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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James R. Albritton [1986]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For important contributions to the theory of laser plasma interactions and electron heat transport.
Nominated by: DPP

Phillip B. Allen [1986]
State University of New York, Stony Brook
Citation: For contributions to the theory of electron-phonon effects in metals and semiconductors.
Nominated by: DCMP

Silas James Allen [1986]
University of California, Santa Barbara
Citation: For creative far-infrared spectroscopy that elucidated the physics of transport in 2-dimensional electron systems; diffusion in superionic conductors, and spin-lattice interactions in magnetic insulators.
Nominated by: DCMP

Robert E. Anholt [1986]
Not available
Citation: For contributions to the study of heavy-ion-atom collisions spanning quasimolecular collisions at low energy to collisions with relativistic projectiles.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Thomas M. Antonsen [1986]
University of Maryland
Citation: For contributions to the theory of the stability of high temperature plasmas and the theory of the production of intense ion beams.
Nominated by: DPP

Ali S. Argon [1986]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For fundamental contributions to understanding of plastic deformation of polymer glasses.
Nominated by: DPOLY

Daniel Jonathon Auerbach [1986]
University of California, Santa Barbara
Citation: For experimental studies leading to better understanding of dynamical aspects of gas surface interactions.
Nominated by: DCP

Naftali Auerbach [1986]
Tel Aviv University
Citation: For his many important contributions to the theoretical understanding of nuclear structure.
Nominated by: DNP

Mark Ya Azbel [1986]
Tel Aviv University
Citation: For his contribution to the Azbel-Kaner cyclotron resonance method, his elucidation of the complex spectrum of Bloch electrons in magnetic field, and his theoretical work on DNA denaturation and transport through finite random structures.
Nominated by: DCMP

Bertram Batlogg [1986]
ETH Zurich
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of f-element compounds, particularly the mixed valence states of Tm1-xSe and of the heavy-fermion compounds CeCu2Si, UPt3, and UBe13.
Nominated by: DCMP

Robert Steven Bauer [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For outstanding experimental contributions and technical leadership in understanding the electronic properties of semiconductors, especially their surfaces and interfaces.
Nominated by: DCMP

Paul R. Berman [1986]
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Citation: For fundamental contributions to an understanding of the effects of atomic and molecular collisions on the behavior of gas lasers, on coherent transient phenomena, and on high-resolution spectroscopic lineshapes.
Nominated by: DAMOP

J Robert Beyster [1986]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Ravindra N. Bhatt [1986]
Princeton University
Citation: For his effective use of fundamental theory, numerical simulation and phenomenology in elucidating such diverse systems as quantum fluids, spin glasses, and doped semiconductors near metal-insulator transitions.
Nominated by: DCMP

Gary Carl Bjorklund [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For pioneering work in non linear optics and the development and application of widely used techniques in laser spectroscopy, such as frequency modulation spectroscopy.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Ronald E. Blackwelder [1986]
University of Southern California
Citation: For his contributions to the physical understanding of the structure of turbulent boundary layers.
Nominated by: DFD

Christopher Bottcher [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For versatile theoretical studies of atomic and molecular processes involving development of new powerful methods of mathematical and numerical analysis.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Douglas Andrew Bryman [1986]
University of British Columbia
Citation: For leadership in the experimental search for lepton number conservation and in pion decay experiments confirming the hypothesis of electron-muon university.
Nominated by: DNP

Amyand David Buckingham [1986]
University of Cambridge
Citation: For the development of the basic statistical mechanical theory that relates the equilibrium electromagnetic properties of a gas to the properties of clusters of interacting molecules.
Nominated by: DCP

John David Buckmaster [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For fundamental contributions to fluid mechanics which have, in particular, helped to transform combustion theory into a mathematical science.
Nominated by: DFD

Federico Capasso [1986]
Harvard University
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the advancement of optical and microwave devices with 'band structure engineering'.
Nominated by: DCMP

