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Home   |   Programs   |   Prizes, Awards and Fellowships   |   Prizes   |   Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy

Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy

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To recognize and encourage notable contributions to the field of molecular spectroscopy. The prize consists of $10,000, an allowance for travel expenses to attend the meeting at which the prize is to be presented and a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient. It is presented annually.

Establishment & Support

This prize was established in 1976 and is now co-sponsored by Newport Corporation and the George E. Crouch Foundation.

Rules & Eligibility

The prize may be given for experimental or theoretical achievements, for a single dramatic innovation, or for a series of research contributions which, when integrated, amounts to a major contribution to the field of molecular spectroscopy. The prize shall ordinarily be awarded to one person but a prize may be shared when all the recipients have contributed to the same accomplishments. 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.

2010 Selection Committee: David Perry, Robert Continetti, Terry A. Miller, David Pratt, Robin Hochstrasser

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2010 Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy Recipient:
Lester Andrews
University of Virginia

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Past Recipients:

2009: Terry A. Miller
2008: Steven G. Boxer
2007: Timothy S. Zwier
2006: Mark Johnson
2005: Robert Tycko
2004: Richard Van Duyne
2003: Giacinto Scoles
Kevin K. Lehmann
2002: Graham Fleming
2001: W. E. Moerner
2000: Michael David Fayer
1999: David Wixon Pratt
1998: Forrest Fleming Crim
1997: David J. Nesbitt
Roger Ervin Miller
1996: Charles S. Stedman
1995: James L. Kinsey
1994: C. Bradley Moore
1993: Ahmed Zewail
1992: William C. Lineberger
1991: Kenneth M. Evenson
1990: Andreas C. Albrecht
1989: Richard J. Saykally
1988: Robert W. Field
1987: Donald H. Levy
1986: James K.G. Watson
1985: Gerhard Herzberg
1984: John T. Hougen
1983: William Aloys Klemperer
1982: Takeshi Oka
1981: Richard N. Zare
1980: Walter Gordy
1979: George C. Pimentel
1978: E. Bright Wilson, Jr
1977: Charles H. Townes
 
 
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