W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics

To recognize and encourage outstanding achievements in Experimental Particle Physics. The prize consists of $10,000, an allowance for travel to the meeting at which the prize is to be awarded, and a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient. It is presented annually.

Establishment & Support

The prize was established in 1985 by friends of W. K. H. Panofsky and the Division of Particles and Fields.

Rules & Eligibility

Nominations are open to scientists of all nations regardless of the geographical site at which the work was accomplished. The prize shall ordinarily be awarded to one person but the prize may be shared when all recipients have contributed to the same accomplishment. The prize will normally be awarded for contributions made at an early stage of the recipient's career. Nominations are active for three years.

Nomination & Selection Process

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

Nominations and supporting documentation for the 2009 Prize should be sent by email, possibly with pdf or Word attachments, to the Chair of the 2009 Selection Committee at the address below. Alternatively, five (5) copies of nominations and supporting material may be submitted to the Chair of the committee by regular mail.

Harry Nelson
University of California, Santa Barbara
Physics Department
Building 572
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Phone (805) 893-8612
Fax (805) 893-8597
E-mail: hnn@hep.ucsb.edu

Other Selection Committee Members: Elliott Bloom, Deborah Harris, Joe Kroll, George Trilling (Vice Chair)

Nomination Guidelines

2008 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics Recipient(s):
George Cassiday
Pierre Sokolsky
University of Utah

Past Recipients:

2007:	Bruce Winstein Heinrich Wahl Italo Mannelli
2006:	John Jaros Nigel Lockyer William T. Ford
2005:	Piermaria J. Oddone
2004:	Arie Bodek
2003:	William J. Willis
2002:	Masatoshi Koshiba Takaaki Kajita Yoji Totsuka
2001:	Paul Grannis
2000:	Martin Breidenbach
1999:	Edward H. Thorndike
1998:	David Robert Nygren
1997:	Henning Schröder Yuri Mikhailovich Zaitsev
1996:	Gail G. Hanson Roy Frederick Schwitters
1995:	Frank J. Sciulli
1994:	Thomas J. Devlin and Lee G. Pondrom
1993:	Robert B. Palmer, Nicholas P. Samios and Ralph P. Shutt
1992:	Raymond Davis, Jr. and Frederick Reines
1991:	Gerson Goldhaber and Francois Pierre
1990:	Michael S. Witherell
1989:	Henry W. Kendall, Richard E. Taylor and Jerome I. Friedman
1988:	Charles Y. Prescott