Women Recipients
| First Name | Last Name | Prize | Awarded |
| Fay | Ajzenberg-Selove | Nicholson Medal (1999) | 2000 |
| Jacqueline | Ashmore | Andreas Acrivos Dissertation Award | 2005 |
| Mei | Bai | Dissertation in Beams Physics | 2000 |
| Amy | Barger | Maria Goeppert Mayer Award | 2007 |
| Lynn | Barker | Shock Compression Science Award | 1999 |
| Elizabeth | Beise | Maria Goeppert Mayer Award | 1998 |
| Gwendolyn | Bell | Leroy Apker Award | 1998 |
| Maria Florencia | Canelli | Mitsuoyshi Tanaka Dissertation Award | 2006 |
| Hui | Cao | Maria Goeppert Mayer Award | 2006 |
| Yvonne | Choquet-Bruhat | Dannie Heineman Prize | 2003 |
| Janet | Conrad | Maria Goeppert Mayer Award | 2001 |
| Barbara | Cooper (dec.) | Maria Goeppert Mayer Award | 1992 |
| Magdalena | Djordjevic | Dissertation Award in Nuclear Physics | 2007 |
| Louise | Dolan | Maria Goeppert Mayer Award | 1987 |
| Mildred | Dresselhaus* | Nicholson Medal (1999) | 2000 |
| Mildred | Dresselhaus* | Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize | 2008 |
| Helen | Edwards | Robert E.Wilson Prize | 2003 |
| Mary K | Gaillard* | J.J. Sakurai Prize | 1993 |
| Andrea | Ghez* | Maria Goeppert Mayer Award | 1999 |
| S. Gail | Glendinning | Excellence in Plasma Physics Research | 1995 |
| Sharon | Glotzer | Maria Goeppert Mayer Award | 2000 |
| Gabriela | Gonzalez | Edward A. Bouchet Award | 2007 |
| Laura | Greene* | Maria Goeppert Mayer Award | 1994 |
| Lisbeth | Gronlund | Joseph A. Burton Forum Award | 2001 |
| Nancy | Haegel | Faculty Prize for Research at an Undergrad Institution | 2004 |
| Gail | Hanson | Panofsky Prize in Experimental Physics | 1996 |
| Frances | Hellman | Joseph F. Keithley Award | 2006 |
| Jacqueline | Hewitt | Maria Goeppert Mayer Award | 1995 |
| Julia | Hsu | Leroy Apker Award | 1985 |
| Deborah | Jin | Maria Goeppert Mayer Award | 2002 |
| Deborah | Jin* | I.I. Rabi Prize | 2005 |
| Vassiliki | Kalogera | Maria Goeppert Mayer Award | 2008 |
| Julia | Kornfield | John H. Dillon Medal | 1996 |
| Deborah | Kuchnir | Leroy Apker Award | 1989 |
| Nadia | Lapusta | Nicholas Metropolis Award (2002) | 2003 |
| Huanqian | Loh | LeRoy Apker Award (PhD institution) | 2006 |
| Anna | Lopatnikova | LeRoy Apker Award | 1997 |
| Heather | Lynch | LeRoy Apker Award (2000) | 2001 |
| Chung-Pei Michele | Ma | Maria Goeppert Mayer Award | 2003 |
| Alysia | Marino | Mitsuoyshi Tanaka Dissertation Award | 2006 |
| Anne | Mayes | John H. Dillon Medal | 1999 |
| Kathryn | Miknaitis | Dissertation Award in Nuclear Physics | 2007 |
| Stephanie | Moyerman | LeRoy Apker Award (non-PhD institution) | 2006 |
| Margaret | Murnane* | Plasma Physics Thesis Award (now the Rosenbluth Award) | 1990 |
| Margaret | Murnane* | Maria Goeppert Mayer Award | 1997 |
| Cherry | Murray* | Maria Goeppert Mayer Award | 1989 |
| Cherry | Murray* | George E. Pake Prize | 2005 |
| Marjorie Ann | Olmstead | Maria Goeppert Mayer Award | 1996 |
| Melba Newell | Phillips | Joseph A. Burton Forum Award | 2003 |
| Julia | Phillips | George E. Pake Prize | 2008 |
| Karin | Rabe | David Adler Lectureship | 2008 |
| Lisa | Randall | Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize | 2007 |
| Hanna | Reisler | Herbert P. Broida Prize | 2005 |
| Ana Maria | Rey | AMO Thesis Award | 2006 |
| Myriam | Sarachik* | Oliver E. Buckley Prize | 2005 |
| Bonny | Schumaker | Maria Goeppert Mayer Award | 1988 |
| Evgenya | Smirnova | Doctoral Thesis Resarch in Beam Physics Award | 2006 |
| Linda | Spentzouris | Beam Physics Thesis Award | 1997 |
| Suzanne | Staggs | Maria Goeppert Mayer Award | 2004 |
| Yuri | Suzuki | Maria Goeppert Mayer Award | 2005 |
| Kathryn | Todd | Leroy Apker Award (2001) | 2002 |
| Mayya | Tokman | Marshall N. Rosenbluth Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award (2002) | 2003 |
| Ewine | Van Dishoeck* | Maria Goeppert Mayer Award | 1993 |
| Alice | White | Maria Goeppert Mayer Award | 1991 |
| Ellen | Williams | Maria Goeppert Mayer Award | 1990 |
| Ellen | Williams* | David Adler Lectureship | 2001 |
| Chien-Shiung | Wu | Tom W. Bonner Prize | 1975 |
| Judith | Young | Maria Goeppert Mayer Award | 1986 |
| Geralyn “Sam” | Zeller | Mitsuoyshi Tanaka Dissertation Award | 2003 |
* Elected to the National Academy of Science
