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.

For a current listing of Fellows who are active members, or to find Fellows currently affiliated with your institution, please use the APS Member Directory. For questions about the archive or to inquire about locating a record, please contact APS Honors Staff at honors@aps.org.

All A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Filter by Year:
Filter by Nominating Unit:
Filter by Institution:


Christopher K.W. Tam [1991]
Florida State University
Citation: For contributions to the aeroacoustics of supersonic jets, the stability of high speed flows, the modeling of large scale structures in turbulence, and the receptivity of shear flows to sound.
Nominated by: DFD

Tina Marie Kaarsberg [2005]
Office of Policy and International Affairs
Citation: For leadership in analysis of clean energy options and the importance of greater support for physical sciences in energy, climate change, and science & technology policy.
Nominated by: FPS

P K Kabir []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Prabahan k Kabir [1975]
University of Virginia
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Scott Kable [2022]
University of New South Wales
Citation: For insightful research contributions to the spectroscopy of radicals and carbenes as well as to the understanding of fundamental mechanisms in gas-phase reactions, especially concerning “roaming” reactions, and for innovative methods of teaching that have inspired young scientists.
Nominated by: DCP

Milton N Kabler [1973]
Not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

Ravinder Kachru [1994]
Columbia University
Citation: For the application of photon echoes in fundamental atomic physics and optical data storage.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Leo Philip Kadanoff [1969]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Alisher S. Kadyrov [2018]
Curtin University
Citation: For contributions to formal scattering theory with long-range interactions, and the development of the convergent close-coupling approach to positron and ion collisions with atomic and molecular targets.
Nominated by: GFB

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

Harris P. Kagan [2002]
Ohio State University
Citation: For his contributions to the early B-meson and tau-lepton physics, and the development of high resolution and radiation hard charged particle tracking detectors.
Nominated by: DPF

Morton R. Kagan [2002]
IBM and Florida Atlantic University
Citation: For leveraging his IBM research leadership into undergraduate physics education reform incorporating technology and pedagogy, and for later work (after retirement) to strengthen undergraduate physics instruction at several universities.


Nominated by: FED

Igor Kaganovich [2007]
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the kinetic modeling of plasmas, including collisionless electron heating, negative ion dynamics, Hall thrusters, and intense ion beam dynamics.
Nominated by: DPP

Sheldon L Kahalas [1963]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Sidney H Kahana [1967]
McGill University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Geaorge D Kahl [1970]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Antoine Kahn [2002]
Princeton University
Citation: For pioneering work on the atomic and electronic structure of surfaces and interfaces of organic and inorganic semiconductors.
Nominated by: DMP

Peter B Kahn [1957]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Steven Michael Kahn [1991]
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For his insightful observation and interpretation of x-ray spectra of compact objects, supernova remnants, and the soft-x-ray background.
Nominated by: DAP

Byungnam Kahng [2015]
Seoul National University
Citation: For contributions to understanding continuous and discontinuous transitions in percolation and their applications to memory devices, and work on fractality, random walks and spectral properties, avalanche dynamics, and synchronization in complex networks.
Nominated by: GSNP

Kazhikathra Kailasanath [2008]
Naval Research Laboratory
Citation: For contributions to advanced computational techniques and basic understanding of the dynamics of chemically reactive flows and their application in design, analysis, and performance of propulsion concepts.
Nominated by: DFD

Robert A Kaindl [2019]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For contributing to the development of novel THz, infrared, and extreme-UV sources for ultrafast spectroscopy, and to the understanding of electronic dynamics in semiconductors and nanoscale materials, and ultrafast processes in strongly-correlated electron systems.
Nominated by: DLS

Sabre Kais [2006]
Purdue University
Citation: For the development of a finite size scaling approach to calculate quantum critical parameters for atomic, molecular and quantum dot systems.
Nominated by: DCP

David I Kaiser [2010]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

David Kaiser [2010]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For his outstanding publications that combine technical mastery of twentieth-century physics with a deep knowledge of recent developments in the history, philosophy, and sociology of science.
Nominated by: FHPP

Ralf Kaiser [2011]
University of Hawaii
Citation: For pioneering experimental investigations of the chemical evolution of the Solar System and the Interstellar Medium, using crossed molecular beams and surface scattering to probe the underlying phenomena on the most fundamental, microscopic molecular level.
Nominated by: DCP

Robin Kaiser [2011]
Institut non Lineaire
Citation: For fundamental investigations of multiple scattering of light in atomic vapors, especially coherent backscattering of light by cold atoms and Lévy flights of photons in hot atomic vapors.
Nominated by: DAMOP

W Kaiser [1982]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Wolfgang Kaiser [1972]
Technische Hochschule
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Robert Kaita [2003]
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Citation: For fundamental fast particle studies, including the first direct observations of ion magnetic trapping, the resonance localization of radio frequency heating, and mode-particle resonances with tangential neutral beam injection.
Nominated by: DPP

Toshitaka Kajino [2004]
National Astronomical Observatory & Dept of Astronomy Grad School of Science
Citation: For significant contributions to nuclear astrophysics and theoretical nuclear physics and for the promotion of scientific exchange between Japan and the international community.
Nominated by: FIP

James Kakalios [2015]
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Citation: For innovative efforts to engage the public in the excitement of physics through popular science books, general audience talks, and on-line videos that use examples taken from popular culture.
Nominated by: FOEP

Michio Kaku [1977]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Michio Kaku [1980]
City College of New York
Citation: Not Provided
Nominated by: DPF

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

George Randolph Kalbfleisch []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

George R Kalbfleisch [1969]
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

George R Kalbfleisch [1982]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPF

Rajiv K Kalia [2007]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Rajiv Kalia [2007]
University of Southern California
Citation: For contributions to the development of multimillion-atom multiscale simulation methods on parallel computers and their application to the fundamental understanding of atomistic mechanisms for broad properties and processes in nanostructured materials.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Sergei Kalinin [2015]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: For foundational contribution to nanoscale electromechanics and revolutionary studies of defect-mediated phase transitions, energy conversion, and electrochemical reactivity at the nanometer and atomic scales enabled by advanced scanning probe microscopy techniques.
Nominated by: DMP

Serafim Kalliadasis [2014]
Imperial College
Citation: For pioneering and rigorous contributions to fundamental fluid dynamics, particularly interfacial flows and dynamics of moving contact lines, statistical mechanics of inhomogeneous liquids, and coarse graining of complex multiscale systems.
Nominated by: DFD

Catherine Kallin [1994]
McMaster University
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of correlations between electrons in low-dimensional systems.
Nominated by: DCMP

GABOR J KALMAN []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

George Ernest Kalmus [1992]
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Citation: For leadership of the RAL Bubble Chamber and DELPHI Groups and, in particular, for the adaptation of Bubble Chamber technique needed to study directly the decay of charmed particles.
Nominated by: DPF

Peter P Kalmus [1995]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Peter I.P. Kalmus [1995]
Queen Mary & Westfield College
Citation: For his many contributions to experimental particle physics, to teaching, to international cooperation in science and to the public understanding of physics.
Nominated by: FIP

Vassiliki Kalogera [2008]
Northwestern University
Citation: For fundamental contributions to understanding the structure, formation and evolution of compact objects in binary systems, using X-ray and radio observations to study their importance for gravitational wave detectors.
Nominated by: DAP

Namanja Kaloper [2012]
University of California, Davis
Citation: For numerous and imaginative contributions to theoretical cosmology, particularly for the pioneering work in the physics and cosmology of braneworlds. for important contributions to the early universe inflation and its signatures, creative contributions to the understanding of dark energy and an elucidation of the axiverse
Nominated by: DAP

Malvin H. Kalos [1993]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his seminal work in the development and application of Monte Carlo methods to statistical physics.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Roger P Kambour []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Martin D Kamen [1941]
University of California
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

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

Randall D Kamien [2001]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Randall David Kamien [2001]
University of Pennsylvania
Citation: For significant contributions to the theory of polymeric and liquid crystalline systems and for elucidating the role of chirality in the determination of their structure.
Nominated by: DCMP

Hiroshi Kamimura [1988]
Tokyo University of Science
Citation: For contributions to the theoretical understanding of electron states in solid state systems and for promoting closer ties between the Physical Society of Japan and the American Physical Society.
Nominated by: DCMP

Ivan P Kaminow [1975]
Bell Laboratories
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

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

Manfred S Kaminsky []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Marc P. Kamionkowski [2008]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: For pioneering contributions to theoretical cosmology, including investigations of supersymmetry-inspired candidates for dark matter and of the use precise measurements of the cosmic microwave background and gravitational waves to test cosmological models.
Nominated by: DPF

Terry Kammash []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Terry Kammash [1976]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPP

Peter Kammel [2008]
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Citation: For scientific leadership and development of novel experimental techniques related to muon capture, muon catalyzed fusion and other precision muon and antiproton measurements.
Nominated by: DNP

Daniel M Kammen []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Daniel M. Kammen [1993]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his efforts to foster development with culturally appropriate renewable energy projects and to link local sustainable development with programs to mitigate global environmental degradation.
Nominated by: FPS

Mercouri Kanatzidis [2016]
Northwestern University
Citation: For the discovery of new materials with exceptional properties, and for developing pioneering materials physics concepts in the design of nanostructured thermoelectric materials that convert waste heat to electricity with breakthrough performance characteristics.
Nominated by: DMP

Charles Lewis Kane [2006]
University of Pennsylvania
Citation: For significant contributions to the theory of electronic transport in low-dimensional systems, including Luttinger liquids, the quantum Hall effect, carbon nanotubes and graphene.
Nominated by: DCMP

Evan O Kane [1961]
Newport Beach, California
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Evan O Kane [1960]
Newport Beach, California
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Gordon L Kane [1976]
University of Michigan
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPF

Suzanne Amador Kane [2020]
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Haverford College
Citation: For the groundbreaking development of undergraduate curricula in medical and biological physics, and dissemination of innovative teaching in publications, talks, and popular media; and for research mentorship which is a model for endowing students with a superb, interdisciplinary skill set.
Nominated by: FED

Walter R Kane [1969]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DNP

Yukio Kaneda [2011]
Nagoya University
Citation: For seminal achievements in the understanding of high Reynolds number turbulence, especially through pioneering the conduct of direct numerical simulations at massive scale, and for international leadership in the turbulence and computational science communities.
Nominated by: DFD

Richard B. Kaner [2020]
University of California, Los Angeles
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the physics, chemistry, and materials science of nanostructured conducting polymers, superhard metals, and new forms of carbon including superconducting fullerides, carbon nanoscrolls, and graphene.
Nominated by: DMP

K Kang [1978]
Brown University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPF

Prof. Kyungsik Kang [1978]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Egbert Kankeleit [1977]
Institute fer Kernphysik Darmstadt
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DNP

Fabian M. Kannenstine [1927]
Geophysical Research Corporation
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Alvin Sheldon Kanofsky [1983]
Lehigh University
Citation: For original studies of novel experimental techniques, numerous experiments advancing our knowledge of elementary particles, and experiments and calculations on the effects of quarks on particle collisions.
Nominated by: APS

Eva Kanso [2022]
University of Southern California
Citation: For penetrating and insightful investigations of problems in biological aquatic and aerial locomotion, ciliary transport, swarms and schooling, and many other topics, that deftly blend elegant theoretical models and physical experiments.
Nominated by: DFD

Elliot Paul Kanter [1997]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: For innovative studies of molecular structure and dynamics and contributions to the development of Coulomb Explosion Imaging as a quantitative technique.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Arthur R Kantrowitz [1979]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Arthur R Kantrowitz [1968]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Also approved by the Division of Plasma Physics.
Nominated by: DFD

Rituparna Kanungo [2019]
Saint Mary's University
Citation: For seminal studies of weakly bound nuclei that have challenged our understanding of the nuclear many-body system, and for the development of innovative experimental techniques and approaches used in measurements with rare isotope beams.
Nominated by: DNP

Werner Kanzig [1960]
General Electric Research Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Chi-Chang Kao [2006]
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Citation: For his many contributions to resonant elastic and inelastic x-ray scattering techniques and their application to materials physics.
Nominated by: GMAG

Yi-Han Kao [1984]
State University of New York, Buffalo
Citation: For extensive studies of the electronic properties of semimetals, size effects, and interactions between microbridge Josephson junctions.
Nominated by: DCMP

N S Kapany []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Narinder S Kapany [1960]
Armour Research Foundation
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Christos A Kapetanakos [1980]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Christos A. Kapetanakos [1980]

Citation: None
Nominated by: DPP

Aharon Kapitulnik [1994]
Stanford University
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of high Tc superconductors, particularly the vortex lattice and time-reversal symmetry.
Nominated by: DCMP

P Kapitza [1937]
Institute for Physical Problems
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Daniel E Kaplan [1967]
Lockheed Research Laboratories
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

David Kaplan [1988]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

David B Kaplan [1998]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

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

David E. Kaplan [2014]
Johns Hopkins University
Citation: For contributions to models for new physics beyond the Standard Model, collider phenomenology, and dark-matter theory, and for his role as an inventive and effective leader in public outreach.
Nominated by: DPF

