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.

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Luis A. Nunes Amaral [2013]
Northwestern University
Citation: For seminal advances in the characterization and modeling of complex systems, especially the proposal and development of cartographic methods for the representation of large complex networks.
Nominated by: GSNP

Darin E. Acosta [2013]
University of Florida
Citation: For searches for new lepton-quark couplings and compositeness at hadron colliders, and for contributions to the success of the CMS experiment at the LHC through leadership in the areas of detector commissioning, trigger, and coordination of the physics program.
Nominated by: DPF

Fred C. Adams [2013]
University of Michigan
Citation: For major contributions to the theoretical descriptions of the radiative signature of star formation, circumstellar disks, the initial mass function, exoplanets, and the long term fate of the universe.
Nominated by: DAP

Anatoli Afanasjev [2013]
Mississippi State University
Citation: For his pioneering work on covariant nuclear density functional theory, and his contributions to the understanding of collective phenomena in atomic nuclei.
Nominated by: DNP

Pamir Alpay [2013]
University of Connecticut
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of domain phenomena and role of defects in ferroelectric thin films, the development of compositionally graded ferroelectrics for dielectrically tunable devices, and the fundamentals of infrared detectors and related devices.
Nominated by: FIAP

Brian P. Anderson [2013]
University of Arizona
Citation: For his seminal contributions to the creation of quantized vortices in ultra-cold dilute Bose Einstein condensate (BECs), and for his inspired studies of their real-time dynamics.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Joerg Appenzeller [2013]
Purdue University
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the physics, technology, and modeling of one and two-dimensional transistors and circuits.
Nominated by: FIAP

Leon M. Balents [2013]
University of California, Santa Barbara
Citation: For the theory of new topological quantum phases of electrons in condensed matter.
Nominated by: DCMP

John Charles Barbour [2013]
Sandia National Laboratories
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the science and engineering of ion-solid interactions and thin-film materials, for leadership in professional societies, and for visionary development and guidance of programs and organizations in energy and national-security science.
Nominated by: GERA

Randy A. Bartels [2013]
Colorado State University
Citation: For advances in precision temporal, spatial and spectral control of optical and x-ray pulses, the control of quantum wave packets via sculpted light fields, and optical microscopy.
Nominated by: DLS

John F. Beacom [2013]
Ohio State University
Citation: For his comprehensive work on the diffuse supernova neutrino background and for his wide-ranging work in neutrino astrophysics, which is directed at finding new sources and using their detections to probe neutrino properties and the physical conditions in the astrophysical sources.
Nominated by: DNP

Matthew C. Beard [2013]
NREL
Citation: For his seminal contributions to our understanding of exciton dynamics in quantum confined nanostructures.
Nominated by: GERA

Krzysztof Belczynski [2013]
University of Warsaw
Citation: For innovative and creative research in population synthesis modeling of compact binary systems in the universe.
Nominated by: DAP

John H. Belk [2013]
Boeing Company
Citation: For ground breaking condensed matter research within aerospace and significant advancement of nanotechnologies applications within domestic and international industry.
Nominated by: FIAP

Ilan Benjamin [2013]
University of California, Santa Cruz
Citation: For pioneering computational studies of liquid surfaces, including ion transport, energy relaxation, spectroscopy and chemical reaction dynamics at liquid/vapor and liquid/liquid interfaces.
Nominated by: DCP

Claire Berger [2013]
Georgia Institute of Technology
Citation: For seminal contributions to the development of epitaxial graphene electronics.
Nominated by: DMP

Jan E. Beyea [2013]
Consulting in the Public Interest
Citation: For more than three decades of public service through research, analysis, and presentations on issues of major societal concern, including environmental degradation, nuclear reactor safety, energy efficiency, and energy use.
Nominated by: FPS

Sandra G. Biedron [2013]
Element Aero
Citation: For her fundamental advancement of light sources, including the control of light and harmonic light generated from coherent electron beams and the development of high-power long wavelength sources.
Nominated by: DPB

David G. Blair [2013]
University of Western Australia
Citation: For many significant and innovative contributions to gravitational wave science and education, ranging from the NIOBE bar detector to investigations of instabilities in interferometers and the establishment of the Gravity Discovery Center.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Thomas F. Boggess, Jr [2013]
University of Iowa
Citation: For extensive and influential use of ultrafast optical probes to determine carrier dynamics in infrared semiconductors, superlattices, and quantum dots, especially in narrow-gap semiconductors, aiding their application to infrared detectors, lasers and scene projectors.
Nominated by: FIAP

Sergey Bravyi [2013]
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Citation: For groundbreaking research in topological stabilization of quantum information, including no-go theorems for passive 2d quantum memory, possible 3d memories, and the techniques of magic state distillation and surface codes which have become central to efforts to build a practical quantum computer.
Nominated by: DQI

Yunhai Cai [2013]
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For his important contributions to beam dynamics in areas of beam-beam, nonlinear dynamics, and microwave instability, and pioneering contributions to the development of ultra-low emittance storage rings for the future generation of synchrotron radiation.
Nominated by: DPB

David Carroll [2013]
Wake Forest University
Citation: For pioneering studies in determining the electronic structure of nanoscale materials and their defects and interfaces through the use of scanning probes leading to applications in electroactive polymer nanocomposites.
Nominated by: DMP

Charles Cerjan [2013]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For seminal contributions to time-dependent Schrodinger equation propagation algorithms and their applications, the development of laser-produced plasma sources for advanced lithography, and the investigation of the basic mechanism of magnetic multilayer material response and its application to magnetic storage devices.
Nominated by: DAMOP

William A. Challener [2013]
General Electric Company
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of surface plasmon physics and its application to data storage and biosensing.
Nominated by: FIAP

Premala Chandra [2013]
Rutgers University
Citation: For contributions to the theory of frustrated antiferromagnets and glasses, ferroelectrics and heavy fermion materials.
Nominated by: DCMP

Christine Charles [2013]
Australian National University
Citation: For discovery of current-free double layers in helicon plasma sources, development of helicon ion beam generators, and their application to space propulsion and materials modification.
Nominated by: DPP

Hongyu Chen [2013]
Dow Chemical Company
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the fundamental understanding of polymer viscoelasticity, phase behavior of polymer blends, deformation behavior of polymers, structure-property relationship of oriented polymers, and the application of polymer physics for product development.
Nominated by: DPOLY

Yang Chen [2013]
University of Colorado
Citation: For the development of critically important models and algorithms used in gyrokinetic simulation, including the direct electromagnetic algorithm, the coarse-graining procedure and a rigorous collisional delta-f algorithm.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Kingman Cheung [2013]
National Tsing Hua University
Citation: For his influential contributions to collider physics in and beyond the Standard Model, especially the origin of electroweak symmetry breaking.
Nominated by: DPF

Margaret S. Cheung [2013]
University of Houston
Citation: For her contributions to modeling and simulations necessary to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the folding, structure and function of a protein in a cellular environment.
Nominated by: DBIO

