APS Fellow Archive

The APS Fellow Archive contains records of many APS Fellows from 1921 to the present. Please note some Fellows may not be displayed or may display with limited information.

The archive is a historical record and is not updated to reflect current information. All institutional affiliations reflect the Fellows’ affiliations at the time of election to APS Fellowship.

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Eric G Adelberger [1978]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DNP

Anton Andreev [2023]
University of Washington
Citation: For advancing the theory of electronic quantum transport.
Nominated by: DCMP

Marshall Baker [1967]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

James M. Bardeen [1996]
University of Washington
Citation: For his seminal contributions to the theory of cosmological density perturbations, relativistic astrophysics, and galactic structure.
Nominated by: DAP

John S Blair [1962]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

David Bodansky [1962]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

J. Michael Brown [2004]
University of Washington
Citation: For outstanding development and application of novel shock and static techniques for the accurate measurement of the properties of geological and other materials at high pressures.
Nominated by: GCCM

Aurel Bulgac [2006]
University of Washington
Citation: For his ground-breaking work on collective properties of many-fermi systems, particularly on the theory of nuclear pairing.
Nominated by: DNP

Kenneth C Clark [1961]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

David Cobden [2015]
University of Washington
Citation: For novel contributions to experimental physics in low dimensional nano-scale systems, in particular VO2 
nanobeams and carbon nanotube electronic properties.
Nominated by: DCMP

William O. Criminale [1996]
University of Washington
Citation: For seminal contributions to the understanding of the stability of laminar shear flows.
Nominated by: DFD

Ernest R Davidson [1976]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCP

Hans G Dehmelt [1962]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Marcellinus P.M. den Nijs [2001]
University of Washington
Citation: For his contributions to the theory of surface critical phenomena, the prediction of new surface phases, and the elucidation of their transitions.
Nominated by: DCMP

Jason A. Detwiler [2020]
University of Washington
Citation: For outstanding contributions to key measurements by the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, Kamioka Liquid Scintillator Antineutrino Detector (KamLAND), KamLAND-Zen, COHERENT, and the Majorana Demonstrator that have advanced our understanding of neutrino properties and fundamental interactions.
Nominated by: DNP

Peter John Doe [2002]
University of Washington
Citation: For experimental neutrino physics including the demonstration of destructive interference in the charged- and neutral-current scattering of electron neutrinos, and the observation of solar neutrinos in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory.
Nominated by: DNP

Vitaly Efimov [2000]
University of Washington
Citation: For the investigation of the Quantum three-body problem, and especially for his discovery of weakly bound states (called Efimov states) of three quantum particles.
Nominated by: GFB

Samuel C. Fain Jr. [1984]
University of Washington
Citation: For contributions and understanding of two dimensional phases of commensurate, incommensurate, and orientationally distinct structures and for improvements in low energy electron diffraction techniques.
Nominated by: DCMP

George Wells Farwell [1961]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Edward Norval Fortson [1978]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DAMOP

James Fuller [2010]
University of Washington
Citation: In recognition of his pivotal contributions to international arms control, nuclear disarmament, and proliferation prevention and for his leadership in educational outreach.
Nominated by: FPS

Alejandro Garcia [2005]
University of Washington
Citation: For innovative measurements related to nuclear beta decay, fundamental interactions, neutrino detector calibrations and nuclear astrophysics.
Nominated by: DNP

Ronald Geballe [1955]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

James B Gerhart [1967]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Martin Gouterman [1977]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Jens H. Gundlach [2009]
University of Washington
Citation: In recognition of his unique and outstanding contributions to precision mechanical measurements and our quantitative understanding of the strength of gravity.
Nominated by: GPMFC

Subhadeep Gupta [2021]
University of Washington
Citation: For outstanding contributions in the areas of ultracold quantum gas mixtures, atom optics, and atom interferometry.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Isaac Halpern [1961]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Blayne Heckel [1995]
University of Washington
Citation: For performing precise tests of fundamental symmetries, especially parity and time reversal, using neutrons, nuclei, and atoms, and for carrying out sensitive searches for new forces of macroscopic range.
Nominated by: DNP

Joseph E Henderson [1938]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Ernest M Henley [1962]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Paula Heron [2007]
University of Washington
Citation: For her leadership in the physics education research community and development and active dissemination of research-based curricula that significantly impact physics instruction throughout the world.
Nominated by: FED