Joseph Kaplan [1929]
University of California
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Thomas A Kaplan [1962]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Manoj Kaplinghat [2020]
University of California, Irvine
Citation: For developing astrophysical and cosmological methods to measure fundamental properties of dark matter and neutrinos, including outstanding contributions to the study of dwarf galaxies as a probe of dark matter physics and developing the idea that dark matter could have large self-interactions.
Nominated by: DAP

Morton F Kaplon []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Eli Kapon [2001]
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Citation: For his fundamental contributions to the understanding of the electronic and optical properties of low-dimensional semiconductor systems.
Nominated by: DCMP

Raymond Edward Kapral [1993]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his contributions to the understanding of chemical reactions in condensed media, in particular, the elucidation of phenomena involving chemical oscillations, and chemical chaos, and chemical spatio-temporal patterns in such systems.
Nominated by: DCP

Henry Cornelius Kapteyn [2001]
University of Colorado
Citation: For his imaginative techniques for the generation of ultrashort pulses of optical and x-ray radiation that have had a widespread impact on laser science.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Joseph I. Kapusta [1992]
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Citation: For his contributions to finite-temperature field theory and its application to our understanding of the behavior of matter and radiation under extreme physical conditions.
Nominated by: DNP

Ann Renee Karagozian [2004]
University of California, Los Angeles
Citation: For extensive contributions in the fluid mechanics of combustion systems, including the study of jets in crossflow, strained flames distorted by complex flows, acoustically driven reactive cavity flows, and detonation phenomena.
Nominated by: DFD

Frank E Karasz [1974]
University of Massachusetts
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

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

J C Karcher [1931]
Geophysical Research
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Mehran Kardar [2007]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For pioneering work in a broad range of topics in statistical physics, including the dynamics of growing interfaces, directed polymers in random media, tethered surfaces, stability of charge polymers and, more recently, biophysical systems.
Nominated by: GSNP

Alamgir Karim [2004]
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Citation: For pioneering research on polymer thin films and interfaces, polymer brushes, blend film phase separation, thin film dewetting, pattern formation in block copolymer films, and the application of combinatoric measurement methods to complex polymer physics.
Nominated by: DPOLY

Albrecht Karle [2009]
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the understanding, design and construction of large-scale neutrino detectors, AMANDA and IceCube, as well as the development of analysis techniques for sources of atmospheric and astrophysical neutrinos.
Nominated by: DPF

Jerome Karle [1963]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Alain Karma [2007]
Northeastern University
Citation: For innovative ideas and results in the study of nonequilibrium spatially-extended processes, especially the phase-field method for solidification and the role of restitution in the excitable dynamics of cardiac tissue.
Nominated by: GSNP

Shashi P. Karna [2006]
US Army Research Laboratory
Citation: For contributions to the theory and understanding of the mechanism of nonlinear optical phenomena in molecules and nanoscale atomic nanoclusters.
Nominated by: DCP

Charles Fielding Finch Karney [1989]
Sri International
Citation: For contributions to the theory of stochasticity and its application to ion heating, and for the establishment, by numerical computation, of theories of current-drive by radio-frequency waves in tokamaks.
Nominated by: DPP

George Em Karniadakis [2004]
Brown University
Citation: For his innovative developments and his insightful applications of the spectral-element method in computational fluid dynamics.
Nominated by: DFD

Arnold M Karo [1968]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

Robert Karplus [1953]
Harvard University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Sebastian Karrer [1931]
Consolidated Electric Cooperative
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Edward P. J. Kartheuser [1984]
University of de Leige
Citation: For his timely contributions to the theory of ionic crystals, semiconductors, and normal and superconducting metals.
Nominated by: DCMP

Gamani Karunasiri [2015]
Naval Postgraduate School
Citation: For extensive contributions to the development of quantum well infrared detectors and MEMS based sensors for directional sound sensing and THz imaging.
Nominated by: FIAP

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

Safa Kasap [2007]
University of Saskatchewan
Citation: For contributions to the science and technology of amorphous semiconductors and devices; in particular, for advances in x-ray photoconductors used in direct conversion flat panel x-ray image detectors.
Nominated by: FIAP

Daniel N Kasen [2017]
University of California, Berkeley
Citation: For leadership in developing predictive theories and models of supernova light curves and spectra, impacting our understanding of the width-luminosity relation in Type Ia supernova, the transient optical and IR signals from neutron star mergers, supernova explosion mechanisms, and nucleosynthesis.
Nominated by: DNP

Mark A. Kasevich [2005]
Stanford University
Citation: For pioneering studies of laser cooling, atom interferometry, and Bose-Einstein condensation.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Jeffrey Alan Kash [1996]
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Citation: For applications of optical techniques to the understanding of elementary excitations in III-V semiconductors and semiconductor structures.
Nominated by: DCMP

Kathleen Kash [2009]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Edwin Kashy [1969]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DNP

John Kasianowicz [2010]
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Citation: For his pioneering contributions to the field of biophysics including the detection, identification, characterization and quantification of biological and chemical polymers, and for the development of a new method for protein structure determination.
Nominated by: DBIO

Kimo Kaski [1993]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For contributions to the physics of transport properties, phase transitions, and droplet spreading.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Justin C Kasper [2022]
BWX Technologies
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the understanding of instabilities, collisions, and heating in the solar wind, and for conceiving and building innovative spacecraft instrumentation that has advanced the field of space plasma physics.
Nominated by: GPAP

Victoria Kaspi [2014]
McGill University
Citation: For advancing our understanding of the astrophysics of neutron stars by elucidating the relationship between anomalous X-ray pulsars, soft gamma-ray repeaters, and magnetars.
Nominated by: DAP

Richard D. Kass [2003]
Ohio State University
Citation: For his many contributions, in both hardware and physics analysis, that have improved our understanding of the physics of b and c-quarks and the t-lepton.
Nominated by: DPF

James L Kassner [1977]
University of Missouri, Rolla
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCP

David Robert Kassoy [1986]
University of Colorado, Boulder
Citation: For the imaginative application of perturbation methods to the mathematical modeling of fluid dynamical processes in diverse physical systems.
Nominated by: DFD

Marc Aaron Kastner [1981]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

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

Jordan Katine [2011]
Hitachi Research Center, San Jose
Citation: For contributions to the fabrication, characterization, and understanding of nanoscale magnetic devices, especially magnetic recording head sensors and spin transfer devices.
Nominated by: GMAG

Ram S. Katiyar [2009]
University of Puerto Rico
Citation: For contributions to the fabrication and characterization of ferroelectric thin films.
Nominated by: DCMP

Reizo Kato [2014]
RIKEN - Saitama
Citation: For pioneering works on the physics and materials science of molecular conductors and magnets.
Nominated by: DMP

Yoshiaki Kato [1995]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Yoshiaki Kato [1995]
Osaka University
Citation: For development of beam smoothing techniques and high power lasers and demonstration of their effectiveness for irradiation uniformity improvement and plasma instability supression; and for his contributions to x-ray lasers.
Nominated by: FIP

Thomas Christos Katsouleas [1996]
University of Southern California
Citation: For original contributions to advanced particle acceleration concepts including the invention of the Surfatron accelerator, and his detailed studies of beam loading and emittance growth in plasma accelerators.
Nominated by: DPB

Ernst Katz []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Howard Katz [2007]
Johns Hopkins University
Citation: For introducing designed organic materials as active platforms in electronic and optical devices including transistors and electro-optic modulators, innovations in synthesis and device design, and serving the physical science community through society leadership, editorship, and government outreach.
Nominated by: DMP

J Lawrence Katz [1976]
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DBIO

Jonathan Katz [2011]
Washington University in St. Louis
Citation: For his significant and wide-ranging physics analyses at the interface of science and society, including nuclear weapons policy and the killing of oil well blow-outs.
Nominated by: FPS

Joseph Katz [2009]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Joseph L Katz [1974]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Joseph Katz [2009]
Johns Hopkins University
Citation: For his important contributions to our understanding of the underlying physics of a wide range of complex flows, including turbulent boundary layers, cavitating flows in rotating machinery, and flows in ocean and atmospheric environments; for his numerous transformative contributions to experimental techniques; and for his years of editorial service.
Nominated by: DFD

Leon Katz [1957]
University of Saskatchewan
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Robert Katz []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Helmut G. Katzgraber [2021]
Amazon Web Services
Citation: For seminal contributions to the development and application of computational methods for problems in statistical physics, especially spin glasses, for fundamental contributions to quantum computing, and forleadership in applying physics-inspired optimization methods in industry.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Allan N Kaufman [1962]
University of California
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Frederick Kaufman [1970]
University of Pittsburgh
Citation: Also approved by the Division of Chemical Physics.
Nominated by: DAMOP

James Harvey Kaufman [2002]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

James H. Kaufman [2002]
IBM Almaden Research Center
Citation: For his invention of nitrogenated diamond-like carbon that has become a standard protective overcoat in the disk storage industry.
Nominated by: FIAP

Joyce J Kaufman [1965]
RIAS
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Sheldon E Kaufman []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Eoton Neil Kaufmann [1988]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: For development and application of a broad range of techniques such as nuclear and electron resonance spectroscopies and ion beam analysis to fundamental studies in materials science.
Nominated by: DMP

Walter Eric Kauppuila [1987]
Wayne State University
Citation: For the novel production of a monoenergetic positron beam and pioneering experiments on direct comparisons of the scattering of positrons and electrons by atoms and molecules.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Peter Edward Kaus [1969]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Peter E Kaus [1969]
University of California, Riverside
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

Richard Lloyd Kautz [1998]
National Institute of Standards & Technology
Citation: For experimental and theoretical investigations of Josephson junctions, particularly the nonlinear dynamics of phase locking and chaos, essential to the development of practical series-array voltage standards.
Nominated by: GIMS

Walter Kauzmann [1968]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Ralph W Kavanagh [1968]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DNP

H. Pirouz Kavehpour [2023]
University of California, Los Angeles
Citation: For outstanding experimental research and modeling of a remarkably broad range of interfacial and small scale flows encompassing contact line motion, drop coalescence, phase change, and wetting in both natural and technological contexts.
Nominated by: DFD

Massoud Kaviany [2011]
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Citation: For seminal contributions to the understanding of phonon physics and thermal transport in fluids and solids; and for pioneering developments in the semiclassical simulation of electronic and phonon transport.
Nominated by: FIAP

Predhiman K. Kaw [1980]
Institute for Plasma Research
Citation: None
Nominated by: DPP

Keita Kawabe [2022]
LIGO Hanford Observatory, California Institute of Technology
Citation: For key contributions to LIGO commissioning, calibration, and detector sensitivity, leading to the first detection of gravitational waves, and for leadership in O2 and O3 LIGO/Virgo observation runs to rapidly vet gravitational wave candidates for EM follow-up.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Maki Kawai [2010]
University of Tokyo
Citation: For pioneering work on single-molecule spectroscopy on surfaces.
Nominated by: DCP

Roland Kawakami [2015]
Ohio State University
Citation: For pioneering advances in understanding the magnetic properties of graphene, including mechanisms of spin lifetime and spin transport, and the role of adatoms in magnetic moment formation.
Nominated by: GMAG

Toshihiko Kawano [2017]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: For significant contributions to the development of nuclear reaction theories in low-energy physics, their implementation in widely used nuclear reaction codes and their application to the production of evaluated nuclear data for neutron transport simulations for basic and applied science.
Nominated by: DNP

Efthimios Kaxiras [2003]
Harvard University
Citation: For contributions to understanding the properties of materials, through simulations and the development of new first-principles, empirical and multiscale computational methods.
Nominated by: DMP

Bruce David Kay [2000]
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Citation: For his innovative use of molecular beams and laser spectroscopy to elucidate chemical kinetics and dynamics of sorption, diffusion, phase transformation, and solvation at environmentally-relevant aqueous and oxide interfaces.
Nominated by: DCP

Eric Kay [1990]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For contributions to the study of nucleation and growth phenomena and their relation to electrical, optical, and magnetic properties of a variety of thin films.
Nominated by: DCMP

Stanley Martin Kaye [2002]
Princeton University
Citation: For pioneering investigation of confinement characteristics of strongly heated tokamak plasmas that serves as a foundation for predictions of confinement trends of modern tokamak and spherical torus plasmas.
Nominated by: DPP

Boris Jules Kayser [1985]
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For contributions to phenomenological elementary particle theory, and especially to our understanding of neutrinos and their interactions, and for nurturing theoretical physics by fathering the Institute of Theoretical Physics.
Nominated by: DPF

Demosthenes Kazanas [2012]
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Citation: For diverse contributions to Astrophysics, ranging from a 1980 independent resolution, of the cosmological horizon problem using the vacuum energy of spontaneously broken gauge theory -- to the recent idea that AGN appearance depends on the properties of MHD winds launched from their accretion disks
Nominated by: DAP

Emil Kazes [1968]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Lawrence Lee Kazmerski [1987]
NREL
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of the relationships among the electrical and chemical properties and the performance of photovoltaic devices.
Nominated by: DCMP

Declan F. Keane [2014]
Kent State University
Citation: For his leadership in the study of collective phenomena using directed flow and the discovery of antimatter hypertriton and Helium-4 in high-energy nuclear collisions at RHIC.
Nominated by: DNP

Edward Kearns [2007]
Boston University
Citation: For contributions in neutrino physics and particle astrophysics, particularly using the Super-Kamiokande experiment to reveal atmospheric neutrino oscillations and set stringent limits on proton decay.
Nominated by: DPF