Thomas Chou [2013]
University of California, Los Angeles
Citation: For his diverse contributions to the development and analysis of stochastic models for transport and cellular biophysics, and his elegant mathematical models in physical biology and biomedicine.
Nominated by: DBIO

Kenneth T. Christensen [2013]
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Citation: For his fundamental and innovative contributions to the understanding of wall turbulence, including the character of span-wise vortices and the effects of surface roughness, the behavior of microfluidic systems, and the development of new PIV instruments.
Nominated by: DFD

Noel T. Clemens [2013]
University of Texas, Austin
Citation: For the development and application of innovative experimental methods leading to fundamental understanding of shear flow mixing, turbulent flame structure and supersonic unsteady flows.
Nominated by: DFD

Robert W. Collins [2013]
University of Toledo
Citation: For advancing the understanding of the optical properties and structures of thin film materials and devices, for innovations in real-time spectroscopic ellipsometry, and for leadership of research collaborations of industrial, government, and university laboratories.
Nominated by: FIAP

Neil J. Cornish [2013]
Montana State University
Citation: For pioneering work in cosmology and gravitational-wave science, including the characterization of the topology of our universe, and the development of techniques for studying gravitational-wave sources with space-based low-frequency gravitational-wave detectors.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Costantino Creton [2013]
PPMD-ESPCI
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the physics of adhesion, fracture and deformation of polymeric materials and nanocomposites.
Nominated by: DPOLY

Stefano Curtarolo [2013]
Duke University
Citation: For pioneering automatic high-throughput computational materials science, and for the creation of on-line materials development techniques, the ingredients of the Materials Genome Initiative.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Giacomo Mauro D'Ariano [2013]
Università degli Studi di Pavia
Citation: For contributions tot he advancement of Quantum Mechanics, in particular, for conceiving and developing the popular tomography method for quantum states and apparatuses and for developing the method of quantum combs which lead to a first information-theoretic axiomatization of the Quantum Theory
Nominated by: DQI

Karin A. Dahmen [2013]
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Citation: For establishment and exploring the deep connections between non-equilibrium phase transitions and avalanche phenomena in diverse fields encompassing materials, geophysics and neuroscience.
Nominated by: GSNP

Jean Dalibard [2013]
CNRS
Citation: For his seminal contributions to the physics of light-atom interactions and cold 2D atomic gases.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Viatcheslav V. Danilov [2013]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: For fundamental and creative solutions to a wide range of accelerator physics issues, including laser stripping ring injection, integrable beam dynamics, space charge and instabilities.
Nominated by: DPB

Alejandro L. De Lozanne [2013]
University of Texas
Citation: For spectroscopic imaging of complex materials using scanning tunneling microscopy.
Nominated by: DCMP

Steven L. Detweiler [2013]
University of Florida
Citation: For his many and varied contributions to gravitational physics, which include the computation of black-hole quasinormal modes, the elucidation of pulsar timing to measure gravitational waves, and foundational contributions to the gravitational self-force.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Willem H. Dickhoff [2013]
Washington University in St. Louis
Citation: For development and application of the self-consistent Green's function method for attacking the nuclear many-body problem, yielding fundamental insights into the roles of nuclear correlations in experimentally accessible observables.
Nominated by: DNP

Mark M. Disko [2013]
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
Citation: For contributions to advanced materials characterization at the nanoscale and novel gas sensing techniques, together with leadership, in an industrial setting.
Nominated by: FIAP

Bogdan A. Dobrescu [2013]
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For original and influential extensions of the Standard Model involving extra dimensions and new gauge dynamics, and for leadership in bridging the gap between new theoretical ideas and experimental tests.
Nominated by: DPF

Paul J. Dolan, Jr [2013]
Northeastern Illinois University
Citation: For contributions to education in physics, including the physics of granular materials; and especially for leadership and service to organizations involved in physics education.
Nominated by: FED

Marija Drndic [2013]
University of Pennsylvania
Citation: For development of novel nanofabrication methods for graphene nanoelectronics and fast biomolecular analysis in solution.
Nominated by: DCMP

Vladimir Dzuba [2013]
University of New South Wales
Citation: For development of new methods and original computer codes for high precision atomic calculations, accurate calculations of violation of fundamental symmetries (parity, time reversal) used to test unification theories in atomic experiments, effects of variation of fine structure constant and proposals of new atomic clocks.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Paul Fallon [2013]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For use of gamma ray spectroscopic techniques to elucidate the behavior of atomic nuclei at the limits of existence, from the investigation of super-deformation at the highest angular momentum to studies of weakly bound states in light systems approaching the neutron drip-line.
Nominated by: DNP

Paul Fendley [2013]
University of Virginia
Citation: For applying the mathematics of integrable systems to low dimensional systems, including spin chains and fractional quantum Hall states.
Nominated by: DCMP

Jimmy J. Feng [2013]
University of British Columbia
Citation: For pioneering studies of solid-liquid two-phase flows, interfacial dynamics of complex fluids, and phase-field modeling of the moving contact line.
Nominated by: DFD

Charles D. Ferguson II [2013]
Federation of American Scientists
Citation: For applying technical knowledge to public policy on nuclear issues, including nuclear energy, nonproliferation, nuclear and radiological terrorism, and nuclear safety and security; and for communicating that knowledge to society.
Nominated by: FPS

Gennady Fiksel [2013]
University of Rochester
Citation: For seminal contributions to the physics of magnetic self-organization and plasma transport from magnetic turbulence, and for the development of innovative plasma diagnostics, experimental techniques, and plasma sources.
Nominated by: DPP

Alexander Finkelstein [2013]
Texas A&M University, College Station
Citation: For the theory of the metal-insulator transition in interacting disordered systems.
Nominated by: DCMP

Ian R. Fisher [2013]
Stanford University
Citation: For pioneering research in the electronic properties and crystal growth of quantum materials.
Nominated by: DMP

Bonnie T. Fleming [2013]
Yale University
Citation: In recognition of her leadership in neutrino physics and her role in promoting the liquid argon techniques for neutrino detection.
Nominated by: DPF

John F. Foss [2013]
Michigan State University
Citation: For fundamental experimentation of complex flows, novel surface topology analyses and for ground-breaking vorticity measurements.
Nominated by: DFD

Alexandra Gade [2013]
Michigan State University
Citation: For her work in developing sensitive techniques based on gamma-ray detection to explore the properties of rare isotopes.
Nominated by: DNP

Dmitry Garanin [2013]
Lehman College
Citation: For his theoretical work that shaped research on molecular magnets and helped to develop a deep understanding of their magnetic properties
Nominated by: GMAG

Susan V. Gardner [2013]
University of Kentucky
Citation: For pioneering work in strongly interacting physics and its interplay with weak decays and for numerous insights into important tests of CP violation and the Standard Model of particle interactions.
Nominated by: GPMFC

Robert J. Garisto [2013]
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Citation: For his professionalism, diplomacy, high standards, and dedicated service as Editor of Physical Review Letters.
Nominated by: APS

David Gates [2013]
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Citation: For innovation and leadership in the understanding and control of limiting MHD phenomena in toroidal plasmas.
Nominated by: DPP

Thierry Giamarchi [2013]
University of Geneva
Citation: For elucidating the role of interactions and disorder in low dimensional classical and quantum systems.
Nominated by: DCMP

Paolo Giannozzi [2013]
Universita di Udine
Citation: For his seminal contributions to development of density-functional perturbation theory and for his services to the electronic-structure community in open-source software development and in dissemination of knowledge on first-principle simulations throughout the developed and developing world.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Charles J. Glinka [2013]
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Citation: For development of world-class capabilities for small angle neutron scattering in North America, which has led to critical opportunities and advances in polymer and soft-matter science for over 1,000 scientists and engineers.
Nominated by: DPOLY

Nickolay Y. Gnedin [2013]
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For pioneering work in computational cosmology, which has led to a deep understanding of the Lyman alpha forest and reionization of the universe.
Nominated by: DAP

John C. Gore [2013]
Vanderbilt University
Citation: For contributions to the development and applications of physics in biomedical imaging, especially for pioneering research in the use of magnetic resonance imaging for understanding tissue and organ physiology and biophysics.
Nominated by: DBIO

Rama Govindarajan [2013]
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Citation: For contributions to our understanding of laminar-turbulent transition, especially in viscosity-stratified flows.
Nominated by: DFD

Charles Greenfield [2013]
General Atomics
Citation: For pioneering contributions in establishing the physics basis of high performance, internal transport barrier operation in H-mode plasmas and for outstanding leadership of national research teams in resolving key fusion science issues.
Nominated by: DPP

David Grier [2013]
New York University
Citation: For development of the techniques of holographic trapping and optical microscopy and their use in condensed matter physics.
Nominated by: DCMP

Jeffrey C. Grossman [2013]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For important contributions to the development and application of Quantum Monte Carlo methods for electronic structure calculations, and the use of first principles methods to predict the properties of materials and nanostructures at the microscopic level.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Alexei Gruverman [2013]
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Citation: For pioneering contribution to the development of piezoresponse force microscopy as a probing and controlling tool of nanoscale phenomena in ferroelectric and piezoelectric heterostructures.
Nominated by: DMP

Hua Guo [2013]
University of New Mexico
Citation: For the development of iterative methods for solving the nuclear Schrödinger equation and applications to molecular spectroscopy and dynamics of various gas phase and surface reactions.
Nominated by: DCP

Shangjr F. Gwo [2013]
National Tsing Hua University
Citation: For his important contributions in developing innovative approaches for growth and fundamental studies of semiconductor surfaces, interfaces, and nanostructures, for his experimental breakthroughs in developing plasmonic metamaterials and plasmonic nanolasers, and for his promotion of international collaborations in physics.
Nominated by: FIP

David S. Hall [2013]
Amherst College
Citation: For investigations of quantum vortices and other interesting features of Bose-Einstein condensates carried out at undergraduate institution.
Nominated by: APS

Katherine Harkay [2013]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: For significant contributions to the understanding of the physics of electron cloud effects and the experimental investigation and understanding of collective effects, as well as for playing leading roles in development of photocathodes and superconducting undulator technology.
Nominated by: DPB

Zahid Hasan [2013]
Princeton University
Citation: For the experimental discovery of three dimensional topological insulators.
Nominated by: DCMP

Karsten M. Heeger [2013]
Yale University
Citation: For his contributions to the highest impact experiments in neutrino physics, especially for the major roles he played in the Daya Bay and KamLAND experiments.
Nominated by: DNP

Wouter D. Hoff [2013]
Oklahoma State University
Citation: For his fundamental contributions to elucidating the molecular mechanisms of protein folding and function especially using light-sensitive proteins as model systems.
Nominated by: DBIO

Stephen E. Holland [2013]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For the invention of the fully-depleted charge-coupled devices (CCDs) whose extended near-infrared sensitivity enables imaging and spectroscopic surveys of the Universe, detecting light that was emitted billions of years ago. This technology has also enabled new x-ray and gamma-ray instrumentation.
Nominated by: GIMS

Suxing Hu [2013]
University of Rochester
Citation: For his contributions to attosecond probes of electron correlations in atoms, attosecond imaging of ultrafast atomic and molecular processes, relativistic laser acceleration of electrons, and the development of accurate numerical methods for intense laser interactions with atomcs and molecules.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Thomas L. Jackson [2013]
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Citation: For pioneering research in reacting flows, especially stability analysis of compressible shear flows, and modeling and simulation of complex heterogeneous solid propellant combustion.
Nominated by: DFD

David E. Jaffe [2013]
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Citation: For significant contributions to elucidating the flavor structure of the Standard Model through measurements on Kaons, B-mesons and neutrinos, including observation of K+->pi+ nu nu_bar in the low pion momentum region and observation of theta 13 through reactor electron antineutrino disappearance.
Nominated by: DPF

Yogesh Jaluria [2013]
Rutgers University
Citation: For pioneering and lasting contributions to a wide variety of fundamental and applied areas in fluid mechanics, particularly to buoyancy-induced flows, computational fluid dynamics, microscale transport, fluid flow phenomena in materials processing, the spread and growth of fires in enclosed spaces, and environmental flows.
Nominated by: DFD

Ulrich D. Jentschura [2013]
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Citation: For groundbreaking calculations of quantum electrodynamic energy shifts in simple atomic systems, and for his contributions to fundamental laser-dressed scattering and dynamical processes in atoms, notably, for the clarification of the role of cascades in two-photon decay.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Arne Johansson [2013]
Royal Institute of Technology
Citation: For pioneering and lasting contributions, using theory, numerical simulation and experiment, to our understanding of turbulent flows and turbulence modeling.
Nominated by: DFD

Thomas W. Jones [2013]
University of Minnesota
Citation: For fundamental contributions to our understanding of thermal and non-thermal radiation from extragalactic sources, and the morphology and physics of radio sources.
Nominated by: DAP

Cherie R. Kagan [2013]
University of Pennsylvania
Citation: For innovative work in manipulating chemically and exploring physically the properties of inorganic and organic solid state materials, from colloidal nanocrystals and organic and organic-inorganic hybrid materials, and in exploiting these materials in electronic, optical, and optoelectronic devices.
Nominated by: DMP

Nasser Kalantar-Nayestanaki [2013]
University of Groningen
Citation: For leading a comprehensive experimental program on few-nucleon reactions that unveiled new effects of two- and three-body forces.
Nominated by: GFB

Alex Kamenev [2013]
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Citation: For advancing the methods of quantum kinetic theory.
Nominated by: DCMP

Adam Kaminski [2013]
Iowa State University
Citation: For angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy studies of unconventional superconductors.
Nominated by: DCMP

Josef A. Kas [2013]
University of Leipzig
Citation: For his seminal contributions to polymer biophysics, the development of new optical trapping techniques, and his pioneering role in the new area physics of cancer.
Nominated by: DBIO