Boris A Jacobsohn [1961]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Thomas R. Jarboe [1986]
University of Washington
Citation: For innovation and leadership in spheromak research including equilibrium, stability, and sustainment physics, and for contributions to the understanding of the role of magnetic helicity during spheromak formation and sustainment.
Nominated by: DPP

Samson A Jenekhe [2003]
University of Washington
Citation: For outstanding contributions to understanding the self-assembly, photophysics, and properties of conjugated polymers.
Nominated by: DPOLY

David B. Kaplan [1998]
University of Washington
Citation: For his insightful and original contributions to nuclear and particle physics, spanning topics such as kaon condensation, strangeness in the nucleon, weak scale baryogenesis, and chiral fermions on the lattice.
Nominated by: DNP

Andreas Karch [2016]
University of Washington
Citation: For pioneering work in understanding the cosmology and particle physics implications of new dimensions, and for using gauge gravity duality to model strongly coupled systems including theories of hadrons, heavy ion collisions, condensed matter systems, and quantum mechanical entanglement.
Nominated by: DPF

Sarah L. Keller [2011]
University of Washington
Citation: For her pioneering, fundamental contributions to the understanding of miscibility phase transitions in model surfactant and membrane systems.
Nominated by: DBIO

Roy J Kennedy [1935]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Munira Khalil [2017]
University of Washington
Citation: For probing coherently coupled vibrational and electronic motion during ultrafast charge transfer processes by using a unique combination of infrared, visible, and X-ray experiments to provide new insights into this mechanism.
Nominated by: DLS

Kannan M. Krishnan [2009]
University of Washington
Citation: For original and creative work in magnetism and electron microscopy elucidating growth mechanisms and the role of microstructure in determining fundamental properties of thin films, nanoscale structures and devices.
Nominated by: DMP

Alvin L. Kwiram [1987]
University of Washington
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the field of magnetic resonance phenomena and their applications to the study of molecular structure and solid state.
Nominated by: DCP

Steve Keith Lamoreaux [1996]
University of Washington
Citation: For his contributions to the study of fundamental symmetries and precison tests of fundamental physical laws and especially for his contributions to improved experimental limits for the electric dipole moments of the neutron and atoms.
Nominated by: GPMFC

Xiaosong Li [2021]
University of Washington
Citation: For seminal contributions to the development and application of time-dependent quantum theory and relativistic electronic structure theory.
Nominated by: DCP

Jere J Lord [1967]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Jere Johns Lord [1962]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Donald H Loughridge [1939]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Henry Lubatti [1969]
University of Washington
Citation: Not Available
Nominated by: APS

Bruce H. Margon [1991]
University of Washington
Citation: For observations and insight leading to the discovery of nature of the star, SS433, one of the true wonders of the present universe.
Nominated by: DAP

Lillian C. McDermott [1990]
University of Washington
Citation: For her many significant contributions to the field research in physics education, especially in the area of conceptual difficulties and her role in the development of educational outreach programs at the University of Washington.
Nominated by: APS

Gerald A Miller [1984]
University of Washington
Citation: For his many contributions to meson interactions with nuclei, and the incorporation of quark degrees of freedom into nuclear physics.
Nominated by: DNP

Ann E. Nelson [1998]
University of Washington
Citation: For contributions to the theory of CP violation, kaon condensation, baryogenesis in the early Universe and supersymmetry breaking.
Nominated by: DPF

Marjorie Ann Olmstead [2002]
University of Washington
Citation: For innovative studies of interface formation between dissimilar materials, especially the competition between thermodynamic and kinetic constraints in controlling morphologies and properties of heterostructures.
Nominated by: FIAP

Thomas Perine Pearsall [1996]
University of Washington
Citation: For seminal contributions to the InGaAsP alloy system, a material used in the emitter and detector components of optical fibre communication links.
Nominated by: FIAP

Oleg Prezhdo [2008]
University of Washington
Citation: Development of novel methodology for quantum mechanical dynamics with applications to elucidate chemical behavior in complex systems.
Nominated by: DCP

W G Proctor [1957]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Hong Qian [2010]
University of Washington
Citation: For his original contributions to statistical non-equilibrium thermodynamics, particularly in connections to single-molecule fluctuations and the roles of energy and noise in living systems.
Nominated by: DBIO

John J Rehr [2001]
University of Washington
Citation: For developments which led to a quantitative theory and analysis of extended x-ray absorption fine structure.
Nominated by: DCMP

William P. Reinhardt [1980]
University of Washington
Citation: Not Provided
Nominated by: DAMOP