Elliot A Kearsley [1971]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Brian Keating [2016]
University of California, San Diego
Citation: For his role in designing the Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (BICEP) experiment to search for the unique cosmic microwave background polarization pattern predicted by models of inflationary cosmology, and his founding of the POLARBEAR experiment, which produced the first measurements of both the B-mode power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background, and the detection of the gravitational lensing deflection power spectrum from the cosmic microwave background's polarization.
Nominated by: DAP

David T Keating [1969]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Paul W Keaton []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Posey W Keaton [1978]
Los Alamos Science Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Pawel J. Keblinski [2014]
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Citation: For significant contributions to fundamental understanding of interfacial heat flow using computational materials science tools.
Nominated by: DMP

Hae-Young Kee [2018]
University of Toronto
Citation: For contributions to the theory of quantum materials including unconventional superconductors, nematic electronic phases, and novel topological phases that result from interplay between strong electron-electron interactions and spin-orbit coupling.
Nominated by: DCMP

Denis Keefe [1981]
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPF

R Norris Keeler [1973]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Spurgeon Milton Keeny [1975]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

George R Keepin [1963]
Los Alamos Science Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

P H Keesom [1956]
Purdue University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Frederic Keffer [1959]
University of Pittsburgh
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

William L Kehl [1965]
Gulf R&D Company
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

William L Kehl [1964]
Gulf R&D Company
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

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

Eberhard K. Keil [1993]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of performance limits of accelerators and storage ring colliders.
Nominated by: DPB

C P Keim [1951]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Bradley D. Keister [1995]
Carnegie Mellon University
Citation: For important contributions to the development of relativistic descriptions of few body systems.
Nominated by: GFB

Hellmut Keiter [1999]
Universitdt Dortmund
Citation: For developing tools in the many-body theory of strongly-correlated electron systems.
Nominated by: DCMP

Hellmut F G Keiter [1999]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

H Douglas Keith [1962]
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

M Keith [1997]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Charles N Kelber [1962]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Joseph Keller [1946]
Los Alamos Science Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

S P Keller [1965]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

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

Seymour P Keller [1965]
Chappaqua, New York
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

William Edward Keller [1960]
Los Alamos Science Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Anne Myers Kelley [2001]
Kansas State University
Citation: For outstanding and innovative work in Raman spectroscopy.
Nominated by: DCP

George G Kelley [1965]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Paul L Kelley [1975]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

Richard L. Kelley [2016]
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center
Citation: For exceptional contributions to the development of high-resolution cryogenic X-ray spectrometers, and outstanding leadership of Astro-H Soft X-ray Spectrometer team research.
Nominated by: DAP

Edwin M Kellogg [1976]
Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DAP

Gary Lee Kellogg [1992]
Sandia National Laboratories
Citation: For pioneering contributions to understanding the structure, migration, clustering, and chemical-reaction processes of atoms on surfaces.
Nominated by: DMP

Jerome M.B. Kellogg [1940]
Columbia University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Paul Jesse Kellogg [1982]
University of Minnesota
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Henry C. Kelly [1989]
Not available
Citation: For his outstanding contributions to arms control, solar energy, and energy and economic policy.
Nominated by: FPS

Hugh P Kelly [1971]
University of Virginia
Citation: Also approved by the Division of Chemical Physics.
Nominated by: DAMOP

M J Kelly [1935]
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Robert E Kelly [1981]
University of California, Los Angeles
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DFD

William H Kelly [1968]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Kenneth Franklin Kelton [2004]
Washington University in St. Louis
Citation: For contributions to the fundamental understanding of nucleation and to the study of quasicrystals and their applications.
Nominated by: DCMP

R. Scott Kemp [2017]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For innovative applications of physics to arms control verification, and pivotal scientific contributions to nuclear nonproliferation diplomacy and the understanding of technology-policy interactions in international security.
Nominated by: FPS

Krzysztof Kempa [2016]
Boston College
Citation: For pioneering contributions to understanding basic physics of plasmons in condensed matter systems.
Nominated by: DCMP

Kirby Wayne Kemper [1995]
Florida State University
Citation: For sustained contributions, using Lithium-induced nuclear reactions and scattering, to the understanding of exotic highly excited states in light nuclei, including vector and tensor spin-dependent effects.
Nominated by: DNP

Bruce Reginald F. Kendall [1969]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Henry W. Kendall [1985]
Not available
Citation: For his crucial contributions to the study of elastic and inelastic electron scattering, and for his important activities in the field of nuclear reactor safety and nuclear disarmament.
Nominated by: DPF

Brian K. Kendrick [2018]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: For the development and application of new computational methods to include the geometric (Berry) phase in molecular collisions and spectra using the gauge potential approach.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Hugh Kendrick [2016]

Citation: For original technical innovations in nuclear materials safeguards, security, and nonproliferation; and for policymaking in national security and the environment.
Nominated by: FPS

Vasudev Mangesh Kenkre [1998]
University of New Mexico
Citation: For fundamental advances in the transport of quasi-particles in materials, ultrafast phenomena, disordered materials, and light-matter interactions.
Nominated by: DCP

Ralph B Kennard [1941]
Wilson Teachers College
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Lawrence A. Kennedy [2002]
University of Illinois, Chicago
Citation: For significant and sustained contributions to the fluid dynamics of diverse chemically reacting systems and for engineering applications of that work.
Nominated by: DFD

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

T.A. Kennedy [2010]
Georgia Institute of Technology
Citation: For contributions to the theory of quantum degenerate atomic gases, quantum optics, and quantum information science.
Nominated by: DAMOP

T.A. Brian Kennedy [2010]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Thomas Albert Kennedy [1995]
Naval Research Laboratory
Citation: For advances in the identification and properties of defects in semiconductors.
Nominated by: DCMP

Daniel Kennefick [2008]
University of Arkansas
Citation: For his enthusiastically reviewed book, "Traveling at the Speed of Thought", for his associate editorship of the Einstein papers and for his articles including, Einstein versus the Physical Review".
Nominated by: FHPP

Charles F Kennel [1978]
University of California, Los Angeles
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPP

V Paul Kenney [1963]
University of Kentucky
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Gleason W Kenrich [1939]
University of Puerto Rico
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Andrew David Kent [2006]
New York University
Citation: For seminal contributions to quantum tunneling through experimental studies of the tunneling of the magnetization in molecular magnets.
Nominated by: GMAG

Paul Kent [2017]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: For outstanding and diverse application of electronic structure methods in condensed matter and their application, development, and optimization on high performance computers.
Nominated by: DCOMP

R H Kent [1951]
Aberdeen
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Stephen Kent [2010]
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: In recognition of many vital contributions to the operations and science of  the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
Nominated by: DAP

Carl Kenty [1957]
General Electric
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

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

Robert David Kephart [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his leading role in the building, operation, and physics of the CDF detector.
Nominated by: DPF

Thomas W Kephart [2010]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Thomas Kephart [2010]
Vanderbilt University
Citation: For many insightful contributions to elementary particle theory, including the first explicit calculation of chiral gauge anomalies in higher dimensions.
Nominated by: DPF

R Glen Kepler []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Raymond G Kepler [1982]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

Cynthia E. Keppel [2018]
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Citation: For leadership on novel experimental techniques to study strong interactions, her contributions to CTEQ from the perspective of Nuclear Physics, and her instrumental role in founding the Hampton University Proton Therapy Center and other work applying Nuclear Physics to Medicine.
Nominated by: DNP

Arthur K Kerman [1964]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

William J Kerman [1965]
Iowa State University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Bernard D Kern []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Anne Kernan []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Anne Kernan [1975]
University of California, Riverside
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPF

William J Kernan [1969]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPF

Edward H Kerner []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Edward Haskel Kerner [1960]
University of Buffalo
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Donald M. Kerr [2002]
Central Intelligence Agency
Citation: For outstanding talent, public service and scientific leadership that have made significant contributions to the national security of the United States.
Nominated by: FPS

Robert M. Kerr [2009]
University of Warwick
Citation: For his pioneering mix of 3D direct numerical simulations with analysis inspired by mathematics and physics to turbulent statistics, thermal convection, intense events and novel LES approaches. His 1993 Euler calculation has withstood the test of time and continues to inspire new mathematics.
Nominated by: DFD

Edward J. Kerschen [1999]
University of Arizona
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the theoretical foundations of boundary-layer stability and transition to turbulence.
Nominated by: DFD

Donald W Kerst [1940]
General Electric Company
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Alan Robert Kerstein [2001]
Sandia National Laboratories
Citation: For his substantial and enduring original contributions to turbulence dynamics, turbulent mixing, and turbulent combustion, and for his insightful technical leadership among peers and students.
Nominated by: DFD

Harold J Kersten [1940]
University of Cincinnati
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Leroy T Kerth [1968]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

J L Kerwin [1980]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Larkin Kerwin [1980]

Citation: Not Provided
Nominated by: DAMOP

Peter Kes [2008]
Leiden University
Citation: For his outstanding contributions to physics of vortex matter in disordered superconductors.
Nominated by: DCMP

Jay Kesner []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Quentin C Kessel [1973]
University of Connecticut
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

David A Kessler [2006]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

E G Kessler [1999]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Ernest G. Kessler [1999]
National Institute of Standards & Technology
Citation: For his numerous contributions to highest-accuracy measurements of constants of physics including x-ray wavelengths.
Nominated by: GPMFC

J.O. Kessler [2009]
University of Arizona
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the biological fluid dynamics of swimming micro-organisms and for inspirational and enthusiastic leadership in the field.
Nominated by: DFD

J O Kessler [2009]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Karl G Kessler [1959]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Mark B. Ketchen [1989]
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Citation: For applications of VLSI fabrication techniques to problems of condensed matter physics.
Nominated by: DCMP

Sinan Keten [2016]
Northwestern University
Citation: For creative and insightful use of molecular dynamics simulations to elucidate mechanisms of deformation and transport in polymeric materials.
Nominated by: DPOLY

John W. Keto [2000]
University of Texas, Austin
Citation: For studies of the energy transport phenomena in dense gases and clusters excited by resonant photon pulses.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Steven Kettell [2007]
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Citation: For his leadership in rare kaon decay experiments.
Nominated by: DPF

Charles F. Kettering [1928]
Not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Wolfgang Ketterle [1997]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For pioneering research in achieving Bose-Einstein condensation in an atomic vapor, and for seminal studies on the properties of the condensate.
Nominated by: DLS

John B Ketterson [1969]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

Wai-Yee Keung [2014]
University of Illinois, Chicago
Citation: For his influential contributions to elementary particle theory, including CP violation and electric dipole moments, Higgs physics, and collider phenomenology.
Nominated by: DPF

Karry Kevan [1972]
Wayne State University
Citation: Also approved by the Division of Chemical Physics.
Nominated by: DCMP

L Kevan [1985]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Stephen D. Kevan [1995]
University of Oregon
Citation: For his pioneering work in the use of high-resolution photoemission spectroscopy (synchrotron radiation) to elucidate the interplay between electronic properties and structure at surfaces.
Nominated by: DCMP

Panayotis Kevrekidis [2014]
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the understanding of localized solutions, of their stability in nonlinear wave equations, and of their relevance to applications from atomic physics, nonlinear optics, and granular crystals.
Nominated by: GSNP

Michael Hannam Key [1999]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For experimental work in laser plasma inertial confinement fusion including x-ray laser backlighting and x-ray lasers.
Nominated by: DPP

Frederick G. Keyes [1927]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

R W Keyes []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Robert W Keyes [1962]
IBM at Yorktown Heights
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

David A Keys [1923]
McGill University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

George A Keyworth [1981]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Aditya Khair [2023]
Carnegie Mellon University
Citation: For describing the dynamics of complex fluids, including colloidal dispersions and active matter, using asymptotic analyses and numerical computations, with applications to electrokinetic phenomena such as particle transport and diffuse charge dynamics, suspension rheology, and active suspensions.
Nominated by: DFD

M A Khakoo [2000]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Murtadha A. Khakoo [2000]
California State University, Fullerton
Citation: For contributions to experimental electron scattering from fundamental targets and for involvement of undergraduate and high school students in front-line research.
Nominated by: DAMOP

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

Faqir Chand Khanna [1983]
University of Victoria
Citation: For his work on effective operators which had led to deeper understanding of physical phenomena in a broad range of many-body problems including quasiparticle aspects in nuclear structure, the interplay between nucleons and mesons, and excitation in normal liquid He.
Nominated by: DNP

Gaurav Khanna [2021]
University of Rhode Island
Citation: For pioneering work in computational relativity, including innovative supercomputing techniques, computations of gravitational perturbations of black holes, gravitational waveforms from extreme mass-ratio binaries, classical black hole physics, and quantum gravity.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Shiv Khanna [2007]
Virginia Commonwealth University
Citation: For his pioneering contributions to the theoretical understanding of electronic and magnetic properties of clusters as well as work on superatoms forming a new dimension to the periodic table.
Nominated by: DCP

Vasili Kharchenko [2015]
University of Connecticut, Storrs
Citation: For contributions to the theory of non-equilibrium processes in classical and quantum gases, including energy and charge relaxations in collisions of atoms and molecules and charge-exchange X-ray emissions in astrophysical environments.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Dmitri E. Kharzeev [2006]
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Citation: For research on the properties of matter at very high energy density, and the theory of the high energy limit of QCD.
Nominated by: DNP

