APS Fellow Archive

The APS Fellow Archive contains records of many APS Fellows from 1921 to the present. Please note some Fellows may not be displayed or may display with limited information.

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Rana X. Adhikari [2018]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: For numerous and crucial contributions to the improvement of the sensitivity and performance of the Initial, Enhanced and Advanced LIGO detectors, and the design and development of gravitational-wave detectors beyond Advanced LIGO, and to the mentoring of a new generation of scientists.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Stephon Haigh Solomon Alexander [2022]
Brown University
Citation: For contributions to understanding the potential quantum mechanical origins of the cosmological constant and for exploring consequences and observational signatures of fundamental symmetry violations in the gravitational sector.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Bruce Allen [2005]
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Citation: For his leading contributions to quantum field theory in an inflationary universe, to our understanding of cosmic strings, and to gravitational-wave phenomenology and detection.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Paul R. Anderson [2020]
Wake Forest University
Citation: "For significant contributions to the understanding of quantum field theory in curved spacetime applied to black hole and cosmological spacetimes."
Nominated by: DGRAV

Abhay Vasant Ashtekar [1997]
Pennsylvania State University
Citation: For his various contributions to classical and quantum gravitational physics, in particular the new canonical variables and the development of rigorous techniques for the quantization of gravity and other non-Abelian field theories.
Nominated by: DGRAV

John G Baker [2017]
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Citation: For groundbreaking contributions in gravitational-wave simulations of binary black holes and other numerous contributions in gravitational-wave data analysis in support of future space-based gravitational wave mission, such as LISA.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Stefan W. Ballmer [2021]
Syracuse University
Citation: For a critical role in the design and commissioning of the Advanced LIGO detectors and the scientific interpretation of their observations, for leadership in the development of third-generation gravitational-wave detectors, and mentoring of the next generation of gravitational-wave experimenters.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Lisa Barsotti [2018]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For extraordinary leadership in commissioning the Advanced LIGO detectors, improving their sensitivity through implementation of squeezed light, and enhancing the operation of the gravitational wave detector network through joint run planning between LIGO and Virgo.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Thomas W. Baumgarte [2016]
Bowdoin College
Citation: For numerous contributions to numerical relativity and computational astrophysics, including initial data algorithms and codes for binary compact stars, co-development of the BSSN formulation of Einstein's field equations, and the involvement of undergraduate students in forefront research.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Beverly K. Berger [1998]
Oakland University
Citation: For her pioneering contributions to global issues in classical general relativity, particularly the analysis of the nature of cosmological singularities, and for founding the Topical Group on Gravitation of the APS.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Emanuele Berti [2015]
University of Mississippi
Citation: For important contributions to theoretical gravitational-wave physics, including quasi-normal modes of black holes, tests of alternative theories, the links between analytic and numerical relativity, and the astrophysics of merging black holes.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Jiri Bicak [2016]
Charles University
Citation: For advanced research in general relativity and gravitation, and for his leadership in the gravitational physics community, especially in Eastern Europe.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Lydia Bieri [2021]
University of Michigan
Citation: For fundamental results on global existence of solutions of the Einstein field equations, and for many contributions to the understanding of gravitational wave memory.
Nominated by: DGRAV

David G. Blair [2013]
University of Western Australia
Citation: For many significant and innovative contributions to gravitational wave science and education, ranging from the NIOBE bar detector to investigations of instabilities in interferometers and the establishment of the Gravity Discovery Center.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Patrick Brady [2010]
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Citation: For pioneering contributions to gravitational-wave physics and the search for gravitational waves, and
for studies that deepened our understanding of singularities and of critical collapse.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Carl Brans [2011]
Loyola University
Citation: For developing the Brans-Dicke Scalar-tensor gravitational theory alternative to Einstein's general relativity.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Duncan A. Brown [2014]
Syracuse University
Citation: For leadership in all aspects of the search for gravitational wave signals from compact binary coalescences, including algorithms, waveform templates, pipelines, statistical interpretation, and connection with general relativity and astrophysics.
Nominated by: DGRAV

J Brown [2010]
North Carolina State University
Citation: For his contributions to classical and quantum general relativity, in particular for the discovery
of a quasi-local expression for the energy density, and the discovery of a central charge in the
Poisson algebra of symmetries of 2+1 dimensional asymptotically Anti-deSitter spacetimes.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Bernd Bruegmann [2020]
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Citation: For important contributions to numerical relativity, including the development of preeminent techniques for the numerical modeling of black holes and neutron stars, as well as pioneering simulations of compact binary mergers.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Alessandra Buonanno [2011]
University of Maryland
Citation: For revolutionizing our understanding of quantum optical noise in interferometric gravitational-wave detectors (with Chen), creating the EOB approach to 2-body dynamics (with Damour), and leading the creation of template families for searches for gravitational waves from compact binaries.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Laura Cadonati [2015]
Georgia Institute of Technology
Citation: For leadership of the gravitational-wave data analysis and astrophysics efforts of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, including work connecting numerical modeling of sources to observations with the LIGO, Virgo, and GEO detectors.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Manuela Campanelli [2009]
Rochester Institute of Technology
Citation: For groundbreaking work on numerical simulations of binary black hole spacetimes, and for explorations using these simulations of interesting physical effects such as "superkicks" and spin-driven orbital dynamics.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Steven Carlip [2008]
University of California, Davis
Citation: For contributions to black hole physics and to gravity in 2+1 dimensions.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Yanbei Chen [2015]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: For major contributions to our understanding of quantum noise in gravitational wave interferometers, for inventing the double optical spring, and for formulating a vision for experimental research on macroscopic quantum mechanics.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Matthew William Choptuik [2003]
University of British Columbia
Citation: For the discovery of critical gravitational collapse.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Steven Mark Christensen [2019]
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Citation: For developing the point-splitting regularization technique in quantum field theory in curved spacetime and for finding the structure of the gravitational trace anomaly and its relationship to Hawking radiation.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Neil J. Cornish [2013]
Montana State University
Citation: For pioneering work in cosmology and gravitational-wave science, including the characterization of the topology of our universe, and the development of techniques for studying gravitational-wave sources with space-based low-frequency gravitational-wave detectors.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Dennis Coyne [2015]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: For extraordinary engineering leadership in the construction of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) Laboratory and the Advanced LIGO Detectors.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Jolien D Creighton [2017]
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Citation: For pioneering contributions to gravitational-wave physics including the development and implementation of search algorithms within LIGO, estimation of rates of astrophysical signals, and the developing methods to measure the equation of state of neutron stars.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Curt Cutler [2011]
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Citation: For pioneering contributions to gravitational-wave science, including the astrophysics of anticipated sources and the scientific potential of current and planned gravitational-wave detectors.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Steven L. Detweiler [2013]
University of Florida
Citation: For his many and varied contributions to gravitational physics, which include the computation of black-hole quasinormal modes, the elucidation of pulsar timing to measure gravitational waves, and foundational contributions to the gravitational self-force.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Sanjeev Dhurandhar [2020]
Inter University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics
Citation: "For foundational contributions to the theoretical underpinnings of gravitational wave detection, especially in data analysis techniques, and for the development of India's gravitational wave community leading to LIGO-India."
Nominated by: DGRAV

Tevian Dray [2010]
Oregon State University
Citation: For his contributions to the theory of general relativity, which include investigations of light-like surface layers and the physics of signature change.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Ronald W. P. Drever [1998]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: For his fundamental experiment to test the isotropy of space, and for his pioneering contributions to laser interferometry as a tool for gravitational-wave detection.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Charles R Evans [2017]
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Citation: For pioneering work in numerical relativity including early added examples of critical collapse; contributions in astrophysics including tidal disruption, eclipsing pulsars, and the constrained transport algorithm in magnetohydrodynamics; and work on the gravitational self-force.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Matthew J Evans [2019]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For critical contributions to the development of advanced gravitational-wave detectors, as well as for developing techniques to enable further improvements in detector sensitivity, and for leading community efforts to design future large-scale ground-based detectors.
Nominated by: DGRAV

C.W. Francis Everitt [2007]
Stanford University
Citation: For his pioneering role as scientist, visionary, and leader in the development and successful operation of Gravity Probe B, a mission to measure the general relativistic dragging of inertial frames by the rotating Earth.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Eanna Flanagan [2007]
Cornell University
Citation: In recognition of his contributions to gravitational physics, ranging from the physics of gravitational waves and their detection, to the astrophysics of neutron stars, and to cosmology and quantum gravity.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Lawrence H Ford [2004]
Tufts University
Citation: For pioneering contributions to quantum field theory in flat and curved spacetime.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Katherine Freese [2009]
University of Michigan
Citation: For pioneering work on the theories of inflation, dark matter, and dark energy.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Raymond Frey [2022]
University of Oregon
Citation: For leadership in several areas leading to gravitational wave detection, including the effects of environmental influences on the LIGO detectors and the searches for gravitational waves associated with astrophysical events, most notably gamma-ray bursts.
Nominated by: DGRAV

John L. Friedman [1999]
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the theory of rotating stars, to topological aspects of general relativity, and to quantum gravity.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Peter Karl Fritschel [2005]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For his pioneering achievements in optical metrology at the quantum limit and their application to gravitational wave detection.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Valery V. Frolov [2016]
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory Livingston Observatory
Citation: For his contributions to gravitational-wave physics, in particular the commissioning of the advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory detector that observed GW140914.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Stephen A. Fulling [2018]
Texas A&M University
Citation: For laying foundations for quantum field theory in curved spacetime, and for working to maximize communication between physics and mathematics, and between subfields of each.
Nominated by: DGRAV

David Garfinkle [2008]
Oakland University
Citation: For his numerous contributions to a wide variety of topics in relativity and semiclassical gravity.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Joseph A. Giaime [2009]
Louisiana State University
Citation: For his contributions to gravitational wave physics, in particular key aspects of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO).
Nominated by: DGRAV

Steven Giddings [2012]
University of California, Santa Barbara
Citation: For his wide ranging contributions to gravitational physics at its intersection with elementary particle physics, especially his work on the quantum properties of black holes in the universe and in accelerators
Nominated by: DGRAV

Gabriela Gonzalez [2007]
Louisiana State University
Citation: For her experimental contributions to the field of gravitational wave detection, her leadership in the analysis of LIGO data for gravitational wave signals, and for her skill in communicating the excitement of physics to students and the public.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Eric Keith Gustafson [2017]
Caltech
Citation: For leadership in establishing the concept for Advanced LIGO, the development of ultra-stable high-power solid-state lasers, high-reflectivity low-thermal-noise mirrors, and other essential optical components necessary for gravitational wave detectors.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Daniel Holz [2017]
University of Chicago
Citation: For contributions to relativistic cosmology including the effect of gravitational lensing of distant SNe on measuring cosmic distances, the use of standard sirens to precisely determine cosmic distances, and his significant role in LIGO discovery of gravitational waves.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Gary T. Horowitz [2001]
University of California, Santa Barbara
Citation: Gary Horowit'z precise insights have illuminated both the general properties of Einstein's classical general theory of relativity and the nature of string theory quantum gravity.
Nominated by: DGRAV

James Hough [2000]
University of Glasgow
Citation: For his pivotal role in devising and developing the necessary implementing technologies for gravitational wave detection.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Bei-Lok Hu [2001]
University of Maryland
Citation: For fundamental contributions to quantum field theory in curved spacetime, quantum processes in the early universe, and nonequilibrium statistical field theory applied to gravity and cosmology.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Scott Hughes [2012]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For pioneering work in gravitational wave physics including modeling the waveforms of extreme mass-ratio inspirals, developing a framework for testing black hole spacetimes, and showing how gravitational waves can be used to study structure formation and measure cosmological parameters
Nominated by: DGRAV

James Allen Isenberg [2000]
University of Oregon
Citation: For his pioneering work on global issues in general relativity and for his contributions to the field.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Balasubramanian Iyer [2012]
Raman Research Institute
Citation: For his important contributions to gravitational theory, in particular the post-Newtonian approximation and equations of motion, his outstanding leadership in creating the gravitational wave community in India through the IndIGO consortium, and his key role in the LIGO-India initiative
Nominated by: DGRAV

Theodore Jacobson [2004]
University of Maryland
Citation: For pioneering work on spin-connection formulations of gravitational dynamics, black hole thermodynamics, and the possible role of the microstructure of spacetime in black hole physics and high energy particle physics.
Nominated by: DGRAV

David Kastor [2013]
University of Massachusetts
Citation: For his influential work on a broad span of topics in gravitational physics, ranging from the formal definition of conserved quantities in General Relativity through new exact black hole solutions all the way to brane architectures relevant for string theory.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Keita Kawabe [2022]
LIGO Hanford Observatory, California Institute of Technology
Citation: For key contributions to LIGO commissioning, calibration, and detector sensitivity, leading to the first detection of gravitational waves, and for leadership in O2 and O3 LIGO/Virgo observation runs to rapidly vet gravitational wave candidates for EM follow-up.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Gaurav Khanna [2021]
University of Rhode Island
Citation: For pioneering work in computational relativity, including innovative supercomputing techniques, computations of gravitational perturbations of black holes, gravitational waveforms from extreme mass-ratio binaries, classical black hole physics, and quantum gravity.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Lawrence E. Kidder [2018]
Cornell University
Citation: For major contributions to the development of numerical relativity by being a principal author of the Spectral Einstein Code (SpEC), and also for contributions to the post-Newtonian theory of spinning bodies.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Sergey Klimenko [2012]
University of Florida
Citation: For pioneering the development of coherent algorithms for experimental searches of gravitational waves using ground-based detectors, and outstanding contributions to the most sensitive searches for burst-like gravitational wave signals with the LIGO and VIRGO detectors
Nominated by: DGRAV

Michael Landry [2016]
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory Hanford Observatory
Citation: For contributions to the first direct detection of gravitational waves, including leadership of early efforts in detector calibration and data analysis, leadership of the installation of the advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory at Hanford and leadership of its first observing run.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Albert Lazzarini [2007]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: For leadership in the development of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) and its scientific program, and in the development of large-scale computational grids for gravitational wave physics and other fields of science.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Luis Lehner [2010]
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Citation: For important contributions to numerical relativity, most notably in the areas of black hole simulations, general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics, and algorithm development.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Steven L. Liebling [2013]
Long Island University
Citation: For many contributions to numerical relativity, especially in the areas of critical gravitational collapse, black hole binaries with matter and magnetic fields as well as infrastructure development.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Lee A. Lindblom [2002]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: For his fundamental, groundbreaking analyses of many microscopic and macroscopic aspects of the equilibria, oscillations, stability, evolution, and gravitational radiation of relativistic rotating stars.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Carlos Lousto [2012]
Rochester Institute of Technology
Citation: For his important contributions at the interface between perturbation theory and numerical relativity and in understanding how to simulate binary black holes
Nominated by: DGRAV

Vuk Mandic [2017]
University of Minnesota
Citation: For significant contributions to searches for primordial gravitational waves using LIGO data and for pioneering studies of the ultimate limits to low frequency sensitivity of ground-based gravitational-wave detectors.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Donald Marolf [2005]
University of California, Santa Barbara
Citation: For new fundamental insights into black holes and quantum gravity.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Nergis Mavalvala [2010]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For her contributions to the design and commissioning of LIGO, and for experimental exploration of the fundamental quantum limits of interferometric gravitational wave detectors.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Guido Mueller [2014]
University of Florida
Citation: For innovative and inventive research in instrument science and experimental methods for terrestrial and space-based gravitational-wave detection.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Riley D. Newman [1999]
University of California, Irvine
Citation: For highly accurate tests of the fundamental laws of gravitational physics, and the development of improved precision measurement methods.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Benjamin J. Owen [2013]
Pennsylvania State University
Citation: For leadership in understanding how neutron stars can produce gravitational waves, for creating better methods to search for these waves, and for demonstrating how gravitational wave observations can be used to probe the structure and dynamics of neutron stars.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Ho Jung Paik [2004]
University of Maryland
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the measurement of gravitational phenomena, including gravitational wave detection, tests of the inverse square law, and gravity gradiometry.
Nominated by: DGRAV

M. Alessandra Papa [2014]
Max Planck Institute
Citation: For numerous key contributions to gravitational-wave astronomy, including devising new data analysis methods for gravitational waves from pulsars and coordinating the worldwide exchange and analysis of data.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Harald Pfeiffer [2023]
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
Citation: For leadership and numerous high-impact research contributions to the field of numerical relativity, which have greatly helped to interpret gravitational-wave observations of binary black holes.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Eric Poisson [2008]
University of Guelph
Citation: For important contributions to the theory of gravitational radiation from compact bodies orbiting black holes, to the theory of back-reaction of the emitted radiation on their motions, and to understanding the implications for gravitational-wave detection.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Frans Pretorius [2011]
Princeton University
Citation: For the computational solution of the problem of the collision of two black holes.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Jorge Pullin [2002]
Louisiana State University
Citation: For his outstanding contributions to black hole physics and quantum gravity.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Frederick J. Raab [2006]
LIGO Hanford Observatory
Citation: For development of fundamental techniques for interferometeric gravitational wave detection and for leadership in LIGO during its trasition from laboratory-scale to kilometer scale devices.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Jocelyn Samantha Read [2019]
California State University, Fullerton
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of extreme matter within neutron stars, including its effects on gravitational-wave observations, and for the inclusive recruiting and mentoring of next generation gravitational-wave scientists.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Oscar Reula [2011]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his contributions to mathematical relativity, in particular the study of hyperbolic and elliptic formulations of the Einstein equations and the positivity of mass.
Nominated by: DGRAV

John K. Riles [2009]
University of Michigan
Citation: For his contributions to LIGO through performing efficient searches for continuous wave sources and by leading the drive to ensur the highest quality LIGO data.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Norna Robertson [2008]
Stanford University
Citation: For pioneering work in the field of interferometric gravitational wave detection, especially in the domain of the suspension and isolation of the test masses.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Joseph D Romano [2023]
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Citation: For foundational contributions to the detection and characterization of stochastic gravitational wave signals.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Sheila Rowan [2012]
University of Glasgow
Citation: For her pioneering research in the field of interferometric gravitational wave detection in the area of reducing the effects of thermal noise in optics and suspensions, and for her leadership within this field
Nominated by: DGRAV

B.S. Sathyaprakash [2019]
Pennsylvania State University
Citation: For leadership in and wide-ranging contributions to gravitational wave science.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Peter R Saulson [2003]
Syracuse University
Citation: For his contributions to experimental gravitational physics including pioneering studies of thermal mechanisms affecting interferometer performance and for his educational contributions including authoring one of the most influential books in the field.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Robert M. Schofield [2014]
University of Oregon
Citation: For leadership in identifying and mitigating environmental factors which impact the sensitivity of terrestrial gravitational wave detectors and elimination spurious noise sources in LIGO.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Bernard Fredrick Schutz [1998]
Albert Einstein Institute
Citation: For his pioneering work in the theory of gravitational radiation, for the discovery of new instabilities in rotating, relativistic stars, and for elucidating how gravitational-wave observations can reveal astrophysical and cosmological information.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Peter Sven Shawhan [2019]
University of Maryland
Citation: For the development of techniques and algorithms to search LIGO data for transient signals, and for realizing the important future scientific implications of gravitational wave observations by looking for other signals developed by electromagnetic observations.
Nominated by: DGRAV

David H. Shoemaker [2001]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For his insightful work, experimental artistry, and leadership role in the LIGO gravity wave program.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Daniel Sigg [2015]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: For development of techniques essential to the successful high-sensitivity operation of gravitational wave detectors and leadership in commissioning the LIGO detectors.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Eva Silverstein [2016]
Stanford University
Citation: For fundamental contributions to quantum gravity and early universe cosmology.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Bram J. J. Slagmolen [2023]
Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics, Research Schools of Physics, and Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Australian National University
Citation: For the development of technologies for gravitational wave detectors, for contributions to the design, construction, and commissioning of Advanced LIGO, and for leadership in the Australian gravitational wave community.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Lee Smolin [2007]
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Citation: For his influential contributions to quantum gravity and for his tireless outreach efforts to communicate the excitement of contemporary physics to philosophers, artists and the lay public.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Rafael Dolnick Sorkin [1999]
Syracuse University
Citation: For his original contributions to quantum gravity based on partially ordered or casual sets of discrete space-time; also for his idea of the role of quantum mechanical entanglement in understanding black hole entropy.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Ulrich Sperhake [2016]
CSIC - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas
Citation: For important contributions to numerical studies of binary black hole systems, including leading work on recoil velocities following astrophysical mergers, and pioneering efforts exploring the high-speed collision problem of relevance to super-Planck scale physics.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Alexei Starobinsky [2011]
Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics
Citation: For his pioneering contributions to cosmology, especially to inflationary cosmology, phase transitions in the early universe, and cosmic acceleration.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Robin T. Stebbins [2016]
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Citation: For 50 years of science and service, including lunar laser ranging, Brans-Dicke tests using the sun's oblateness, the development of vibration isolation systems for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory, and interferometry for future space-based missions like the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Andrew Strominger [2018]
Harvard University
Citation: For outstanding insights into quantum gravity especially properties of quantum black holes.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Jennie Harriet Traschen [2006]
University of Massachusetts
Citation: For her ground-breaking contributions to early universe cosmology and black hole physics.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Mark Trodden [2015]
University of Pennsylvania
Citation: For pioneering work in theoretical cosmology and astroparticle physics, including explorations of theoretical explanations for the acceleration of the Universe.
Nominated by: DGRAV

William G. Unruh [2000]
University of British Columbia
Citation: For his contributions to the understanding of black holes, their evaporation and other quantum effects associated with strong gravitational fields.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Michele Vallisneri [2016]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: For significant contributions to the statistical theory and computational practice of gravitational-wave detection and parameter estimation, and for cross-fertilizing technical approaches among the ground-based, space-based, and pulsar-timing detection programs.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Matt Visser [2009]
Victoria University
Citation: For contributions to gravity theory, especially the effects of energy condition violations and the development of analog models of black hole and cosmological spacetimes.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Madeline Wade [2021]
Kenyon College
Citation: For important contributions to and leadership of the low-latency calibration of LIGO data that played a vital role in the discovery of gravitational waves, of the electromagnetic follow-up of gravitational wave transients, and to multimessenger astronomy with GW170817.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Robert M. Wald [1996]
Enrico Fermi Institute
Citation: For his contributions to the understanding of classical and quantum gravity; especially for his seminal role in the development of a rigorous basis for quantum field theory in curved spacetime.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Alan Weinstein [2015]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: For leadership in developing and testing the new generation of gravitational wave detectors, data analysis and searches for astrophysical sources of gravitational waves, and making LIGO data available to the broader community.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Rainer Weiss [1996]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For his pioneering work in the development of laser-interferometric detectors for gravitational radiation, and his contributions to the study of the spectrum and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Stanley E. Whitcomb [2002]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: For his outstanding contributions to metrology and to the development and implementation of interferometers for the detection of gravitational radiation.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Bernard Whiting [2015]
University of Florida, Gainesville
Citation: For influential contributions to wide-ranging areas of gravitational physics, including tests of Newtonian gravity, stability of the Kerr metric, and the self-force problem.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Carol A. Wilkinson [2020]
Cornell University
Citation: "For playing a crucial role in the successful construction of Advanced LIGO.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Jeffrey Winicour [2003]
University of Pittsburgh
Citation: For his numerous contributions to the study of gravitational radiation from strong sources.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Nicolas Yunes [2022]
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Citation: For numerous contributions to general relativity and gravitational wave astrophysics, particularly the discovery of the "I-Love-Q" property of neutron stars.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Michael E. Zucker [2008]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For development of fundamental techniques and practical instrumentation for interferometric gravitational wave detection and for leadership in LIGO during the transition from laboratory-scale to kilometer-scale devices.
Nominated by: DGRAV