominated by: Hadronic Physics (GHP) new methods of analyzing experimental data. Nominated by: nated by: Physics and Society (FPS) Nuclear Physics (DNP) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Chen, Long-Qing Citation: For pioneering contributions to the physics and Biferale, Luca Pennsylvania State University Deen, M. Jamal technology of cathodic arc plasmas and their applications. University Tor Vergata Citation: For pioneering contributions to the field of compu- Nominated by: Plasma Physics (DPP) McMaster University Citation: For his original applications of multifractal concepts, tational materials physics in developing models for mesocale Citation: For significant contributions to noise and physics- Antiochos, Spiro numerical simulations, and models to obtain insight into the microstructure evolution during solid-state phase transforma- based modeling of semiconductor devices and innovations in NASA/GSFC dynamics of fully developed turbulence. Nominated by: Statisti- tions. Nominated by: Materials Physics (DMP) experiments. Nominated by: Industrial and Applied Physics cal & Nonlinear Physics (GSNP) (FIAP) Citation: In recognition of his far-reaching scientific contribu- Cheshnovsky, Ori tions to solar astrophysics, among them several compelling Blaum, Klaus Tel Aviv University Derevianko, Andrei models explaining a variety of phenomena originating in the in- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik Citation: For establishing negative ion photoelectron spectros- teractions between magnetic fields and plasmas, and his service University of Nevada Citation: For contribution to high-precision experiments with copy as a central tool for the investigation of electronic states in to the international solar and space physics communities. Citation: For elucidating the role of the Breit interaction in cooled and stored ions, especially high-precision mass spec- mass-selected clusters. Nominated by: Laser Science (DLS) Nominated by: Plasma Astrophysics (GPAP) atomic parity non-conservation, demonstrating the impor- trometry on highly-charged ions and short-lived radio-nuclides, tance of higher-order non-dipole corrections in low-energy Childress, William S. Argyriou, Dimitri and laser spectroscopy and magnetic moment measurements photoionization, and for pioneering calculations of higher-order Hahn-Meitner Inst Berlin for fundamental studies. Nominated by: Precision Measurement New York University many-body corrections to atomic energies and matrix elements. Citation: For pioneering contributions to dynamo theory, Citation: For important applications of neutron and x-ray and Fundamental Constants (GPMFC) Nominated by: Atomic, Molecular, & Optical Physics (DAMOP) geophysical fluid dynamics and biological fluid mechanics scattering which reveal the relationships between crystal and Bless, Stephen including locomotion. Nominated by: Fluid Dynamics (DFD) Devereaux, Thomas magnetic structure and physical properties in perovskite-based Institute of Advance Technology Stanford University CMR. Nominated by: Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP) Ching, Wai-Yim Citation: For experimental and analytical studies of dynamic Citation: For significant contributions to the theories of Baksay, Laszlo failure in poly-crystalline ceramics, glasses, and heavy metals, University of Missouri inelastic light scattering and angle-resolved photoemission Florida Institute of Technology and the application of those results to improved understand- Citation: For his contributions to the theory and methods of spectroscopies in strongly correlated systems. Nominated by: electronic structure and spectroscopic properties of materials, Citation: For his contributions to high energy physics, leader- ing of armor/anti-armor phenomena. Nominated by: Shock Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP) especially in complex ceramic crystals and their microstructures ship of international collaborations especially in bringing the Compression of Condensed Matter (GSCCM) including grain boundaries, interfaces and defects. Nominated Diddams, Scott Hungarian physics community into the international enterprise, Brown, Michael R. by: Materials Physics (DMP) NIST innovations and activities in science education and many efforts Swarthmore College for the APS international program and the Forum on Interna- Citation: For major contributions to the development of optical Citation: For experimental studies of magnetic reconnection Chu, Paul K. tional Physics. Nominated by: International Physics (FIP) frequency comb technology, and particularly for pioneering and for unusual mentoring skills, especially training undergrad- City University of Hong Kong demonstrations of frequency combs in optical clocks, high Baldwin, Kenneth uates to be skilled researchers in plasma physics. Nominated by: Citation: For seminal contributions to the understanding of resolution spectroscopy, and tests of basic physics. Nominated Australian National University Plasma Physics (DPP) plasma - materials interactions as well as development and by: Laser Science (DLS) applications of innovative plasma-based surface modification Citation: For seminal contributions to quantum-atom optics and Brunger, Michael and materials synthesis technologies and instrumentation. Domaradzki, Julian A. precision laser spectroscopy, organization of major internation- Flinders University Nominated by: Plasma Physics (DPP) al efforts to study these problems, and outstanding professional University of Southern California Citation: For benchmark measurements of electron scattering Citation: For insightful contributions to the development of leadership. Nominated by: International Physics (FIP) Coe, James V. from molecules, specifically concerning absolute collision cross subgrid-scale algorithms for computational fluid dynamics and Barkley, Dwight sections and electron momentum spectroscopy. Nominated by: Ohio State University, Columbus for their use to illuminate the physics of the energy transfer University of Warwick Atomic, Molecular, & Optical Physics (DAMOP) Citation: For his pioneering work in the study of hydrated elec- between eddy scales in large eddy simulations of turbulent flow tron clusters, ion solvation, ion absorption spectroscopy, cation/ Citation: For combining computation and dynamical systems fields. Nominated by: Fluid Dynamics (DFD) Bruschweiler, Rafael anion recombination, doubly-charged fullerene anions, and analyses to obtain remarkable insights into hydrodynamic Florida State University surface-plasmon mediated transmission of metal microarrays. Dowling, Jonathan P. instabilities and patterns in diverse systems, including flow past Citation: For fundamental contributions to methodology and Nominated by: Chemical Physics (DCP) a cylinder, channel flow, laminar-turbulent bands, and thermal Louisiana State University applications of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in Citation: For major contributions to quantum optics as it per- convection. Nominated by: Fluid Dynamics (DFD) Conway, John S. combination with novel computational approaches for the tains to the development of the theory of atomic emission rates Basaran, Osman A. dynamic characterization of proteins in solution. Nominated by: University of California, Davis and nonlinear switching in photonic crystals, as well as seminal Purdue University Biological Physics (DBP) Citation: For outstanding contributions in the search for the contributions to quantum metrology and imaging, especially Higgs boson and physics beyond the Standard Model at high Citation: For computational, theoretical, and experimental the invention of quantum lithography. Nominated by: Atomic, Burrows, Philip energy particle accelerators. Nominated by: Particles and work on improving fundamental understanding of pinch-off Molecular, & Optical Physics (DAMOP) University of London Fields (DPF) singularities, drop formation, and electrohydrodynamics, and Citation: For his leading contributions to precision studies of Doyle, Mark D. for development of nonstandard inkjet printing applications. quantum chromodynamics in the light and heavy quark sectors, Costley, Alan Nominated by: Fluid Dynamics (DFD) American Physical Society based on polarized Z0 decays recorded with the SLD experiment ITER Organization Citation: In recognition of his distinguished and dedicated ser- Batelaan, Herman at SLAC. Nominated by: Particles and Fields (DPF) Citation: For his pioneering contributions to the physics under- vice to electronic access and communication of physics results University of Nebraska standing of electron cyclotron emission in fusion plasmas, and to the community, and for his essential role in making the APS Caldwell, Robert his outstanding leadership in developing the plasma diagnostic Citation: For outstanding contributions to electron matter Journals from 1893 to the present available on our desktops. Dartmouth College systems for ITER. Nominated by: Plasma Physics (DPP) optics, in particular the measurements of the Kapitza-Dirac Nominated by: APS Citation: For his numerous contributions to theoretical cosmol- effect