Anatoli S. Kheifets [2004]
Australian National University
Citation: For outstanding contributions to theory of atomic and molecular ionization, in particular elucidation of the role of electron correlation in multiple ionization caused by a photon or charged particle impact.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Nazir P. Kherani [2018]
University of Toronto
Citation: For distinct contributions to the development of betavoltaic, photovoltaic, and nanoplasmonic devices for long-lived batteries, high efficiency Si heterojunction solar cells, graded gratings for high sensitivity bio/chem-sensing applications, and contributions to understanding the Staebler- Wronski effect.
Nominated by: FIAP

Galina Khitrova [2012]
University of Arizona
Citation: For fundamental studies of pump probe spectroscopy of atomic vapors and light-matter coupling of cavity fields with quantum wells and dots. In particular, for demonstrating the quantum regime of semiconductor cavity quantum electrodynamics via the vacuum Rabi splitting between a single quantum dot and the field in a photonic crystal nanocavity
Nominated by: DLS

A M Khokhlov [2002]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Alexei M. Khokhlov [2002]
Naval Research Laboratory
Citation: For the development of innovative computational techniques and their successful application to critical problems in astrophysics and combustion science.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Bamin Khomami [2009]
University of Tennessee
Citation: For his insightful application of novel numerical methods, molecular modeling, and experiments toward the physical understanding of elastic fluid flows including discovering and explaining novel aspects of their purely elastic and thermomechanical instability.
Nominated by: DFD

Daniel Khomskii [2008]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Daniel Khomskii [2008]
University of Koeln
Citation: For important contributions to the theory of strongly correlated electron systems, especially the study of orbital ordering.
Nominated by: DCMP

Teng Lek Khoo []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Rajinder P. Khosla [1998]
National Science Foundation
Citation: In recognition of exemplary leadership in developing innovative and creative applications of microelectronics in imaging technology.
Nominated by: FIAP

Freddy A Khoury [1975]
National Bureau of Standards
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPOLY

Jacob Khurgin [2011]
Johns Hopkins University
Citation: For diverse contributions to understanding the underlying physics and improving the performance of numerous electronic and optical devices, such as semiconductor second-order nonlinear optical generators, intersubband semiconductor lasers and Raman oscillators, slow light, and plasmonic devices.
Nominated by: FIAP

Nicola N Khuri [1966]
Rockefeller University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Ching-Hwa Kiang [2010]
Rice University
Citation: For her work in experimental biological physics, especially for studying molecular interactions of nucleic acids and proteins using nanoscale probes, and for the discovery of single-walled carbon nanotubes.
Nominated by: DBIO

Lawrence E. Kidder [2018]
Cornell University
Citation: For major contributions to the development of numerical relativity by being a principal author of the Spectral Einstein Code (SpEC), and also for contributions to the post-Newtonian theory of spinning bodies.
Nominated by: DGRAV

R E Kidder [1957]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Peggy A. Kidwell [2018]
Smithsonian Institution
Citation: For distinguished contributions to the history of physics, astronomy, and mathematics, particularly the work of women in these fields, the development of Harvard College Observatory, and the history of mathematical theory, instruments of computation, and mathematics education
Nominated by: FHPP

David Kieda [2010]
University of Utah
Citation: For development and use of innovative ground-based astrophysical techniques to discover new sources of very high-energy gamma-rays, and for the discovery and study of cosmic rays at the highest energies.
Nominated by: DAP

Lee J Kieffer [1973]
University of Colorado
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Robert Francis Kiefl [2004]
University of British Columbia
Citation: For outstanding contributions to our understanding of the properties of materials through the use of muons.
Nominated by: DCMP

C. C. Kiess [1929]
Bureau of Standards
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Alejandro Kievsky [2010]
INFN
Citation: For contributions to the development of the hyperspherical-harmonics method for few-nucleon systems, and particularly for precise studies of the continuum in three-nucleon systems.
Nominated by: GFB

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

Chihiro Kikuchi [1957]
Naval Research Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

R W Kilb [1959]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Ralph W Kilb [1968]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Also approved by the Division of Plasma Physics.
Nominated by: DCP

Joseph David Kilkenny []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Joseph D. Kilkenny [1990]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For significant contributions to the study of energy transport, hydrodynamics, implosion physics, x-ray spectroscopy, and advanced diagnostics of laser-produced plasmas.
Nominated by: DPP

J Killeen [1959]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

John Killeen [1969]
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPP

Thomas Charles Killian [2010]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Thomas Killian [2010]
Rice University
Citation: For studies of strong Coulomb coupling in ultra-cold neutral plasmas during thermal equilibration, and of cold collisions and quantum degeneracy with alkaline-earth metal atoms.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Chung Wook Kim []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

DaiSik Kim [2010]
Seoul National University
Citation: For important contributions to ultrafast optical processes in semiconductors and near-field studies of plasmonics.
Nominated by: DLS

Eun-Ah Kim [2020]
Cornell University
Citation: For broad contributions to theoretical condensed matter physics, including new conceptual frameworks for interpreting experiments.
Nominated by: DCMP

Hee Joong Kim [1982]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPOLY

Ho-Young Kim [2017]
Seoul National University
Citation: For innovative contributions to micro-scale fluid dynamics at the interfaces of fluids and solids, and to biologically inspired hydrodynamics.
Nominated by: DFD

John J. Kim [1989]
University of California, Los Angeles
Citation: For significant expansion of our understanding of turbulent flows; through the development of convergent methods for direct numerical simulation, the application to wall-bounded flows, and the subsequent interpretation using innovative concepts.
Nominated by: DFD

Jin K. Kim [2009]
Pohang University of Science and Technology
Citation: For pioneering advanced spectroscopies for the characterization of heterogeneous polymer materials.
Nominated by: DPOLY

JinKon Kim [2009]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Jungsang Kim [2021]
Duke University
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the research, development, invention, and entrepreneurship in trapped ion-based quantum computing, large-scale optical switches, and gigapixel-scale cameras.
Nominated by: FIAP

Kee Hoon Kim [2017]
Seoul National University
Citation: For materials discoveries, and understanding the underlying physics thereof, in the fields of multiferroics (record high magnetoelectric coupling), transparent high mobility oxides for device applications, iron based superconductors, and high magnetic field quantum materials (including URu2Si2).
Nominated by: DCMP

Ki Kim [2015]
North Carolina State University
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of electron-phonon scattering and related transport properties in the low-dimensional electronic and spintronic devices and structures.
Nominated by: FIAP

Yong-Ki Kim [1980]
University of Maryland
Citation: Not Provided
Nominated by: DAMOP

Kwang-Je Kim [1994]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the theory of synchrotron radiation and free electron laser sources, especially concerning brightness, polarization, self-amplified spontaneous emission and laser-driven rf electron guns.
Nominated by: DPB

Mahn Won Kim [1994]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For outstanding contributions to experimental complex fluid physics.
Nominated by: DPOLY

Matt Kim [2019]
QuantTera
Citation: For the entrepreneurial development of compound semiconductor heterojunction transistor devices.
Nominated by: FIAP

Philip Kim [2007]
Columbia University
Citation: For the creation of single layer graphite (graphene) and the study of its unusual two-dimensional electronic transport properties.
Nominated by: DCMP

Y B Kim [1967]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Yeong Ell Kim [1977]
Purdue University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPP

Yong Wook Kim [1982]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DFD

Yong Wook Kim []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Yong-Baek Kim [2012]
University of Toronto
Citation: For contributions to the theory of quantum spin liquids in frustrated magnets and correlated electron materials
Nominated by: DCMP

Yong-Ki Kim []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Young B Kim [1967]
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Young-June Kim [2016]
University of Toronto
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of various quantum materials using X-ray and neutron scattering techniques, notably the development of resonant inelastic X-ray scattering and its applications to cuprates and iridates.
Nominated by: DCMP

Young-Kee Kim [2003]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Young-Kee Kim [2003]
University of Chicago
Citation: For her precision measurement of the mass of the W boson and her leadership in commissioning the CDF-II detector.
Nominated by: DPF

Arthur L. Kimball [1928]
General Electric Company
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Clyde W Kimball [1975]
Northern Illinois University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

Derek F. Kimball [2018]
California State University, East Bay
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the development of new techniques in atomic magnetometry and their application to fundamental-physics research, including testing the fundamental symmetries of nature and searches for ultralight dark-matter candidates.
Nominated by: DAMOP

George E Kimball [1941]
Columbia University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

H. Jeff Kimble [1989]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: For his contributions to the fundamental understanding of the quantum nature of light and its interactions with matter, including resonance fluorescence, quantum jumps, and squeezed quantum noise.
Nominated by: DLS

Lionel Cooper Kimerling [1987]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the measurement and understanding of the electrical properties of defects in semiconductors and the role of charge state and electronic stimulation in their structure and reactivity.
Nominated by: DCMP

Greg Kimmel [2010]
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Citation: For seminal contributions to understanding the structure and electron-stimulated reactivity of water at interfaces.
Nominated by: DCP

Tsuyoshi Kimura [2019]
University of Tokyo
Citation: For seminal contributions to the study of multiferroics, including the discovery of the magnetic origin of the ferroelectricity in TbMnO3 and the demonstration of magnetic control of the electric polarization, thus defining a new class of spin-driven multiferroics with promising functionalities.
Nominated by: DMP

Yoshifumi Kimura [2007]
Nagoya University
Citation: For contributions to the development of our understanding of turbulent flows and the dispersion of scalars in a variety of geophysical settings through the numerical simulations and a comparison of these to theory and experiment.
Nominated by: DFD

Yoshitaka Kimura [1999]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Yoshitaka Kimura [1999]
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
Citation: For the design, construction, and operation of the TRISTAN storage ring; and for his leadership role in accelerator science research in Japan.
Nominated by: FIP

Michael A Kinch [1986]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Michael Anthony Kinch [1988]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For contributions to transport and infrared physics of narrow band-gap semiconductors and their application to infrared devices.
Nominated by: DCMP

Joseph M Kindel []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Allen L King [1975]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Gilbert W King [1946]
Arthur D. Little Inc.
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Hubert Ellis King [1994]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For contributions to our understanding of the structure and dynamics of liquids under extreme pressure.
Nominated by: DMP

J G King [1951]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

James C. King [1983]
Not available
Citation: For imaginative basic research on interactions between radiation induced and lattice defects, impurities and the anelastic properties of quartz leading to the development of the synthetic quartz resonators now in use.
Nominated by: DCMP

John S King []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

John S King [1974]
University of Michigan
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

John Gordon King [1993]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his fundamental tests of the neutrality of matter, his application of molecular-beam techniques to the study of biological systems, and his many imaginative contributions to physics education.
Nominated by: FED

L. D.P. King [1946]
Los Alamos Science Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

R W.P. King [1941]
Harvard University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

R W P King [1973]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Robert B King [1941]
Mount Wilson Observatory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

William C King [1951]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

William P. King [2014]
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Citation: For distinguished contributions to the applied physics of nanometer-scale thermal and mechanical property measurements, and the translation of this work to numerous applications in materials science and nanotechnology.
Nominated by: FIAP

K. H. Kingdon [1925]
General Electric Company
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Jack Dean Kingsley [1996]
General Electric Corporate R&D (retired)
Citation: For sustained excellence in the science and technology of lasers, lighting, television, displays and medical diagnostic imaging equipment.
Nominated by: FIAP

R H Kingston [1957]
Lincoln
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Edward Kinney [2007]
University of Colorado
Citation: For his contributions to the experimental study of the spin structure of the nucleon in polarized deep inelastic electron scattering from internal polarized gas targets and for his experimental and theoretical elucidation of pion reaction mechanisms in pion double charge exchange in light nuclei.
Nominated by: DNP

Gordon S Kino [1968]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPP

Kay Kinoshita [2000]
University of Cincinnati
Citation: For innovative contributions to the study of b-quarks and for leadership in accelerator searches for magnetic monopoles.
Nominated by: DPF

T Kinoshita [1955]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

E. Lee Kinsey [1931]
University of California
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

James L. Kinsey [1980]
Rice University
Citation: Not Provided
Nominated by: DCP

S. M. Kinter [1928]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Paul M Kintner [2003]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Paul Marvin Kintner [2003]
Cornell University
Citation: For investigation of microstructure, wave-particle interactions, and plasma acceleration in space plasmas using sounding rocket and satellite experiments, and for innovative applications of GPS technology to space plasma experiments.
Nominated by: DPP

Tobias Kippenberg [2016]
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the science and application of high Q optical micro-resonators in cavity quantum optomechanics and optical frequency metrology.
Nominated by: DLS

Mackillo Kira [2015]
Philipps University Marburg
Citation: For contributions to theoretical semiconductor quantum optics.
Nominated by: DLS

Kate Page Kirby [1989]
American Physical Society
Citation: For the innovative application of methods of quantum chemistry to the quantitative elucidation of a diverse range of molecular phenomena.
Nominated by: DAMOP

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

George Kirczenow [1994]
Simon Fraser University
Citation: For his several contributions to our understanding of electron-hole liquids, excitons, ballistic electronic transport, and the energies and kinetics of staging in graphite intercalation compounds.
Nominated by: FIP

