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Home   |   Programs   |   Prizes, Awards and Fellowships   |   Prizes   |   Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics

Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics

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To recognize and encourage outstanding work in atomic physics or surface physics. The Prize consists of $5,000 and a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient or recipients.

Establishment & Support

The Prize was established in 1965 by AT&T Bell Laboratories (now Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies).

Rules & Eligibility

This prize will normally be awarded in even numbered years for outstanding work in atomic physics and odd numbered years for outstanding work in surface physics. This prize shall ordinarily be awarded to one person, but may be shared when all recipients have contributed to the same accomplishments. Nominations are open to scientists of all nationalities regardless of the geographical site at which the work was done. Nominations are active for three cycles. The recipient for 2005 Prize will be selected for work done in the area of surface physics.

Nomination & Selection Process

The deadline for submission of nominations for the 2009 prize is July 1, 2008.

Five (5) copies of nominations and supporting documentation for the 2009 Prize should be sent to the Chair of the 2009 Selection Committee: 

 

Ellen Williams
University of Maryland
Department of Physics
College Park, MD 20742
Phone (301) 405-6156
Email edw@umd.edu

 

Other Selection Committee Members: Manuel Cardona, Franz Himpsel, Jacqueline Krim, Barbara Garrison

         

Nomination Guidelines

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2008 Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics Recipient:
Horst Schmidt-Böcking
University of Frankfurt

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Past Recipients:

2007: Franz Himpsel
2006: C. Lewis Cocke
2005: Ernst G. Bauer
2004: Paul Julienne
2003: Rudolf M. Tromp
2002: Gerald Gabrielse
2001: Donald M. Eigler
2000: William Happer
1999: Steven Gwon Sheng Louie
1998: Sheldon Datz
1997: Jerry D. Tersoff
1996: Thomas Francis Gallagher
1995: Max G. Lagally
1994: Carl Weiman
1993: Joseph Demuth
1992: Larry Spruch
1991: Neville V. Smith
1990: David Wineland
1989: Peter J. Feibelman
1988: John L. Hall
1987: Maurice B. Webb
1986: D. Kleppner
1985: J. Gregory Dash
1984: Manfred A. Biondi and Gordon H. Dunn
1983: E. W. Plummer
1982: Llwewllyn H. Thomas
1981: Robert Gomer
1980: Alexander Dalgarno
1979: J. A. Appelbaum and D. R. Hamann
1978: Vernon Hughes
1977: Walter Kohn and Norton Lang
1976: Ugo Fano
1975: James J. Lander and Homer D. Hagstrum
1974: Norman Ramsey
1972: Erwin W. Mueller
1970: Hans Dehmelt
1967: Horace Richard Crane
1965: George J. Schulz
 
 
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