David Kastor [2013]
University of Massachusetts
Citation: For his influential work on a broad span of topics in gravitational physics, ranging from the formal definition of conserved quantities in General Relativity through new exact black hole solutions all the way to brane architectures relevant for string theory.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Michael Keidar [2013]
George Washington University
Citation: For major contributions to the physics of low-temperature plasma, resulting in a variety of novel devices and unique processes with applications to space propulsion, nanotechnology and biomedicine.
Nominated by: DPP

Scott J. Kenyon [2013]
Harvard University
Citation: For his world-leading stature in observational and theoretical astrophysics including studies of the Symbiotic Variables, Star Formation, Recurrent and Classical Novae, Solar System Formation, and the Structure of the Galaxy.
Nominated by: DAP

James M. Kikkawa [2013]
University of Pennsylvania
Citation: For optical spectroscopy of excitations in nanomaterials.
Nominated by: DCMP

Tom Kirchner [2013]
York University
Citation: For seminal contributions to the theoretical description of the few-particle dynamics of complex Coulomb systems.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Rami Kishek [2013]
University of Maryland
Citation: For ground breaking theory of multipactor discharge, and for contributions to the understanding of physics of space-charge-dominated beams.
Nominated by: DPB

Boaz Klima [2013]
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For significant contributions to hadron collider physics community, and leadership, especially in the discovery of the top quark.
Nominated by: DPF

Randall D. Knight [2013]
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Citation: For the improvement of instruction in introductory physics by the writing of textbooks, student workbooks, and instructor guides that are grounded in physics education research.
Nominated by: FED

Marcus D. Knudson [2013]
Sandia National Laboratories
Citation: For pioneering experiments to understand matter at extreme dynamic compressions and having a broad impact on multiple areas of physics through exemplary equation of state results at high pressure.
Nominated by: GCCM

Viatcheslav Kokoouline [2013]
University of Central Florida
Citation: For his innovative solution of challenging theoretical problems, including novel treatments of the dissociative recombination of the triatomic ion of hydrogen and the ammonium ion and other low energy molecular processes.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Diana L. Kormos Buchwald [2013]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: For her pioneering work in the history of the physical sciences, especially her exemplary editorial leadership on The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein.
Nominated by: FHPP

Steven K. Korotky [2013]
Alcatel Lucent, Bell Laboratories
Citation: For sustained contributions to the advancement of optical fiber communications, particularly the use of lithium niobate technology for high speed modulators.
Nominated by: FIAP

V. Krishnamurthy [2013]
George Mason University
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the physics of intraseasonal, interannual and decadal variability of South Asian monsoon and South American climate, the predictability of atmosphere as a nonlinear dynamical system, and the development of atmospheric physics in developing countries.
Nominated by: FIP

Ondrej L. Krivanek [2013]
Nion Co.
Citation: For seminal contributions to advancing the microscopy and spectroscopy of materials through innovative electron optics.
Nominated by: DMP

Leeor Kronik [2013]
Weizmann Institute of Science
Citation: For path-breaking work relevant to central issues in interfacial and solid state science, which has led to new understandings in materials and interface physics.
Nominated by: DMP

Patrice Le Gal [2013]
CNRS
Citation: For original experimental research in geophysical fluid dynamics, notably the strato-rotational and elliptic instabilities, and for experimental research in pattern formation in Rayleigh-Benard convection, in wakes, and in fluids between rotating disks.
Nominated by: DFD

Seunghun Lee [2013]
University of Virginia
Citation: For contributions towards understanding spin and orbital physics in geometrically frustrated magnets using neutron scattering.
Nominated by: DCMP

Yoonseok Lee [2013]
University of Florida
Citation: For high-precision ultrasound measurements in quantum liquids, and discovery of the acoustic Faraday effect and broken spin-orbit symmetry in superfluid 3He-B.
Nominated by: DCMP

Konrad Lehnert [2013]
University of Colorado
Citation: For developing experimental methods that enable the quantum control and measurement of micro-mechanical oscillators and for developing practical microwave amplifiers that operate at the quantum-limit.
Nominated by: DQI

Walter Lempert [2013]
Ohio State University
Citation: For innovative and insightful contributions to the development and application of optical diagnostic methods for the study of nonequilibrium molecular plasmas and turbulent flows.
Nominated by: DPP

Bao-An Li [2013]
Texas A&M University, Commerce
Citation: For his important contributions to our understanding of asymmetric nuclear matter, for his untiring efforts in promoting isospin physics worldwide, and for enhancing scientific contacts and collaborations with physicists in China.
Nominated by: FIP

Baowen Li [2013]
National University of Singapore
Citation: For distinguished contributions to the field of "phononics", particularly for conceiving phononic devices like thermal diodes, thermal transistors, logical thermal gates and memories and phonon transport in low dimensional systems.
Nominated by: FIP

Qiang Li [2013]
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Citation: For his contributions to both basic and applied aspects of high-temperature superconductivity.
Nominated by: DMP

Steven L. Liebling [2013]
Long Island University
Citation: For many contributions to numerical relativity, especially in the areas of critical gravitational collapse, black hole binaries with matter and magnetic fields as well as infrastructure development.
Nominated by: DGRAV

J. Ping Liu [2013]
University of Texas
Citation: For pioneering work in research on advanced permanent-magnet materials, including innovative work on bottom-up approaches to fabrication of nanocomposite magnets with reduced rare-earth content via novel techniques.
Nominated by: GMAG

Jie Liu [2013]
Duke University
Citation: For contributions to nanoscale chemistry, especially the controlled synthesis and chemical modification of carbon nanotubes with enhanced properties for numerous applications.
Nominated by: DMP

Erik Luijten [2013]
Northwestern University
Citation: For the development of algorithms that greatly accelerate the simulation of condensed-matter systems and for their application in elucidating the behavior of a broad range of self-assembly phenomena.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Robert Lysak [2013]
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the theory of Alfven wave processes, including kinetic effects, their role in magnetosphere ionosphere coupling in planetary magnetospheres and development of global models of MHD wave processes in dipolar geometries.
Nominated by: DPP

Anatoly Maksimchuk [2013]
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Citation: For major contributions to the understanding of short pulse high intensity laser-plasma interactions, in particular for innovative experimental work in electron and ion acceleration and radiation generation.
Nominated by: DPP

John B. Marston [2013]
Brown University
Citation: For contributions to the theory of quantum magnetism and to the statistics of fluid systems driven far away from equilibrium.
Nominated by: DCMP

Nils Martensson [2013]
Uppsala University
Citation: For pioneering work in the field of photoelectron spectroscopy, who has contributed to many fundamental concepts to understand electronic processes of a wide variety of materials as well as to several revolutionary technical developments, thereby profoundly influencing this field with sustained contributions for more than four decades.
Nominated by: FIP

Hedi M. Mattoussi [2013]
Florida State University
Citation: For development of concepts to interface inorganic nano-particles with biological systems, with impact on nanomaterials and biotechnology.
Nominated by: DCMP

Manos Mavrikakis [2013]
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Citation: For his outstanding contributions to the development and use of density functional theory in the fundamental understanding of the site-specific chemical reactions and the determination and design of new catalytic materials.
Nominated by: DCP