Peter J. Catto [1986]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For contributions to the theory of plasma equilibrium, stability and transport in mirrors, bumpy tori, and tokamaks, and for contributions to the theory of particle gyrokinetics.
Nominated by: DPP

Tai-Chang Chiang [1986]
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Citation: For his numerous contributions to the understanding of bulk, surface and interface states of metals and semiconductors using photoemission techniques.
Nominated by: DCMP

William Chinowsky [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For contributions to the discovery of numerous elementary particles and the determination of their properties.
Nominated by: DPF

Ying-Nan Chiu [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For pioneering contribution in the use of modern angular momentum and irreducible tensor methods to derive molecular rotation-electronic structure and spectroscopic intensities of higher multipole radiation and interference in molecules.
Nominated by: DCP

Steven Chu [1986]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For contributions in atomic physics and laser spectroscopy, including the first observation of parity nonconservation in atoms, excitation and precision spectroscopy of positronium, and the optical confinement and cooling of atoms.
Nominated by: DAMOP

David Richard Clarke [1986]
Harvard University
Citation: For important contributions to understanding atomic-scale fracture phenomena, structure and energetics of class-ceramic interfaces, and toughening mechanisms in ceramic materials.
Nominated by: DCMP

Claude Cohen-Tannoudji [1986]
Lab de Phys ENS
Citation: For his seminal studies of the interactions between electromagnetic fields and atoms.
Nominated by: DAMOP

David Risdon Crosley [1986]
SRI International
Citation: For significant contributions to the understanding of the role of free radicals in discharges and chemical reactions by the detailed study of their kinetics and spectroscopy.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Paul J. Dagdigian [1986]
Johns Hopkins University
Citation: For his contribution to an experimental understanding of the dynamics of rotationally inelastic collisions and of the origin of spin-orbit effects in chemical reactions.
Nominated by: DCP

Jack Davis [1986]
Naval Research Laboratory
Citation: For contributions to the radiative theory of dense plasmas including modifications of atomic properties and self-consistent treatments of plasma dynamics and radiation.
Nominated by: DPP

Patrick H. Diamond [1986]
University of California, San Diego
Citation: For important contributions to nonlinear plasma theory, plasma turbulence and understanding of anomalous transport in toroidal, magnetically confined plasma.
Nominated by: DPP

James F. Drake [1986]
University of Maryland
Citation: For significant contributions to the understanding of tearing instabilities, magnetic reconnection and magnetohydrodynamic activity in laboratory and space plasmas.
Nominated by: DPP

Frank Barry Dunning [1986]
Rice University
Citation: For his seminal contributions to the study of atoms in high Rydberg states, and in the extension of atomic methodology to introduce new spectroscopies for studies of solid surfaces.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Robert A. Eisenstein [1986]
Santa Fe Alliance for Science
Citation: For leadership in Intermediate Energy Nuclear Physics, whereby experiments with pions, kaons, and antiprotons, he has demonstrated the effects of nuclear structure and the nuclear medium on elementary interactions.
Nominated by: DNP

Kenneth B Eisenthal [1986]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Kenneth B. Eisenthal [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For pioneering the applications of lasers to chemistry and being on of the first and major contributors to the development of the field of picosecond laser spectroscopy.
Nominated by: DCP

Charles P. Enz [1986]
Universite de Geneve
Citation: For his many contributions to condensed-matter physics, equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, and the history of physics.
Nominated by: DCMP

Ralph Feder [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For pioneering the field of x-ray contact microscopy, and for his early contributions to the study of the equilibrium concentration of point defects in metals.
Nominated by: DCMP

Paul D. Feldman [1986]
Johns Hopkins University
Citation: For his contributions to understanding the gasses in comets through their ultraviolet spectra, and his work on the upper atmospheres of the planets and the earth.
Nominated by: DAP

Daniel Sebastian Fisher [1986]
Stanford University
Citation: For his application of the modern techniques of statistical mechanics to such diverse systems as two-dimensional phase transitions, solid 3He, charge-density-wave solids, and disordered magnets.
Nominated by: DCMP

