APS Fellow Archive

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

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Jan Zaanen [2008]
Leiden University
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the theory of the strongly interacting electron systems in high Tc superconductors and other doped Mott-insulators.
Nominated by: DCMP

Hartmut Zabel [1996]
Ruhr Universitä Bochum
Citation: For his seminal contributions to our understanding of the structure and dynamics of hydrogen-metal systems, graphite intercalation compounds and magnetic metallic multilayers.
Nominated by: DMP

Rolland M Zabel [1939]
Hygrade Sylvania Corporation
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Norman J Zabusky [1970]
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Citation: Also approved by the Division of Plasma Physics.
Nominated by: DFD

Jerrold Zacharias [1938]
Hunter College
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

W. H. Zachariasen [1930]
University of Chicago
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Cosmas Zachos [2010]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: For significant theoretical contributions to supersymmetry, and for pioneering investigations of fundamental mathematical structures underlying a broad range of physical systems.
Nominated by: DPF

Farhad Yusef-Zadeh [2010]
Northwestern University
Citation: For his discovery of many astrophysical sources in the core of the galaxy, and for his contributions to our understanding of these sources, of star formation, of molecular clouds interacting
with supernova remnants, and of the emission mechanism associated with the massive black hole at the galactic center.
Nominated by: DAP

Sufi Zafar [2007]
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Citation: For her contribution to the understanding of electrical degradation and charge transport mechanisms in high permittivity and SiO2 dielectric thin films, with a focus on advanced CMOS and memory device applications.
Nominated by: FIAP

D J Zaffarano [1953]
Iowa State
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Daniel J Zaffarano []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Chris D Zafiratos []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Chris D. Zafiratos [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his experimental studies of multi-nucleon transfer reactions and charge exchange reactions and their use to elucidate nuclear structure.
Nominated by: DNP

Alexandre Zagoskin [2023]
Loughborough University
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the development of superconducting quantum technologies and their applications.
Nominated by: FIP

Charles T Zahn [1928]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Amir A Zaidi []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

William A. Zajc [1997]
Columbia University
Citation: For his landmark contribution to experimental studies of two-boson correlation in relativistic heavy-ion collisions.
Nominated by: DNP

Leonid Zakharov [2007]
Princeton University
Citation: For contributions to the theory and numerical calculation of megnetohydrodynamic equilibria, stability, and transport in toroidal plasma confinement devices and for innovative ideas concerning the development of a lithium walled tokamak as an approach to an economic reactor.
Nominated by: DPP

Anvar Zakhidov [2009]
University of Texas, Dallas
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the design, fabrication, characterization and understanding of advanced functional nanomaterials and associated devices, from carbon nanotubes, superconducting or magnetic fullerenes and photonic crystals to solar cells, OLEDs and cold field emission cathodes.
Nominated by: DMP

Tamer A. Zaki [2022]
Johns Hopkins University
Citation: For fundamental contributions to linear and non-linear theories of bypass transition, novel applications of data science to fluid mechanics, and innovative numerical simulations of Newtonian and non-Newtonian flows with practical applications.
Nominated by: DFD

Stephane Zaleski [2005]
LMM/UPMC
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the development of Lattice Boltmann methods and advanced methods for multiphase flows as well as studies of atomization and other multiphase flow problems.
Nominated by: DFD

Thad P. Zaleskiewicz [2006]
University of Pittsburgh
Citation: For contributions to the education of teachers in contemporary physics topics through continuous sustained activity in the Contemporary Physics Education Project.
Nominated by: FED

Igor A. Zaliznyak [2018]
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Citation: For innovative use of neutron scattering to probe quantum materials and leadership in development of the corresponding instrumentation.
Nominated by: DCMP

Richard Henry Zallen [1976]
Xerox Research Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

Khairul B M Q Zaman [2010]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Khairul B.M. Zaman [2010]
NASA Glenn Research Center
Citation: For advancing the understanding of vortex generating tab technology for mixing enhancement and noise reduction in jets, and for discovering and explaining 'transonic tones' in overexpanded jets.
Nominated by: DFD

Larry Zamick [1974]
Rutgers University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DNP

Alexander B. Zamolodchikov [1999]
Rutgers University
Citation: For fundamental results in conformal and integrable quantum field theory.
Nominated by: APS

Paolo Zanardi [2011]
University of Southern California
Citation: For his profound theoretical contributions at the interface of quantum information processing and condensed matter physics, in particular his pioneering work on noiseless subspaces, holonomic quantum computation, and the fidelity approach to quantum phase transitions.
Nominated by: DQI

Roya Zandi [2022]
University of California, Riverside
Citation: For the application of fundamental theories of elasticity, electrostatics, and phase transitions to elucidate unique physical phenomena arising in viral capsid formation, notably the origin of icosahedral symmetry, the role of disclinations, and the branched topology of RNA genomes.
Nominated by: DBIO

Andrew Mark Zangwill [1997]
Georgia Institute of Technology
Citation: For diverse theoretical contributions to surface and thin-film physics, most particularly, the kinetics of morphological evolutions during epitaxial growth.
Nominated by: DMP

Gary P. Zank [2004]
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics & Dept of Physics
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the understanding of shocks, particle acceleration and plasma turbulence, and to studies of the solar wind, corona, interplanetary shocks and global heliospheric structure.
Nominated by: GPAP

Martin Zanni [2010]
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Citation: For advancing the technology behind femtosecond 2D IR spectroscopy and using it to uncover novel insights into the biophysics of membrane and aggregating polypeptides.
Nominated by: DCP

Vivien Zapf [2017]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: For seminal contributions to the understanding of quantum mechanical properties of superconductors, quantum magnets, and multiferroic systems at low temperatures and in extreme magnetic fields to 100T.
Nominated by: GMAG

Peter Zapol [2020]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: For contributions to computational methods in novel materials systems including nanostructures, surfaces, and interfaces for energy-related applications.
Nominated by: DCP

Stefano Zapperi [2015]
University of Milan
Citation: For key contributions to the understanding of statistical properties of crackling noise in materials, including the theory of the Barkhausen effects in ferromagnets and the understanding of dislocation avalanches in microplasticity.
Nominated by: GSNP

RIchard N Zare [1970]
Columbia University
Citation: Also approved by the Division of Chemical Physics.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Eugene Zaretsky [2020]
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Citation: For groundbreaking experiments that led to fundamental insights into shock-induced plasticity, phase transitions and dynamic strength of metals, ceramics and complex materials.
Nominated by: GCCM

Michael Charles Zarnstorff [1994]
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Citation: For contributions to parallel transport in toroidal devices, and for the verifications of the bootstrap current, which has led the way to the design of advanced tokamak reactors.
Nominated by: DPP

John Zasadzinski [2010]
Illinois Institute of Technology
Citation: For contributions to superconducting tunneling spectroscopy.
Nominated by: DCMP

Joseph A. Zasadzinski [2008]
University of California, Santa Barbara
Citation: For applying physical principles of self-assembly, directed assembly and bio-mimicry to create well-controlled lipid structures such as unilamellar vesicles and "vesosomes" for biomedical applications such as targeted drug-delivery vehicles and treatments for respiratory diseases, and for developing new microscopies for characterizing their microstructure, molecular organization and interactions.
Nominated by: DBIO

George Moiseevich Zaslavsky []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

George Moiseevitch Zaslavsky [1994]
New York University
Citation: For original developments in the theory of dynamical systems, the occurrence of chaos in dynamical systems, the development of techniques to analyze chaos-induced transport, and applications to physical systems.
Nominated by: DPP

Oleg Zatsarinny [2008]
Drake University
Citation: For the development of the B-Spline R-matrix method with non-orthogonal orbital sets for atomic structure calculations of exceptional accuracy and benchmark calculations for excitation and ionization of complex atoms and ions by photon and electron impact.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Richard A Zdanis [1976]
Johns Hopkins University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPF

Abdelfattah M.G. Zebib [1994]
Rutgers University
Citation: In recognition of his innovative computational methods to understand fluid mechanical instabilities and nonlinear evolutions of boundary layers, porous media, double-diffusive convection, mantle convection, crystal growth melt, physical vapor deposition, and cylinder wakes.
Nominated by: DFD

A. Zee [2014]
University of California, Santa Barbara
Citation: For his wide-ranging impact on particle physics, quantum field theory, condensed matter physics, cosmology, and biophysics, and in recognition of his unique popular writings and textbooks.
Nominated by: DPF

Jorg Zegenhagen [2009]
European Synchroton Rad Fac
Citation: For his innovative contributions to the study of surfaces and interfaces with synchrotron radiation and his support of international science.
Nominated by: FIP

Remco G.T. Zegers [2017]
Michigan State University
Citation: For his study of spin and isospin excitations of atomic nuclei, and the implications of such excitations to our understanding of fundamental properties of nuclei, neutrinos, and astrophysical processes.
Nominated by: DNP

Benjamin Zeidman []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Herbert Zeiger []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Herbert J Zeiger [1966]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Anton Zeilinger [1998]
University of Innsbruck
Citation: For elucidating and extending the mystery of the quantum phenomena of interference and entanglement by elegant experiments with neutrons, atoms, and photon pairs together with new theoretical insights.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Eli Zeldov [2007]
Weizmann Institute of Science
Citation: For pioneering experiments that uncovered the nature of vortex lattice melting and elucidated the vortex phase diagram in high temperature superconductors.
Nominated by: DCMP

Anatoli Zelenski [2018]
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Citation: For groundbreaking work in developing high-intensity high-brightness polarized ion beam sources, in particular, optically-pumped polarized sources.
Nominated by: DPB

Tanya Zelevinsky [2018]
Columbia University
Citation: For pioneering research on producing ultracold molecules confined in optical lattices and using them for precision spectroscopy and test of fundamental physics.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Vladimir G. Zelevinsky [1997]
Michigan State University
Citation: For his seminal contributions to many-body theory, including, the theoretical foundations for fermion-boson mapping, discovery of the O(5) dynamic symmetry for soft nuclei, and the elucidation of many-body quantum chaos.
Nominated by: DNP

Sam Zeller [2021]
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For outstanding contributions and intellectual leadership in developing the understanding of GeV neutrino interactions and their importance for past, current, and future neutrino oscillation experiments.
Nominated by: DPF

Michael E. Zeller [1990]
Yale University
Citation: For contributions to experimental high-energy physics, especially in the development and execution of highly sensitive experiments to study and to search for important rare decay modes of the charged K+ meson.
Nominated by: DPF

Mark W. Zemensky [1931]
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for P.C.
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Clarence Zener [1935]
Washington University in St. Louis
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Bei Zeng [2021]
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Citation: For pioneering work and contributions in quantum information science (QIS), including error correction and fault-tolerance, many-body entanglement, quantum tomography, quantum marginals, and QIS applications in quantum matter, and for her long-term contribution to QIS services and education.
Nominated by: DQI

Xiao Cheng Zeng [2005]
University of Nebraska
Citation: For his original contributions to the study of vapor-liquid nucleation and discoveries of novel nanostructures of two-dimensional silicon clusters and single-walled silicon nanotubes.
Nominated by: DCP

Roberto Zenit [2016]
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Citation: For outstanding contributions in bubbly and granular flows, and for dedicated service to strengthening the fluid dynamics community in Mexico.
Nominated by: DFD

Arnulfo Zepeda [1993]
CINVESTAV-IPN
Citation: For original research in high energy theory and phenomenology; for leadership in high energy physics in Mexico; for initiatives in promoting closer communication among physicists in North America.
Nominated by: FIP

Dieter Zeppenfeld [1999]
University of Wisconsin
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the theoretical formulation of effective electroweak gauge boson interactions in a model-independent way and in the linear-sigma model, which initiated phenomenological and experimental studies of gauge boson anomalous coup.
Nominated by: DPF

Giuseppe Zerbi []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Giuseppe Zerbi [1981]
University of Trieste
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPOLY

Michael C. Zerner [1995]
University of Florida
Citation: For development of semi-empirical theory of electronic structure of large molecules, and its application to determination of molecular structure and spectra.
Nominated by: DCP

Louis Zernow []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Alex Zettl [1999]
University of California, Berkeley
Citation: For studies of electronic materials in reduced dimensions.
Nominated by: DCMP

Ahmed H Zewail [1982]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCP

Edward F Zganjar [1982]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPOLY

Hui Zhai [2022]
Tsinghua University
Citation: For contributions to cold atom physics including spin-orbit coupled BEC, orbital Feshbach resonance, and scale invariant hydrodynamics.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Bing Zhang [2014]
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Citation: For his significant scientific contributions to the understanding of the physical mechanisms of high-energy astrophysical sources, especially the prompt emission and afterglows of cosmological gamma-ray bursts.
Nominated by: DAP

Chuanwei Zhang [2017]
University of Texas at Dallas
Citation: For seminal contributions to theoretical research in ultracold atomic physics, including studies of spin-orbit coupled quantum gases, topological superfluids with Majorana or Weyl fermions, and Fulde-Ferrell superfluid states.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Fu Chun Zhang [1999]
University of Cincinnati
Citation: For contributions to the theory of strongly-correlated electron systems.
Nominated by: DCMP

Fu-Chun Zhang [1999]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Gang Zhang [2022]
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Citation: For seminal contributions in understanding the phononic physics in low-dimensional quantum materials, in particular the discovery of anomalous size dependence in thermal conductivity, and for pioneering work on developing and applying methods to study nanoscale and interfacial thermal conduction.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Jiandi Zhang [2014]
Louisiana State University
Citation: For his significant contributions to elucidating the correlation between bulk and surface static and dynamic properties of complex materials.
Nominated by: DMP

Jin Z Zhang [2009]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Jin Z. Zhang [2009]
University of California, Santa Cruz
Citation: For important fundamental understanding of photophysical properties and charge carrier dynamics of semiconductor and metal nanomaterials based on ultrafast studies.
Nominated by: DCP

Jing Zhang [2019]
Shanxi University
Citation: For contributions to the fields of continuous-variable quantum information and quantum gases, especially for his pioneering experiments to realize spin-orbit coupling in degenerate Fermi gases.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Jun Zhang [2017]
New York University
Citation: For elegant and artful experiments that have moved fluid-structure interactions into the scientific mainstream, and which have inspired their study in physics, biology, engineering, geophysics, and applied mathematics.
Nominated by: DFD

Qiming Zhang [2012]
Pennsylvania State University
Citation: For his pioneering work in electroactive polymers in exploiting defect modifications to significantly enhance the performance of materials and in advancing their application for energy conversion and energy storage
Nominated by: DMP

Ruiqin Zhang [2018]
City University of Hong Kong
Citation: For path-breaking contributions to the development of quantum-mechanical many-body methods as well as modeling and simulation of large electronic systems such as those with nanosurfaces, promoting their applications in the fields of environment, energy, biology and medicine.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Shengbai Zhang [2001]
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of semiconductor defects, impurities, surfaces, interfaces, and high-pressure phases using first-principles calculations.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Shiwei Zhang [2009]
College of William & Mary
Citation: For pioneering work in algorithmic innovation of quantum Monte Carlo methods and their applications to many fields of fermion physics including condensed matter, quantum chemistry, nuclear physics, and cold-atom research.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Shoucheng Zhang [2005]
Stanford University
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the development and exploitation of the effective field theories of highly correlated electronic systems.
Nominated by: DCMP

Shuang Zhang [2022]
University of Hong Kong
Citation: For seminal contributions to the development of optical metamaterials, topological photonics, nonlinear metasurfaces, and metasurface photonic devices.
Nominated by: DLS

Shufeng Zhang [2005]
University of Missouri, Columbia
Citation: For his pioneering theoretical models and analyses of spin transport in magnetically layered structures, films and heterogeneous alloys.
Nominated by: GMAG

Weiping Zhang [2022]
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Citation: For seminal works in laser manipulation of ultracold atomic quantum gases, in particular, pioneering contributions to the field of nonlinear atom optics, and the development of quantum metrology with novel quantum interferometers and atom-photon interface.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Wenqing Zhang [2014]
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the understanding of advanced thermoelectric materials and their application in industry based on ab initio calculations, and for developing ab initio thermodynamic tools for metal/ceramic interfaces.
Nominated by: FIAP

Xi Cheng [2002]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Xi-Cheng Zhang [2002]
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Citation: For pioneering contributions to free-space terahertz optics, particularly the successful development of terahertz wave generation, sensing and imaging.
Nominated by: DLS

Xiang Zhang [2008]
University of California, Berkeley
Citation: For the pioneering demonstration of the optical Superlens and Hyperlens for nano-optics; the development of concepts of metamaterials, plasmonic, and far IR magnetism; seminal contributions to the plasmonic lithography.
Nominated by: FIAP

Xiaoguang Zhang [2012]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: For pioneering work in the development and application of the scattering theory and computational methods to materials studies, in particular to the study of electron transport in magnetic tunnel junctions
Nominated by: DCOMP

Xin Zhang [2019]
Boston University
Citation: For research and education using microelectromechanical systems and metamaterials to address a wide range of important problems in areas ranging from energy to healthcare to homeland security.
Nominated by: FIAP

Xixiang Zhang [2016]
King Abdullah University of Science & Technology
Citation: For innovative contributions to macroscopic quantum tunneling of magnetization and resonant spin tunneling in magnetic molecules, and the discovery of materials with large magnetocaloric effects for room temperature magnetic cooling.
Nominated by: GMAG

Yong Zhang [2017]
University of North Carolina – Charlotte
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the fundamental understanding, characterization, and applications of semiconductor hetero-structures and isoelectronic impurities in semiconductors.
Nominated by: FIAP

Zhenyu Zhang [1998]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Zhenyu Zhang [1998]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: For original and innovative contributions to the understanding of thin-film growth mechanisms and kinetic/dynamical processes at surfaces.
Nominated by: DMP

Zhuomin Zhang [2015]
Georgia Institute of Technology
Citation: For advancing the knowledge of near-field thermal radiation between objects at nanometer distances as well as the radiative properties of photonic crystals and metamaterials for energy harvesting and semiconductor processing.
Nominated by: FIAP

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

Jin Zhao [2023]
University of Science and Technology of China
Citation: For combining methods of many-body perturbation theory with molecular dynamics to model the coupled ultrafast time scale charge, spin, and lattice quantum interactions in condensed matter and quantum materials within the shared Hefei-nonadiabatic molecular dynamics code.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Zhengguo Zhao [2012]
University of Science & Technology of China
Citation: For outstanding leadership in measuring hadronic cross sections and particle properties at the Beijing Electron Positron Collider and for important contributions to the detector construction and physics analysis of the ATLAS experiment at CERN
Nominated by: DPF

Andrey Zheludev [2008]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: For elegant neutron scattering investigations of quantum magnetism and quantum critical phenomena, especially in spin-chain compounds.
Nominated by: DCMP

Nikolay Zheludev [2018]
University of Southampton, UK
Citation: For seminal contributions and international leadership in nanophotonics and metamaterials.
Nominated by: DLS

Xiaochao Zheng [2015]
University of Virginia
Citation: For advancing the measurement of parity violating asymmetry in electron-nucleon deep inelastic scattering.
Nominated by: GHP

Alexander Zholents [2005]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For many creative contributions to accelerator physics including optical manipulation of beams in stochastic cooling, laser "slicing" techniques for generation of femtosecond x-ray pulses, and enhanced x-ray production in FELs.
Nominated by: DPB

Dongping Zhong [2009]
Ohio State University
Citation: For his outstanding contributions to biophysics, by brilliantly integrating techniques of molecular biology and state-of-the-art laser physics to elucidate the mechanism of macromolecular hydration and the impact of protein structure on dynamics.
Nominated by: DBIO

Bing Zhou [2001]
University of Michigan
Citation: For outstanding contributions and leadership in the development, construction, and exploitation of complex detectors in fundamental particle physics experiments.
Nominated by: DPF

Huan-Xiang Zhou [2010]
Florida State University
Citation: For his pioneering contributions to theoretical and computational biophysics, in particular by developing elegent theories and methods on protein-ligand binding and the effects of intracellular environment on biophysical properties of proteins.
Nominated by: DBIO

Kun Zhou [2023]
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Citation: For pioneering work in improving the mechanical properties of materials by addressing challenges at the crossroads of additive manufacturing, mechanics, molecular physics and materials science and on the mechanical behaviors of heterogeneous materials under contact loading.
Nominated by: FIAP

Mingfei Zhou [2019]
Fudan University
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the development and application of infrared spectroscopic techniques for the elucidation of the structure, chemical bonding, and reactivity of transient new molecules and clusters.
Nominated by: DCP

Ruhong Zhou [2011]
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Citation: For outstanding research on structure and biodynamics of proteins, particularly the hydrophobic effect and the role of water, using massively parallel molecular dynamics computations.
Nominated by: DBIO

Xingjiang Zhou [2016]
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Citation: For significant contributions to the development of vacuum ultraviolet laser-based angle- and spin-resolved photoemission systems, and incisive investigation into the electronic structure of high temperature cuprate and iron-based superconductors.
Nominated by: DCMP

Ye Zhou [2019]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For seminal contributions to understanding the evolution of turbulent interfaces from the weakly nonlinear to fully turbulent regimes relevant to the micro-scales of laser experiments, and the inertial confinement fusion to the mega-scales of supernova explosions, space physics, and astrophysics.
Nominated by: DPP

Jian-Xin Zhu [2016]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: For outstanding and original contributions to correlated electron systems, specifically electronic structure in unconventional superconductors and heavy fermions.
Nominated by: DCMP

Jun Zhu [2020]
Pennsylvania State University
Citation: For fundamental advances in the understanding of charge-, valley- and spin-transport in 2D materials.
Nominated by: DCMP

Junjie Zhu [2022]
University of Michigan
Citation: For outstanding leadership and critical contributions to electroweak physics at the Fermilab Tevatron and the LHC, the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer upgrades, and the REU as well as high school teacher programs at CERN.
Nominated by: DPF

Lei Zhu [2022]
Case Western Reserve University
Citation: For dielectric and ferroelectric physics in polymers and their capacitive, piezoelectric, and electrostrictive applications
Nominated by: DPOLY

Shining Zhu [2017]
Nanjing University
Citation: For distinguished contributions to ferroelectric physics, quasi-phase-matched nonlinear optics, laser physics and technology, nano-photonics and metamaterials and leadership in enhancing the international physics community.
Nominated by: FIP

Shiyao Zhu [2011]
Hong Kong Baptist University
Citation: For pioneering contributions in quantum optics, particularly work on spontaneous noise quenching and lasing without inversion, and for championing Chinese-American collaborations in quantum optics and physics in general.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Xiangdong Zhu [2007]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Xiangdong Zhu [2007]
University of California, Davis
Citation: For innovative study of physical and chemical processes and ultrathin films, including those of biological significance, on solid surfaces, using real-time/spectroscopic linear and nonlinear optical techniques.
Nominated by: DCP

Xiaoyang Zhu [2011]
University of Texas, Austin
Citation: For pioneering investigations of surface molecular structure, electronic band alignment, and femtosecond electron and nuclear dynamics at molecule-solid interfaces, including applications to surface photochemistry, molecular electronics, and solar energy conversion.
Nominated by: DCP

Yimei Zhu [2006]
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Citation: For outstanding and innovative development and implementation of advanced electron beam experiments to understand electronic and magnetic structures and the physical behavior of functional materials such as superconductors and ferromagnetics.
Nominated by: DMP

Yuntian Zhu [2011]
North Carolina State University
Citation: For pioneer work on the fundamental understanding of deformation physics in nanocrystalline materials.
Nominated by: DMP

Xiaowei Zhuang [2012]
Harvard University
Citation: For her seminal contributions to the development of biophysical techniques involving super-resolution fluorescence microscopy and single molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer, and her successful applications of these techniques to many critical biological problems
Nominated by: DBIO

Royce K.P. Zia [2006]
Virginia Technical Institute
Citation: For seminal and sustained contributions to statistical physics, especially critical phenomena, interfacial properties and far-from-equilibrium phenomena.
Nominated by: GSNP

James F. Ziegler [1980]
Not available
Citation: Not Provided
Nominated by: DNP

Malgorzata Zielinska-Pfabe [1989]
Smith Coll
Citation: For contributions to the theoretical study of dynamics of collisions between heavy ions at low and intermediate energies.
Nominated by: DNP

Robert M. Ziff [2002]
University of Michigan
Citation: For his sustained contributions to understanding the kinetics of aggregation and fragmentation, nonequilibrium chemical reactions, kinetic phase transitions, and percolation theory.
Nominated by: GSNP

Arie Zigler [2000]
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Citation: In recognition of his fundamental experimental contributions to the field of ultra high intensity laser matter interactions.
Nominated by: FIP

Gergely T. Zimanyi [2012]
University of California, Davis
Citation: For contributions to the theory of strongly correlated systems, vortices, and magnetic hysteresis
Nominated by: DCMP

B H Zimm [1953]
General Electric
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Bruno H Zimm []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

E J Zimmerman [1964]
University of Nebraska
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Eric D. Zimmerman [2020]
University of Colorado
Citation: For significant contributions to the T2K experiment in the neutrino beamline focusing magnet construction, for physics analysis of neutrino oscillations, and for leadership in the NA61/SHINE experiment.
Nominated by: DPF

George B Zimmerman [1996]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

George B. Zimmerman [1996]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For his creation, and subsequent development, of the LASNEX simulation code, which has been used extensively to guide the development of the National ICF program from its inception, to this day.
Nominated by: DCOMP

George Zimmerman [2010]
Boston University
Citation: For his wide-ranging initiatives to advance the history of physics, including oral history interviews, departmental histories, and dissemination of historical sessions on the internet.
Nominated by: FHPP

Isa Zimmerman [2010]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Peter D. Zimmerman [1990]
Kings College
Citation: For analysis and participation on nuclear arms issues in the START talks and in the public sector.
Nominated by: FPS

William Zimmerman [1998]
University of Minnesota
Citation: For research on macroscopic quantum properties and vorticity in superfluid 4HE.
Nominated by: DCMP

Frank Zimmermann [2004]
CERN
Citation: For many theoretical and experimental contributions to accelerator physics including the study of beam-ion and beam-electron cloud interactions, collective instabilities, non-linear optics, and beam measurements.
Nominated by: DPB

William Zimmermann [1998]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

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

W H Zinn []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Walter H Zinn [1939]
Columbia University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Ernst K. Zinner [1990]
Washington University in St. Louis
Citation: For original measurements of isotopic ratios in selected, small samples of extraterrestrial materials, culminating in the discovery of primordial interstellar grains of the siC and graphite.
Nominated by: DAP

Richard W. Ziolkowski [2016]
University of Arizona
Citation: For contributions to the analysis and modeling of electromagnetic phenomena in linear and nonlinear complex media and metamaterials.
Nominated by: DLS

Annette Zippelius [2007]
Universitaet Goettingen
Citation: For her many deep, innovative and lasting contributions to statistical physics, especially in the areas of spin glasses, neural networks, vulcanized matter and granular media.
Nominated by: GSNP

Michael S. Zisman [2000]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For his key role in storage ring designs of synchrotron radiation sources and electron-positron factories, authoring the ZAP design code and in the design, construction and commissioning of the PEP-II/LER.
Nominated by: DPB

Paul William Zitzewitz [2001]
University of Michigan, Dearborn
Citation: For his many contributions to physics and science education for high school and middle school teachers and students, and for his many contributions to the Forum on Education.
Nominated by: FED

Lucy M. Ziurys [2008]
University of Arizona
Citation: For forefront contributions in molecular spectroscopy leading to new discoveries and understanding of molecules in interstellar and circumstellar environments.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Ahmet Ziyaeddin [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For interpretation of dynamic light and neutron scattering from polymer solutions.
Nominated by: DPOLY

Alexander V. Zlobin [2014]
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For his multi-year leadership, personal innovative contributions and achievements in the development and demonstration of new generation superconducting accelerator magnets based on Nb3Sn superconductor.
Nominated by: DPB

Alfred J Zmuda [1966]
Johns Hopkins University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Otto J Zobel [1931]
AT&T
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Hartmut Zohm [2016]
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik
Citation: For his fundamental contributions to the understanding and control of magneto-hydrodynamic instabilities, the application of electron cyclotron heating and current drive systems on tokamaks, the development of integrated DEMO operating scenarios and for programmatic leadership in fusion research.
Nominated by: DPP

Paul Zoller [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his contributions to the measurement of the thermodynamic or quasi-thermodynamic properties of polymer systems in the melt, crystalline and glassy states and of transitions between these.
Nominated by: DPOLY

Peter Zoller [1992]
University of Innsbruck
Citation: For his work illuminating many novel aspects of the interactions between intense laser fields and atoms.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Dean A. Zollman [1997]
Kansas State University
Citation: For producing innovative multi-media materials that have demonstrated great value in teaching physics and for leadership in training and encouraging physics teachers at all levels to use technology.
Nominated by: FED

Stefan Zollner [2004]
Motorola, Inc
Citation: For advancement and application of measurements enabling the development of semiconductor materials and processes for microelectronic devices, especially using spectroscopic ellipsometry and high-resolution x-ray diffraction.
Nominated by: GIMS

Max Zolotorev [2007]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For the invention of methods to generate ultra-cold and ultra-fast sources of electron and ion beams using lasers and optical techniques.
Nominated by: DPB

Fulvio Zonca [2005]
C.R. Enea Frascati
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the resonant continuum damping, global structures and energetic-particle excitations of shear Alfven waves in toroidal fusion plasmas.
Nominated by: DPP

Jens C Zorn [1973]
University of Michigan
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Xiaoqin Zou [2019]
University of Missouri
Citation: For outstanding contributions to developing novel physics-based algorithms for modeling protein interactions with applications to structure-based drug design.
Nominated by: DBIO

Theo J.M. Zouros [2006]
University of Crete
Citation: For his many years of exploration of ion-atom collisions through high-resolution electron spectroscopy and his study of inelastic scattering of electrons from highly-charged ions through the use of quasi-free electron targets.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Muhammad Suhail Zubairy [2005]
Texas A&M University
Citation: For his pioneering and wide ranging contributions in quantum optics with special emphasison quantum computing and quantum noise quenching in lasers and optical amplifiers.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Alexander Zucker []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Alexander Zucker [1955]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Michael E. Zucker [2008]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For development of fundamental techniques and practical instrumentation for interferometric gravitational wave detection and for leadership in LIGO during the transition from laboratory-scale to kilometer-scale devices.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Michael Zudov [2015]
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Citation: For seminal experiments on nonequilibrium transport in high Landau levels of 2D systems, including discovery of microwave-induced resistance oscillations and zero-resistance states.
Nominated by: DCMP

Dominik Zumbühl [2023]
University of Basel
Citation: For quantum transport experiments in semiconductor nanostructures at low temperatures studying coherence, spins, and spin-orbit coupling including developing and deploying laboratory instruments.
Nominated by: FIAP

Slobodan Zumer [2017]
University of Ljublljana
Citation: For theoretical contributions to the soft condensed matter physics of liquid crystal systems.
Nominated by: DSOFT

Bruno Zumino []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

R. V. Zumstein [1931]
Ohio State University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Alex Zunger [1999]
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Citation: For his work on the theoretical basis for first-principles electronic structure theory of materials, and for its imaginative use in the advancement of our knowledge of alloys, nanostructures and prediction of new materials.
Nominated by: DMP

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

Jure Zupan [2018]
University of Cincinnati
Citation: For pioneering contributions to flavor physics, including the method for determining the gamma angle in the CKM matrix at B factories, as well as his achievements in Higgs phenomenology and dark matter physics.
Nominated by: DPF

Gisbert Zuputlitz [1978]
University of Heidelberg
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DAMOP

Eva Zurek [2022]
University at Buffalo, SUNY
Citation: For the application of forefront computational electronic structure methods to reveal microscopic processes occurring in large molecules and nanostructures, for the design of hydride superconductors, and for related educational innovations in computational science.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Kathryn Zurek [2016]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For innovative contributions to particle phenomenology, especially in the development of models of asymmetric dark matter and hidden valley particles.
Nominated by: DPF

Wojciech H. Zurek [2009]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: For his seminal contributions to the theory of quantum decoherence, and his contributions to quantum foundations more generally.
Nominated by: DQI

Robert W Zurmuhle [1975]
University of Pennsylvania
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DNP

Igor Zutic [2016]
State University of New York - Buffalo
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the theory of spin-dependent transport, magnetism in semiconductor nanostructures, and novel spintronic devices.
Nominated by: GMAG

Daniel Zwanziger [1984]
New York University
Citation: For important contributions to the understanding and illumination of deep problems in Quantum Field Theory and for enriching as a teacher, the minds of promising young physicists.
Nominated by: DPF

Robert Miles Zwaska [2023]
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For leadership and important contributions to the development of record beam power neutrino targets and high-intensity proton accelerators.
Nominated by: DPB

Stewart Jay Zweben [1993]
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Citation: For extensive innovative measurements on magnetic turbulence, plasma edge turbulence and for the design of unique diagnostics and measurements of escaping fusion produced ions.
Nominated by: DPP

Ellen Gould Zweibel [1991]
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Citation: For major theoretical contributions to plasma astrophysics, including pioneering studies of evolution of solar- coronal magnetic fields forced by photospheric motions and of magnetic reconnection in the galactic interstellar medium.
Nominated by: DPP

P F Zweifel [1963]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Andrew Zwicker [2010]
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Citation: For his outstanding service to Physics and Society issues and his excellent leadership on innovative education research and education outreach.
Nominated by: FPS

Earl Frederick Zwicker [1991]
Illinois Inst of Tech
Citation: For his development of a novel interactive process of having students discover basic idea in physics through "live" classroom experiences.
Nominated by: APS

Gertrud Zwicknagl [2023]
Technische Universitaet Braunschweig
Citation: For original and paramount contributions to the theory of emergent solid-state materials, in particular, for groundbreaking advances toward the quantitative microscopic understanding of strongly correlated systems on the basis of their atomistic and electronic structure.
Nominated by: DCMP

Fritz Zwicky [1926]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Timothy Scott Zwier [2000]
Purdue University
Citation: For significant contributions to the understanding of intramolecular and intermolecular interactions, particularly of hydrogen bonded species, by application of double resonance laser spectroscopy to isolated molecules and molecular clusters.
Nominated by: DLS

Martin Zwierlein [2016]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For groundbreaking experiments with ultracold Fermi gases.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Vladimir Zworykin [1931]
Electrical Engineer
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS