Willem Van Rensselaer Malkus [1981]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DFD
Patrick Vaccaro [2007]
Yale University
Citation: For the development and application of linear/nonlinear spectroscopic techniques to elucidate the structure, dynamics, and chiroptical response of molecules.
Nominated by: DLS
Tanmay Vachaspati [2002]
Case Western Reserve University
Citation: For his seminal contributions to our understanding of the possible role of topological defects in the early Universe, from gravitational wave generation to primordial magnetic fields and baryogenesis.
Nominated by: DAP
Oskar Vafek [2022]
National High Magnetic Field Lab and Florida State University
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the theory of correlated electron physics in graphene and graphene bilayers.
Nominated by: DCMP
Patricia Vahle [2020]
William & Mary College
Citation: For leading contributions to the measurements of neutrino oscillations using the MINOS and NOvA experiments.
Nominated by: DPF
Richard Vaia [2010]
Air Force Institute of Technology
Citation: For seminal contributions towards the fundamental understanding of thermodynamics and kinetics of polymer nanocomposite formation; the impact of nanoparticles on polymer dynamics, crystallization and elastomer network properties; and the development of relevant structure-property correlations ensuring the translation of the physics of polymer nanocomposites to commercial technologies.
Nominated by: DPOLY
Veronica Vaida [2004]
University of Colorado
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the understanding of photodissociation dynamics of excited states and especially in the application of this understanding to processes in the atmosphere.
Nominated by: DCP
Arkady Vainshtein [1997]
University of Minnesota
Citation: For his seminal contributions to the confrontation of the Standard Model with experiment, and contributions to nonperturbatic methods, among them QCD sum rules, and exact results in SUSY gauge theories.
Nominated by: DPF
Nagarajan Valanoor [2023]
UNSW Sydney
Citation: For contributions to the synthesis and processing of thin film functional materials, particularly in the interface engineering of ferroelectric and multiferroic thin films with colossal piezoelectric properties.
Nominated by: FIP
Joseph Valasex [1921]
University of Minnesota
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
F A Valente [1956]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Maria-Roser Valenti [2016]
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Citation: For advancing microscopic understanding of correlated materials by combining computational electronic structure methods with many-body techniques.
Nominated by: DCOMP
Megan T. Valentine [2019]
University of California, Santa Barbara
Citation: For pioneering research in the development of microrheology and the applications of biomechanics at multiple length scales to diverse biological systems.
Nominated by: DBIO
James Joseph Valentini []
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
James J. Valentini [1991]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For the development of coherent Raman techniques for chemical dynamics experiments and the application of these to the study of the hydrogen exchange reaction and other prototypical processes.
Nominated by: DCP
Sergio O. Valenzuela [2022]
ICREA and the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2)
Citation: For seminal contributions to spin transport and spin dynamics in metals and van der Waals heterostructures, including spin-orbit-coupling phenomena and proximity effects.
Nominated by: GMAG
Ernest J Valeo [1982]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPP
Alexander Valishev [2018]
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the physics of particle beams at the international research
facilities, such as the Tevatron and the Large Hadron Collider, for leadership in accelerator
science, and for tireless mentorship and supervision of an international summer internship
program at Fermilab.
Nominated by: FIP
Henry S Valk []
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Vlado Valkovic [1979]
Rive University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DNP
Tonica Valla [2012]
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Citation: For photoelectron spectroscopy studies of the electronic structure and collective dynamics of strongly correlated materials
Nominated by: DCMP
James M. Valles [2013]
Brown University
Citation: For experimental contributions to the understanding of the relationship between structure and the 2-dimensional superconducting-insulating transition.
Nominated by: DCMP
G E Valley [1946]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
George E Valley []
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Geoffrey K. Vallis [2022]
University of Exeter
Citation: For foundational work on the roles of turbulence and intrinsic variability in the atmospheric and oceanic general circulation, weaving together physical intuition, rigorous mathematics, and empirical evidence for deep insights into the dynamics of Earth's climate.
Nominated by: GPC
Michele Vallisneri [2016]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: For significant contributions to the statistical theory and computational practice of gravitational-wave detection and parameter estimation, and for cross-fertilizing technical approaches among the ground-based, space-based, and pulsar-timing detection programs.
Nominated by: DGRAV
Oriol Tomas Valls [1998]
University of Minnesota
Citation: For contributions to the theory of unconventional Cooper paring and to the theory of nonequilibrium phenomena in liquids.
Nominated by: DCMP
Eric Van Stryland [2011]
University of Central Florida
Citation: For seminal contributions to the measurement, understanding and application of optical nonlinearities.
Nominated by: DLS
Jay Wallace Van Orden [2003]
Old Dominion University and Jefferson Laboratory
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of relativistic effects in few- and many-body nuclei with particular emphasis on covariant calculations of the electromagnetic properties of the deuteron.