Wladyslaw Fiszdon [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his lasting contributions to Aerodynamics and for his tireless efforts in promoting the development of Fluid Dynamics through he Biennial Fluid Dynamics Symposia that he has organized in Poland since 1951.
Nominated by: DFD

William R. Frazer [1986]
Not available
Citation: For contributions to elementary particle theory, including analysis of electromagnetic structure of nucleons which predicted the existence of the rho meson, analysis of multiparticle reactions, and work in perturbative QCD.
Nominated by: DPF

Daniel Z. Freedman [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For important contributions to the development of supersymmetry and supergravity quantum field theory.
Nominated by: DPF

Jacques Friedel [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the microscopic description of impurities in metals and the properties of crystals, allows and surfaces.
Nominated by: DCMP

Henry Jonathan Frisch [1986]
University of Chicago
Citation: For significant contributions to the understanding of production of hadrons at large transverse momentum.
Nominated by: DPF

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his pioneering and leading role in a variety of fields in condensed-matter theory and polymer physics.
Nominated by: DCMP

Albert Ghiorso [1986]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Albert Ghiorso [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his discovery, with coworkers, of twelve transuranium elements (atomic numbers 96-106, inclusive) and the determination of their radioactive decay properties.
Nominated by: DNP

H. Brian Gilbody [1986]
Queens Univ of Belfast
Citation: In recognition of twenty years of dependable reliable measurements of ion-atom collision cross-sections.
Nominated by: DAMOP

John M. Goodkind [1986]
University of California, San Diego
Citation: For the investigation of the properties of liquid and solid, 3He, and for contributions to the development and application of nuclear cooling and superconducting devices.
Nominated by: DCMP

Sandra Charlene Greer [1986]
Mills College
Citation: For seminal contributions to experimental thermodynamics leading to new understanding of phase transitions.
Nominated by: DCP

Dennis Stanley Greywall [1986]
Not available
Citation: For setting standards of precision and elegance in the study of quantum fluids and solids at low and ultra-low temperatures.
Nominated by: DCMP

Feza Gursey [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For important contributions to symmetries of particles through the use of Group Theory; the introduction of chiral symmetry and the SU(6) symmetry of the quark model; and the introduction of exceptional groups to particle physics.
Nominated by: DPF

Charles Martin Guttman [1986]
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Citation: For his modeling by Monte Carlo and Gambler's Ruin Methods of both the morphology and SANS of semicrystalline polymers, and for his work on Gel Permeation chromatography.
Nominated by: DPOLY

Yukap Hahn [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For significant contributions in a number of areas of physics, including theoretical atomic physics and, especially, for his thorough, and important calculations on dielectronic recombination.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Frederick Duncan Michael Haldane [1986]
Princeton University
Citation: For his contributions, both analytic and numerical, to the solution of difficult many-body problems such as the Anderson model, the quantum spin chain and the-fractionally quantized Hall effect.
Nominated by: DCMP

Eugene E. Haller [1986]
University of California, Berkeley
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the development of ultrapure semiconductors and significant investigations of the spectroscopy of novel defects in them.
Nominated by: DCMP

Gail G. Hanson [1986]
University of California, Riverside
Citation: For numerous and important contributions to the discovery and study of new particles, and to the establishment of quarks as hadronic constituents.
Nominated by: DPF

Haim Harari [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For outstanding contributions to hadron phenomenology, for many excellent reviews and rapporteur's talks. and for profound idea on possible quark-lepton composite structure.
Nominated by: DPF

Richard J. Hawryluk [1986]
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Citation: For outstanding contributions to understanding plasma behavior in tokamak devices, particularly startup, transport and heating.
Nominated by: DPP

Wallace Dean Hayes [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For influencing generations of graduate students at Princeton and elsewhere with the elegance and precision of his theoretical works.
Nominated by: DFD

Thorwald Herbert [1986]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Thorwald Herbert [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: In recognition of his fundamental contributions to the theory of linear and nonlinear hydrodynamic stability and in particular for his explanation of the subharmonic instabilities in boundary-layer flows.
Nominated by: DFD

David George Hitlin [1986]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: For contributions to the study of weak decays of K mesons, particularly measurements of CP violating parameters and form factors, and for measurements of hadronic states produced in the decay of the psi meson and detailed studies of the weak decays of charmed particles.
Nominated by: DPF

Robin M. Hochstrasser [1986]
University of Pennsylvania
Citation: For inventing ingenious experiments exploiting the non-linear couplings of radiation and matter, and using these methods in pioneering studies of dynamics of molecules in gas, liquid and solid phases.
Nominated by: DCP

Darleane Hoffman [1986]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For a long and distinguished career of pioneering studies in the understanding of low-energy and spontaneous fission and the production of heavy-element isotopes.
Nominated by: DNP

Shaw Ling Hsu [1986]
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Citation: For his use of vibrational spectroscopy to characterize polymer structure and to follow the dynamics of structural change.
Nominated by: DPOLY

Setsuno Ichimaru [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For significant contributions to the advancement of the many-body theories and statistical physics of plasmas and related condensed matter, and their application to plasma astrophysics.
Nominated by: DPP

Shirley Ann Jackson [1986]
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Citation: For contributions to the theory of charge density wave instabilities, the channeling of heavy ions in solids, and the behavior of 2-D electrons on helium films.
Nominated by: DCMP

Allan Stanley Jacobson [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For pioneering work in high resolution gamma-ray astrophysical observations and instrumentation.
Nominated by: DAP

Marilyn Elizabeth Jacox [1986]
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Citation: For original and important contributions to matrix isolation spectroscopy and ultraviolet photochemistry of molecular radicals and ions.
Nominated by: DCP

Robert Loren Jaffe [1986]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For important contributions to the dynamics of confined quarks and gluons, and the study of glueballs, multiquark hadrons, and quark distributions in nuclei, in the context of QCD.
Nominated by: DPF

Thomas R. Jarboe [1986]
University of Washington
Citation: For innovation and leadership in spheromak research including equilibrium, stability, and sustainment physics, and for contributions to the understanding of the role of magnetic helicity during spheromak formation and sustainment.
Nominated by: DPP

David Robert Kassoy [1986]
University of Colorado, Boulder
Citation: For the imaginative application of perturbation methods to the mathematical modeling of fluid dynamical processes in diverse physical systems.
Nominated by: DFD

Michael A Kinch [1986]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Frederick K. Lamb [1986]
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Citation: For his pioneering studies of the physics of compact x-ray sources, and especially his work relating observations with theoretical models.
Nominated by: DAP

Paul G. Langacker [1986]
Institute for Advanced Study
Citation: For his contributions to our understanding of modern elementary particle theory and its empirical validity.
Nominated by: DPF

Yue-Ying Lau [1986]
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Citation: For significant contributions to the theory of electron beam devices.
Nominated by: DPP

Robert B. Laughlin [1986]
Stanford University
Citation: For seminal insights into the nature of two-dimensional electrons in a magnetic field, and of the state responsible for the fractional quantum Hall effect.
Nominated by: DCMP

Edward Kyung-Chai Lee [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For pioneer work in the spectroscopy of single vibronic levels, especially with small molecules such as CH2O, SO2, and H2O4 isolated in matrices.
Nominated by: DCP

Patrick A. Lee [1986]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the theory of many-body effects in condensed matter, especially in one and two dimensional solids with disorder.
Nominated by: DCMP

Donald George LeGrand [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For fundamental mechanical, thermal, optical and scattering investigations of bulk and surface properties of glassy polymers.
Nominated by: DPOLY

Marc David Levenson [1986]
Not available
Citation: For his leadership in the development of a broad variety of novel techniques of nonlinear laser spectroscopy and his insightful application of these techniques to physically interesting problems.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Steven G. Louie [1986]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of the electronic and structural properties of condensed matter through innovative quantum mechanical calculations on bulk solids, surfaces, chemisorption systems, solid-solid interfaces, and defects in solids.
Nominated by: DCMP