Eberhard K. Riedel [1983]
University of Washington
Citation: In recognition of his leadership role in advancing our knowledge of phase transitions.
Nominated by: DCMP

James J. Riley [1988]
University of Washington
Citation: For contributions to the direct numerical simulation of turbulent flows, including geophysical flows and flows with chemical reactions.
Nominated by: DFD

Martin John Savage [2002]
University of Washington
Citation: For development of effective field theories for the nucleon and deuteron, for work on parity and CP violation, and for partially quenched chiral perturbation theory in lattice QCD.
Nominated by: DNP

Michael Schick [1984]
University of Washington
Citation: For important contribution to the theory of surface films, their phases and phase transitions, which have a significant part in the current understanding of adsorbed monolayers and mulitlayers.
Nominated by: DCMP

Fred H Schmidt [1961]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Peter Shaffer [2015]
University of Washington
Citation: For contributions to the field of physics education research and to the development of research-based instructional materials that have led to improved learning in physics by undergraduates and K-12 teachers.
Nominated by: FED

Stephen Roger Sharpe [1992]
University of Washington
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the development and application of advanced computational techniques in particle theory.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Uri Shumlak [2019]
University of Washington
Citation: For pioneering investigations of sheared flow stabilization of magnetohydrodynamics modes in the Z-pinch.
Nominated by: DPP

Kurt A. Snover [1986]
University of Washington
Citation: For advancing our knowledge of giant resonances and gamma transitions in nuclei, including the discovery of high energy magnetic transitions and the elucidation of the dipole resonance in excited nuclei.
Nominated by: DNP

Dam Thanh Son [2006]
University of Washington
Citation: For original contributions to the theory of quark pairing at high density, and for the proposal of a fundamental viscosity bound for the QCD plasma being investigated at RHIC.
Nominated by: DNP

Boris Z. Spivak [2002]
University of Washington
Citation: For seminal contributions to studies of quantum interference effects in mesoscopic systems and of weak localization in disordered materials.
Nominated by: DCMP

Edward A Stern [1967]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Edward A. Stern [1992]
University of Washington
Citation: For his development of extended x-ray fine structure and measurements on metals, alloys, and molecules.
Nominated by: DCMP

Matthew Strassler [2007]
University of Washington
Citation: For work extending the AdS/CFT gravity/gauge duality to QCD-like confining theories, and for insights into novel aspects of the physics of strongly coupled supersymmetric theories.
Nominated by: DPF

Christopher Stubbs [1999]
University of Washington
Citation: For the detection of gravitational microlensing in the galactic halo and for his searches for new long-range forces.
Nominated by: DAP

Abraham H Taub [1941]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

David J. Thouless [1986]
University of Washington
Citation: For origination of fundamental concepts in the many-body theory of nuclei, in statistical mechanics and critical phenomena, and in the theory of disordered magnetic and electronic systems.
Nominated by: DCMP

Edwin A Uchling [1941]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Clinton L Utterback [1935]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Robert S. Van Dyck [1991]
University of Washington
Citation: For his precision measurements of the physical properties of fundamental particles using charged particle traps.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Robert Vandenbosch [1972]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DNP

Oscar Edgardo Vilches [1996]
University of Washington
Citation: For studies of adsorbed monolayer and multilayer films of isotopes of helium and hydrogen.
Nominated by: DCMP

Lawrence Wilets [1962]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

John Franklin Wilkerson [1997]
University of Washington
Citation: For the rigor he has brought to experimental neutrino physics, in the first experiments on the low-energy solar neutrino flux and high-resolution measurements of the beta decay of free molecular tritium.
Nominated by: DNP

Di Xiao [2022]
University of Washington
Citation: For contributions to the theory of condensed matter physics, including foundational work on geometric phase effect on Bloch electron dynamics, orbital magnetism, valleytronics, and two-dimensional materials.
Nominated by: DCMP

Xiaodong Xu [2020]
University of Washington
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the discovery and understanding of emergent physics in two dimensional materials, including 2D magnets, spin/valley-pseudospin effects in 2D semiconductors and heterostructures, and monolayer quantum spin Hall insulator.
Nominated by: DCMP

Laurence G. Yaffe [1998]
University of Washington
Citation: For work on finite temperature gauge field theory and on non-perturbative approximations to quantum field theory.
Nominated by: DPF

Jihui Yang [2012]
University of Washington
Citation: For pioneering studies of the design, synthesis and characterization of novel thermoelectric materials, and for leadership in their use in devices and systems for waste heat recovery applications
Nominated by: FIAP