Alexei A. Abrikosov [1992]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: For his predictions of the existence and properties of the vortex state in type-II superconductors.
Nominated by: DCMP
Boris L. Altshuler [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his work on the theory of transport in disordered and mesoscopic systems.
Nominated by: DCMP
Eric J. Amis [1992]
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Citation: For the excellence of his contribution toward the understanding of dynamics of polymer solutions and gels, and in crystalline growth.
Nominated by: DPOLY
David Vincent Anderson [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For valuable contributions to the understanding of plasma equilibria, stability, and nonlinear dynamics through the application of computational models that emphasized realism, accuracy, and efficiency.
Nominated by: DCOMP
James Russell Asay [1992]
Sandia National Laboratories
Citation: In recognition of his far-ranging contributions to the understanding of the physical properties of matter under the extreme pressure and temperature conditions of intense shock loading.
Nominated by: GCCM
David D. Awschalom [1992]
University of California, Santa Barbara
Citation: For his study of the novel magnetic properties of low-dimensional semi-conductor systems.
Nominated by: DCMP
Paul Frank Barbara [1992]
University of Texas, Austin
Citation: For his innovative studies of ultrafast proton and electron transfers, isomerization reactions, and dynamic solvent effects.
Nominated by: DCP
Klaas Bergmann [1992]
University of Kaiserslautern
Citation: For his development of innovative laser systems and their application to molecular scattering processes.
Nominated by: DCP
Elliot R. Bernstein [1992]
Colorado State University
Citation: For the development of molecular spectroscopy as a tool for the elucidation of molecular structure and conformations.
Nominated by: DCP
Thomas Joseph Bowles [1992]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: For his exemplary experimental work on neutrino mass from the beta decay of tritium, and his leadership in the development of new solar neutrino experiments.
Nominated by: DNP
George W. Brandenburg [1992]
Harvard University
Citation: For contributions to the design and construction of the CDF detector and its utilization to study the properties of gauge bosons.
Nominated by: DPF
Yvan J. Bruynseraede [1992]
Katholieke University of Leuven
Citation: For his contribution to the study of the structure-property relationship in thin films, electron localization, and superconductivity.
Nominated by: DMP
Ernst Bucher [1992]
University of Konstanz
Citation: For his work in the fields of nuclear hyperfine cooling, mixed-valent rare-earth compounds, heavy-fermion compounds, and solar cells.
Nominated by: DCMP
Joachim Burgdorfer [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For insightful and convincing contributions to the theory of interactions of ions with gases and solids.
Nominated by: DAMOP
David Lyle Burke [1992]
Stanford University
Citation: For contributions to the development of high-energy electron-position colliders.
Nominated by: DPF
Adam Seth Burrows [1992]
Princeton University
Citation: For his theoretical contributions to our understanding of supernova neutrino bursts, in particular, and supernova theory, in general and for his prescient predictions prior to SN1987A of the duration and magnitude of neutrino signals from neutron star formation.
Nominated by: DAP
David Charles Cassidy [1992]
Hofstra University
Citation: For his work on the history of Twentieth Century Physics, particularly his biography on Heisenberg.
Nominated by: FHPP
David M. Ceperley [1992]
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Citation: For development of innovative algorithms to deal with quantum many-body problems with their application to significant physical problems.
Nominated by: DCOMP
Colston Chandler [1992]
University of New Mexico
Citation: For development of a mathematically rigorous, yet practical, theory of approximation, sufficiently powerful to include breakup channels, for the fundamental D-body equations of nonrelativistic multichannel quantum scattering theory.
Nominated by: GFB
Meera Chandrasekhar [1992]
University of Missouri
Citation: For her optical experiments at high pressure on the nature of energy bands, deep levels, and quantum confined states in semiconductors.
Nominated by: DCMP
Andrew Francis Cheng [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For theoretical contributions to fundamental understanding of plasmas in planetary and astrophysical magnetospheres.
Nominated by: DAP
Wei-Kan Chu [1992]
University of Space Research Association
Citation: For original contributions to the fundamental understanding of ion-solid interactions and their application to the study of materials physics.
Nominated by: DMP
Charles Winthrop Clark [1992]
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Citation: For innovative theoretical approaches to calculating atomic structure, the effect of static field on structure, and the interaction of atoms and ions with intense light fields.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Francis E. Close [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For theoretical contributions to the spectroscopy and structure of hadrons.
Nominated by: DPF
Francis T. Cole [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For contributions to accelerator theory in areas including nonlinear dynamics and space-charge phenomena; for contributions to the design of accelerators for use in particle physics and in medicine.
Nominated by: DPB
Susan N. Coppersmith [1992]
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Citation: For her theories of charge-density waves and self-organized criticality.
Nominated by: DCMP
Marjorie D. Corcoran [1992]
Rice University
Citation: For contributions to experiments studying spin asymmetries in hadronic collision.
Nominated by: DPF
Robert D. Cousins [1992]
University of California, Los Angeles
Citation: For leading contributions to measurements of rare kaon searches for lepton-flavor nonconservation.
Nominated by: DPF
Carol Jo Crannell [1992]
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Citation: For contributions to physics, especially her extraordinary societal endeavors to ensure that others may enjoy opportunities to participate in exciting science such as her research in solar physics and astrophysics.
Nominated by: FPS
Jack Emerson Crow [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his contributions to the understanding of Condensed Matter Physics in high magnetic fields, including superconductivity, heavy fermions, and magnetic order.
Nominated by: DCMP
John Perry Cumalat [1992]
University of Colorado, Boulder
Citation: For contributions to particle physics, particle astrophysics, and for his co-invention of the heterotic string theory.
Nominated by: DPF
Hai-Lung Dai [1992]
Temple University
Citation: For developing novel laser spectroscopic techniques and the observation of novel properties of exotic chemical species such as transient, weakly bound, and reactive molecules and gases and molecules absorbed on surfaces.
Nominated by: DCP
Richard Stephen Davis [1992]
International Bureau of Weights and Measures
Citation: For significant contributions to improved accuracy mass measurements, and for helping achieve accurate values of physical constants, the determination of which depends, in part, on mass measurements.
Nominated by: GIMS
Yaroslav S. Derbenev [1992]
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Citation: For creative and important contributions to accelerator physics, especially in the acceleration of spin-polarized beams to high energy using Siberian snakes.
Nominated by: DPB
Thomas Harold Dunning [1992]
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Citation: For contributions to the development of methods and techniques for electronic structure calculations on molecules and for applications to fundamental chemical problems in atmospheric chemistry, laser chemistry and combustion chemistry.
Nominated by: DCP
Pulak Dutta [1992]
Northwestern University
Citation: For his elucidations of the structures and phase transitions of lipid monolayers.
Nominated by: DCMP
James Gary Eden [1992]
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Citation: For contributions to our understanding of the spectroscopy of rare-gas dimers and the physics of ultraviolet lasers.
Nominated by: DLS
Donald Andrew Edwards [1992]
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For his many contributions to accelerator science, and the key role he played in the design and commissioning of Tevatron.
Nominated by: DPB
Alexei L. Efros [1992]
University of Utah
Citation: For his work on the theory of transport in disordered systems.
Nominated by: DCMP
James P. Eisenstein [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his experiments elucidating the transport properties of the two-dimensional electron gas in semiconductor heterostructures.
Nominated by: DCMP
George E. Ewing [1992]
Indiana University, Bloomington
Citation: For his influential experimental and theoretical developments on van der Waals molecules, especially their spectroscopies and dynamics, and on vibrational relaxation processes of molecules within liquids and on surfaces.
Nominated by: DCP
Roger Wirth Falcone [1992]
University of California, Berkeley
Citation: For contributions to the physics and technology of ultrafast x-ray sources.
Nominated by: DLS
David E. Farrell [1992]
Case Western Reserve University
Citation: For his contributions to the use of SQUIDs in biomagnetic research and his studies of anisotrophy in high- Tc superconductors.
Nominated by: DCMP
Leonard X. Finegold [1992]
Drexel University
Citation: For contributions to the experimental physics of simple model proteins and model membranes, and of lattice dynamics, at low and biological temperatures.
Nominated by: DBIO
John Edward Fischer [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For seminal studies of layered solids and for developing a unified approach to phase equilibria in guest-host systems with competing interactions such as graphite intercalation compounds, polyacetylene, and fullernes.