Robert D. Mawhinney [2013]
Columbia University
Citation: For his pioneering contributions using lattice techniques to the quantitative description and understanding of the physics of quarks and their role in the weak interactions and QCD phase diagram.
Nominated by: GHP

Kevin F. McCarty [2013]
Sandia National Laboratories
Citation: For pioneering experimental explorations of the dynamics of ceramic and metal surfaces.
Nominated by: DMP

Patrick McCray [2013]
University of California, Santa Barbara
Citation: For his outstanding scholarship on the history of modern physical sciences that explores relations between experts, amateurs, and enthusiasts, and for his service to the scholarly community, including institution-building and sustained public outreach.
Nominated by: FHPP

Mark D. Messier [2013]
Indiana University
Citation: For study of neutrino mass and mixing from discovery with atmospheric neutrinos by Super-Kamiokande, confirmation and precision measurements using MINOS, and leadership of the NOvA long-baseline experiment to further refine the fundamental nature of neutrino oscillation.
Nominated by: DPF

Roman G. Mints [2013]
Tel Aviv University
Citation: For contributions to the theory of critical state in type-II superconductors, and prediction of non-quantized flux of Josephson vortices on grain boundaries in high-Tc cuprates.
Nominated by: DCMP

Chandrashekhar Mishra [2013]
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For exceptional achievement in the creation and stewardship of international collaborations in accelerator and particle physics, especially in the Indian-American Agreement for Cooperation in the Area of Accelerator and Particle Detector Research and Development for Discovery Science.
Nominated by: FIP

Daniel Mittleman [2013]
Rice University
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of the ultrafast optical properties and terahertz spectroscopy of materials and the investigation of new techniques for imaging and spectroscopic measurements using terahertz radiation.
Nominated by: DLS

John Moody [2013]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For pioneering experiments contributing to understanding propagation, scattering, transmission and redirection of high-intensity laser beams in large scale plasmas for Inertial Confinement Fusion.
Nominated by: DPP

Joel E. Moore [2013]
University of California, Berkeley
Citation: For fundamental contributions to electronic structure theory of topological insulators.
Nominated by: DCMP

Jeffrey Morris [2013]
City College of New York
Citation: For outstanding research in the flow of multi-phase mixtures, including the development of nonequilibrium microstructure in Stokes flow, constitutive modeling and bulk flow analysis, measurement of the particle pressure, and elucidating the influence of particle-scale inertia on rheology and flow.
Nominated by: DFD

David P. Morrison [2013]
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Citation: For his scientific and technical contributions to Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics, determination of collision geometry and its effect on Quark Gluon Plasma observables, and his leadership on the PHENIX experiment at RHIC.
Nominated by: DNP

Adilson E. Motter [2013]
Northwestern University
Citation: For his contributions to the foundations of chaos and the study of nonlinear dynamics in complex networks, including the discovery of synthetic rescues and pioneering work on network synchronization phenomena, cascading failures, and the control of nonlinear network dynamics.
Nominated by: GSNP

V. Parameswaran Nair [2013]
City College of New York
Citation: For his contributions to theoretical high energy physics, including: the symmetries of gluon amplitudes, gauge theories in three space-time dimensions (especially involving Chern-Simons theories and anyons), non-commutative quantum mechanics, and the Quantum Hall effect in higher dimensions.
Nominated by: DPF

Ranganathan Narayanan [2013]
University of Florida
Citation: For seminal contributions in research and education in the field of interfacial instabilities and for work in generating novel and revealing experiments on pattern formation.
Nominated by: DFD

Petr Navratil [2013]
TRIUMF
Citation: For his seminal contributions to the development of ab initio nuclear structure and nuclear reaction theory including pioneering demonstrations of the critical role of realistic three-nucleon interactions.
Nominated by: DNP

Jeffrey B. Neaton [2013]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the understanding of phase behavior, electronic structure, and transport properties of condensed matter, particularly multiferroics, nanostructures, and materials for energy conversion and storage.
Nominated by: DMP

John J. Neumeier [2013]
Montana State University
Citation: For experiments on strongly correlated electron materials, and the development of ultrahigh-resolution thermal expansion measurements to study phase transitions in quantum materials.
Nominated by: DCMP

Josep Nogues [2013]
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Citation: For his significant contributions to the understanding and development of exchange bias in thin films, nanostructures and nanoparticles.
Nominated by: GMAG

George S. Nolas [2013]
University of South Florida
Citation: For pioneering studies of novel thermoelectric materials, especially cage-like compounds with low thermal conductivity.
Nominated by: FIAP

Valentyn Novosad [2013]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: For creative contributions to the fundamental understanding of the physics of nanomagnets, emphasizing magnetization reversal mechanisms, coupling effects, and dynamics of geometrically confined spin vortices.
Nominated by: GMAG

Christopher K. Ober [2013]
Cornell University
Citation: For his pioneering efforts in synthesizing, characterizing, and processing functional polymers with tailored architectures for photolithography and self-assembly.
Nominated by: DPOLY

James D. Olsen [2013]
Princeton University
Citation: For seminal contributions to the observation of Direct CP Violation in the B meson systems by the BaBar experiment at SLAC, and for his leading role in the first CMS measurement of Higgs decays to b quarks.
Nominated by: DPF

Fiorenzo Omenetto [2013]
Tufts University
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the development of silk-based optical structures and photonic devices, and important advances in ultrafast nonlinear optics and photonic crystal fibers.
Nominated by: DLS

Benjamin J. Owen [2013]
Pennsylvania State University
Citation: For leadership in understanding how neutron stars can produce gravitational waves, for creating better methods to search for these waves, and for demonstrating how gravitational wave observations can be used to probe the structure and dynamics of neutron stars.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Lyman A. Page [2013]
Princeton University
Citation: For his leadership in precision measurements of the cosmic microwave background, culminating in the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe experiment, which has enabled precise determinations of the fundamental cosmological parameters, including the geometry, age and composition of the universe.
Nominated by: DAP

Josef Paldus [2013]
University of Waterloo
Citation: For the development of theoretical and methodological aspects of atomic and molecular electronic structure, primarily of the unitary group and coupled cluster approaches to the many-electron correlation problem, and their exploitation in computational quantum chemistry and chemical physics.
Nominated by: DCP

Thomas T.M. Palstra [2013]
University of Groningen
Citation: For pioneering experiments in superconductivity and magnetism giving rise to various discoveries in strongly-correlated oxides, heavy-fermion systems and organics.
Nominated by: DMP

Jian-Wei Pan [2013]
University of Science & Technology
Citation: For his pioneering works on experiments of optical quantum communication, quantum computation, and multi-photon entanglement, and for his important role in international physics.
Nominated by: FIP

Xiaoqing Pan [2013]
University of Michigan
Citation: For pioneering contributions and innovative application of electron microscopy to probe and understand the effects of boundary conditions on ferroelectricity, including polarization mapping and domain dynamics, with atomic resolution.
Nominated by: DMP

Fulvio Parmigiani [2013]
University of Trieste
Citation: For pioneering contributions in ultra-fast non-linear photoemission in metals and broad-band time resolved optical spectroscopy of cuprates and high temperature superconductors, and for establishing a strong, international scientific user program at the world’s first seeded free electron laser facility.
Nominated by: FIP

Pravesh Patel [2013]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For pioneering contributions in the science of ultraintense laser-matter interaction and particle acceleration and applications to creating and probing high energy density plasma states, and for his leadership in advancing the fast ignition concept for inertial confinement fusion.
Nominated by: DPP

Vasili V. Perebeinos [2013]
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the theory of optical and transport properties of carbon nanotubes and graphene.
Nominated by: FIAP

Frank Petriello [2013]
Northwestern University
Citation: For pioneering new methods in the application of perturbative quantum chromodynamics to high-energy processes, and for computing high precision, fully exclusive production cross sections for electroweak vector bosons and Higgs bosons at hadron colliders.
Nominated by: DPF

Olivier R. Pfister [2013]
University of Virginia
Citation: For his groundbreaking contributions to quantum optics applied to quantum information and precision measurements, including his discovery of the use of the quantum optical frequency comb of a single optical resonator as a support for massively scalable quantum information.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Leo E. Piilonen [2013]
Virginia Technical Institute
Citation: For his important experimental contributions in the areas of lepton physics, CP violation, the CKM matrix, and quarkonia; and for his leadership of the Belle and Belle II Collaborations.
Nominated by: DPF

Steven J. Plimpton [2013]
Sandia National Laboratories
Citation: For creating the Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator (LAMMPS) molecular dynamics package, open-source materials modeling software that has become widely-used by physicists and materials scientist worldwide.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Martin K.W. Pohl [2013]
University of Potsdam
Citation: For significant scientific contributions to cosmic-ray theory, including modeling of cosmic-ray propagation, electron acceleration in supernova remnants, magnetic turbulence production in shocks and his collaborative work in observational gamma-ray astronomy.
Nominated by: DAP

Thomas Powers [2013]
Brown University
Citation: For pioneering, rigorous and creative contributions to our understanding of the dynamics of membranes and filaments in viscous flows, particularly regarding the theory of bacterial motility in viscous and viscoelastic media and the role of hydrodynamic interactions at low Reynolds number.
Nominated by: DFD

Eric Prebys [2013]
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For his important contributions to the physics of beams and his exceptional efforts to shape the US - CERN collaboration enabling successful physics programs at the LHC and charting a course for US involvement in future LHC upgrades.
Nominated by: FIP

Han Pu [2013]
Rice University
Citation: For seminal contributions to basic research in ultracold atomic physics, particularly on spinor Bose-Einstein condensates, and dipolar and spin-orbit coupled quantum gases.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Chandra Raman [2013]
Georgia Institute of Technology
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the study of superfluidity in Bose-Einstein condensates, including vortex dynamics and spinor quantum fluids.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Simon Raoux [2013]
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Citation: For seminal contributions to the science and technology of phase change materials and phase change random access memory technology that opened up a whole new field of memory technology.
Nominated by: FIAP

Markus B. Raschke [2013]
University of Colorado
Citation: For contributions to surface and near-field optics involving nanospectroscopy, optical control, thermal near-field spectroscopy, optical nanoantennas and adiabatic nanofocusing in nonlinear and ultrafast nanoimaging.
Nominated by: DLS

Leonard F. Register [2013]
University of Texas
Citation: For contributions to semiconductor device theory, modeling and design.
Nominated by: FIAP

Alejandro Rey [2013]
McGill University
Citation: For innovative mathematical modeling of polymers, fibers, liquid crystals, and biological membranes.
Nominated by: DPOLY

Martin C. Richardson [2013]
University of Central Florida
Citation: For the development of high-power CO2, fiber and solid-state lasers, and their application in the study of laser plasmas, laser fusion, EUV light generation, LIBS and sensing.
Nominated by: DLS

Elisa Riedo [2013]
Georgia Institute of Technology
Citation: For atomic force microscopy studies of nanoscale friction, liquid structure and nanotube elasticity, and the invention of thermochemical nanolithography.
Nominated by: DCMP

Thomas G. Rizzo [2013]
Stanford University
Citation: For developing novel frameworks for new physics, for identifying critical experimental tests of such frameworks, and for working closely with experimentalists to carry out such tests and interpret the results.
Nominated by: DPF

Adrian Roitberg [2013]
University of Florida
Citation: For his contribution to the development of advanced sampling techniques in molecular dynamics, and his involvement in new force fields and computer programs to model biomolecular systems.
Nominated by: DBIO

Gunther M. Roland [2013]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For his pioneering work on particle correlations in high-energy nuclear interactions, which led to the discovery of triangular flow, and his role in steering the PHOBOS and CMS heavy-ion physics programs.
Nominated by: DNP

Stephan Rosenkranz [2013]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of strongly correlated electron systems using neutron and x-ray scattering.
Nominated by: DCMP

S. David Rosner [2013]
University of Western Ontario
Citation: For the invention of the laser-rf double resonance spectroscopic method, and its application to a broad range of atomic, ionic, and molecular species.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Markus Roth [2013]
Tech University Darmstadt
Citation: For outstanding experimental contributions in laser-produced proton and deuterium beams, and their application to fast ignition and neutron beam generation.
Nominated by: DPP

Brian T. Saam [2013]
University of Utah
Citation: For unique contributions to the science, technology, and applications of polarized noble gases, in particular studies of relaxation phenomena and magnetic resonance imaging.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Celeste Sagui [2013]
North Carolina State University
Citation: For her fundamental contributions to the field of computational biophysics and statistical mechanics, her development of algorithms for simulating long-range electrostatic forces and free energies, and her insights into the understanding of biomolecular structure and nanoscale growth phenomena.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Christophe E. Salomon [2013]
Ecole Normale Superieure
Citation: For foundational contributions to precision metrology with ultracold atoms.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Fernando Sannibale [2013]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of coherent synchrotron radiation in storage rings and the development of high brightness electron beam sources.
Nominated by: DPB

Michael F. Schatz [2013]
Georgia Institute of Technology
Citation: For pioneering and creative experimental contributions to the characterization and control of complex fluid and pattern formation phenomena.
Nominated by: GSNP

Stefan E. Schippers [2013]
Justus Liebig University Giessen
Citation: For wide-ranging experimental studies of the interactions of ions with photons, electrons, atoms, and solid surfaces, providing new fundamental insights into their structures and dynamics as well as accurate reaction cross sections for applications in plasma physics and astrophysics.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Christoph Schmidt [2013]
Universitaet Goettingen
Citation: For his fundamental contributions in the development and application of single-molecule techniques in biophysics as well as pioneering work in the microrheological and micromechanical probing of biomacromolecular assemblies.
Nominated by: DBIO

Klaus Schmidt-Rohr [2013]
Iowa State University
Citation: For inventing and improving advanced solid-state NMR techniques that provide important new information about polymers, such as the Nafion used in fuel cells, those which occur naturally in plants and soils, and those which form nanocomposites in bone.
Nominated by: DPOLY