Nominated by: GFB
Richard G Van de Water [2019]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: For outstanding contributions to solar-neutrino and short-baseline accelerator-neutrino physics experiments that have shed new light on neutrino properties and have provided evidence for physics beyond the Standard Model.
Nominated by: DPF
Robert Bruce Van [1999]
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
James A Van Allen []
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Charles W Van Atta []
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Chester M Van Atta [1940]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
L C Van Atta [1938]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
David Alan Van Baak [2010]
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Karl Albert van Bibber [2001]
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Karl Albert van Bibber [2001]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For his leadership role in an ultra-sensitive search for dark-matter axions, and the conception of other elegant experiments for detection of the axion.
Nominated by: DPF
James Walter Van Dam [1992]
University of Texas, Austin
Citation: For basic works in ballooning mode theory and the interaction or energetic particles with plasmas, where essential criteria where obtained for attaining stability in apparently MHD unstable systems.
Nominated by: DPP
R J Van de Graaff [1934]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Chris G. Van de Walle [1997]
Xerox PARC
Citation: For innovative contributions to the theoretical understanding of interfaces, defects, and impurities in semiconductors through the application of first-principles calculations.
Nominated by: DMP
J A Van den Akker []
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
J A van der Akker [1951]
Institute of Paper Chemistry
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Hugo W. van der Hart [2013]
Queen's University of Belfast
Citation: For innovative theoretical developments in the field of multiphoton processes, particularly in the context of ultra-short laser pulses, and for their successful application in the solution of problems involving electron-electron interactions.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Gerrit van der Laan [2003]
Daresbury Laboratory
Citation: For the discovery of the X-ray linear magnetic dichroism and outstanding contributions in the development of X-ray circular dichroism.
Nominated by: DCMP
Devaraj R.M. van der Meer [2022]
University of Twente
Citation: For seminal contributions to the understanding of granular dynamics and free surface flow, in particular, connected to impact events on granular matter and on liquid-air interfaces, and to granular clustering, coarsening, and sloshing.
Nominated by: DSOFT
A Van Der Woude [1979]
K.V.I. Groningen
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DNP
Robert Bruce van Dover [1999]
Bell Laboratories
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of magnetic materials and superconductors, particularly high-temperature superconductors.
Nominated by: FIAP
Henry M van Driel [2001]
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Adri C.T. van Duin [2023]
The Pennsylvania State University
Citation: For inventing and advancing the ReaxFF reactive potentials, which have significantly advanced the field of classical reactive atomistic simulations and bridged the gap between simulation and experiment.
Nominated by: DMP
Milton S. Van Dusen [1923]
Bureau of Standards
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Richard P. Van Duyne [1985]
Northwestern University
Citation: For discovery of surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy and active contributions to the basic understanding of surface physics and chemistry.
Nominated by: DCP
Robert S. Van Dyck [1991]
University of Washington
Citation: For his precision measurements of the physical properties of fundamental particles using charged particle traps.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Karl S Van Dyke [1938]
Wesleyan University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Milton Van Dyke []
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Steven J van Enk [2010]
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Steven van Enk [2010]
University of Oregon
Citation: For pioneering contributions in theoretical quantum information and quantum optics, including entanglement verification, quantum communication and telportation, and angular momentum of photons.
Nominated by: DQI
Dale J. Van Harlingen [1995]
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Citation: For his investigation of the phase coherence and quantum phenomena in superconductors and the experimental determination of the symmetry of the pairing state, in high-Tc superconductors.
Nominated by: DCMP
Martin van Hecke [2021]
University Leiden / AMOLF
Citation: For leading work in the field of jammed and disordered systems, and for pioneering the field of programmable mechanical metamaterials.
Nominated by: DSOFT
J Leo van Hemmen [1999]
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Jan Leonard van Hemmen [1998]
Technical University of Munich
Citation: For theoretically resolving learning in spatio-temporal neuronal activity with specific application to the barn owl's sound localization.
Nominated by: DBIO
Alan Van Heuvelen [1999]
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Michel Andre Van Hove [1994]
Hong Kong Baptist University
Citation: For developments of the multiple-scattering theory of low-energy electron diffraction and related techniques, and their application to the structural determination of a wide variety of surfaces.
Nominated by: DCMP
Pieter Van Isacker [2009]
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Theodore van Karman [1946]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Ubirajara L. van Kolck [2004]
University of Arizona
Citation: For pioneering work on effective field theories of nuclear systems, including developments in the power counting and structure of two- and three-body forces, and novel predictions from chiral symmetry.
Nominated by: DNP
Johannes M van Leeuwen [1994]
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Johannes M.J. van Leeuwen [1994]
University of Leiden
Citation: For contributions to statistical physics, in particular to the understanding of static and dynamic correlations in fluids, and to real space renormalization group theory.