Thomas Bernard Walter Kirk [1988]
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Citation: For continued leadership over many years in the fermilab muon scattering program, and his successful management of the Tevatron II Construction Project.
Nominated by: DPF

David Kirkby [2007]
University of California, Irvine
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the experimental study and understanding of mixing and CP violation in the neutral B meson system, and for the development of data modeling and analysis software used throughout the high energy physics community.
Nominated by: DPF

Don Kirkham [1953]
Iowa State
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Douglas A. Kirkpatrick [2014]
InnerProduct Partners
Citation: In recognition of his pioneering, and ingenious contributions to the conception, development, maturation and commercialization of novel technologies on bio-fuels, high efficiency solid state lightning, and bio-molecular tubular nano-structures and his visionary management of technology programs with major National security implications.
Nominated by: FIAP

Edward S. Kirkpatrick [1980]
Not available
Citation: Not Provided
Nominated by: DCMP

Harry A Kirkpatrick [1940]
Occidental College
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Larry Dale Kirkpatrick [1999]
Montana State University
Citation: For exceptional contributions to physics education as textbook author, editor/columnist for Quantum magazine, and as coach of the US Physics Olympics Team.
Nominated by: FED

Paul Kirkpatrick [1931]
University of Hawaii
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Theodore Ross Kirkpatrick [1994]
University of Maryland, College Park
Citation: For studies in condensed matter theory including light scattering far from equilibrium, long-time tails, acoustic localization, structural glasses, and metal-insulator transitions.
Nominated by: DCMP

John G Kirkwood [1940]
Cornell University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Robert K Kirkwood [2017]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For exceptional experimental work demonstrating the importance of energy transfer between laser beams in plasmas, and subsequent intellectual leadership of the effort to develop a two color option on the National Ignition Facility laser that is important for achieving symmetric implosions.
Nominated by: DPP

Robert Paul Kirshner [1988]
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Citation: For his outstanding contributions to the study of galactic dynamics and luminosity, and to spectroscopic studies of galactic supernovae remnants and extragalactic supernovae, and in particular for the first observations and interpretation of the ultraviolet spectra of Supernova 1987a.
Nominated by: DAP

Michael W. Kirson [1984]
Weizmann Institute of Science
Citation: For his many contributions to the theoretical understanding of nuclear structure.
Nominated by: DNP

John Robert Kirtley [1988]
Stanford University
Citation: For theoretical and experimental contributions elucidating electron tunneling and the interaction of electrons with photons and phonons.
Nominated by: DCMP

Valery D. Kiryukhin [2014]
Rutgers University
Citation: For use of x-ray and neutron scattering to understand multiferroics, colossal magnetoresistance and low-dimensional magnetism.
Nominated by: DCMP

Janos Kirz [1987]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For research and teaching in the field of high energy physics and X-ray microscopy.
Nominated by: DPF

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

David William Kisker [1997]
IBM Research Division
Citation: For contributions to the CVD growth of compound semiconductor thin films and direct real time x-ray scattering studies of the growth mechanism.
Nominated by: DMP

Leonard S Kisslinger [1968]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Also approved by the Division of Particles and Fields.
Nominated by: DNP

G B Kistiakowsky [1932]
Harvard University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

George B Kistiakowsky [1960]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Vera Kistiakowsky [1964]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Ottmar C Kistner [1969]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DNP

Thomas A Kitchens [1973]
Not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

John Kitching [2016]
National Institute of Standards and Technology - Boulder
Citation: For pioneering the field of chip-scale atomic devices, and integrating new ideas from atomic and optical physics and microscale engineering to enable development of precision quantum-based microscale sensors for a broad range of quantities.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Charles Kittel [1971]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Charles Kittel [1949]
Fort Baldwin
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Bennett Kivel [1960]
Avco-Everett Research Lab
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

D Kivelson [1976]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Daniel Kivelson [1976]
University of California, Los Angeles
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCP

Margaret Galland Kivelson [2001]
University of California, Los Angeles
Citation: For numerous pioneering contributions connecting fundamental principles of plasma physics to spacecraft observations ranging from geomagnetic field line resonances to the discovery of the magnetic topology of Jupiter's moons.
Nominated by: DPP

Steven Allan Kivelson [1997]
University of California, Los Angeles
Citation: For theoretical contributions to the understanding of conducting polymers, the quantum Hall effect, and high temperature superconductivity.
Nominated by: DCMP

Yuri S. Kivshar [2006]
Australian National University
Citation: For creative, stimulating, and seminal contributions to nonlinear optics, the physics of optical solitons, and the theory of nonlinear localized modes.
Nominated by: DLS

Miguel German Kiwi [1993]
Pontif University Catolica de Chile
Citation: For innovative contributions to condensed matter physics and leadership in the organization and development of physics in Lain America.
Nominated by: FIP

Mathias Kläui [2020]
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Citation: For the experimental study of magnetic materials, spin transport, and the dynamics and manipulation of spin textures at the nanoscale.
Nominated by: GMAG

Joseph Klafter []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Joseph Klafter [1993]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For advancing the understanding of energy states and transport in ordered, disordered a low-dimensional domains and that of anomalous diffusion, reaction kinetics and molecular dynamics in disordered and confined systems.
Nominated by: DCP

Teun M Klapwijk [2001]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Teunis Martien Klapwijk [2001]
Delft University of Technology
Citation: For seminal contributions to the field of nonequilibrium and mesoscopic superconductivity.
Nominated by: DCMP

John R Klauder [1957]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Paul Kleiber [2007]
University of Iowa
Citation: For contributions to the study of excited state interactions in ion-molecule clusters and in molecular collisions.
Nominated by: DCP

Abraham Klein [1959]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Barry M. Klein [1995]
University of California, Davis
Citation: For his contributions to the theory of electronic and vibrational properties of solids, and for building and leading dynamic research groups.
Nominated by: DCMP

Claude A Klein [1959]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Claude A Klein [1968]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

Jacob Klein [2003]
Oxford University, UK and Weizmann Institute, Israel
Citation: For outstanding contributions to understanding the dynamics of entangled polymers and the physics of polymers at surfaces.
Nominated by: DPOLY

Joshua Klein [2011]
University of Pennsylvania
Citation: For contributions to neutrino physics, especially through leadership of the data analysis for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory showing that solar neutrinos change flavor between the Sun and the Earth.
Nominated by: DNP

Martin J Klein [1958]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Michael L. Klein [1991]
University of Pennsylvania
Citation: For the development and application of intermolecular potentials and computer-simulation methods, leading to deep insights into the structure, dynamics, and phase transition of liquids and solids.
Nominated by: DCP

Miles Vincent Klein [1969]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

Richard I Klein [2003]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For pioneering contributions in computational astrophysics including star formation, radiatively driven stellar winds, instabilities in supernovae and magnetized neutron stars, and scaled laser experiments simulating strong shock phenomena in the ISM.
Nominated by: DAP

Spencer Klein [2009]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For pioneering studies of quantum-mechanical interference effects in coulomb interactions between highly-charged nuclei at ultra-relativistic energies, and in the suppression of bremsstrahlung in electron scattering from dense media.
Nominated by: DNP

William Klein [2010]
Boston University
Citation: For seminal contributions in the physics of nucleation and phase transitions arising from fundamental advances in statistical field-theoretic techniques, and their application to general mean field systems.
Nominated by: GSNP

Leonard Kleinman [1971]
University of Texas
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

Hans Kleinpoppen [1962]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Hans Kleinpoppen [1970]
University of Stirling
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DAMOP

Leonhard Kleiser [2010]
ETH Zurich
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the development of accurate numerical methods for computational fluid dynamics, and for their application to elucidate phenomena of transition and turbulence in wall-bounded flows, compressible turbulence, and gravity-driven and particle-laden flows.
Nominated by: DFD

Ernest D Klema [1966]
Northwestern University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

P G Klemens [1959]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Paul G Klemens [1961]
Westinghouse Research Laboratories
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Richard Andrew Klemm [1994]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: For work on the theory of anisotropic and layered superconductors in magnetic fields, involving both microscopic and phenomenological models.
Nominated by: DCMP

William A Klemperer [1954]
Harvard University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Daniel Kleppner [1978]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DAMOP

Craig Kletzing [2022]
The University of Iowa
Citation: For insightful experimental and theoretical studies of Alfven waves, under conditions applicable to the acceleration of electrons that powers aurorae, and for leadership in developing satellite-based plasma wave instrumentation.
Nominated by: DPP

Joseph Klewicki [2011]
University of New Hampshire
Citation: For insightful studies revealing the properties and scaling of turbulent boundary layers over a large Reynolds number range, and for developing and sharing with the research community unique flow facilities to carry out such studies.
Nominated by: DFD

Israel Klich [2020]
University of Virginia
Citation: For deep insights and rigorous results in many areas of condensed-matter theory, including entanglement entropy, the Casimir effect, electron counting and control, and topological order.
Nominated by: DCMP

C C Klick [1964]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Kenneth L Kliewer [1981]
Iowa State University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

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

Gerhard Klimeck [2011]
Purdue University
Citation: For the development, application, and dissemination of atomistic, quantum simulation tools for nanoelectronic devices.
Nominated by: FIAP

Sergey Klimenko [2012]
University of Florida
Citation: For pioneering the development of coherent algorithms for experimental searches of gravitational waves using ground-based detectors, and outstanding contributions to the most sensitive searches for burst-like gravitational wave signals with the LIGO and VIRGO detectors
Nominated by: DGRAV

Victor I. Klimov [2003]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: For the development of nanocrystal quantum dot lasers.
Nominated by: FIAP

John L. Kline [2016]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: For seminal contributions to the understanding and development of hohlraum drivers for inertial confinement fusion and their use for radiation transport, hydrodynamic, and ignition science experiments.
Nominated by: DPP

Matthias Friedrich Kling [2019]
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
Citation: For many contributions to the field of attosecond science, particularly in the exploration of controlled, optical-field-driven electron dynamics in atoms, molecules, and nano-particles.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Stephen Jacob Klippenstein [2006]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the development and application of quantative theoretical methods for predicting the kinetics of chemical reactions in the gas phase.
Nominated by: DCP

Von Klitzing [1998]
Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart
Citation: For the discovery of the quantized Hall effect.
Nominated by: APS

J Z Klose []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Cornerlius Ephraim Klots [1991]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: For developments in the theory of unimolecular reactions , with particular reference to processes occurring in van der Waals molecules.
Nominated by: DCP

H Juergen Kluge [2004]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Heinz-Jurgen Kluge [2004]
Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung
Citation: For his pioneering work on applying methods from atomic physics for studying fundamental properties of unstable nuclei, in particular the development of ion traps for precise measurements of nuclear masses.
Nominated by: DNP

Markus Klute [2019]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For work establishing the coupling of the Higgs boson to tau leptons, and for establishing the physics case for colliders beyond the Large Hadron Collider, including the High Luminosity LHC.
Nominated by: DPF

E A Knapp [1963]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Edward A Knapp [1972]
Los Alamos Science Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Harold P Knauss [1937]
Ohio State University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Katrin Kneipp [2004]
Wellman Center for Photomedicine & Biophotonics
Citation: For contributions to the application of Raman scattering in nanotechnology and the biomedical field.
Nominated by: FIAP

Peter Kneisel [2008]
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Citation: For pioneering contributions to superconducting rf science and technology through a wide range of research and development advances.
Nominated by: DPB

J D Knight [1957]
Los Alamos Science Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

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

W D Knight []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

W D Knight [1955]
University of California, Berkeley
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Emanuel Knill [2005]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Emmanuel H. Knill [2005]
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Citation: For fundamental contributions to our understanding of the control and manipulation of quantum systems, including quantum error correction, determination of tolerable error rates, and linear optics quantum computing.
Nominated by: DAMOP

J K Knipp [1940]
Purdue University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Randall Knize [2010]
US Air Force Academy
Citation: For contributions to diode pumped alkali lasers, along with the optical trapping and cooling of neutral atoms and molecules.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Charles M Knobler [1982]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCP

Edgar Knobloch [2001]
University of California, Berkeley
Citation: For his innovative applications of modern mathematical tools such as bifurcation and group theory to the analysis of nonlinear structures in fluid flows and for his elucidation of fundamental dynamical mechanisms.
Nominated by: DFD

G C Knollman [1961]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

G C Knollman [1967]
Lockheed Research Laboratories
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Harry V Knorr [1941]
Antioch College
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Michael L. Knotek [1987]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his contributions to the understanding of photon stimulated desorption through a series of experimental and theoretical analyses.
Nominated by: DCMP

Dewey D. Knowles [1931]
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Lloyd E. Knox [2012]
University of California, Davis
Citation: For motivating major observations (WMAP and Planck), developed widely-using data analysis tools, providing insightful interpretations of data, and calculating the impact of astrophysical processes on the microwave sky. He currently leads the US Planck team estimating cosmological parameters, and works with the South Pole Telescope team measuring signals he predicted over the past 15 years
Nominated by: DAP

Robert S Knox [1962]
University of Rochester
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Wayne Harvey Knox [1996]
Bell Laboratories
Citation: For his studies of fundamental physics of ultrafast lasers, development of novel and practical ultrafast lasers, and studies of ultrafast relaxation processes in semiconductors using such lasers.
Nominated by: DLS