Andrew Schmitt [2013]
Naval Research Laboratory
Citation: For major contributions to the theory and simulation of laser plasma interactions including pioneering work on the effects of laser beam smoothing and for advancing high-resolution simulations of laser high gain direct drive implosions.
Nominated by: DPP

Marilyn Beth Schneider [2013]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For outstanding contributions to x-ray measurements from laser-produced plasmas.
Nominated by: GIMS

Robert W. Schoenlein [2013]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For seminal contributions to ultrafast science using lasers and synchrotron radiation.
Nominated by: DLS

Kate Scholberg [2013]
Duke University
Citation: For work with atmospheric and accelerator neutrinos that established the phenomenon of neutrino oscillation, and for leadership in the worldwide effort of the supernova neutrino detection.
Nominated by: DPF

Roman Schrittwieser [2013]
University of Innsbruck
Citation: For outstanding experimental contributions to the physics of double layers, potential relaxation instabilities, fireballs and probe diagnostics in tokamaks.
Nominated by: DPP

Eric R. Schwegler [2013]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For important contributions to the development of linear scaling electronic structure theory, and the use of first-principles methods to examine the properties of aqueous solutions, nanomaterials and matter under extreme conditions.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Uros Seljak [2013]
Princeton University
Citation: For seminal contributions to theoretical and observational cosmology, including the theory of anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background gravitational lensing, galaxy formation and inflation.
Nominated by: DAP

Daniel A. Shaddock [2013]
Australian National University
Citation: For pioneering development of precision optical interferometry in space, particularly for the detection of gravitational waves and for mapping the gravitational field of the earth.
Nominated by: GIMS

Jie Shan [2013]
Case Western Reserve University
Citation: For outstanding contributions in understanding the physics of electronic and optical phenomena in nanoscale materials through the development and application of novel optical probes.
Nominated by: DLS

Donna Sheng [2013]
California State University
Citation: For insights into topological and strongly correlated phases of matter using computational methods.
Nominated by: DCMP

Zheng-Ming Sheng [2013]
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Citation: For his significant contributions to the physics of relativistic laser-plasma interaction and its applications in laser-driven particle beams, novel radiation sources, and inertial fusion energy research through theoretical and numerical investigations.
Nominated by: DPP

Deirdre M. Shoemaker [2013]
Georgia Institute of Technology
Citation: For her leading role in the investigation of dynamical and binary black hole space-times and their observational signatures.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Joern I. Siepmann [2013]
University of Minnesota
Citation: For the development of efficient Monte Carlo algorithms and accurate force fields and for applications to predictive modeling of complex chemical systems.
Nominated by: DCP

Zuzanna S. Siwy [2013]
University of California, Irvine
Citation: For her innovative use of nanopores in the development of biosensors and nanofluidic ionic circuits.
Nominated by: DBIO

Charles Skinner [2013]
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Citation: For innovations in magnetic fusion issues including tokamak dust diagnostics and tritium management and seminal contributions to x-ray lasers and applications, non-linear optics, plasma spectroscopy, and plasma-lithium interactions.
Nominated by: DPP

Dennis Slafer [2013]
MicroContinuum, Inc
Citation: For pioneering the development of nano-imprint technology and related roll-to-roll processes for use in optical and opto-electronic devices.
Nominated by: FIAP

Michael S. Smith [2013]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: For outstanding achievements in experimental nuclear astrophysics, including the first demonstration of the inverse-kinematic technique of measuring capture reactions on exotic beams with direct recoil detection, for advancing this technology, and for tireless efforts to convey the significance of such measurements to the general public.
Nominated by: DNP

William M. Snow [2013]
Indiana University
Citation: For his contributions to the understanding of fundamental nuclear and particle interactions through innovative studies employing very low energy neutrons and the development of measurement techniques in neutron science.
Nominated by: GPMFC

Jorge O. Sofo [2013]
Pennsylvania State University
Citation: For contributions to computational discoveries in transport, structural and optical properties of materials, including the prediction of graphane, a hydrogenated form of graphene, the properties of an ideal thermoelectronic material, thermoelectric properties of superlattices, and the development of efficient computer codes to determine the transport and optical properties of solids.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Alfredo Soldati [2013]
Universita di Udine
Citation: For his contribution to our understanding of the role of turbulence in multiphase flow processes and for nurturing and promoting the teaching and study of multiphase flow phenomena.
Nominated by: DFD

Gabriel C. Spalding [2013]
Illinois Wesleyan University
Citation: For his work to create a community of physics educators focused on physics laboratory instruction beyond the first year; for creative efforts that have made photon-quantum mechanics affordable and accessible in the undergraduate laboratory; for curricular innovations that enhance the role of laboratory in undergraduate physics education.
Nominated by: FED

David N. Spergel [2013]
Princeton University
Citation: For his pioneering contributions to the understanding of our universe. David's work with the WMAP satellite led to discovery of the geometry, age, and total content of our universe.
Nominated by: DAP

Matthias Steffen [2013]
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Citation: For seminal contributions to the field of experimental quantum computing, specifically factoring 15 using liquid state NMR techniques and advances in design, coherence, and interactions of superconducting qubits.
Nominated by: DQI

Hans-Peter Steinrueck [2013]
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Citation: For his groundbreaking work on photoelectron spectroscopy of ionic liquid surfaces as well as in-situ investigations of surface reactions coupling photoelectron spectroscopy and molecular beam techniques.
Nominated by: DCP

Mikhail Stephanov [2013]
University of Illinois
Citation: For seminal contributions to the theory of high energy density strongly interacting matter, and to the understanding of strong interactions in the strong coupling limit and for being among the first to propose the use of fluctuations to search for phase transitions in heavy ion collisions, for which there is now an active experimental program at the RHIC accelerator.
Nominated by: DNP

James M. Stone [2013]
Princeton University
Citation: For his leading role in the development of tools for computational magnetohydrodynamics and in advancing our understanding of the physics of accretion disks, the dynamics of disk driven winds, and the dynamics of molecular clouds.
Nominated by: DAP

Hyung Jin Sung [2013]
KAIST
Citation: For contributions to turbulence, fluid-structure interaction and opto/micro fluidics to find the fundamental physics of these flows and their applications using various numerical and experimental techniques.
Nominated by: DFD

Timothy M.P. Tait [2013]
University of California, Irvine
Citation: For seminal contributions to studies of theories beyond the Standard Model and for pioneering work at the interface of particle physics and astrophysics, developing connections between the physics of the colliders and dark matter detection.
Nominated by: DPF

Makariy A. Tanatar [2013]
Iowa State University
Citation: For studies of the superconducting and normal states of unconventional superconductors using directional charge and heat transport measurements.
Nominated by: DCMP

Uwe C. Tauber [2013]
Virginia Technical Institute
Citation: For seminal and sustained contributions to the understanding of non-equilibrium, universal properties of reaction diffusion processes and driven diffusive systems, with applications in materials science and biological systems.
Nominated by: GSNP