Nominated by: DCMP
Peter Van Nieuwenhuizen [1994]
SUNY at Stony Brook
Citation: For significant and creative contributions to modern developments in quantum field theory, particularly for the discovery and development of supergravity theory.
Nominated by: DPF
Williem Theodorus Hendricus van Oers [1988]
University of Manitoba
Citation: For the recent first measurement of charge symmetry breaking in the neutron-proton system and for earlier extensive nuclear physics studies including nucleon-deuteron scattering and optical model analyses.
Nominated by: DNP
Donald O Van Ostenburg [1976]
DePaul University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP
Douglas M Van Patter []
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Douglas M Van Patter [1957]
Bartol Research Foundation
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
W W Van Roosbroeck [1955]
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Jan Van Ruitenbeek [2013]
University of Leiden
Citation: For studies of the transport properties of small junctions and molecules.
Nominated by: DCMP
Wim Van Saarloos [2007]
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Mark van Schilfgaarde [2007]
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Leon P Van Speybroeck []
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Leon P. Van Speybroeck [1989]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For continued contributions to the development of x-ray optics and other instruments for x-ray astronomy, and for pioneering studies of the x-ray emissions from normal galaxies.
Nominated by: DAP
A Van Steenbergen []
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
James A Van Vechten []
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
James A Van Vechten [1975]
IBM
Citation: Also approved by the Division of Chemical Physics.
Nominated by: DCMP
J. H. Van Vleck [1924]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Carolyne Van Vliet [2010]
University of Miami
Citation: For seminal contributions to the foundations of Linear Response Theory and to Quantum Transport involving extended or localized states, with applications to Condensed Matter problems.
Nominated by: GSNP
Stanley N van Voorhis [1939]
University of Rochester
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Bart Van Wees [2014]
Physics of Nanodevices Group
Citation: For pioneering research in charge and spin-based quantum transport in mesoscopic systems.
Nominated by: DCMP
Michael Van Zeeland [2022]
General Atomics - San Diego
Citation: For experiments to understand and control Alfven eigenmode and other energetic-particle-driven instabilities in tokamak plasmas, and for diagnostic innovation and leadership.
Nominated by: DPP
John Van Zytveld [2000]
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
John Bos Van Zytveld [2000]
M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust
Citation: For leadership in involving undergraduates in research, for advancing our understanding of electronic properties of liquid alloys, and for serving the science community as program officer for funding agencies.
Nominated by: FED
Paul A Vanden []
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Joka M. Vandenberg [2009]
Alcatel Lucent, Bell Laboratories
Citation: For the invention of a method to use x-ray crystallography for nano-scale feed-back control of the growth of multi-quantum-well, ternary-semiconductor lasers that then enabled optical communications for world-wide internet, voice and data systems, and for a distinguished career of contributions to understanding the structure of new materials.
Nominated by: FIAP
Robert Vandenbosch [1972]
University of Washington
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DNP
Paul Adrian Vandenbout [1988]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For extensive and incisive work on the abundances and abundance ratios of molecular and atomic species in dense interstellar clouds.
Nominated by: DAP
John C Vander []
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
David Vanderbilt [1995]
Rutgers University
Citation: For contributions in condensed matter theory, including pseudo potential, polarization theory, surfaces stress, and structural phase transitions.
Nominated by: DCMP
Marc Vanderhaeghen [2012]
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Citation: For his seminal contributions to the two-photon physics and fundamental work on the subnucleonic structure of baryons
Nominated by: DNP
David Lloyd VanderHart [1992]
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Citation: For creative application of solid-state proton and 13C NMR techniques to the characterization of two-phase polymers including semicrystalline polymers and polymer blends.
Nominated by: DPOLY
Joseph T Vanderslice [1967]
University of Maryland
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Lieven M.K. Vandersypen [2022]
QuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology
Citation: For pioneering the practical use of spins in quantum information processing, by performing quantum algorithms in liquid-state NMR and demonstrating readout and quantum operations with spin qubits in semiconductor quantum dots.
Nominated by: DQI
John C Vandervale [1976]
University of Michigan
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPF
John Pace VanDevender [1988]
Sandia National Laboratories
Citation: For technical leadership in inertial confinement fusion with light ion beams, pulsed power accelerator design and research, magnetically insulated electron flow, vacuum interface flashover, and beam-plasma heating.
Nominated by: DPP
Charles Vane [2008]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: For the elegant experimental elucidation of charge transfer and other fundamental inelastic processes in atomic, molecular, and bulk matter systems spanning interaction energies of milli-electron volts to tera-electron volts.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Jacques Vanier [1989]
University of Montreal
Citation: For contributions to the theory and development of standards of physical measurements based on quantum phenomena.