Vern O Knudsen [1929]
University of California
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

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

Lynn D Knutson [1970]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Che-Ming Ko [1994]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his studies of transport models and collective effects in heavy ion collisions. His research on subthreshold particle production provides an important window on nuclear dynamics at high densities.
Nominated by: DNP

Jeffrey T. Koberstein [1991]
Columbia University
Citation: For research contributions on the morphology of polyurethanes, novel applications of small angle x-ray and neutron diffraction to the study of multiphase polymers, and pioneering work on polymer surfaces and interfaces.
Nominated by: DPOLY

Carl C Koch [1970]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Donald L. Koch [1998]
Cornell University
Citation: For original contributions to our understanding of suspension mechanics in areas of bubbly flows, fiber suspensions, gas-solid suspensions, colloids, liquid crystals, and transport in porous media.
Nominated by: DFD

H William Koch []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

H W Koch [1949]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

J F Koch [1959]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Jens Koch [2023]

Citation: For providing theoretical and numerical frameworks for modern superconducting qubits, as well as pioneering contributions to circuit quantum electrodynamics and quantum optics.
Nominated by: DQI

Peter M. Koch [1992]
State University of New York, Stony Brook
Citation: For creative development of spectroscopic and laser techniques in novel experiments on weakly bound atomic electrons in strong static and time-oscillating electric fields.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Roger Koch [1983]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Roger Hilsen Koch [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his contributions to our understanding of noise in physical systems and the experimental identification of a new glassy phase in superconductors.
Nominated by: DCMP

Volker Koch [2011]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For his contributions to the understanding of fluctuations and penetrating probes in high-energy nuclear collisions.
Nominated by: DNP

Olga Kocharovskaya [2005]
Texas A&M University
Citation: For her pioneering works on lasing without inversion, electromagnetically induced transparency, and laser control of gamma-ray nuclear transitions.
Nominated by: DAMOP

James F Kochlor [1941]
Smith College
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

W E Kock [1949]
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Ryosuke Kodama [2008]
Osaka University
Citation: For unique and original studies on fast ignition and pioneering effort on high energy plasma photonics
Nominated by: DPP

Mimi A.R. Koehl [2018]
University of California, Berkeley
Citation: For pioneering work in ecological biofluid dynamics, seminal laboratory and field studies of how organisms locomote, feed, and withstand flow forces in turbulent ambient winds, water currents and waves, and for innovative studies of the hydrodynamics of olfaction around antennae by crustaceans.
Nominated by: DFD

J S Koehler [1949]
Carnegie Institute
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Peter F M Koehler [1965]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

T R Koehler [1974]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

W C Koehler [1957]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Bruce E. Koel [1996]
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Citation: For important contributions to establishing the fundamentals of chemisorption and chemical reactions on bimetallic and alloy surfaces. His work on ordered intermetallic surfaces has discovered new principles of alloy reactivity.
Nominated by: DCP

Dale D. Koelling [1995]
U.S. Department of Energy
Citation: For seminal contributions to the computational theory of the electronic properties of crystalline materials, especially rare earths and actinides, and for providing direction and leadership to the DoE computational science community.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Seymour H Koenig [1959]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Paul Koenraad [2014]
Eindhoven University of Technology
Citation: For elucidating the spatial characteristics of localized states in semiconductors via scanning tunneling microscopy and single-dot spectroscopy.
Nominated by: DCMP

Mark Elwood Koepke [2004]
West Virginia University
Citation: For achievement in interrelating laboratory results and space-plasma observations, especially regarding the dramatic modification of instabilities by inhomogeneous plasma flow, and for influential experiments on driven-oscillator phenomena.
Nominated by: DPP

Louis J Koester [1961]
University of Illinois
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Lev Kofman [2007]
University of Toronto
Citation: For seminal contributions to the theory of inflation and preheating in the early universe, the role of cosmological constant on the microwave background, and the emergence of the cosmic web from Gaussian density fluctuations.
Nominated by: DAP

Otto Mogens Kofoed-Hansen [1968]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPP

Vladimir G. Kogan [1999]
Iowa State University
Citation: For theoretical studies of magnetic properties of anisotropic type-II superconductors.
Nominated by: DCMP

John B Kogut [1982]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPF

John L. Kohl [1996]
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Citation: For benchmark laboratory measurements of atomic parameters of exceptional quality and for conception, development and scientific application of a revolutionary, ultraviolet coronagraph for solar spectroscopy.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Dr. Michael Kohl [2022]
Hampton University
Citation: For elegant, innovative, and tenacious engagement in precision studies of nucleon structure, symmetry tests, and dark photon searches of physics beyond the Standard Model with diverse particle beam probes and leading roles in GEM detectors at facilities in the USA, Canada, Europe, and Japan.
Nominated by: DNP

Truman P Kohman []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Walter Kohn [1960]
Carnegie Mellon University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Haruo Kojima [2005]
Rutgers University
Citation: For experimental discoveries of unusual low-temperature excitations and dynamics in quantum liquids and solids, especially superfluid 3He.
Nominated by: DCMP

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

G T Kokotailo []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

George T Kokotailo [1982]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCP

James J. Kolata [1996]
University of Notre Dame
Citation: For his overall contributions to nuclear physics and specifically for his work with radioactive beams.
Nominated by: DNP

Alan C Kolb [1965]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Alan C Kolb [1976]
Maxwell Laboratories Incoporated
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPP

Charles E. Kolb [1997]
Aerodyne Research, Inc.
Citation: For his design and utilization of innovative methods to study gas phase and heterogeneous chemical kinetics and to monitor trace species concentrations and fluxes in environmental and industrial processes.
Nominated by: DCP

Edward W Kolb [1976]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Corinna Kollath [2020]
University of Bonn
Citation: For studies of low dimensional correlated systems, in particular out of equilibrium, using a combination of analytic and novel numerical approaches.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Wendell Kollen []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Lewis R Koller [1931]
General Electric Company
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Noemie Koller [1966]

Nominated by: DNP

Paul R. Kolodner [1992]
Alcatel Lucent, Bell Laboratories
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the understanding of convection in binary fluid mixtures utilizing precision flow-visualization experiments.
Nominated by: DFD

Anatoly Kolomeisky [2015]
Rice University
Citation: For major advances in the field of theoretical biophysics by fundamental contributions to the understanding of the mechanisms of motor proteins, cytoskeleton dynamics, protein nucleation, channel transport, and protein-DNA interactions.
Nominated by: DBIO

Yury G. Kolomensky [2006]
University of California, Berkeley
Citation: For his significant contributions of elucidating the spin structure of the nucleon, the electroweak theory and B-meson decays.
Nominated by: DPF

D Koltun [1972]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Daniel S Koltun [1972]
University of Rochester
Citation: Also approved by the Division of Nuclear Physics.
Nominated by: DPF

Eiichiro Komatsu [2015]
Max Planck Institute
Citation: For pioneering use of the bispectrum to study the physics of the early universe and for playing a leading role in the analysis of WMAP data.
Nominated by: DAP

Lou Kondic [2017]
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Citation: For understanding of complex fluid dynamics, from thin films to granular flows.
Nominated by: DFD

Jun Kondo [2008]
21st Century Medicine Inc
Citation: For the discovery of the mechanism for the resistance minimum in metals with magnetic impurities, universally known as "the Kondo effect".
Nominated by: DCMP

Jacobo Konigsberg [2008]
University of Florida
Citation: For his contributions to the discovery and studies of the Top quark, and for his leadership in the CDF experiment.
Nominated by: DPF

Robert Michael Konik [2019]
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Citation: For applications of exactly solvable techniques to strongly correlated low dimensional systems in and out of equilibrium.
Nominated by: DCMP

Junichiro Kono [2009]
Rice University
Citation: For contributions to optical processes in semiconductor nanostructures, including magneto-optical studies of Aharonov-Bohm physics in carbon nanotubes.
Nominated by: DCMP

Kimitoshi Kono [2016]
RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science
Citation: For groundbreaking experiments on the dynamics of strongly correlated 2-D electron systems and the observation of new collective phenomena in helium using surface electron states.
Nominated by: DCMP

Emil J Konopinski [1939]
Indiana University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Manoochehr M. Koochesfahani [2008]
Michigan State University
Citation: For his pioneering contributions to the development of experimental techniques including laser induced fluorescence, molecular tagging velocimetry and thermometry, and quantum dot imaging, and for his fundamental studies of turbulent mixing.
Nominated by: DFD

Clarence F Kooi [1964]
Palo Alto, California
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Norman C. Koon [1980]

Citation: Not Provided
Nominated by: DCMP

Steven Elliot Koonin [1973]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Steven E. Koonin [1980]

Citation: Not Provided
Nominated by: DNP

P G Koontz [1957]
College of Wooster
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Raoul Kopelman [1985]
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Citation: For contributions to understanding exciton interactions, energy transport and excitation recombination kinetics in ordered and disordered molecular aggregates.
Nominated by: DCP

Joel Koplik [1992]
City College of New York
Citation: For contributions to the fluid mechanics of porous media, pattern selection in nonequilibrium growth, and the molecular dynamics of fluid flow.
Nominated by: DFD

Frank Koppens [2022]
ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences
Citation: For the pioneering work in the science and applications of 2D material optoelectronics, quantum photonics, and nano-photonics.This includes the demonstration of record-strong compression of light, the control and detection of 2D polaritons, and the creation of broadband and ultrafast photodetectors.
Nominated by: DCMP

Nikhil Ashok Koratkar [2023]
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Citation: For distinguished contributions to nanoscale science and technology, including the discovery of partial van der Waals transparency in graphene, and for pioneering the use of nanostructured materials in composites and energy storage devices.
Nominated by: DMP

Victor Korenman [1982]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

Vladimir E. Korepin [1996]
State University of New York, Stony Brook
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of strongly correlated electrons through the study of exactly solvable models.
Nominated by: DCMP

Sorgo A Korff [1939]
Bartol Research Foundation
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

LaShanda Korley [2022]
University of Delaware
Citation: For innovative bio-inspired strategies to control architecture, assembly, and mechanics of soft material systems.
Nominated by: DPOLY

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

Julia A. Kornfield [1999]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: For outstanding investigations of the order and dynamics of copolymers, liquid-crystalline polymers, blends, and thin films.
Nominated by: DPOLY

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

Jan Korringa [1972]
Ohio State University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

Ahmet Refik Kortan [1996]
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Citation: For experimental studies of phase transitions on surfaces, in liquid crystals, and in intercalated systems; and work on new materials such as quasicrystals and fullerenes.
Nominated by: DCMP

Uwe R. Kortshagen [2018]
University of Minnesota
Citation: For contributions to our fundamental understanding of nonlinear electron transport and plasma-nanoparticle interactions in low temperature plasmas and the development of plasmabased synthesis of nanoparticles.
Nominated by: DPP

Andrey Korytov [2012]
University of Florida
Citation: For major contributions to the Higgs searches at LHC, and to the design and construction of high rate high precision Muon detectors for the CMS experiment
Nominated by: DPF

Jeffrey Koseff [2015]
Stanford University
Citation: For pioneering contributions in understanding lid-driven cavity flow and transport phenomena in coupled physical-biological systems, and seminal contributions to the theory of stratified turbulence and internal wave breaking.
Nominated by: DFD

Alexei Evgenievich Koshelev [2003]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: For important theoretical contributions to the physics of vortex matter in superconductors.
Nominated by: DCMP

Masatoshi Koshiba [2002]
University of Tokyo
Citation: For creating the Kamioka neutrino observatory, detecting neutrinos from Supernova 1987A and from the Sun, and for the discovery of neutrino oscillations through the interactions of atmospheric neutrinos.
Nominated by: DPF

Walter S Koski [1967]
Johns Hopkins University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Arthur Kosowsky [2014]
University of Pittsburgh
Citation: For landmark contributions to cosmology, including pioneering work on the use of CMB fluctuations for precision cosmology and pioneering work on the origin and detection of primordial gravitational waves.
Nominated by: DAP

William John Kossler [1998]
College of William & Mary
Citation: For pioneering work using muon spin rotation techniques in condensed matter physics.
Nominated by: DCMP

Alan Kostelecky [2004]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

V. Alan Kostelecky [2004]
Indiana University
Citation: For his seminal contributions to the understanding and testing of spacetime symmetries and for the development of a theoretical framework for investigations of relativity violations.
Nominated by: GPMFC

George F Koster []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

George F Koster [1962]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

John M Kosterlitz [1992]
Brown University
Citation: For his work on the theory of phase transitions in low-dimensional systems.
Nominated by: DCMP

Vaclav O. Kostroun [1985]
Cornell University
Citation: For pioneering work in the development of electron beam sources and multiply charged ions, and in the use of synchrotron radiation as a probe of atomic structure.
Nominated by: DAMOP

B. Gabriel Kotliar [2000]
Rutgers University
Citation: For development of the dynamical mean field method and its application to strongly correlated electron systems.
Nominated by: DCMP

Gabriel Kotliar [2000]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Svetlana Kotochigova [2011]
Temple University
Citation: For insightful theoretical description of the formation and control of ultracold molecules in optical trapping potentials.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Michael T. Kotschenreuther [1998]
University of Texas, Austin
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the self-consistent theory of magnetic island formation, for the implementation of the delta f numerical technique, and for developing theoretical techniques that quantitatively describe plasma transport in tokamaks.
Nominated by: DPP