Olli Viktor Lounasmaa [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For contributions to experimental low-temperature physics, especially to nuclear cooling liquid 3He as a practical method, and to the discovery and measurement of nuclear ordering in metallic copper.
Nominated by: DCMP

Harry Lustig [1986]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Margaret L. A. MacVicar [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For research on transition-metal superconductivity, and for innovation in education at the university level.
Nominated by: DCMP

William Joseph Marciano [1986]
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Citation: For important contributions to the study of radiative corrections to W and Z masses and sin2 0w determined in GUTS and experiment.
Nominated by: DPF

Indrek Martinson [1986]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Dennis L. Matthews [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For contributions to x-ray spectroscopy of laser heated plasmas and to the development of XUV lasers.
Nominated by: DPP

J. Douglas McDonald [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his pioneering and seminal studies in chemical dynamics- studies of vibrational energy distributions in reactive intermediates, collision-free vibrational energy intramolecular redistribution, and molecular quantum beats.
Nominated by: DCP

Michael Walford McNaughton [1986]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: For precise measurements leading to the complete determination of the isovector nucleon-nucleon s-matrix amplitudes at intermediate energies.
Nominated by: DNP

Horia Metiu [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his insightful contributions to our understanding of surfaces and adsorbates using spectroscopic techniques to measure dynamic properties.
Nominated by: DCMP

Alfred Henry Mueller [1986]
University of Giessen
Citation: For developing a 'factorization theorem' in field theory and its extension.
Nominated by: DPF

John Stuart Muenter [1986]
University of Rochester
Citation: For the development and application of experimental techniques to study the electronic structure of molecules with specific relevance to dipole moments if isotopic origin, hydrogen bonding, and vibrational predissociation.
Nominated by: DCP

Dietrich Muller [1986]
University of Chicago
Citation: For his development of transition radiation detectors into a practical tool and their application to the measurement of the cosmic ray electron spectrum with unmatched precision.
Nominated by: DAP

Robert E. Nahory [1986]
Rutgers University
Citation: For many important contributions to the fundamental understanding of practical use of optoelectronic phenomena in semiconductors.
Nominated by: DCMP

David Robert Nygren [1986]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For the invention of the Time Projection Chamber, a novel concept for tracking charged particles, and the introduction of the concepts of wave form sampling with offline pulse reconstruction and radial drift.
Nominated by: DPF

Sekyu Michael Ohr [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For experimental and theoretical investigation of defects in metal crystals, and for seminal studies of the fracture of solids.
Nominated by: DCMP

Gordon Cecil Osbourn [1986]
Sandia National Laboratories
Citation: For his work in stimulating the field of strained-layer superlattices and for his theoretical studies of their electrical and optical properties.
Nominated by: DCMP

Leonid Ozernoy [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For pioneering work on the theory of coherent behavior of supermassive objects in astrophysics and original, innovative ideas spanning a wide range of areas in astrophysics and cosmology.
Nominated by: DAP

Kosal Chandra Pandey [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For contributions to the physics of semiconductor surface reconstruction, especially the introduction of π-bonding as a reconstruction mechanism and for the π -bonded chain model of the Si(111)-2X1 surface.
Nominated by: DCMP

Jay M. Pasachoff [1986]
Williams College
Citation: In recognition of your research work in a wide range of astronomical fields- including the solar corona at total solar eclipses and interstellar deuterium and its cosmological consequences- and bringing contemporary research to students through your textbooks.
Nominated by: DAP

Phillip Pechukas [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For fundamental contributions to theoretical chemical kinetics, to the theory of semiclassical approximation, and to the study of 'quantum chaos'.
Nominated by: DCP

Ronald Arthur Phaneuf [1986]
University of Nevada, Reno
Citation: For his contributions to the understanding of multicharged ion interactions in the areas of charge transfer and of many electron effects in electron-ion collisions.
Nominated by: DAMOP

William Daniel Phillips [1986]
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Citation: For outstanding contributions to atomic physics, especially the laser cooling and trapping of neutral atomic beams, and the determination of fundamental constants.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Michael Ronald Philpott [1986]
Not available
Citation: For pioneering theoretical and spectroscopic studies, of the electronic vibrational properties of organic solids, Langmuir films and electrode interfaces.
Nominated by: DCP

Robert O Pohl [1986]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Bernard Goodwin Pope [1986]
Michigan State University
Citation: For important contributions to the discovery of subsequent study of both large transverse momentum and phenomena and dilepton production in hadronic interactions.
Nominated by: DPF

Michael Herbert Prior [1986]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For his pioneering work on the use of ion traps for measurement of lifetimes of forbidden transitions and also for collision studies of trapped, multiply-charged ions.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Paul J Reardon [1986]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Robert A. Ristinen [1986]
University of Colorado, Boulder
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the development of a variety of nuclear detectors, the PIXE systems of elemental analysis, the study of muonic x-rays, and to nuclear structure through such reactions as (a,xn).
Nominated by: DNP

Gary Wayne Rubloff [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For pioneering applications of surface electron spectroscopies and optical techniques to understand chemical reactions and properties of interfaces and surfaces, particularly silicon interfaces.
Nominated by: DCMP

John Henry Schwarz [1986]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: For construction of the superstring theory and its later use for unification of fundamental forces, giving a finite theory of quantum.
Nominated by: DPF

Bruce Albert Scott [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For significant contributions to the synthesis of many novel inorganic and organic materials, and the elucidation of their growth mechanisms, electronic structures and solid state properties.
Nominated by: DCMP

Pabitra N. Sen [1986]
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Citation: For contributions tot he understanding of electronmagnetic, vibrational, structural, and transport properties of amorphous and composite media.
Nominated by: DCMP

John Wesley Shaner [1986]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: For experimental research on material properties at extremely high dynamic temperatures and pressures, and for work in establishing an accurate pressure scale for static high pressure research above one megabar.
Nominated by: DCMP

Stephen M. Shapiro [1986]
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Citation: For outstanding contributions in the field of neutron scattering studies of condensed matter physics, in particular the fundamental properties of re entrant spin glasses, mixed valent compounds and hydrogen in metals.
Nominated by: DCMP

Robert Herman Siemann [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of fundamental limitations of accelerator performance, and specifically the improvement of CESR performance.
Nominated by: DPF

Eric D. Siggia [1986]
Cornell University
Citation: For contributions to the theoretical physics of condensed matter, particularly in the areas of dynamical systems, turbulence, and low-temperature physics.
Nominated by: DCMP

Charles Kent Sinclair [1986]
Not available
Citation: For the development of the GaAs polarized electron source as a practical means to produce high current beams of longitudinally polarized electrons; and for contributions to electromagnetic interaction measurements.
Nominated by: DPF

Richard Errett Smalley [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For pioneering contributions to knowledge of molecular structure and dynamics through the development and application of techniques of laser spectroscopy in supersonic molecular beams and jets.
Nominated by: DCP

Arthur Stewart Smith [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For significant experimental contributions to the physics of muon pair production in hadron collisions.
Nominated by: DPF

Kurt A. Snover [1986]
University of Washington
Citation: For advancing our knowledge of giant resonances and gamma transitions in nuclei, including the discovery of high energy magnetic transitions and the elucidation of the dipole resonance in excited nuclei.
Nominated by: DNP

Paul Heinrich Soding [1986]
DESY - Center for Free-Electron Laser Science
Citation: For extensive contributions to studies of resonances in photo and electroproduction channels, and for pioneering research on gluons and tests of Quantum Chromodynamics in e+e- collisions.
Nominated by: DPF

Herbert Max Steiner [1986]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For his experimental scattering studies involving antiprotons, protons and neutrons leading to better understanding of both the strong and weak interactions.
Nominated by: DPF

Jeffrey I. Steinfeld [1986]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For his original and insightful experimental studies on molecular energy transfer, multiple photon excitation and infrared double resonance in polyatomic molecules in the gas phase.
Nominated by: DCP

Paul Joseph Steinhardt [1986]
Princeton University
Citation: For his important contributions to cosmology and to the theoretical understanding of quasicrystals.
Nominated by: DCMP

Clifford M. Surko [1986]
University of California, San Diego
Citation: For innovative development of laser diagnostic techniques and advances in the understanding of turbulence and wave propagation in tokamak fusion plasmas, fluids and solids.
Nominated by: DPP

Donald G. Swanson [1986]
Auburn University
Citation: For experimental and theoretical contributions to the effects of boundaries on fast Alfven waves and for fundamental work on mode conversion and tunneling in the ion cyclotron range of frequencies.
Nominated by: DPP

Richard Edward Taylor [1986]
Stanford University
Citation: For fundamental experiments in inelastic electron-proton scattering.
Nominated by: DPF

Lester E. Thode [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For innovative application of charged particle beam technology and research contributions in the areas of high-brightness electron beams, beam interactions with plasma, and high-power microwave generation.
Nominated by: DPP

David J. Thouless [1986]
University of Washington
Citation: For origination of fundamental concepts in the many-body theory of nuclei, in statistical mechanics and critical phenomena, and in the theory of disordered magnetic and electronic systems.
Nominated by: DCMP

Donald Gene Truhlar [1986]
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Citation: For his many outstanding contributions to theoretical chemical dynamics and our understanding of chemical reactions.
Nominated by: DCP

Won-Tien Tsang [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For outstanding work in the field of semiconductor lasers, including contributions to the development of molecular beam epitaxy for their fabrication, and for contributions to the development of chemical beam epitaxy.
Nominated by: DCMP

Michael S. Turner [1986]
University of Chicago
Citation: For outstanding work at the interface of particle physics and cosmology which has led to a new understanding of the early Universe.
Nominated by: DAP

William C. Turner [1986]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For scientific and leadership contributions on ion microstability, beta and thermal barriers in magnetic mirror experiments, and field-reversed plasmas.
Nominated by: DPP

Ashok Kumar Vijh [1986]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Ronald E. Waltz [1986]
General Atomics
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of transport in tokamaks and for pioneering numerical simulations of turbulent transport in plasmas.
Nominated by: DPP

John David Weeks [1986]
University of Maryland
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the theory of liquids, crystal growth, interfacial properties and the surface roughening transition.
Nominated by: DCP

Clark Woody White [1986]
Not available
Citation: For basic research on laser annealing of semiconductors, ion implantation, and ion-beam surface layer analysis.
Nominated by: DCMP

Ronald H. Willens [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of new amorphous materials and the study of their formation.
Nominated by: DCMP

Perry B Wilson [1986]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

David Jeffrey Wineland [1986]
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Citation: For the development of techniques for the storage of ions and electrons and the application of these to problems of substantial fundamental and practical interest.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Bruce Winstein [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For contributions to a series of precision measurements of the strong-weak electromagnetic and CP violating forces in the neutral kaon system.
Nominated by: DPF

Kevin L. Wolf [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: In recognition of original, innovative research in nuclear fission and in heavy ion reactions.
Nominated by: DNP

Ming Lun Yu [1986]
First Solar, LLC
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of dynamic charge transfer processes between sputtered atoms and solid surfaces, and for the application of these concepts in secondary ion mass spectrometry.
Nominated by: DCMP

Chris D. Zafiratos [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his experimental studies of multi-nucleon transfer reactions and charge exchange reactions and their use to elucidate nuclear structure.
Nominated by: DNP

Ahmet Ziyaeddin [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For interpretation of dynamic light and neutron scattering from polymer solutions.
Nominated by: DPOLY

Paul Zoller [1986]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his contributions to the measurement of the thermodynamic or quasi-thermodynamic properties of polymer systems in the melt, crystalline and glassy states and of transitions between these.
Nominated by: DPOLY