Nominated by: GIMS
Surya P Vanka [2017]
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Citation: For pioneering development of multigrid algorithms used to compute incompressible flows, and lasting contributions to simulation of complex laminar and turbulent flows, including turbulence-driven secondary flows, particle transport, continuous casting of steel, and Dean vortices in curved channels.
Nominated by: DFD
Zeev Valentine Vardeny [1995]
University of Utah
Citation: For his pioneering work on the application of photomodulation techniques and picosecond spectroscopy to the study of conducting polymers, fullerenes, amorphous semiconductors and high temperature superconductivity.
Nominated by: DCMP
Maria Varela [2016]
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the physics of complex oxides through electron energy loss spectroscopy.
Nominated by: GMAG
Kalman Varga [2016]
Vanderbilt University
Citation: For the development of a class of variational methods for accurate treatment of quantum few-body systems of various natures.
Nominated by: GFB
Chandra Mohan Varma [1981]
Bell Laboratories
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP
Lawrence J Varnerin []
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Lawrence J Varnerin [1959]
BTL Murray Hill
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Robert N Varney []
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Robert N Varney [1936]
New York University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Usha Varshney [2009]
National Science Foundation
Citation: For outstanding leadership and advocacy in advancing and promoting the fundamentals of device physics by formulating innovative and visionary research and education programs in spin and flexible electronics.
Nominated by: FPS
Yatendra P Varshni []
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Yatendra P Varshni [1976]
University of Ottowa
Citation: Also approved by the Division of Nuclear Physics and the Division of Chemical Physics
Nominated by: DCMP
James P. Vary [1989]
Iowa State University
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the microscopic theory of nuclear structure and nuclear reactions, especially the development of quark cluster model for high-energy lepton- and hadron-induced nuclear reactions.
Nominated by: DNP
Ashok Vaseashta [2011]
Department of State
Citation: For exceptional contributions and leadership in promoting scientific collaborations throughout America, Europe with focus in Black-Sea Region, and Asian-Pacific Rim for research in nanomaterials to solve grand challenges of the 21st century.
Nominated by: FIP
Priya Vashishta [1999]
Louisiana State University
Citation: For contributions in computational quantum, classical and statistical mechanical physics.
Nominated by: DCOMP
Oleg V. Vasilyev [2012]
University of Colorado, Boulder
Citation: For pioneering work on adaptive wavelet methods for Computational Fluid Dynamics, fundamental contributions to the advancement of Adaptive Large Eddy Simulation approach and explicit filtering in LES, and the development of volume penalization methods for compressible flows
Nominated by: DFD
John Vassilicos [2010]
Imperial College London
Citation: For his contributions to advance the understanding turbulence decay, mixing and particle motions, especially by recognizing and exploiting the use of fractals in theory and experiment.
Nominated by: DFD
Rama K. Vasudevan [2022]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: For pioneering and visionary development of open-sourced physics-based machine learning methods in atomic-scale and mesoscopic imaging, and their application in physics.
Nominated by: GDS
Maxim G Vavilov [2019]
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Citation: For important contributions to several areas of quantum information, including the development of novel qubit manipulation and readout methods for superconducting qubits, and new insight into decoherence processes in semiconducting qubits.
Nominated by: DQI
Jean-Luc Vay [2018]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For development of novel methods for simulating beams and plasmas and application of these
methods to accelerator physics.
Nominated by: DPB
Boyd William Veal [2001]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: For significant contributions to photoemission studies of transition and actinide metal compounds and for seminal studies and innovations within the YBCO family of cuprate high-temperature superconductors.
Nominated by: DCMP
Sarah Veatch [2023]
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Citation: For foundational work in understanding the miscibility phase transition and associated critical phenomena in membranes, and for rigorously applying these physical concepts to biological processes.
Nominated by: DBIO
Kuppuswamy Vedam [1975]
The Pennsylvania State University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP
Ilya Vekhter [2015]
Louisiana State University
Citation: For important contributions to the theory of unconventional superconductors in the vortex state, including probes of order parameter symmetry.
Nominated by: DCMP
Peter Vekilov [2010]
University of Houston
Citation: For his pioneering work on the thermodynamics and kinetics of protein aggregation and the discovery of a novel mechanism of nucleation of protein and small-molecule solid phases in solution.
Nominated by: DBIO
Alexander L. Velikovich [2005]
Naval Research Laboratory
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the theories of dynamics and stability of Z-pinch plasmas, Richtmyer-Meshkov instability and related effects of early-time perturbation seeding and evolution in laser plasma targets.
Nominated by: DPP
Julia A. Velkovska [2014]
Vanderbilt University
Citation: For her leading role in the understanding of hadron production and collective phenomena measured in relativistic heavy ion reactions at the RHIC and LHC laboratories.
Nominated by: DNP
Martinus J Veltman []
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Douglas Venable [1962]
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
John A Venables [2002]
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
John A. Venables [2002]
Arizona State University
Citation: For research on surface growth of metals, insulators, and semiconductors, leading to a fundamental understanding of interatomic interactions and atomic processes, particularly nucleation and growth.
Nominated by: DMP
Latha Venkataraman [2015]
Columbia University
Citation: For pioneering contributions to measurement and understanding of electron transport through single organic molecules.
Nominated by: DCMP
T. Venkatesan [1987]
National University of Singapore
Citation: For pioneering work in optical bistability, and dynamical ion and laser beam studies of graphite and of the diffusion and reaction kinetics or organic and compound semiconductor surfaces.
Nominated by: DCMP
Raju Venugopalan [2007]
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Citation: For seminal work elucidating the parton substructure of nucleons and nuclei at low x.
Nominated by: DNP
Jacobus Verbaarschot [2021]
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University
Citation: For the development of random-matrix theory methods and their applications in atomic nuclei and in nonperturbative quantum chromodynamics.
Nominated by: DNP
Joseph T. Verdeyen [1991]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For leadership in education of laser physics and gaseous electronics and outstanding research into the macroscopic properties of partially ionized gases and their applications to applied physics problems in lasers, gas discharges, gas kinetics, and plasma processing of materials.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Peter H Verdier []
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Charles Peter Verdon [1997]
University of Rochester
Citation: For developing ICF targets for direct drive that self-consistently incorporate beam smoothing and hydrodynamic stability constraints, and for developing a quantitative understanding of Rayleigh-Taylor instability for direct drive.
Nominated by: DPP
John D. Vergados [2001]
University of Ioannina
Citation: For his important contributions to double beta decay and symmetries in weak interactions as well as for his strong support and development of international collaborations between Greece and other countries.
Nominated by: FIP
Massimo Vergassola [2016]
University of California, San Diego
Citation: For seminal contributions to lattice simulations of fluids and turbulent mixing, and for the application of statistical mechanics to biological problems including the "infotaxis" search strategy in turbulent environments, gene regulation, T-cell activation, and signal transduction.
Nominated by: DBIO
Boudewijn J Verhaar [2007]
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Boudewyn Verhaar [2007]
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Citation: For seminal and wide-ranging theoretical contributions to the field of ultra-cold atomic gases.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Satya Dev Verma [1975]
Gujarat University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DAP
Marthe Bacal Verney [1996]
Laboratoire de Physique des Millieu
Citation: For her study of negative ion production in hydrogen plasma and the associated development of laser photodetachment diagnostics, and for the development of the volume H- source for neutral beam injection and other applications.
Nominated by: DPP
Matthieu Verstraete [2016]
University of Liège
Citation: For contributions in computational materials physics, through the development of opensource electronic structure software and novel methods and algorithms for thermal and electrical transport.
Nominated by: DCOMP
Roberto Verzicco [2013]
Universita degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
Citation: For his seminal contribution to the development of algorithms for direct numerical simulations of thermally driven turbulence, vortex flows, and complex flows, for the resulting deep physical understanding of these flows, and for his collaborative attitude which has strongly served the fluid dynamics community.
Nominated by: DFD
Alessandro Vespignani [2008]
Indiana University
Citation: For his contributions to the statistical physics of complex networks, in particular his seminal work on the spreading of viruses in real networks.
Nominated by: GSNP
Robert F.C. Vessot [1993]
Harvard University
Citation: For measuring the gravitational red shirt of an atomic clock, and for advancing high precision frequency standard and the art of frequency and time-interval intercomparisons between space and ground-based observers.
Nominated by: GPMFC
Kai Vetter [2015]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For pioneering contributions to fundamental radiation detection techniques, particularly gamma-ray imaging, and important societal applications.
Nominated by: DNP
P Viccaro [2003]
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
P. James Viccaro [2003]
University of Chicago
Citation: For his contribution to the development of Synchrotron Radiation Sources, in particular insertion devices and the associated experimental infrastructure which have had a major impact on the fields of Biology, Materials Science, and Physics.
Nominated by: GIMS
Jose Luis Vicent [2004]
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Citation: For his seminal contributions to the understanding of superconductivity in artificial layered structures and for innovative experimental contributions to the study of magnetic dots.
Nominated by: FIP
Tamas Vicsek [2006]
Eotvos University, Hungary
Citation: For his numerous seminal contributions to statistical physics, and its applications to fractal growth phenomena, surface dynamics, and self-organization in biological systems and human dynamics.
Nominated by: GSNP
George A Victor []
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
George A Victor [1981]
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DAMOP
Randall Harry Victora [1997]
Kodak Research Laboratories
Citation: For quantitatively accurate predictions of magnetic hysteresis, innovative calculations of the magnetic and electronic structure for heterogeneous systems, and the extension of these results to the development of practical materials.
Nominated by: DMP
Gianfranco Vidali [2006]
Syracuse University
Citation: In recognition of significant contributions to our understanding of atom-surface interactions and seminal experimental investigations in strochemistry.
Nominated by: APS
Steven E. Vigdor [1983]
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Citation: For excellence in the measurements and interpretations of nuclear reactions induced by light heavy ions, and of pion production by protons near threshold.
Nominated by: DNP
Albert Anthony Viggiano [2000]
Air Force Research Laboratory
Citation: For studies of the kinetics of ion interactions with neutral molecules, especially for the elucidation of internal energy effects and the influence of high temperatures and pressures, and atmospheric implications.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Giovanni Vignale [1997]
University of Missouri
Citation: For contributions to density functional theory.
Nominated by: DCMP
Ashok Kumar Vijh [1986]
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Oscar Edgardo Vilches [1996]
University of Washington
Citation: For studies of adsorbed monolayer and multilayer films of isotopes of helium and hydrogen.
Nominated by: DCMP
Alexander Vilenkin [1989]
Tufts University
Citation: For pioneering research in the application of particle physics to cosmology, and in particular for seminal contributions in the areas of cosmic strings and quantum cosmology.
Nominated by: DAP
D. S. Villars [1931]
Standard Oil Company
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
David M. Villeneuve [2006]
National Research Council of Canada
Citation: For the first observation of a single electron orbital wave function using high harmonic emission, and novel applications of femtosecond lasers to controlling molecular internal and external degrees of freedom.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Emmanuel Villermaux [2010]
University of Provence
Citation: For insightful contributions, both qualitative and quantitative, to the fluid dynamical and statistical characterizations of mixing, and for understanding the dynamics and fragmentation of jets and sheets.
Nominated by: DFD
Luis Vina [1999]
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Citation: For his contributions to the understanding of optical properties of semiconductors and for his intense international collaborations and the development of new solid state spectroscopies in Spain.
Nominated by: FIP
Jorge Vinals [2013]
University of Minnesota
Citation: For his contributions to pattern formation in nonequilibrium systems, especially quasi crystalline patterns in Faraday waves, domain coarsening in modulated phases, and the general study of coarse grained fluids described by an order parameter.
Nominated by: DFD
Harold J. Vinegar [1999]
Shell Development Company
Citation: For contributions to the science and technology of oil exploration and environmental remediation, particularly thermal methods for extracting hydrocarbons from the ground and for applications of NMR methods to well logging.
Nominated by: FIAP
G H Vineyard [1953]
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Valerii Vinokour [1998]
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Valerii M. Vinokur [1998]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: For contributions to the theory of vortex pinning and dynamics in a random environment.
Nominated by: DCMP
Nikolay Vinokurov [2019]
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics
Citation: For pioneering theoretical and experimental work in the field of free electron lasers and undulators for synchrotron radiation sources and free electron lasers.
Nominated by: DPB
John P Vinti [1936]
Brown University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Lorenza Viola [2014]
Dartmouth College
Citation: For seminal contributions at the interface between quantum information theory and quantum statistical mechanics, in particular, methods for decoherence control based on dynamical decoupling and noiseless subsystems and for characterizing entanglement in quantum many-body systems.
Nominated by: DQI
Victor Emanuel Viola [1985]
Indiana University, Bloomington
Citation: For contributions to the study of nuclear reaction mechanisms in collisions between complex nuclei at low intermediate energies, fission, nuclear astrophysics and energy systematics of heavy nuclei.
Nominated by: DNP
Charles E Violet [1969]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Also approved by the Division of Condensed Matter Physics.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Galileo Violini [2000]
UNESCO - Iran Office
Citation: For his extensive contributions to physics especially through developing new international programs, capacity building and vigorously promoting international cooperation between developed and developing countries.
Nominated by: FIP
Ethan T. Vishniac [2001]
Johns Hopkins University
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the study of blast-wave stability, the generation of secondary anisotropies in the microwave background, and the study of MHD turbulence and dynamos in astrophysical objects.
Nominated by: GPAP
Smitha Vishveshwara [2019]
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Citation: For pioneering theory of quantum dynamics in nonequilibrium systems and novel phenomena in cold Bose gases.
Nominated by: DCMP
Ashvin Vishwanath [2013]
University of California, Berkeley
Citation: For fundamental contributions to theory of quantum phase transitions and topological phenomena in quantum matter.
Nominated by: DCMP
William M Visscher []
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
William M Visscher [1974]
Los Alamos Science Laboratory
Citation: Also approved by the Division of Nuclear Physics.
Nominated by: DCMP
Matt Visser [2009]
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Matt Visser [2009]
Victoria University
Citation: For contributions to gravity theory, especially the effects of energy condition violations and the development of analog models of black hole and cosmological spacetimes.
Nominated by: DGRAV
Arunachala Viswanathan [1977]
National Research Council
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPOLY
David Vitali [2015]
Universita di Camerino
Citation: For groundbreaking work on cavity opto-mechanics, which proved to provide an ideal and flexible environment for quantum information processing and quantum-limited sensing;
for proposing pioneering techniques to control decoherence in quantum systems.
Nominated by: FIP
Vincenzo Vitelli [2018]
University of Chicago
Citation: For theoretical contributions to the field of topological mechanics.
Nominated by: DSOFT
Ivan Vitev [2012]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: For seminal contributions to the understanding of the mechanisms of parton energy loss in strongly-interacting matter and for pioneering theoretical work on jet production in heavy-ion reactions at RHIC and the LHC
Nominated by: DNP
Carmine Vittoria [1984]
Northeastern University
Citation: For the development of new microwave magnetic materials and discovery of surface spinware excitations of magnetic -non magnetic material interface.
Nominated by: DCMP
Michele Viviani [2005]
INFN, Pisa Branch, Physics Department
Citation: For his theoretical studies of three and four-nucleon bound and scattering states and electroweak capture reactions using realistic interactions and hyperspherical harmonic methods.
Nominated by: GFB
Petia M. Vlahovska [2019]
Northwestern University
Citation: For pioneering work on problems in interfacial flows and soft matter, including the fluid-structure interaction in Stokes flow, the mechanics of biomembranes, and electrohydrodynamics.
Nominated by: DFD
Vitalii K. Vlasko-Vlasov [2005]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: For pioneering development of magneto-optical imaging and its application to research in superconductivity and magnetism.
Nominated by: DCMP
Yurii Vlasov [2007]
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of the photonic nanostructures including photonic crystals and silicon nanophotonics.
Nominated by: DLS
Dimitris Vlassopoulos [2019]
FORTH and University of Crete
Citation: For seminal contributions to understanding the rheology of complex polymeric architectures and recognizing the need for carefully controlled polymers in these contexts.
Nominated by: DPOLY
B Vodar [1951]
Laboratory of Hautes Pressions
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Konstantin L. Vodopyanov [2009]
Stanford University
Citation: For development of a new class of broadly-tunable infrared and terahertz sources based on nonlinear-optical conversion in bulk, micro- and nano- structured media, and their application to spectroscopic studies including demonstration of electromagnetically-induced transparency in quantum wells.
Nominated by: DLS
Petr Vogel [1996]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: For his innovative theoretical work in double-beta decay and in neutrino interactions, including his definitive calculations of reactor neutrino spectra.
Nominated by: DNP
Robert B. Vogelaar [2013]
Virginia Technical Institute
Citation: For significant contributions to neutrino physics and underground science, especially through his leadership in calibrating the Borexino detector, with the first real-time detection of 7Be solar neutrinos, and his creation of the Kimballton Underground Research Facility, which is opening up new opportunities for fundamental physics experiments.
Nominated by: DNP
Werner Vogelsang [2008]
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Citation: For his outstanding contributions to the development of perturbative QCD and the theoretical methods of analysis of the spin structure of the nucleons.
Nominated by: DNP
Tracy John Vogler [2019]
Sandia National Laboratories
Citation: For landmark contributions to the basic understanding of shock propagation in metals, ceramics, and granular materials, for sustained service to the APS Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, and for leadership in the science community.
Nominated by: GCCM
Bryan Vogt [2019]
The Pennsylvania State University
Citation: For insightful contributions to the understanding of polymer thin films and process-structure relationships of self-assembled polymers.
Nominated by: DPOLY
Erich W Vogt []
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Erich W Vogt [1968]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DNP
Ramona Vogt [2010]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For her contribution to our understanding of the dynamics of heavy quark and charmonium production in collisions with nuclei and providing guidance for using these probes in the current and planned experimental investigations of hard dynamics in collisions with nuclei.
Nominated by: DNP
Rochus E Vogt [1975]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DAP
Thomas Vogt [2006]
University of South Carolina
Citation: For original contributions to the development and dissemination of neutron and synchrotron x-ray powder diffraction and their use in probing structure-property relationships.
Nominated by: DMP
Thomas Vojta [2015]
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Citation: For innovative analyses of quantum phase transitions in the presence of strong disorder.
Nominated by: DCMP
Stamatis Vokos [2013]
Seattle Pacific University
Citation: For using physics education research to help improve the learning of physics in Washington State, for leading the multi-year efforts of the Task Force on Teacher Education in Physics, and for serving as a nexus of multiple productive collaborations.
Nominated by: FED
Silvia L. Volker [1994]
University of Leiden
Citation: For experimental studies of dephasing, energy transfer and spectral diffusion processes in low temperature glasses and crystals via permanent and transient spectral hole burning.
Nominated by: DCP
G M Volkoff [1957]
University of British Columbia
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Antole B Volkov [1972]
McMaster University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DNP
Dieter Vollhardt [2020]
University of Augsburg
Citation: For pioneering contributions in condensed matter theory, in particular on strongly correlated electron systems, on disordered quantum systems, and on the superfluid phases of helium-3.
Nominated by: DCMP
Mikhail Boroso Voloshin [1997]
University of Minnesota
Citation: For development of new methods of analysis of nonperturbative properties of quantum fields and elementary particles and applications of these in studies of experimentally observed phenomena.
Nominated by: DPF
Sergei Voloshin [2008]
Wayne State University
Citation: For numerous seminal contributions to the methods and interpretation of collective flow in relativistic nuclear collisions.
Nominated by: DNP
Anastasia Volovich [2019]
Brown University
Citation: For introducing original perspectives on quantum field theory calculations and uncovering deep mathematical structures in supersymmetric gauge theories, leading to novel and powerful methods of scattering amplitudes evaluation.
Nominated by: DPF
Cristina Volpe [2011]
CNRS
Citation: For her work on neutrino-nucleus interactions and understanding the role of neutrinos in astrophysical sites, and for her suggestion of building a source of low-energy beta beams using the beta decay of radioactive nuclei.
Nominated by: DNP
R.J. Von Gutfeld [1980]
Not available
Citation: Not Provided
Nominated by: DAMOP
Stephen von Molnar [1983]
Florida State University
Citation: For his contributions towards an understanding of the physical properties of rare earth compounds and alloys, in particular, his pioneering transport studies of magnetic semiconductors.
Nominated by: DCMP
Philip von Doetinchem [2023]
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Citation: For leading cosmic antinuclei studies, with crucial roles in ongoing and upcoming cosmic-ray experiments, performing essential antinuclei cross section measurements, engaging in phenomenological research, and organizing community workshops.
Nominated by: DAP
Sten von Friesen [1975]
University of Lund
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DAP
Schweickhard E Von Goeler []
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Aristid von Grosse [1957]
Temple University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Arthur von Hippel [1939]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Frank von Hippel [1983]
Princeton University
Citation: For his contributions to the understanding of the relationship between physics and society and for his many perceptive papers on subjects from nuclear war to the fuel efficiency of automobiles.
Nominated by: FPS
Klaus Von Klitzing [1998]
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Max von Laue [1931]
University of Berlin
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Ernst D. von Meerwall [1994]
University of Akron
Citation: For extensive, meticulous measurements of both small molecule and chain diffusion coefficients in polymeric materials by field-gradient NMR, which have proven vital to the development and acceptance of current models for molecular motion.
Nominated by: DPOLY
John von Neumann [1932]
Princeton University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Hans C Von Baeyer [1976]
College of William & Mary
Citation: Also approved by the Forum on Physics and Society
Nominated by: DPF
Peter Willis Voorhees [2004]
Northwestern University
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the theory of the kinetics and thermodynamics of morphological change.
Nominated by: DMP
Willem L. Vos [2013]
University of Twente
Citation: For contributions to our understanding of multiple scattering of light in photonic band gap crystals and random media.
Nominated by: DCMP
Seymour H Vosko [1969]
Westinghouse Research Laboratories
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS
Richard Frederick Voss [1983]
Florida Atlantic University
Citation: For original contributions to the understanding of random processes, fluctuations, and 1/⨍ noise in normal and superconducting films, junction devices, and music; and the experimental verification of macroscopic quantum tunneling.
Nominated by: DCMP
Arthur F. Voter [2006]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: For original contributions to the theory of chemical and surface dynamics, especially through the pioneering development of accelerated molecular dynamics.
Nominated by: DMP
Gregory Alan Voth [1997]
University of Utah
Citation: For his pioneering work on the theory of condensed phase processes, including quantum dynamics, interfacial electron transfer and quantum and classical activated dynamics.
Nominated by: DCP
Jelena Vuckovic [2015]
Stanford University
Citation: For major and field opening contributions to nano photonics and its application to information science; including the design and fabrication of 2D photonic crystals with integrated quantum dot structures.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Vladan Vuletic [2012]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For pioneering advances across AMO physics, including quantum information and precision measurement with atomic ensembles, cavity QED, atomic collisions and Casimir forces for atom condensates near surfaces
Nominated by: DAMOP
Igor Vurgaftman [2010]
Naval Research Laboratory
Citation: For introducing and developing novel optoelectronic device concepts based on the principles of physics, and for significant contributions to the physical understanding, design, and simulation of semiconductor devices such as the interband cascade laser and the type-II infrared photodiode.
Nominated by: FIAP
Leposava Vuskovic [2002]
Old Dominion University
Citation: For important and sustained work on electron collisions with ground state and excited atoms by creating a number of remarkable experimental techniques.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Dimitri Vvedensky [2007]
Imperial College London
Citation: For original, sustained, and diverse theoretical contributions toward understanding the morphological evolution of epitaxial thin films.
Nominated by: DMP