F Ralph Kotter [1960]
National Bureau of Standards
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Jorg Peter Kotthaus [1989]
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of the electronic properties of confined systems in both one and two dimensions.
Nominated by: DCMP

Ashutosh Kotwal [2008]
Duke University
Citation: For his precision measurements of the mass of the W boson at the Tevatron.
Nominated by: DPF

Petros Koumoutsakos [2012]
ETH Zurich
Citation: For his pioneering contributions in the development of vortex methods, multi-scale particle methods, and bio-inspired optimization algorithms and his insightful use of these methods to advance fundamental understanding of bluff body flows, biological flows, and nanofluidics
Nominated by: DFD

Donald J Kouri []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Lena F. Kourkoutis [2022]
Cornell University
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the development of atomic-resolution cryogenic scanning transmission electron microscopy as a quantitative tool for probing electronic phases in materials and processes at interfaces between solids and liquids.
Nominated by: DMP

James S Kouvel []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Chryssa Kouveliotou [1999]
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Citation: For outstanding discoveries and significant advances in observational high-energy astrophysics, especially in the fields of gamma-ray bursts and magnetars.
Nominated by: DAP

Jeffrey Kovac [2023]
University of Tennessee
Citation: For innovative, scholarly, multidimensional, and persistent contributions to scientific ethics and ethics education along with numerous thoughtful contributions on other complex issues at the interface of science and society.
Nominated by: FPS

Dennis G. Kovar [1996]
U.S. Department of Energy
Citation: For his work on direct reactions, which provided precise spectroscopic information of importance for our understanding of single-particle states near doubly-magic 208Pb, and which established the angular-momentum dependence in heavy-ion transfer reactions.
Nominated by: DNP

Leslie S.G. Kovasznay [1962]
Johns Hopkins University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Yuri Kovchegov [2012]
Ohio State University
Citation: For his seminal contributions to understanding the structure and dynamics of strong color fields in nucleons and nuclei at high energies
Nominated by: DNP

Alex Kovner [2017]
University of Connecticut
Citation: For ground-breaking contributions to the physics of strong interactions in high energy hadronic and nuclear collisions, including high parton densities and gluon saturation.
Nominated by: DNP

Stanley B. Kowalski [1990]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For substantially advancing the capabilities for high-resolution nuclear spectroscopy at intermediate energies and for precision studies of nuclear structure and dynamics with electron scattering.
Nominated by: DNP

A J Kox [2000]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Anne Jacob Kox [2000]
University of Amsterdam
Citation: For his original contributions to the history of physics, especially in the Netherlands, and for his extraordinary contributions to the edition of Albert Einstein's papers.
Nominated by: FHPP

Boris Kozinsky [2023]
Harvard University / Bosch Research
Citation: For the development of innovative computational and machine learning methods to study microscopic transport and dynamic phenomena, and for their application to the discovery and understanding of technologically relevant materials for energy storage and conversion.
Nominated by: GDS

Frank C Kracek [1931]
Geophysical Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Geoffrey Arthur Krafft [2001]
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Citation: For his pioneering contributions in establishing the stability and operational foundation of superconducting and recirculating electron accelerators.
Nominated by: DPB

Robert H Kraichnan []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Henry Krakauer [1995]
College of William & Mary
Citation: For outstanding accomplishments in formulating and implementing the all-electron description of the electronic structure and related physical properties of complex crystalline solids and their surfaces.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Nicholas A Krall [1968]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPP

Bernard Kramer []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Edward J Kramer []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Edward J Kramer [1982]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPOLY

Laird H Kramer [2022]
Florida International University
Citation: For advancing physics education and STEM education through leadership in developing a nationally recognized physics education research group and STEM education research institute, as well as promoting local and national programs in physics that support physics teachers and equity initiatives.
Nominated by: FED

Alexander Kramida [2021]
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Citation: For developing highly effective methods for uncertainty quantification, and for the evaluation of atomic spectroscopic data and its efficient dissemination through the world’s most reliable atomic databases.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Kenneth Saul Krane [1990]
Oregon State University
Citation: For his successful program in developing and applying angluar-correlation and nuclear-orientation techniques to studies of nuclear structure, and for his contribution to training of students through textbook writing.
Nominated by: DNP

Sergei I. Krasheninnikov [1999]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For his contributions to the understanding of tokamak edge plasmas and atomic physics effects, long mean free path electron transports, and the influence of sheared electric fields on particle orbits.
Nominated by: DPP

Yakov Krasik [2015]
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of the physics of plasma cathodes, the generation of high-current electron beams and nanosecond-timescale gaseous discharges, and converging strong shock waves.
Nominated by: DPP

Robert Krasny [2007]
University of Michigan
Citation: For his many achievements in advancing particle methods and tree-code algorithms to allow exceptionally precise computations of vortex dynamics, and his insightful use of the resulting methods to increase the fundamental understanding of regular and chaotic phenomena in fluid flows.
Nominated by: DFD

Charles A Kraus [1928]
Brown University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Per Kraus [2022]
University of California, Los Angeles
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the understanding of strongly coupled gauge theories, black holes, quantum gravity, and the gauge/gravity correspondence.
Nominated by: DPF

Georg Krausch [2008]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Georg Krausch [2008]
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Citation: For his insightful research on the thin film behavior of block copolymers and polymer mixtures.
Nominated by: DPOLY

E H Krause [1953]
Naval Research Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Jeffrey L. Krause [2002]
University of Florida
Citation: For his fundamental research on the dynamics and control of atomic and molecular states in external fields, including the theoretical interpretation of experimental results and the prediction of novel phenomena.
Nominated by: GFB

Lucjan Krause [1990]
University of Windsor
Citation: For systematic experimental investigation of sensitized fluorescence, which has contributed significantly to the database and understanding of the transfer of electronic excitation energy in inelastic collisions between neutral particles.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Manfred O Krause [1970]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DAMOP

Sonja Krause [1976]
Lagos University, Nigeria
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPOLY

Jack J Kraushaar []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Jack J Kraushaar [1966]
University of Colorado
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

W L Kraushaar [1953]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

William L Kraushaar []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Lawrence M. Krauss [1998]
Case Western Reserve University
Citation: For his original contributions at the interface of particle physics and astrophysics.
Nominated by: DAP

Morris Krauss []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Morris Krauss [1990]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For substantial contributions in diverse fields such as mass spectroscopy, atmospheric physics, laser physics, and molecular biophysics.
Nominated by: DCP

Todd D. Krauss [2012]
University of Rochester
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the field of nanoscience, especially the photophysics of nanoscale semiconductors, including groundbreaking discoveries of the fluorescence properties of single carbon nanotubes and individual semiconductor nanocrystals.
Nominated by: DCP

Sergey Kravchenko [2008]
Northeastern University
Citation: For significant contributions to the field of metal-insulator transitions of electrons confined to two dimensions in silicon.
Nominated by: DCMP

James John Krebs [1983]

Citation: For important original contributions in the field of magnetic resonance in semiconductor materials, and particularly for studies of deep level centers in GaAs and InP.
Nominated by: DCMP

Martha Krebs [2000]
Institute for Defense Analysis
Citation: For her contributions to the vitality and quality of the science research and development programs supported by the Department of Energy for the benefit of the nation.
Nominated by: APS

William E Kreger [1960]
San Mateo, California
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

B. A. Kreider [1927]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Kurt Kremer [2005]
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Citation: For his outstanding contributions to the development of computational physics methods and their application to statistical mechanics of soft materials including polymer melts and networks, polyelectrolytes and colloids.
Nominated by: DPOLY

Roman Krems [2015]
University of British Columbia
Citation: For developing numerical tools for the description of molecular collisions at cold and ultracold temperatures and their control using external electric and magnetic fields.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Frank Krennrich [2008]
Iowa State University
Citation: For scientific contributions and the development of sensitive instrumentation in high energy gamma-ray astrophysics.
Nominated by: DAP

Vitaly V Kresin [2017]
University of Southern California
Citation: For contributions to the experimental and theoretical studies of electronic states, polarization phenomena, and thermal effects in atomic and molecular nanoclusters.
Nominated by: DCP

Joel D Kress [2016]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: For contributions to computational scattering, materials, and dense plasma simulation techniques.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Henry Kressel [1974]
RCA Laboratories
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

Andreas Kreyssig [2016]
The Ames Laboratory
Citation: For elucidating the relationships between the structural, magnetic, and superconducting properties of iron-arsenide hightemperature superconductors.
Nominated by: DCMP

Graham Kribs [2015]
University of Oregon
Citation: For contributions to our understanding of physics beyond the Standard Model, in particular theories with supersymmetry and extra generations of matter.
Nominated by: DPF

Allen S Krieger []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Allen Stephen Krieger [1987]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For outstanding contributions to solar astrophysics using x-ray imaging of the corona to gain an understanding of coronal structure and evolution and for establishing a firm connection between coronal holes and the high-speed solar wind.
Nominated by: DAP

Joseph B Krieger []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Martin Harvey Krieger [2006]
University of Southern California
Citation: For his series of books on the historical development of models and the mathematics employed in twentieth-century physics, especially the Ising model and its relatives and the proofs of the stability of matter.
Nominated by: FHPP

William R Krigbaum [1962]
Duke University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Jacqueline Krim [1999]
North Carolina State University
Citation: For her pioneering contributions to surface science and nanotribology, especially studies of kinetic roughening and the development of quartz crystal microbalance as a major tool for probing atomic-scale friction.
Nominated by: DMP

Stamatios M. Krimigis [1983]
Johns Hopkins University
Citation: For significant contributions to the measurement and understanding of plasmas in planetary magnetospheres and the heliosphere.
Nominated by: DAP

Samuel Krimm []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Samuel Krimm [1959]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Samuel Krinsky [1991]
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Citation: For technical leadership and outstanding contributions to the design, commissioning, improvement, and management of National Synchrotron Light Source, and significant contributions to understanding of undulators and the FEL.
Nominated by: DPB

Alan D Krisch [1976]
University of Michigan
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPF

Jean Peck Krisch [1998]
University of Michigan
Citation: For leadership and national contributions to the Society of Physics Students, effective and innovative undergraduate physics teaching, including to preservice elementary teachers, and for successful mentorship of women graduate students.
Nominated by: FED

Srinivas Krishnagopal [2022]
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Citation: For wide-ranging contributions and leadership to the physics of beams, including important contributions to collective beam-beam effects, initiating the free-electron laser and leading the high-intensity proton accelerator programs in India, and the Indian collaboration on PIP-II at Fermilab.
Nominated by: DPB

Ramanan Krishnamoorti [2008]
University of Houston
Citation: For outstanding contributions to polymer thermodynamics, and structure and properties of polymer nanocomposites.
Nominated by: DPOLY

Hulikal Krishnamurthy [2015]
Indian Institute of Science
Citation: For outstanding contributions to condensed matter theory, especially strongly correlated phenomena in fermionic and bosonic systems, universal behavior in quantum impurity physics, and colossal magneto-resistance.
Nominated by: DCMP

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

Ruby E Krishnamurti []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Ruby Ebisuzaki Krishnamurti [1988]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For fundamental experimental and theoretical researches in diverse aspects of thermal convection, which have elucidated the nature of cellular patterns, and the transition to turbulent convection.
Nominated by: DFD

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

R S Krishnan [1940]
University of Cambridge
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Rappal S Krishnan []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Rappal S Krishnan [1965]
Indian Institute of Science
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Magne Kristiansen []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Magne Kristiansen [1982]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPP

Dr. Andrea Lynn Kritcher [2022]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For leadership in integrated hohlraum design physics leading to the creation of the first laboratory burning and igniting fusion plasma.
Nominated by: DPP

Arnold H. Kritz [1998]
Lehigh University
Citation: For the development of innovative simulation tools to study wave heating, current drive and transport in plasmas, and for inspired leadership in a teamed approach to large computations.
Nominated by: DCOMP

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

Krivorotov, Ilya [2020]
University of California, Irvine
Citation: For seminal and sustained experimental contributions to the understanding of spin torques and nonlinear magnetization dynamics in magnetic nanostructures.
Nominated by: GMAG

Herbert Kroemer [1972]
University of Colorado
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

I. Joseph Kroll [2008]
University of Pennsylvania
Citation: For major contributions to the observation and measurement of Bs-Bsbar mixing, including early recognition of the importance of the measurement, proposal and construction of the CDF time-of-flight system to improve particle identification, studies of B- tagging, and leadership during the final phases of the measurement.
Nominated by: DPF

I Joseph Kroll [2008]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Norman M Kroll []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

John A Krommes [1984]
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the description and understanding of plasma turbulence and nonlinear statistical physics.
Nominated by: DPP

Albion J Kromminga []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Philipp Paul Kronberg [2006]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: For leading the growing appreciation of the importance of astrophysical magnetic fields. His work has helped to define this area of astrophysics and plasma astrophysics.
Nominated by: DAP

Ralph W Krone [1964]
University of Kansas
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Andreas S. Kronfeld [2002]
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For his contributions to lattice quantum chromodynamics and its application to the phenomenology of the standard model.
Nominated by: DPF