Harry B. Thacker [2013]
University of Virginia
Citation: For contributions to the study of nonperturbative quantum field theory and Lattice QCD.
Nominated by: DPF

Ian J. Thompson [2013]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For the development and application of all-order treatments of nuclear-cluster dynamics in peripheral reactions; leading to a new understanding of halo nuclei within a few-body framework.
Nominated by: DNP

Francis X. Timmes [2013]
Arizona State University
Citation: For his leadership (both in computation and physics) in and contributions to nuclear astrophysics throughout all aspects of stellar explosions of both types of supernovae from progenitors, explosions and nucleosynthetic yield dispersal in the universe.
Nominated by: DAP

Douglas J. Tobias [2013]
University of California, Irvine
Citation: For his major contributions to the physical understanding of heterogeneous atmospheric chemistry, in particular of ions at water/air interfaces and of the molecular structure of salt solutions, also for his findings on the hydration and molecular structure of biological membranes.
Nominated by: DCP

Senthil Todadri [2013]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For insights into exotic phases of matter and phase transitions beyond the Landau paradigm.
Nominated by: DCMP

Leonid A. Turkevich [2013]
NIOSH - The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Citation: For seminal contributions in condensed matter phase behavior, complex fluids (colloidal aggregation, microemulsions) and finely divided matter (aerosols, dust); and for utilizing those physical insights to solve complex problems in petroleum extraction and in occupational safety and health (air filtration, inhalation hazards).
Nominated by: FIAP

James M. Valles [2013]
Brown University
Citation: For experimental contributions to the understanding of the relationship between structure and the 2-dimensional superconducting-insulating transition.
Nominated by: DCMP

Hugo W. van der Hart [2013]
Queen's University of Belfast
Citation: For innovative theoretical developments in the field of multiphoton processes, particularly in the context of ultra-short laser pulses, and for their successful application in the solution of problems involving electron-electron interactions.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Jan Van Ruitenbeek [2013]
University of Leiden
Citation: For studies of the transport properties of small junctions and molecules.
Nominated by: DCMP

Roberto Verzicco [2013]
Universita degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
Citation: For his seminal contribution to the development of algorithms for direct numerical simulations of thermally driven turbulence, vortex flows, and complex flows, for the resulting deep physical understanding of these flows, and for his collaborative attitude which has strongly served the fluid dynamics community.
Nominated by: DFD

Jorge Vinals [2013]
University of Minnesota
Citation: For his contributions to pattern formation in nonequilibrium systems, especially quasi crystalline patterns in Faraday waves, domain coarsening in modulated phases, and the general study of coarse grained fluids described by an order parameter.
Nominated by: DFD

Ashvin Vishwanath [2013]
University of California, Berkeley
Citation: For fundamental contributions to theory of quantum phase transitions and topological phenomena in quantum matter.
Nominated by: DCMP

Robert B. Vogelaar [2013]
Virginia Technical Institute
Citation: For significant contributions to neutrino physics and underground science, especially through his leadership in calibrating the Borexino detector, with the first real-time detection of 7Be solar neutrinos, and his creation of the Kimballton Underground Research Facility, which is opening up new opportunities for fundamental physics experiments.
Nominated by: DNP

Stamatis Vokos [2013]
Seattle Pacific University
Citation: For using physics education research to help improve the learning of physics in Washington State, for leading the multi-year efforts of the Task Force on Teacher Education in Physics, and for serving as a nexus of multiple productive collaborations.
Nominated by: FED

Willem L. Vos [2013]
University of Twente
Citation: For contributions to our understanding of multiple scattering of light in photonic band gap crystals and random media.
Nominated by: DCMP

Jian Wang [2013]
University of Hong Kong
Citation: For his fundamental contributions to quantum transport theory that has led to state-of-the-art computation methods for nanoelectronic device modeling.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Wei-Hua Wang [2013]
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Citation: For significant contributions to the understanding of the physical properties of metallic glasses, in particular, the development of the microscopic mechanisms of metallic glass formation and their mechanical properties.
Nominated by: DMP

Justin S. Wark [2013]
University of Oxford
Citation: For seminal contributions towards understanding matter at extreme conditions through his pioneering development of advanced ultra-fast x-ray diffraction and x-ray spectroscopy.
Nominated by: GCCM

James D. Wells [2013]
University of Michigan
Citation: For his many fundamental contributions to theories of new physics beyond the Standard Model, including the role of electroweak symmetry breaking, Higgs boson physics, and collider searches for supersymmetry and extra dimensions.
Nominated by: DPF

Hai-Hu Wen [2013]
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Citation: For investigations of unconventional pairing mechanisms in high temperature superconductors and elucidation of their vortex dynamics.
Nominated by: DCMP

Steven Wereley [2013]
Purdue University
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the development of microPIV and microfluidics, authoring broadly-used monographs on PIV and microfluidics, and meritoriously representing the fluid dynamics community in the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
Nominated by: DFD

Jose E. Wesfreid [2013]
PMMH-ESPCI
Citation: For pioneering experiments in pattern formation as well as transition and flow control, and for scientific leadership in France and building partnerships with Latin America.
Nominated by: DFD

Stefan Westerhoff [2013]
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Citation: For contributions to particle astrophysics covering gamma ray, neutrino and cosmic ray experiments, especially to the commissioning of a new generation of experiments. For elucidating the statistics of the search for anisotropies in the cosmic ray flux and mapping the arrival directions of Galactic cosmic rays in the southern sky using IceCube data.
Nominated by: DAP

Angela K. Wilson [2013]
University of North Texas
Citation: For her work in the understanding, development, and application of ab initio methods and basis sets.
Nominated by: DCP

Boleslaw Wyslouch [2013]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For his leadership role in the PHOBOS experiment and in creating a world-class heavy ion research program within the CMS Collaboration at the LHC.
Nominated by: GHP

Yijing Yan [2013]
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Citation: For his pioneering and seminal investigations of the fundamental theory for quantum dissipative dynamics of open systems, together with applications to the systems involved in laser manipulation and detection, time-dependent quantum transport, nonlinear optical spectroscopy, and strong electron-electron interactions.
Nominated by: DCP

Chien-Peng Yuan [2013]
Michigan State University
Citation: For original contributions to the theory of single top-quark production, the development of QCD resummation techniques, the global analysis of parton distribution functions, and their application to hadron collider physics.
Nominated by: DPF

Jiang Zhao [2013]
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Citation: For imaginative and successful applications of single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy to polymer physics issues ranging from polyelectrolytes to chain crystallization.
Nominated by: DPOLY

Steven J. Zinkle [2013]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: For significant contributions to the fundamental understanding of radiation effects in metallic and ceramic materials.
Nominated by: DMP

Jian-Min Zuo [2013]
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Citation: For major contributions to the development of electron nanodiffraction and coherent diffraction for quantitative atomic structural analysis, and to their applications in fundamental understanding of nanoscale structural physics in solids, solid interfaces and surfaces.
Nominated by: DMP