and elucidation of the Aharonov-Bohm effect. Nominated ogy, particularly those on pioneering ideas for dark energy. Covello, Aldo Elber, Ron by: Atomic, Molecular, & Optical Physics (DAMOP) Nominated by: Astrophysics (DAP) Univ. di Napoli Federico II University of Texas, Austin Citation: For perfecting the theory of pairing correlations, for Baur, Ulrich Carlip, Steven Citation: For contributions to computational chemical physics, SUNY-Buffalo showing that the nucleon-nucleon potential leads to predic- through the development and application of algorithms and University of California, Davis tions for nuclei far from stability, and for his outstanding Citation: For contributions to precision electroweak physics, theories for the static and dynamic behavior of macromolecules, Citation: For contributions to black hole physics and to gravity contributions to the international nuclear physics community especially the phenomenology of electroweak gauge bosons at including methods for the simulation of long time events in in 2+1 dimensions. Nominated by: Gravitation (GGR) by providing, for over two decades, a venue for theorists and hadron colliders. Nominated by: Particles and Fields (DPF) complex systems. Nominated by: Chemical Physics (DCP) experimentalists to share their latest ideas. Nominated by: Cebe, Peggy Beaucage, Gregory International Physics (FIP) Engheta, Nader Tufts University University of Cincinnati University of Pennsylvania Citation: For use of heat capacity, dielectric relaxation, and X- Coverdale, Christine Citation: For development of the unified scattering function and Citation: For development of concepts of metamaterial-inspired ray scattering to study semicrystalline polymer and biopolymer Sandia National Laboratory related work in small angle scattering from disordered materials optical lumped nanocircuits, and for ground breaking contribu- materials, and for work with Deaf and hard of hearing students. Citation: For exceptional experimental achievements in both la-

APS Prizes and Awards 5 tions to the fields of metamaterials, plasmonic nano-optics, Gurevich, Alexander V. Kennefick, Daniel Lueptow, Richard M. biologically-inspired imaging, and electrodynamics. Nominated Florida State University University of Arkansas Northwestern University by: Laser Science (DLS) Citation: For significant contributions to the theory of super- Citation: For his enthusiastically reviewed book, “Traveling Citation: For careful experiments and simulations in a broad Fan, Shanhui conductivity, particularly the effect of crystalline defects on at the Speed of Thought,” for his associate editorship of the range of areas including granular flow, Taylor Couette flow, Stanford University critical currents, vortex dynamics, and upper critical fields of Einstein papers and for his articles including “Einstein versus physical acoustics, turbulent flow, membrane filtration, and high-temperature superconductors and MgB . Nominated by: the Physical Review.” Nominated by: History of Physics (FHP) sprays as well as noteworthy service to the Division of Fluid Citation: Contributions to the theory and applications of nano- 2 Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP) Dynamics. Nominated by: Fluid Dynamics (DFD) photonic structures and devices, including photonic crystals, Kes, Peter plasmonics and meta-materials. Nominated by: Laser Science Hammack, William S. Leiden University Luke, Graeme (DLS) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Citation: For his outstanding contributions to physics of vortex McMaster University Fasoli, Ambrogio Citation: For enhancing public awareness about physics, sci- matter in disordered superconductors. Nominated by: Con- Citation: For the study of exotic magnetism and supercon- EPFL-Lausanne ence, and technology via his radio commentaries and for his densed Matter Physics (DCMP) ductivity using muon spin rotation techniques. Nominated by: governmental service at the State Department. Nominated by: Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP) Citation: For fundamental experimental research on plasma Physics and Society (FPS) Khomskii, Daniel wave phenomena including the dynamics of Alfven wave University of Koeln Luzar, Alenka eignemodes in Tokamaks. Nominated by: Plasma Physics (DPP) Hansmann, Ulrich H. Citation: For important contributions to the theory of strongly Virginia Commonwealth University Forest, Cary Michigan Technological University correlated electron systems, especially the study of orbital Citation: For her elegant and pioneering contributions to fun- University of Wisconsin Citation: For pioneering protein simulations, innovative con- ordering. Nominated by: Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP) damental theory of aqueous interfaces, dynamics of hydrogen tributions to computational algorithms and their applications bonds in condensed phase systems, phase behavior of confined Citation: For broad and fundamental advances in plasma to Biological Physics. Nominated by: Computational Physics Kneisel, Peter water, and kinetics of aqueous self-assembly. Nominated by: physics, from electromagnetic wave propagation and transport (DCOMP) Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Chemical Physics (DCP) processes in fusion plasmas to dynamo effects underlying Citation: For pioneering contributions to superconducting rf geomagnetic and astrophysical magnetic field generation. Harris, Richard science and technology through a wide range of research and MacKinnon, Andy Nominated by: Plasma Physics (DPP) NIST development advances. Nominated by: Physics of Beams (DPB) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Citation: For creating remarkable and practical measurements Citation: For pioneering experimental studies of interactions of Forgacs, Gabor Kodama, Ryosuke University of Missouri and standards based on superconducting integrated circuits intense laser pulses with matter and in particular, the physics through technical leadership and personal contributions. Nomi- Osaka University and applications of short pulse laser driven proton beams. Citation: For his original contributions to the elucidation of nated by: Industrial and Applied Physics (FIAP) Citation: For unique and original studies on fast ignition and Nominated by: Plasma Physics (DPP) physical mechanisms in early morphogenesis, intracellular pioneering effort on high energy plasma photonics. Nominated signaling, establishment of the technology of organ printing, Hasenfratz, Anna by: Plasma Physics (DPP) Malik, Mujeeb R. as well as for his synergistic and educational activity to bridge University of Colorado NSAS/Langley Research Center the gap between the physical and life sciences. Nominated by: Citation: For her studies of nonperturbative behavior in Kondo, Jun Citation: For pioneering contributions to the understanding Biological Physics (DBP) quantum field theory, including quantum chromodynamics 21st Century Medicine Inc of the breakdown of cross flow vortices in three-dimensional Forrest, James A. and models for electroweak symmetry breaking, using lattice Citation: For the discovery of the mechanism for the resistance boundary layers, attachment-line and hypersonic boundary minimum in metals with magnetic impurities, universally known University of Waterloo discretization and renormalization group methods. Nominated layer instability including real gas effects, and developing by: Particles and Fields (DPF) as “the Kondo effect”. Nominated by: Condensed Matter Phys- physics-based methods for the prediction of laminar-turbulent Citation: For pioneering work in the dynamics of confined ics (DCMP) transition. Nominated by: Fluid Dynamics (DFD) polymers and polymer surfaces. Nominated by: Polymer Phys- Hayes, Dennis ics (DPOLY) Retired Konigsberg, Jacobo Malka, Victor Forrest, Stephen Citation: For pioneering work into the nature of shock wave University of Florida ENSTA Citation: For his contributions to the discovery and studies of University of Michigan induced phase transitions in a broad range of materials and Citation: For important experimental contributions to the the development of multi-phase equations-of-state (EOS) for the Top quark, and for his leadership in the CDF experiment. development of compact laser plasma accelerators and non- Citation: For contributions to the fundamental understanding of materials that can be used in computer codes for large scale Nominated by: Particles and Fields (DPF) linear laser-plasma interactions. Nominated by: Plasma Physics the thin film growth, and physics of excitons in organic materi- simulations. Nominated by: Shock Compression of Condensed (DPP) als, leading to the demonstration of high efficiency organic light Matter (GSCCM) Koochesfahani, Manoochehr M. emitting devices, organic photovoltaics and organic lasers. Michigan State University Marder, Seth R. Nominated by: Materials Physics (DMP) Heinson, Ann Citation: For his pioneering contributions to the development of Georgia Institute of Technology Fox, John University of California, Riverside experimental techniques including laser induced fluorescence, Citation: For seminal contributions to the understanding of the Citation: For leadership in the search for single top quark pro- molecular tagging velocimetry and thermometry, and quantum relationship between molecular structure and nonlinear optical SLAC duction and significant contributions to experimental single top dot imaging, and for his fundamental studies of turbulent mix- properties of organic materials. Nominated by: Materials Phys- Citation: For leadership in developing instrumentation and quark physics. Nominated by: Particles and Fields (DPF) ing. Nominated by: Fluid Dynamics (DFD) ics (DMP) instability control systems for colliders and light sources, for applying control formalism to accelerator problems, and for Hengehold, Robert Kotwal, Ashutosh Markert, John developing novel beam instruments and new formalisms. Nomi- Air Force Institute of Technology Duke University University of Texas nated by: Physics of Beams (DPB) Citation: For pioneering contributions to semiconductor Citation: For his precision measurements of the mass of the Citation: For the synthesis and study of magnetic and super- Fredrickson, Eric material characterization, over 30 years of distinguished and W boson at the Tevatron. Nominated by: Particles and Fields conducting materials, particularly electron-doped copper-oxide (DPF) Princeton University dedicated leadership in the development of graduate applied superconductors. Nominated by: Condensed Matter Physics physics programs for military officers, and service to the physics (DCMP) Citation: For many contributions to the physics of MHD community through APS sectional meetings specifically on Krausch, Georg instabilities in tokamaks, including pioneering experimental applied and industrial physics. Nominated by: Industrial and Johannes-Gutenberg University Mason, Thomas G. studies of magnetic reconnection, ballooning modes, resistive Applied Physics (FIAP) Citation: For his insightful research on the thin film behavior University of California, Los Angeles instabilities, and fast-ion-driven Alfven instabilities. Nominated of block copolymers and polymer mixtures. Nominated by: Citation: For pioneering the approach of microrheology of by: Plasma Physics (DPP) Horowitz, Charles J. Polymer Physics (DPOLY) complex fluids based on the thermal diffusion of probe colloids. Indiana University Nominated by: Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP) Fryer, Chris Kravchenko, Sergey Los Alamos National Laboratory Citation: For seminal and sustained contributions to relativistic descriptions of nuclei, nuclear reactions, and dense matter. Northeastern University Matsen, Mark W. Citation: For his leadership in and contributions to theoretical Nominated by: Nuclear Physics (DNP) Citation: For significant contributions to the field of metal- University of Reading and computational high energy astrophysics through multidi- insulator transitions of electrons confined to two dimensions in Citation: For seminal contributions to the development and mensional simulations that demonstrated the importance of Hughes, John P. silicon. Nominated by: Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP) implementation of the self-consistent field theory for block- three-dimensional convection and neutrino transport in core- Rutgers University copolymer materials and polymeric brushes. collapse supernovae explosions. Nominated by: Astrophysics Citation: For seminal contributions to the development of the Krennrich, Frank Nominated by: Polymer Physics (DPOLY) (DAP) Chandra X-ray Observatory and for pioneering studies of the Iowa State University Citation: For scientific contributions and the development of Matveev, Konstantin Fu, Chong Long origin of Galactic cosmic rays using the structure and evolution of supernova remnants. Nominated by: Astrophysics (DAP) sensitive instrumentation in high energy gamma-ray astrophys- Argonne National Laboratory Oak Ridge National Laboratory ics. Nominated by: Astrophysics (DAP) Citation: For fundamental contributions to the physics of meso- Citation: For outstanding contributions to the fundamental Hwa, Terence scopic systems, including the theory of Coulomb blockade, and understanding of the electronic, magnetic, and structural prop- University of California, San Diego Krishnamoorti, Ramanan of transport and tunneling in quantum dots and quantum wires. erties of metallic and intermetallic systems based on accurate Citation: For fundamental investigations into the statistical University of Houston Nominated by: Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP) first-principles calculations and to the development of novel physics underlying molecular biology, especially including tran- Citation: For outstanding contributions to polymer thermody- high temperature intermetallics and nanocluster strengthened scriptional regulation. Nominated by: Biological Physics (DBP) namics, and structure and properties of polymer nanocompos- McGuire, Stephen C. alloys for structural applications. Nominated by: Materials ites. Nominated by: Polymer Physics (DPOLY) Southern University and A&M College Physics (DMP) Hwang, Robert Citation: For his leadership in exploring new ways for research Sandia National Laboratory Kroll, I. Joseph physicists, traditional educators and museum professionals to Garfinkle, David Citation: For his pioneering experiments on metal-on-metal University of Pennsylvania work together to engage students and the public, particularly Oakland University epitaxy leading to fundamental advances in the understanding Citation: For major contributions to the observation and mea- under-represented groups, in the excitement of physics. Nomi- Citation: For his numerous contributions to a wide variety of the structure of thin metal films, and for his exceptional service surement of Bs-Bsbar mixing, including early recognition of the nated by: Education (FEd) topics in relativity and semiclassical gravity. Nominated by: in the advocacy of nanoscience in the United States. Nominated importance of the measurement, proposal and construction of Gravitation (GGR) by: Materials Physics (DMP) the CDF time-of-flight system to improve particle identification, Menoni, Carmen studies of B-tagging, and leadership during the final phases of Colorado State University Geisel, Theo Imai, Takashi the measurement. Nominated by: Particles and Fields (DPF) Citation: For advancing nano-scale imaging using extreme MPI for Dynamics & Self-Organization McMaster University ultraviolet laser light and seminal contributions to the under- Citation: For pioneering and sustained contributions to our Citation: For important studies of quantum magnetism and Kusenko, Alexander standing of the physics of semiconductor optical materials and understanding of transport in classic and quantum chaotic superconductivity using NMR techniques. Nominated by: Con- University of California, Los Angeles laser diodes.Nominated by: Laser Science (DLS) dynamical systems, and for applying this understanding to a densed Matter Physics (DCMP) Citation: For original and seminal contributions to particle broad range of real-world problems. Nominated by: Statistical physics, astrophysics, and cosmology, as the inventor of super- Menyuk, Curtis & Nonlinear Physics (GSNP) Jain, Ravinder K. symmetric Q-balls, proposer of mechanisms for neutrino-driven University of Maryland-Baltimore County University of New Mexico pulsar recoil, proponent of sterile neutrinos as dark matter, and Citation: For contributions to the theory of optical pulse propa- Goedeceker, Stefan A. Citation: For pioneering contributions in several areas of valued contributor to theories of baryogenesis and ultrahigh- gation, particularly in birefringent optical fiber. University of Basel applied physics, including discovery of plasmon-mediated light- energy cosmic rays. Nominated by: Particles and Fields (DPF) Nominated by: Laser Science (DLS) Citation: For his pioneering development of efficient linear emission from tunnel junctions, seminal studies of nonlinear scaling and low complexity algorithms for electronic structure optics in semiconductors and optical fibers, and the invention Kyrala, George Moler, Kathryn calculations and atomistic simulations. Nominated by: Compu- of several important ultrashort pulse lasers and fiber lasers. Los Alamos National Laboratory Stanford University tational Physics (DCOMP) Nominated by: Industrial and Applied Physics (FIAP) Citation: For outstanding experimental and theoretical contri- Citation: For important developments in scanning SQUID butions to understanding ionization and excitation processes in Goldberg, Bennett microscopies, and for their pioneering applications to uncon- Judd, O. matter, and for pioneering efforts in developing and using x-ray ventional and mesoscopic superconductivity. Nominated by: Boston University Retired produced by short-pulse laser matter interactions in ICF and Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP) Citation: For the development and application of nanoscale op- Citation: For outstanding, seminal contributions to the un- high energy density physics experiments. Nominated by: Plasma tical spectroscopy to semiconductors and biological systems and derstanding and development of high power/energy gas lasers Physics (DPP) Molmer, Klaus for the commitment to improving urban education. Nominated and their applications to laser function, laser chemistry, and University of Aarhus by: Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP) national defense. Nominated by: APS Laguna, Pablo Citation: For his outstanding and insightful contributions Georgia Institute of Technology to theoretical quantum optics, quantum information science Golowich, Eugene Kailasanath, Kazhikathra Citation: For his various contributions to numerical relativity and quantum atom optics, including the development of novel University of Massachusetts Naval Research Lab and computational astrophysics. Nominated by: Astrophysics computational methods to treat open systems in quantum me- Citation: For extensive contributions to the development and Citation: For contributions to advanced computational tech- (DAP) chanics and theoretical proposals for the quantum logic gates understanding of the Standard Model, particularly through the niques and basic understanding of the dynamics of chemically with trapped ions. Nominated by: Atomic, Molecular, & Optical calculations elucidating the interplay of the strong and weak in- reactive flows and their application in design, analysis, and Lanzara, Alessandra Physics (DAMOP) teractions and the application of chiral and dispersive methods. performance of propulsion concepts. University of California, Berkeley Nominated by: Particles and Fields (DPF) Nominated by: Fluid Dynamics (DFD) Citation: For important contributions to the physics of highly Mtingwa, Sekazi correlated materials using photoemission spectroscopy. Nomi- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Goodman, Maury C. Kalogera, Vassiliki nated by: Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP) Citation: For his definitive treatment of Intrabeam scattering, Argonne National Laboratory Northwestern University his contributions to the wakefield acceleration, and his early

Citation: For pioneering contributions to experimental neutrino Citation: For fundamental contributions to understanding the Li, Qi recognition of the fixed target physics potential of the next physics, especially the initiation of worldwide programs of structure, formation and evolution of compact objects in binary Pennsylvania State University generation electron-positron collider. Nominated by: Physics of accelerator long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments and systems, using X-ray and radio observations to study their Citation: For her seminal contributions to the development Beams (DPB) of the new generation of reactor experiments to measure the importance for gravitational wave detectors. Nominated by: and understanding of high Tc superconducting superlattices, theta-13 neutrino mixing parameter. Nominated by: Particles Astrophysics (DAP) novel magnetoresistance in strained ferromagnetic oxides, and Muggli, Patric and Fields (DPF) superconductivity in magnesium diboride thin films. Nominated University of Southern California Kamionkowski, Marc P. by: Materials Physics (DMP) Goyal, Amit Citation: For pioneering research to demonstrate the promise Caltech and physics of plasma-based particle accelerators including Oak Ridge National Laboratory Citation: For pioneering contributions to theoretical cosmology, Lister, John energy doubling in a plasma wake field accelerator and collec- Citation: For leadership and pioneering contributions to the including investigations of supersymmetry-inspired candidates University of Cambridge tive refraction of particles at a gas/plasma interface. Nominated invention, research, and development of high-performance, high for dark matter and of the use precise measurements of the Citation: Manifold contributions to the dynamics of free-surface by: Plasma Physics (DPP) temperature superconducting (HTS) wires, culminating in over cosmic microwave background and gravitational waves to flows, their singular structures, and applications to flows and 50 issued patents and the subsequent technology transfer to the test cosmological models. Nominated by: Particles and Fields transport processes relevant to the earth sciences. Nominated Mullin, Amy industry. Nominated by: Industrial and Applied Physics (FIAP) (DPF) by: Fluid Dynamics (DFD) University of Maryland Guazzelli, Elisabeth Citation: For innovative and significant contributions to the Kammel, Peter Ludlam, Thomas W. understanding of reactive and inelastic collisions of high energy CNRS-Paris University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Brookhaven National Laboratory molecules. Nominated by: Atomic, Molecular, & Optical Phys- Citation: For extensive and careful experiments revealing Citation: For scientific leadership and development of novel ex- Citation: For his contribution to the establishment of the ics (DAMOP) complex phenomena in mobile particulate systems. perimental techniques related to muon capture, muon catalyzed scientific program for the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Nominated by: Fluid Dynamics (DFD) fusion and other precision muon and antiproton measurements. Brookhaven National Laboratory and for his leadership in the Nagahara, Larry A. Nominated by: Nuclear Physics (DNP) design and construction of the RHIC detectors. Nominated by: National Cancer Institute Nuclear Physics (DNP) Citation: For his pioneering work in developing scanning

6 APS Prizes and Awards probe microscopy and other nanotechnology platforms for the programs. Nominated by: Nuclear Physics (DNP) Citation: For his fundamental and wide ranging contributions in establishing the program of J/psi measurements at RHIC. analysis, manipulation and measurements at the nanoscale and to low-dimensional epitaxial semiconductor nanostructures Nominated by: Nuclear Physics (DNP) of molecular components and for the elucidation of the funda- Phillips, Daniel and in particular semiconductor nanowires. His work has led mental physical principles underlying these systems. Nominated Ohio University to a fundamental understanding of the mechanisms govern- Spontak, Richard by: Instrument & Measurement Science (GIMS) Citation: For his research on effective hadronic theories of few- ing nanowire growth and to the realization of radically new North Carolina State University nucleon systems, especially on the role of the Delta(1232) and nanostructures with broad device applications. Nominated by: Citation: For pioneering contributions in electron microscopy Nam, Chang H. the description of electromagnetic reactions on light nuclei, and Materials Physics (DMP) and electron microtomography of multiphase polymer materials. Korea Advance Institute of Science & Technology their application in obtaining reliable information on neutron Nominated by: Polymer Physics (DPOLY) Citation: For contributions to the theory and experiments of properties from experimental data. Nominated by: Few-Body Santamaria, Jacobo physical processes of high harmonic generation for the develop- Systems & Multiparticle Dynamics (GFB) University of Complutense Squires, Kyle ment of attosecond coherent x-ray sources and related femtosec- Citation: For seminal contributions to the understanding the Arizona State University ond laser technology. Nominated by: Laser Science (DLS) Phillpot, Simon R. interplay of superconductivity and magnetism in oxide films Citation: For his role in discovering the mechanisms creating University of Florida and superlattices. Nominated by: Magnetism & Its Applications concentration fluctuations of inertial particles in turbulent flow, Nealey, Paul Citation: For sustained contributions to developing microscopic (GMAG) and for fundamental contributions to the computational model- University of Wisconsin mechanistic understanding of interfacial phenomena in materi- ing of wall turbulence in complex geometries. Nominated by: Citation: For fundamental and insightful research on the als using atomic-level simulations methods, in particular Schmelcher, Peter Fluid Dynamics (DFD) dimension dependent properties of polymer nanostructures, the thermal transport behavior. Nominated by: Materials Physics Institut fur Physikalische Chemie directed self-assembly of block copolymers, and their applica- (DMP) Citation: For important contributions to the theory of strongly Steinberg, Aephraim tion in the development of advanced lithographic materials and magnetized atoms and molecules, giant dipole states in com- University of Toronto processes. Nominated by: Polymer Physics (DPOLY) Piecuch, Piotr bined electric and magnetic fields, and magnetic trapping of Citation: For pioneering theoretical and experimental contribu- Michigan State University ultracold Rydberg atoms. Nominated by: Atomic, Molecular, & tions to the understanding of fundamental quantum phenom- Neumann, Dan A. Citation: For his outstanding contributions to electronic Optical Physics (DAMOP) ena including photon and atom tunneling and the quantum NIST structure and quantum many-body theories, in