Ralph de L. Kronig [1927]
Columbia University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

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

Richard H Kropschot [1977]
National Bureau of Standards, Boulder
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

Eckhard Krotscheck [1996]
Texas A&M University
Citation: For contributions to the microscopic theory of quantum fluids , films, clusters and mixtures, and the extension of variational methods to inhomogeneous quantum systems.
Nominated by: DCMP

Predrag S Krstic [2004]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: For his important and diverse contributions to atomic theory, in particular to the theory of non-adiabatic heavy-particle collisions and of relativistic effects in ultrastrong laser-atom interaction.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Reiner Kruecken [2017]
TRIUMF & University of British Columbia
Citation: For use of gamma-ray spectroscopy techniques to advance the understanding of the evolution of collectivity and shell structure in nuclei, from the phenomena of super-deformation and magnetic rotation to probing magic numbers, shape-transitions and shape-coexistence.
Nominated by: DNP

Susan Krueger [2002]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Susan Takacs Krueger [2002]
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Citation: For significant contributions to the advancement of biological physics in determining the structures of important biomolecular complexes and biomimetic membranes through innovative use of neutron small angle scattering and reflectometry.
Nominated by: DBIO

William Leo Kruer [1978]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPP

P Gerald Kruger [1933]
University of Illinois
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

J A Krumhansl []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Paul W Kruse []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Paul W Kruse [1973]
Not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Ulrich E Kruse [1961]
University of Illinois
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Karl Krushelnick [2007]
University of Michigan
Citation: For pioneering contributions to experimental high-intensity laser plasma physics including the production of high-quality relativistic electron beams, energetic proton beams and the development of techniques to measure very large magnetic fields in intense laser-produced plasmas.
Nominated by: DPP

Lia Krusin-Elbaum [1993]
City College of New York
Citation: For fundamental work on the magnetic properties of high temperature superconductors.
Nominated by: DCMP

Matti Krusius [1994]
Helsinki University of Technology
Citation: For contributions to low temperatures physics including vortex structures in rotating superfluid. 3He, acoustic and magnetic studies of superfluid. 3he, and spin polarized hydrogen.
Nominated by: FIP

Martin D Kruskal [1960]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Mark Howard Kryder [2002]
Seagate Technology LLC, Pennsylvania
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the understanding of magnetic domain behavior, and leadership in the technologies of information storage.
Nominated by: FIAP

Anna Krylov [2011]
University of Southern California
Citation: For developing and implementing robust theoretical models and accurate computational tools for treating complicated open-shell electronic structure problems ranging from small radicals to the complex environment of solution and proteins.
Nominated by: DCP

M Z Krzywoblocki [1958]
University of Illinois
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Tung-Sheng Kuan [1992]
State University of New York, Albany
Citation: For pioneering work on long-range order in semiconductor alloys, and for contributions to the understanding of metal-semiconductor interfacial reactions.
Nominated by: DMP

Ryogo Kubo [1982]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

Kuniharu Kubodera [1994]
University of South Carolina
Citation: For his contributions to our understanding of weak and electromagnetic interactions in nuclei, including his important studies of exchange current contributions to axial charge operator.
Nominated by: DNP

Peter Kuchment [2021]
Texas A&M University
Citation: For fundamental contributions to mathematical physics and inverse problems of medical imaging and homeland security.
Nominated by: DCMP

Robert L. Kuczkowski [1994]
University of Michigan
Citation: For pioneering applications of microwave spectroscopy to larger molecules, reaction mechanisms and van der Waals complexes whose structure and energetics have been relevant to physical, surface, analytical, organic, inorganic and environmental chemistry.
Nominated by: DCP

Arshad Kudrolli [2010]
Clark University
Citation: For his innovative experiments and significant contributions to nonlinear physics, dissipative systems, granular matter, and geomorphology.
Nominated by: GSNP

Thomas Francis Kuech [1997]
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Citation: For his seminal contributions to the fundamental understanding of vapor-phase growth of III-V compound semiconductors and his discovery of long-range order in compound semiconductors.
Nominated by: DMP

John A Kuehner []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

John A Kuehner [1972]
McMaster University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DNP

Arnold M Kuethe [1962]
University of Michigan
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Sebastian Kuhn [2007]
Old Dominion University
Citation: For his leadership on measurements of the nucleon structure functions, in particular in the non-perturbative and valence region.
Nominated by: GHP

Young Kuk [2012]
Seoul National University
Citation: For seminal work in understanding the geometric and electronic properties of carbon-based nanomaterials, including fullerenes, nanotubes and graphene, and pioneering contributions in the development of scanning probe microscopy and structural determination of material surfaces
Nominated by: DMP

Kenneth Charles Kulander []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Kenneth Charles Kulander [1988]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For leading the development of time dependent methods for atomic and molecular processes and for the generation of novel treatments of molecular photodissociation now commonly in use.
Nominated by: DCP

Daniel Kulp [2012]
American Physical Society
Citation: In recognition of his distinguished and dedicated service in the communication of research results to the physics community, in his capacity as Editorial Director of the American Physical Society.
Nominated by: APS

Russell M Kulsrud [1969]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Krishna S Kumar [2005]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Krishna Subramanian Kumar [2005]
University of Massachusetts
Citation: For his leadership in parity-violating electron scattering experiments, especially those focused on low energy searches for physics beyond the standard model.
Nominated by: DNP

Narendra Kumar [1994]
Indian Institute of Science
Citation: For contributions to condensed matter physics, notably to quantum transport and conductance fluctuations in disordered systems.
Nominated by: DCMP

Prem Kumar [2000]
Northwestern University
Citation: For pioneering experimental contributions to the generation, detection, and application of the twin-beam quantum state produced by means of pulsed parametric amplification.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Sanat K. Kumar [1998]
Pennsylvania State University
Citation: For his pioneering simulation work on thin films of polymers and thermodynamics of polymer blends.
Nominated by: DPOLY

Satish Kumar [2015]
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Citation: For fundamental contributions to interfacial and non-Newtonian fluid mechanics and for exemplary leadership in the engineering science of liquid-applied coating and printing processes.
Nominated by: DFD

Viswanathan Kumaran [2015]
Indian Institute of Science
Citation: For studies of transition to turbulence in flows past soft surfaces at moderate Reynolds numbers, including asymptotic and numerical analyses, and experimental characterization of instabilities, turbulence, and ultrafast mixing.
Nominated by: DFD

Guruswamy Kumaraswamy [2016]
National Chemical Laboratory
Citation: For opening new routes to templated polymeric structures using mesophases and crystallization, and elucidating their physics.
Nominated by: DPOLY

Joseph Anthony Kunc [1992]
University of Southern California
Citation: For significant contributions to our understanding of the effects of electronic, atomic, and molecular processes in weakly-ionized gases.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Milind N. Kunchur [2012]
University of South Carolina
Citation: For development of short-pulse techniques and studies of dissipation in superconductors
Nominated by: DCMP

D N Kundu [1954]
Ohio State University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Mukul R Kundu []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Mukul Kundu [1988]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the understanding of the solar plasma through pioneering radio astronomy large sidereal interferometric techniques.
Nominated by: DPP

Andrew Hing C Kung [1999]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Andrew H. C. Kung [1999]
Academia Sinica
Citation: For significant contributions to the development of techniques for generating high resolution tunable vuv and xuv radiation and state-specific studies of chemical reaction dynamics using state of the art lasers.
Nominated by: DCP

W B Kunkel [1955]
University of California, Berkeley
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Wulf B Kunkel [1955]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Charles H. Kunsman [1928]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

A Barry Kunz [1976]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Albert B Kunz [1976]
DuPont Corporation
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

Peter D Kunz [1976]
University of Colorado
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DNP

J Eugene Kunzler [1959]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

John Eugene Kunzler [1962]
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Thomas S Kuo [1973]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Tzee-Ke Kuo [1976]
Purdue University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPF

Aron Kupperman [1968]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCP

Carolyn C Kuranz [2019]
University of Michigan
Citation: For spearheading academic use of the National Ignition Facility for seminal experiments in plasma laboratory astrophysics, specifically the effects of locally generated intense radiation on an interface and on astrophysically relevant interfacial instabilities.
Nominated by: DPP

Dieter Kurath [1957]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Dieter Kurath [1957]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

J D Kurbatov [1954]
Ohio State University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

James Daniel Kurfess [1997]
Naval Research Laboratory
Citation: For broad contributions to High Energy Astrophysics, including gamma ray observations of solar flares, pulsars, supernovae, discrete and diffuse galactic sources and active galactic nuclei.
Nominated by: DAP

Franz N.D. Kurie [1935]
University of California
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Gershon Kurizki [2002]
The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Citation: For discovering innovative approaches to the control of the quantum properties of electromagnetic fields interacting with atomic, molecular, and condensed media.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Shin-ichi Kurokawa [2000]
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
Citation: For major contributions to accelerator development, including synchrotrons and colliders; for his leadership of the Japanese B-Factory; for fostering accelerator education; and for promotion of international collaboration in accelerator science.
Nominated by: DPB

Bernhard Kurrelmeyer [1941]
Brooklyn College
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Behram Kursunolgu [1965]
University of Miami
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Juergen Kurths [1999]
University of Potsdam
Citation: For the development of stochastic synchronization analyses applied to recordings from biological systems and for fundamental contributions to understanding nonlinear dynamical systems.
Nominated by: DBIO

Jurgen Kurths [1999]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Christian Kurtsiefer [2007]
National University of Singapore
Citation: For pioneeering contributions to practical quantum cryptography.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Michael Kurtz [2011]
Harvard University
Citation: For making significant contributions to spectroscopic data reduction systems, analyzing the large-scale structure of the universe, and for being the prime mover behind the Astrophysical Data System, the pioneering on-line library for astronomy.
Nominated by: DAP

Shuichi Kusaka [1947]
Princeton University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

P Kusch [1940]
Columbia University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Alexander Kusenko [2008]
University of California, Los Angeles
Citation: For original and seminal contributions to particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology, as the inventor of supersymmetric Q-balls, proposer of mechanisms for neutrino-driven pulsar recoil, proponent of sterile neutrinos as dark matter, and valued contributor to theories of baryogenesis and ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays.
Nominated by: DPF

Toshimoto Kushida [1975]
Ford Motor Company
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

Mark J. Kushner [1990]
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Citation: For scientific contribution to laser physics and spectroscopy, plasma chemistry, plasma and photochemical processing of materials, and pulse-power-switch technology.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Feodor V. Kusmartsev [2014]
Loughborough University
Citation: For theoretical contributions to many areas of condensed matter physics, particularly semiconductor physics and superconductivity.
Nominated by: DCMP

Aaron Gilad Kusne [2021]
National Institute of Standards & Technology
Citation: For pioneering work on applications of machine learning for automated delineation of materials phase diagrams, and for the development of novel physics-informed machine learning for closed-loop autonomous materials exploration and optimization.
Nominated by: GDS

Julius Kuti [1993]
University of California, San Diego
Citation: For contributions to our theoretical understanding of the nature of hadrons and the strong interaction.
Nominated by: DPF

Makoto Kuwata-Gonokami [2012]
University of Tokyo
Citation: For contributions to laser spectroscopy and photon science including nonlinear spectroscopy of semiconductors, high density phenomena, cold atoms and micro cavity structures
Nominated by: DLS

Chris E Kuyatt [1970]
National Bureau of Standards
Citation: Also approved by the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics.
Nominated by: DCP

Serdar Kuyucak [2001]
Australian National University
Citation: For codevelopment of the 1/N boson expansion technique for describing the properties of medium- to heavy- mass nuclei and for its extensions to high-spin states and subbarrier fusion as well as for his significant contributions to the promotion of international physics.
Nominated by: FIP

Alexander M. Kuzmich [2009]
Georgia Institute of Technology
Citation: For experimental work with atomic ensembles that have advanced our understanding of atom-atom and atom-light entanglement, demonstating the feasibility of quantum repeaters.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Mark Kuzyk [2011]
Washington State University
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the development of an understanding of the origins of the nonlinear optical response and applying this understanding to the development of novel organic nonlinear optical materials.
Nominated by: DLS

Paul Gregory Kwiat [2001]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: For the development of quantum optical techniques to investigate the foundations of quantum physics and their use in studies of quantum information concepts.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Kris Kwiatkowski [2007]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: For his central role in experimental studies of energy dissipation in nuclear reactions which have provided evidence of the nuclear liquid-gas phase transition, and in development of new detector techniques.
Nominated by: DNP

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

Jueinai Kwo [2009]
National Tsing Hua University
Citation: For her outstanding work in developing novel electronic materials using innovative fabrication techniques, especially her pioneering work that laid the foundation for the field of artificial magnetic superlattices.
Nominated by: DMP

Wai-Kwong Kwok [1999]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: For pioneering studies of the statics and dynamics of the vortex state in superconductors.
Nominated by: DCMP

Thaddeus F Kycia [1968]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPF

George Kyrala [2008]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: For outstanding experimental and theoretical contributions to understanding ionization and excitation processes in matter, and for pioneering efforts in developing and using x-rays produced by short-pulse laser matter interactions in ICF and high energy density physics experiments
Nominated by: DPP

Spiro Kyropoulos [1940]
Pasadena, California
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS