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Home   |   Programs   |   Prizes, Awards and Fellowships   |   Prizes   |   Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids

Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids

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To recognize outstanding optical research that leads to breakthroughs in the condensed matter sciences. The prize consists of $5,000, an allowance for travel to the meeting of the Society at which the prize is being presented and a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient. The prize is awarded biennially in even-numbered years as a memorial to Frank Isakson.

Establishment & Support

The prize was established in 1979 and supported by the Photoconductivity Conference. Starting in 1994, the prize was supported by Solid State Communications (Elsevier).

Rules & Eligibility

Nominations are open to scientists of all nations regardless of the geographical site at which the work was done. The prize shall ordinarily be awarded to one person, but the prize may be shared among recipients when all recipients have contributed to the same accomplishment. Preference will be given to work that has been published within the past 10 years. Nominations are active for three years.

Nomination & Selection Process

This year’s deadline has passed.  Please check back soon for next year’s nomination information and deadline.

2008 Selection Committee: Antoinette Taylor, Dmitri Basov, Roberto Merlin, Lance Cooper, Alessandra  Lanzara

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2008 Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids Recipient(s):
Joseph Orenstein
University of California, Berkeley
Zeev Valentine Vardeny
University of Utah

Past Recipients:

2006: Roberto Merlin
2004: James Wolfe
2002: James W. Allen
Thomas Timusk
2000: Paul Linford Richards
1998: Yuen-Ron Shen
1996: David E. Aspnes
1994: Anant K. Ramdas
1992: Paul A. Fleury
1990: Miles V. Klein
1988: Albert J. Sievers
1986: Elias Burstein
1984: Manuel Cardona
1982: Jan Tauc
1980: David L. Dexter
 
 
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