particular information stored in cold atomic gases. Nominated by: Atomic, Citation: For seminal studies of the structure and dynamics of developments in coupled-cluster theory, important advances Selloni, Annabella Molecular, & Optical Physics (DAMOP) new carbon-based materials and critical leadership serving the in understanding molecular properties, chemical reactivities Princeton University U.S. neutron scattering community. Nominated by: Materials and intermolecular interactions as well as nuclear structure, Citation: For her pioneering first-principles computational Steiner, Richard Physics (DMP) through discerning use of computational methods. Nominated studies of surfaces and interfaces, which made possible the NIST by: Chemical Physics (DCP) interpretation of complex experiments, and successfully Citation: For his contributions to the development of the NIST Newman, Harvey B. predicted the physical, and chemical properties of broad classes Watt Balance, and landmark measurements of the Planck Caltech Plesniak, Michael of materials, including materials for photovoltaic applications. constant, the electron charge, and the Avogadro constant. Nomi- Citation: For pioneering contributions to the discovery of the Purdue University Nominated by: Computational Physics (DCOMP) nated by: Precision Measurement and Fundamental Constants gluon, precision electroweak measurements and searches for Citation: For fundamental contributions to understanding (GPMFC) new particles, and for innovations in detector instrumentation, complex turbulent shear flows including the effects of curvature, Sen, Surajit computing and networks that serve the global science commu- multiple strain rates, three-dimensional boundary layers, and SUNY-Buffalo Stolow, Albert nity. Nominated by: Particles and Fields (DPF) non-canonical jets in crossflow. Nominated by: Fluid Dynamics Citation: For the discovery of how solitary waves break and Steacie Institute (DFD) secondary solitary waves form in granular media, for his Citation: For contributions to ultrafast laser science as ap- Nico, Jeffrey S. leadership in organizing forums to represent and recognize plied to molecular physics, including time-resolved studies of NIST Ploszajczak, Marek the physicists from India and for raising consciousness about non-adiabatic dynamics in excited molecules, non-perturbative Citation: In recognition of his contributions and leadership Grand Accel Natl d’ions Lourds the problems and the importance of rural science education in quantum control of molecular dynamics, and dynamics of in precision measurements and fundamental symmetry tests Citation: For his seminal contributions to studies of open India and the developing world. Nominated by: International polyatomic molecules in strong laser fields. Nominated by: using cold neutrons, and his contributions to radiochemical quantum systems, his formulation and implementation of the Physics (FIP) Chemical Physics (DCP) determinations of the p-p fusion solar neutrino flux. Nominated continuum shell model and Gamow Shell Model, and their by: Nuclear Physics (DNP) use to describe weakly bound nuclear states and resonances. Seryi, Andrei Stone, Michael Nominated by: Nuclear Physics (DNP) Stanford University University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Noh, Tae Won Citation: For his leadership in developing beam delivery Citation: For profound contributions to the physics of quantum Seoul National University Poisson, Eric systems for linear colliders and his contributions to the theory fluids and to the application of modern quantum field theory to Citation: For his contributions to the understanding of oxide University of Guelph of ground motion, vibration, and feedback accelerators and condensed matter physics. Nominated by: Condensed Matter ferroelectric thin films and optical properties of oxides with Citation: For important contributions to the theory of gravita- particularly linear colliders. Nominated by: Physics of Beams Physics (DCMP) strong electron correlations. Nominated by: Materials Physics tional radiation from compact bodies orbiting black holes, to (DPB) (DMP) the theory of back-reaction of the emitted radiation on their mo- Sulik, Bela tions, and to understanding the implications for gravitational- Sessoms, Allen Hungarian Academy of Science Onel, Yasar wave detection. Nominated by: Gravitation (GGR) University of District of Columbia Citation: For numerous significant contributions, both theoreti- University of Iowa Citation: For exceptional contributions to the global society in cal and experimental, to the fundamental understanding of Citation: For significant contributions to particle physics, Porto, James V. understanding and addressing the challenges posed by nuclear atomic and molecular collisions, and especially for his work organizing many international particle physics experiments and NIST and other advanced energy technologies. Nominated by: Phys- on multi-electron and multiple scattering processes with ionic conferences, and inspiring and mentoring students from the US Citation: For seminal studies of ultra-cold atoms in optical ics and Society (FPS) projectiles. Nominated by: Few-Body Systems & Multiparticle and developing countries. Nominated by: International Physics lattices with applications to quantum information, many-body Dynamics (GFB) (FIP) physics, and condensed matter models, and for the invention of Sherwin, Mark optical lattice techniques including a super-lattice for patterned University of California, Santa Barbara Svistunov, Boris Orlandi, Paolo loading, and a re-configurable lattice of double wells. Nomi- Citation: For important experiments on non-equilibrium dy- University of Massachusetts University of Roma nated by: Atomic, Molecular, & Optical Physics (DAMOP) namics in semiconductor quantum structures driven by intense Citation: For pioneering contributions to the theory and prac- Citation: For his contributions to the study of turbulence, vortex terahertz electric fields. Nominated by: Condensed Matter tice of Monte Carlo simulations for strongly correlated quantum dynamics, and other areas of fluid mechanics, in particular Prezhdo, Oleg Physics (DCMP) and classical systems, the invention of the worm algorithm through the application of low-order energy-conserving University of Washington and diagrammatic Monte Carlo techniques, and fundamental finite-difference numerical techniques. Nominated by: Fluid Citation: Development of novel methodology for quantum Shiltsev, Vladimir D. theoretical results on superfluid phenomena in quantum gases, Dynamics (DFD) mechanical dynamics with applications to elucidate chemical Fermilab liquids, and solids. Nominated by: Computational Physics behavior in complex systems. Nominated by: Chemical Physics Citation: For advancing the understanding of performance (DCOMP) Othmer, Hans (DCP) limitations in accelerators, in particular for seminal work on University of Minnesota ground motion in electron-positron linear colliders and electron Tabor, Samuel Citation: For fundamental contributions to the mathematical Qian, Yongzhong lens beam compensation in large hadron colliders. Nominated Florida State University modeling of spatio-temporal phenomena in biology, leading to University of Minnesota by: Physics of Beams (DPB) Citation: For pioneering and sustained contributions to the the development of new mathematics and yielding important Citation: For contributions to theoretical nuclear astrophysics, understanding of the structure of f-p-g shell nuclei and pioneer- insights into biology. Nominated by: Biological Physics (DBP) including the production of heavy elements via the rapid neutron Shin, Sung-Chul ing measurements elucidating the effects of neutron excess on capture process and to theoretical studies of collective neutrino KAIST nuclear shell structure near N=16. Nominated by: Nuclear Palffy-Muhoray, Peter flavor transformations in supernovae. Nominated by: Nuclear Citation: For his pioneering contributions to understanding of Physics (DNP) Kent State University Physics (DNP) magnetization reversal dynamics, in particular critical scaling Citation: In recognition of his creative explorations and behavior of Barkhausen avalanches of 2D ferromagnets, and Thornton, Geoffrey contributions to the understanding of light-matter interactions Rao, Apparao M. discovery of novel magnetic thin films and multilayers for University College of London in liquid crystalline systems. Nominated by: Condensed Matter Clemson University high-density data storage. Nominated by: Magnetism & Its Citation: For the pioneering use of synchrotron radiation Physics (DCMP) Citation: For developing methods of synthesizing carbon Applications (GMAG) techniques and scanning probe methods to explore the surface nanotubes with controlled morphologies, and for elucidating chemical physics of metal oxides. Nominated by: Chemical Pancheri-Srivastava, Giulia the properties of carbon nanotubes and photopolymerized C60 Shlomo, Shalom Physics (DCP) INFN Lab Natl of Frascati through Raman spectroscopy. Nominated by: Materials Physics Texas A&M University Citation: For her leadership in establishing an international (DMP) Citation: For outstanding contributions in the study of nuclear Tsymbal, Evgeny network in theoretical and experimental particle physics at the correlations, giant resonances and the nuclear matter equation University of Nebraska DAPHNE phi-factory, and for her leading several networks of Rao, Triveni of state, and his many contributions to the development of Citation: For significant contributions to the understanding of researchers from European universities for the training of young Brookhaven National Laboratory international research and education in physics. Nominated by: spin-dependent transport in magnetic nanostructures. Nomi- researchers. Nominated by: International Physics (FIP) Citation: For pioneering work on metal photo cathodes for International Physics (FIP) nated by: Magnetism & Its Applications (GMAG) Pande, Vijay high brightness RF injectors. Nominated by: Physics of Beams (DPB) Shvets, Gennady Ullrich, Joachim Stanford University University of Texas, Austin Max Planck Inst Kernphys Citation: For far-reaching contributions to the quantitative Reddy, Sanjay K. Citation: For theoretical and computational investigations Citation: For his contributions to the development and applica- distributed simulation, analysis, and understanding of kinetics Los Alamos National Laboratory of the interaction of ultra-strong laser pulses and relativistic tion of the Reaction Microscope and for spectroscopic studies of and thermodynamics of biomolecular conformations and inter- Citation: For fundamental contributions to our understanding particle beams with plasmas, with applications to inertial con- highly charged ions. Nominated by: Precision Measurement and actions, especially in the areas of protein folding and the role of the roles of strangeness and superfluidity in dense matter, and finement fusion, plasma-based particle accelerators, and novel Fundamental Constants (GPMFC) of water in confined environments. Nominated by: Biological their effects on neutrino transport in neutron stars and superno- radiation sources. Nominated by: Plasma Physics (DPP) Physics (DBP) vae. Nominated by: Nuclear Physics (DNP) Vane, Charles Siddons, David Oak Ridge National Laboratory Parker, Scott E. Ren, Fan Brookhaven National Laboratory Citation: For the elegant experimental elucidation of charge University of Colorado University of Florida Citation: For his contribution to x-ray optics, x-ray physics, transfer and other fundamental inelastic processes in atomic, Citation: For seminal contributions to the numerical simulation Citation: For contributions to the development of device x-ray detectors, and the development of synchrotron radiation molecular, and bulk matter systems spanning interaction ener- of plasmas, including simulations demonstrating the ballooning- processing technologies for compound semiconductor devices instrumentation and experimental techniques. Nominated by: gies of milli-electron volts to tera-electron volts. Nominated by: like structure of ITG turbulence, gyrokinetic particle simulations based on GaAs, InP, ZnO and GaN. Nominated by: Industrial Instrument & Measurement Science (GIMS) Atomic, Molecular, & Optical Physics (DAMOP) at realistic plasma beta, and gyrokinetic/MHD hybrid simula- and Applied Physics (FIAP) tions. Nominated by: Plasma Physics (DPP) Skodje, Rex Vespignani, Alessandro Robertson, Norna Indiana University Parsons, John University of Colorado Stanford University Citation: For fundamental theoretical studies that have resulted Citation: For his contributions to the statistical physics of Columbia University Citation: For pioneering work in the field of interferometric in a great understanding of chemical reaction dynamics. Nomi- complex networks, in particular his seminal work on the spread- Citation: For his many contributions to the electronics of the gravitational wave detection, especially in the domain of the nated by: Atomic, Molecular, & Optical Physics (DAMOP) ing of viruses in real networks. Nominated by: Statistical & ZEUS and D0 experiments and for his leading role in the calo- suspension and isolation of the test masses. Nominated by: Nonlinear Physics (GSNP) rimeter readout electronics and the management of the ATLAS Gravitation (GGR) Smith, Leslie M. experiment. Nominated by: Particles and Fields (DPF) University of Wisconsin, Madison Vogelsang, Werner Rotenberg, Eli Brookhaven National Laboratory Pate, Brooks H. Citation: For important and insightful contributions to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory understanding of turbulence in engineering and geophysical Citation: For his outstanding contributions to the development University of Virginia Citation: For outstanding contributions to the understanding of flows through theory and numerical simulations. of perturbative QCD and the theoretical methods of analysis Citation: Brooks H. Pate is recognized for his contributions to quantum electronic properties of nanophase and reduced dimen- Nominated by: Fluid Dynamics (DFD) of the spin structure of the nucleons. Nominated by: Nuclear understanding intramolecular vibrational dynamics and for the sionality systems by creative applications of angle-resolved Physics (DNP) development of laser- and microwave spectroscopy techniques photoemission spectroscopy. Nominated by: Condensed Matter Soderlind, Per to probe molecular kinetics by dynamic rotational spectroscopy. Physics (DCMP) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Voloshin, Sergei Nominated by: Chemical Physics (DCP) Citation: For important contributions in electronic-structure Wayne State University Rothstein, Ira Z. Citation: For numerous seminal contributions to the methods Pernisz, Udo theory for transition and actinide metals, particularly pluto- Carnegie Mellon University nium. Nominated by: Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP) and interpretation of collective flow in relativistic nuclear colli- Dow Corning Corporation Citation: For contributions to the development of modern effec- sions. Nominated by: Nuclear Physics (DNP) Citation: For his contributions to making siloxane resins a com- tive field theories, and applications to flavor physics, quarkonia Solomon, Glenn S. mercial success as spin-on dielectrics in the IC industry, and and gravitational waves. Nominated by: Particles and Fields NIST Wagner, Carlos his investigations of the luminescence of Si-containing organic (DPF) Citation: For extensive contributions to the study of quantum Argonne National Laboratory/University of Chicago and inorganic compounds that led to the development of novel optics with quantum dots. Nominated by: Condensed Matter Citation: For contributions to the phenomenology of theories of materials for photonics applications. Nominated by: Industrial Ryan, James Physics (DCMP) supersymmetry and of electroweak symmetry breaking. Nomi- and Applied Physics (FIAP) University of New Hampshire nated by: Particles and Fields (DPF) Citation: For his scientific discoveries with the COMPTEL Sondhi, Shivaji Petford-Long, Amanda instrument on the Compton Observatory and for his great Princeton University Watkins, Simon Argonne National Laboratory service to the APS Division of Astrophysics. Nominated by: Citation: For elegant work in the theory of strongly correlated Simon Fraser University Citation: For incisive electron microscopy and atom probe mi- Astrophysics (DAP) electronic systems especially concerning spin textures in quan- Citation: For groundbreaking research on the growth and croscopy studies of structure-property relationships in thin films tum Hall systems and spin-liquid states in frustrated quantum properties of high quality narrow-gap semiconductor hetero- and nanostructures, with emphasis on magnetic nanostructures Saffman, Mark antiferromagnets. Nominated by: Condensed Matter Physics structures by organometallic vapor phase epitaxy (OMVPE) with applications in information storage technology. Nominated University of Wisconsin (DCMP) and their application to high-speed semiconductor devices. by: Materials Physics (DMP) Citation: For pioneering research on spatial pattern formation Nominated by: Industrial and Applied Physics (FIAP) and solitons in photorefractive crystals, and neutral atom quan- Sorensen, Soren Petratos, Gerassimos tum information processing. Nominated by: Atomic, Molecular, University of Tennessee Weisman, R. Bruce Kent State University & Optical Physics (DAMOP) Citation: For his important contributions to the field of relativ- Rice University Citation: For numerous contributions to high energy electro- istic heavy ion collisions, in particular for systematic studies of Citation: For pioneering research in the spectroscopy of carbon magnetic physics, including the SLAC nucleon spin physics Samuelson, Lars stopping and transverse energy production, and for his early nanotubes and the application of nanotube fluorescence in program, and the SLAC and Jefferson Lab few-body physics Lund University leadership in the PHENIX offline computing framework and novel physical, chemical, analytical, and biomedical studies.

APS Prizes and Awards 7 Nominated by: Chemical Physics (DCP) Nominated by: Industrial and Applied Physics (FIAP) Citation: In recognition of his work in building international with non-orthogonal orbital sets for atomic structure calcula- collaborations in physics, including his leadership of the Taiwan tions of exceptional accuracy and benchmark calculations for Westbrook, Chris I. Wodtke, Alec M. group in the Collider Detector at Fermilab and acting as a excitation and ionization of complex atoms and ions by photon Institut d’Optique Graduate School University of California, Santa Barbara Special Adviser to the Japanese government on the creation of and electron impact. Nominated by: Atomic, Molecular, & Opti- Citation: For outstanding contributions to the development of Citation: For contributions to our understanding of the funda- the Institute of Science and Technology in Okinawa and for his cal Physics (DAMOP) methods to laser cool atoms below the Doppler limit, for the mental interactions of molecules with solid surfaces, by combin- contributions to the discovery of the Top Quark. Nominated by: creation of a Bose-Einstein condensate of metastable helium ing methods of laser spectroscopy, molecular beams and UHV International Physics (FIP) Zhang, Xiang atoms, and for pioneering experiments in quantum optics for surface science. Nominated by: Chemical Physics (DCP) University of California, Berkeley measuring of atom-atom pair correlations in ultracold gases. Yildirim, Taner Xie, Sunney Citation: For the pioneering demonstration of the optical Nominated by: Atomic, Molecular, & Optical Physics (DAMOP) NIST Superlens and Hyperlens for nano-optics; the development of Harvard University Citation: For combining analytic theory, first-principles concepts of metamaterials, plasmonic, and far IR magnetism; Whelan, David Citation: Sunney (Xiaoliang) Xie is a pioneer in single-molecule computations, and neutron scattering measurements to design, seminal contributions to the plasmonic lithography. Nominated Boeing Company biophysics and live cell optical imaging. Technically innovative, discover, and understand new materials with novel physics. by: Industrial and Applied Physics (FIAP) Citation: For over 25 years of innovation and research con- his work created new knowledge about enzymatic dynamics, Nominated by: Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP) ducted in academic, national laboratory and industrial research and gene expression in living cells. He also developed Coherent Zheludev, Andrey Zaanen, Jan environments, development of the B2 design and instrumenta- Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering microscopy, a highly sensi- Oak Ridge National Laboratory tion, air to air synthetic aperture radar, multi-spectral radar tive vibrational imaging tool for biomedicine. Nominated by: Leiden University Citation: For elegant neutron scattering investigations of quan- imaging, and visionary technical leadership at both DARPA and Citation: For fundamental contributions to the theory of the Biological Physics (DBP) tum magnetism and quantum critical phenomena, especially The Boeing Company. Nominated by: Industrial and Applied strongly interacting electron systems in high T superconductors c in spin-chain compounds. Nominated by: Condensed Matter Physics (FIAP) Xie, Xincheng and other doped Mott-insulators. Nominated by: Condensed Physics (DCMP) Oklahoma State University Matter Physics (DCMP) Wilkening, Dean Citation: For important contributions to the theoretical Ziurys, Lucy M. Stanford University understanding of two-dimensional electron systems, tirelessly Zasadzinski, Joseph A. University of Arizona Citation: For his extensive contributions to understanding working for the advancement of physics in China, fostering col- University of California, Santa Barbara Citation: For forefront contributions in molecular spectroscopy ballistic missile defense, bioterrorism and civil defense, and for laborations between young physicists in China and the United Citation: For applying physical principles of self-assembly, di- leading to new discoveries and understanding of molecules in his training of the next generation of physicists involved in arms States, and co-organizing a number of important international rected assembly and bio-mimicry to create well-controlled lipid control. Nominated by: Physics and Society (FPS) workshops and conferences. Nominated by: International structures such as unilamellar vesicles and “vesosomes” for interstellar and circumstellar environments. Nominated by: Physics (FIP) biomedical applications such as targeted drug-delivery vehicles Atomic, Molecular, & Optical Physics (DAMOP) Williams, Clayton and treatments for respiratory diseases, and for developing new Zucker, Michael E. University of Utah Yakhot, Victor microscopies for characterizing their microstructure, molecular Citation: For his pioneering and sustained contributions to the Boston University organization and interactions. Nominated by: Biological Phys- Massachusetts Institute of Technology field of Scanning Capacitance Microscopy and to the develop- Citation: For seminal contributions to turbulence and combus- ics (DBP) Citation: For development of fundamental techniques and ment of the Scanning Capacitance Microscope for both quanti- tion modeling. Nominated by: Fluid Dynamics (DFD) practical instrumentation for interferometric gravitational wave tative two-dimensional carrier and dopant profiling, and for the Zatsarinny, Oleg detection and for leadership in LIGO during the transition from characterization and failure analysis of semiconductor materi- Yeh, Gong Drake University laboratory-scale to kilometer-scale devices. Nominated by: als and devices (including VLSI products) on a nanometer scale. Fermilab Citation: For the development of the B-Spline R-matrix method Gravitation (GGR) Nomination Announcements Call for Nominations for 2010 APS Prizes and Awards Nomination Deadline is July 1, 2009, unless otherwise indicated.

Prizes Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize J.J. Sakurai Prize ics, 3900 Bethel Drive, St Paul, MN 55112, Phone (651) Richart Slusher, GTR/STL, 400 10th Street, CRB 604B, Atlanta, R. Sekhar Chivukula, Michigan State University, Department of 638-6465 Email [email protected] GA 30318, Phone (908) 832-7383, Fax (404) 407-6994 Email Physics & Astronomy, East Lansing, MI 48824, Phone (517) 355- Will Allis Prize [email protected] 9200, Fax (517) 355-6661 Email [email protected] Joseph F. Keithley Award Michael Brunger, 5 Salibury Street, Unley 5061, Australia, Phone TBA 61 8 8201 2958 Email [email protected] James Clerk Maxwell Prize Arthur L. Schalow Prize Robert Merlino, University of Iowa, Department of Physics & As- Mark Kasevich, Stanford University, Varian Physics Building, Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award Hans A. Bethe Prize tronomy, Iowa City, IA 52242, Phone: (319) 335-1756, Fax (319) Stanford, CA 94305 Phone (650) 723-4356, Fax (650) 723-9173 Natalie Meshkov, 5737 Carpenter Street, Downers Grove, IL John W. Negele, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 6-315, 77 335-1753 Email [email protected] Email [email protected] Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, Phone (617) 253- 60516, Phone (630) 252-5234 Fax (630) 252-9281 Email mesh- 7707, Fax (617) 253-8674 Email [email protected] [email protected] James C. McGroddy Prize Prize to a Faculty Member for Research in an M. Brian Maple, University of California, San Diego, Dept. of Undergraduate Institution Nicholson Medal Tom W. Bonner Prize Physics 0319, 9500 Gilman Drive, LaJolla, CA 92093, Phone TBA E. Dan Dahlberg, University of Minnesota, Department of Phys- Bradley Sherrill, Michigan State University, NSCL, East Lansing, (858) 534-3968, Fax (858) 534-1241 Email [email protected] MI 48824, Phone (517) 333-6322, Fax (517) 353-5967 Email ics, 116 Church Street, SE Minneapolis, MN 55455, Phone (612) 624-3506, Fax (612) 624-4578 Email [email protected] [email protected] Robert R. Wilson Prize Lars Onsager Prize Frank Zimmermann, CERN, AB Department, ABP Group, Ge- Leo Radzihovsky, University of Colorado, Department of Phys- neva CH-1211, Switzerland, Phone 41 22 783 0552 Email frank. Francis Pipkin Award Herbert P. Broida Prize ics, 390 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, Phone (303) 492-5436, Fax zimmermann@cern.ch NEXT PRIZE AWARED IN 2011 (303) 492-2998 Email [email protected] NEXT PRIZE AWARDED IN 2011 AWARDS, MEDALS & LECTURESHIPS Oliver E. Buckley Prize Abraham Pais Prize David Awschalom, University of California, Santa Barbara, Leo Szilard Lectureship Laurie Brown, 1500 Hinman Avenue, Apt 402, Evanston, IL Pavel Podvig, 220 College Avenue, Apt F, Falo Alto, CA 94306, Department of Physics, Broida Hall, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, 60201, Tel: (847) 328-0067 Email [email protected] David Adler Lectureship Phone (805) 893-2121, Fax (805) 893-4170 Email awsch@phys- George Crabtree, Argonne National Laboratory, MSD 223, 9700 Phone (650) 327-7968 Email [email protected] ics.ucsb.edu S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, Phone (630) 252-5509 Email [email protected] George E. Pake Prize John Wheatley Award Davisson-Germer Prize Mark Lee, Sandia National Laboratory, PO Box 5800, MS 1415, Albuquerque, NM 87185, Phone (505) 844-5462, Fax (505) 844- NEXT PRIZE AWARDED IN 2011 Deborah S. Jin, University of Colorado, JILA Campus Box 440, 4045 Email [email protected] Leroy Apker Award Boulder, CO 80309, Phone (303) 492-0256 Email jin@jilau1. Alan Chodos, American Physical Society, One Physics Ellipse, colorado.edu College Park, MD 20740, Phone (301) 209-3233, Fax (301) 209- DISSERTATION AWARDS W.K.H. Panofsky Prize 0865 Email [email protected] Max Delbruck Prize George Trilling, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, MS Andreas Acrivos 50B-6222, Berkeley, CA 94720, Phone (510) 486-6801, Fax TBA John Hopfield, Princeton University, Department of Molecular (510) 486-4047 Email [email protected] Edward A. Bouchet Award Biology, Carl Icahn Laboratory, Princeton, NJ 08544, Phone (609) Delia Cabrera, 8670 NW 6th Lane, 4-103, Miami, FL 33126, 258-1239, Fax (609) 258-7599 Email [email protected] Phone (305) 326-6000 Email [email protected] Mitsuyoshi Tanaka Earle K. Plyler Prize TBA Einstein Prize David Perry, University of Akron, Department of Chemistry, Ak- ron, OH 44325-3601 Phone (330) 972-6825, Fax (330) 972-6085 Joseph A. Burton Award NEXT PRIZE AWARDED IN 2011 Email [email protected] Pavel Podvig, 220 College Avenue, Apt F, Falo Alto, CA 94306, Phone (650) 327-7968 Email [email protected] Marshall Rosenbluth Adil B. Hassam, University of Maryland, Institute for Applied Fluids Dynamics Prize Physics, College Park, MD 20742, Phone (301) 405-1417 Fax Polymer Physics Prize Moshe Matalon, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Me- (301) 405-1678 Email [email protected] Russell J. Composto, University of Pennsylvania, 3231 Walnut John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma chanical Science & Engineering, 1206 W. Green Street, Urbana, Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6272, Phone (215) 898-4451, Fax Physics Research IL 61801, Phone (217) 244-8746 Email [email protected] (215) 573-2128 Email [email protected] Peter Catto, MIT Plasma Sci and Fusion Ctr, NW16-250, 167 Al- Nuclear Physics Dissertation Award bany Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, Phone (617) 253-5825, Fax Lawrence Cardman, Jefferson Laboratory, 12000 Jefferson (617) 253-5805 Email [email protected] Dannie Heineman Prize Avenue, Suite 5, Newport News, VA, 23606, Phone (757) 269- I.I. Rabi Prize Marybeth Ruskai, 46 Lansdowne Road, Arlington, MA 02474, 7032, Fax (757) 269-5800 E-mail [email protected] NEXT PRIZE AWARDED IN 2011 Phone (781) 646-9377 Email [email protected] John H. Dillon Medal Russell Composto, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Aneesur Rahman Prize Materials Science, 3231 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Frank Isakson Prize Phone (215) 898-4451, Fax (215) 573-2128 Email composto@ Beam Physics Award Christopher McKee, University of California, Berkeley, Depart- Sami G. Tantawi, SLAC, 2575 Sand Hill Road, MS 26, Menlo Lance Cooper, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, De- seas.upenn.edu ment of Physics, MC 7300, Berkeley, CA 94720, Phone (510) Park, CA 94025, Phone (650) 926-4454 Email tantawi@slac. partment of Physics, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, 642-0805, Fax: (510) 642-3411 Email [email protected]. stanford.edu Phone (217) 333-2589 Email [email protected] edu George E. Duvall Shock Compression Science Award Irving Langmuir Prize Andrei Sakharov Prize NEXT PRIZE AWARDED IN 2011 DAMOP Thesis Research Dissertation Award Joel Primack, University of California, Santa Cruz, Department Alex Cronin, University of Arizona, Department of Physics, NEXT PRIZE AWARDED IN 2011 of Physics, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, Phone (831) 459-2580, Fax: 1118 East 4th Street, Tucson, AZ 85721, Phone (520) 465- (831) 459-3043 Email [email protected] Excellence in Physics Education Award 8459 Email [email protected] Richard Peterson, Bethel University, Department of Phys-

2009 APS Fellowship Nomination Deadlines

Fellowship nominations may be Divisions Forums GQI 04/01/2009 GSCCM 04/01/2009 DAMOP 04/01/2009 FEd 04/01/2009 submitted at any time, but must be GSNP 04/01/2009 DAP 04/01/2009 FHP 05/01/2009 received by the deadlines listed be- DBP 05/01/2009 FIAP 05/01/2009 General Nominations low for the next review. For submit- DCMP (Deadline has passed) 02/02/2009 FIP 05/01/2009 APS 06/01/2009 DCOMP 04/01/2009 FPS 04/01/2009 tal information see: http://www.aps. DCP (Deadline has passed) 02/01/2009 Topical Groups org/programs/honors/fellowships/ DFD 03/29/2009 Note: This category is reserved for unusual DLS 04/01/2009 GFB 04/01/2009 situations where the contributions of the nominations.cfm GGR 04/01/2009 DMP (Deadline has passed) 02/01/2009 nominee clearly do not fall into the area DNP 04/01/2009 GHP 04/01/2009 DPB 03/15/2009 GIMS 04/01/2009 of a technical unit. They are reviewed DPF 04/01/2009 GMAG 04/01/2009 and recommended directly by the APS GPAP 04/01/2009 DPOLY 05/01/2009 Fellowship Committee. DPP 04/01/2009 GPMFC 05/01/2009

8 APS Prizes and Awards