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DPF Home   |   Prizes & Awards   |   J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics

J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics


The Award recognizes exceptional young scientists who have performed original doctoral thesis work of outstanding scientific quality and achievement in the area of theoretical particle physics. The annual Award consists of $1,500, a certificate citing the accomplishments of the recipient, and an allowance of up to $1,000 for travel to attend a meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields (DPF) or APS, where the Award will be presented.

Deadline: Friday, November 1, 2013 

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

Deadline: Monday, July 1, 2013 

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2013 Recipients:

Helen Quinn
SLAC

Quinn


Roberto Peccei
University of California, Los Angeles

Peccei


 Past Recipients:
2012: Bryan Webber
Guido Altarelli
Torbjorn Sjostrand
2011: Chris Quigg
Estia Eichten
Ian Hinchliffe
Kenneth Lane
2010: Carl R. Hagen
Francois Englert
Gerald S. Guralnik
Peter W. Higgs
Robert Brout
T.W.B. Kibble
2009: Davison E. Soper
John C. Collins
R. Keith Ellis
2008: Alexei Smirnov
Stanislav Mikheyev
2007: Stanley Brodsky
2006: Savas Dimopoulos
2005: Susumu Okubo
2004: Anthony Sanda
Ikaros Bigi
2003: Alfred Mueller
George Sterman
2002: Alberto Sirlin
William J. Marciano
2001: Mark Wise
Mikhail Voloshin
Nathan Isgur
2000: Curtis G. Callan, Jr.
1999: Arkady Vainshtein
Mikhail Shifman
Valentin Invanovich Zakharov
1998: Leonard Susskind
1997: Thomas Appelquist
1996: William Allan Bardeen
1995: Howard Georgi
1994: Yoichiro Nambu
1993: Mary K. Gaillard
1992: Lincoln Wolfenstein
1991: Vladimir N. Gribov
1990: Toichiro Kinoshita
1989: Nicola Cabibbo
1988: Stephen L. Adler
1987: Luciano Maiani, John Iliopoulos
1986: David Gross, H. David Politzer, and Frank Wilczek
1985: Toshihide Maskawa, Makoto Kobayashi
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