Nominated by: DMP
Gerhard E. Fisher [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For many contributions to the development of accelerator technology, including his most recent work no alignment, ground motion and vibration issues for linear colliders.
Nominated by: DPB
Raymond J. Fonck [1992]
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Citation: For pioneering advances in optical diagnostics; especially neutral-beam-based diagnostics central to the experimental understanding of transport in tokamak plasmas.
Nominated by: DPP
Antonio Carlos de Sa Fonseca [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For significant theoretical contributions to our understanding of few-body systems in atomic, molecular and nuclear physics.
Nominated by: GFB
Jerry Wayne Forbes [1992]
Energetics Technology Center
Citation: In recognition of his contributions to shockwave physics and in particular, his outstanding leadership in the shockwave community and additions to the understanding of phase transformations.
Nominated by: GCCM
Fritz Josef Friedlaender [1992]
Purdue University
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of magnetization processes , magnetic devices, and device physics.
Nominated by: FIAP
Charles Stewart Gillmor [1992]
Wesleyan University
Citation: For his research in electricity, geophysics, and ionospheric physics, and for his service to the Division of the History of Physics.
Nominated by: FHPP
Alan Leonard Goodman [1992]
Tulane University
Citation: For the microscopic description of sudden transitions in single-particle and collective nuclear properties at high spins and moderate temperature.
Nominated by: DNP
Christopher Robert Gould [1992]
North Carolina State University
Citation: For contributions to the study of the neutron-nucleus interaction and fundamental symmetries through experiments employing polarized neutron beams and cryogenically orientated targets.
Nominated by: DNP
Steve Granick [1992]
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Citation: With elegant experiments, he has pioneered the study of polymer surface dynamics, both in the melt and in solution.
Nominated by: DPOLY
James Edward Griffin [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For conception and development of numerous techniques for manipulation of particles in longitudinal phase space leading to successful operation of the fermilab proton-antiproton colliding beam program.
Nominated by: DPB
Jacob NMI Grun [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For significant advances in the understanding of laser-ablative acceleration, Rayleigh-Taylor instability, and turbulence of matter.
Nominated by: DPP
Hans Herbert Gutbrod [1992]
GSI Darmstadt
Citation: In recognition of pioneering work in nuclear reactions at relativistic energies, pursued with innovative experimental techniques and leading to important discoveries such as the existence of collective flow.
Nominated by: DNP
James Stewart Harris [1992]
Stanford University
Citation: For pioneering contributions to heterojunction device physics and materials preparation techniques that have produced new electronic devices.
Nominated by: FIAP
Jeffrey A. Harvey [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his contributions to particle physics, particle astrophysics, and for his co-invention of the heterotic string theory.
Nominated by: DPF
Tony F. Heinz [1992]
Columbia University
Citation: For outstanding contributions in optical studies of surfaces and interfaces, including determination of structure, electronic properties, and adsorbate diffusivity using nonlinear second-harmonic reflection, and femtosecond time-solved surface dynamics.
Nominated by: DLS
Jackson R. Herring [1992]
University of Colorado, Boulder
Citation: For contributions to the development of the statistical theory of turbulence, its applications in a variety of geophysical settings, and assessed comparison of theory to numerical simulations and experiments.
Nominated by: DFD
Judith Herzfeld [1992]
Brandeis University
Citation: For pioneering applications of Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy to biological membranes and insightful analyses of entropically-driven and long-range order in crowded self-assembling systems.
Nominated by: DBIO
Art Hobson [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For outstanding development of the Newsletter of the Forum on Physics and Society, and for numerous other contributions in the area of physics and society.
Nominated by: FPS
Frances Anne Houle [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For contributions to understanding of chemistry and physics in laser chemical modification of materials.
Nominated by: DCP
Ruth H. Howes [1992]
Ball State University
Citation: For her innovations in the verification of ballistic missile characteristics, which assisted in resolving problems negotiating parts of the Start Treaty, and for her analyses of energy policy and ballistic missile defenses.
Nominated by: FPS
John Peter Huchra [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For observational studies of the large-scale distribution of galaxies and contraints of Cosmology.
Nominated by: DAP
David Greybull Hummer [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his contribution to the theory of radiative transfer, for calculations of atomic data, and for applications to the analysis of the atmospheres of hot stars.
Nominated by: DAP
David A. Huse [1992]
Princeton University
Citation: For theoretical contributions to the statistical mechanics of glasses, disordered systems, surfaces, and quantum magnets.
Nominated by: DCMP
Klaus Bruno Jaeger [1992]
Jaeger Enterprises
Citation: In recognition of his success in transferring and implementing primary intrinsic metrology standards technology from the university and national laboratory research sector to an industrial environment.
Nominated by: GIMS
Robert V.F. Janssens [1992]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: For his many outstanding contributions to studies of high angular momentum in nuclear physics and, in particular, for his leadership in the discovery of superdeformation in the A=190 region.
Nominated by: DNP
Kenneth David Jordan [1992]
University of Pittsburgh
Citation: For his insight and theoretical guidance into the binding of electrons to molecules and clusters, the nature of temporary anion states, and long-range intra-molecular interactions.
Nominated by: DCP
George Ernest Kalmus [1992]
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Citation: For leadership of the RAL Bubble Chamber and DELPHI Groups and, in particular, for the adaptation of Bubble Chamber technique needed to study directly the decay of charmed particles.
Nominated by: DPF
Joseph I. Kapusta [1992]
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Citation: For his contributions to finite-temperature field theory and its application to our understanding of the behavior of matter and radiation under extreme physical conditions.
Nominated by: DNP
Gary Lee Kellogg [1992]
Sandia National Laboratories
Citation: For pioneering contributions to understanding the structure, migration, clustering, and chemical-reaction processes of atoms on surfaces.
Nominated by: DMP
Robert David Kephart [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his leading role in the building, operation, and physics of the CDF detector.
Nominated by: DPF
Peter M. Koch [1992]
State University of New York, Stony Brook
Citation: For creative development of spectroscopic and laser techniques in novel experiments on weakly bound atomic electrons in strong static and time-oscillating electric fields.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Roger Hilsen Koch [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his contributions to our understanding of noise in physical systems and the experimental identification of a new glassy phase in superconductors.
Nominated by: DCMP
Paul R. Kolodner [1992]
Alcatel Lucent, Bell Laboratories
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the understanding of convection in binary fluid mixtures utilizing precision flow-visualization experiments.
Nominated by: DFD
Joel Koplik [1992]
City College of New York
Citation: For contributions to the fluid mechanics of porous media, pattern selection in nonequilibrium growth, and the molecular dynamics of fluid flow.
Nominated by: DFD
John M Kosterlitz [1992]
Brown University
Citation: For his work on the theory of phase transitions in low-dimensional systems.
Nominated by: DCMP
Tung-Sheng Kuan [1992]
State University of New York, Albany
Citation: For pioneering work on long-range order in semiconductor alloys, and for contributions to the understanding of metal-semiconductor interfacial reactions.
Nominated by: DMP
Joseph Anthony Kunc [1992]
University of Southern California
Citation: For significant contributions to our understanding of the effects of electronic, atomic, and molecular processes in weakly-ionized gases.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Richard C. Lamb [1992]
University of Kentucky
Citation: For innovative research in gamma-ray astronomy in which his persistence has left to the extraction of signals from noisy backgrounds in data acquired by both space and ground based telescopes.
Nominated by: DAP
Lang L. Lao [1992]
General Atomics
Citation: For his contributions to the development of equilibrium analysis of tokamak discharges.
Nominated by: DPP
Ronald Martin Laszewski [1992]
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Citation: In recognition of pioneering work in the use of elastically scattered, polarized monochromatic photons to understanding the structure of M1 giant resonances in nuclei.
Nominated by: DNP
James E. Lawler [1992]
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Citation: For contributions to the development of Optogalvanic Spectroscopy.
Nominated by: DAMOP
W. W. Lee [1992]
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Citation: For his discovery and development of gyrokinetic method of particle simulations-an innovative technique for studying low-frequency kinetic, as well as fluid-type, phenomena in magnetically confined plasmas.
Nominated by: DPP
Gerard Peter Lepage [1992]
Cornell University
Citation: For his contributions to the development and application of perturbative and nonperturbative techniques for the analysis of electromagnetic and strong interactions.
Nominated by: DPF
Peter Michael Levy [1992]
New York University
Citation: For contributions to the theory of exchange interactions and transport properties of magnetic materials.
Nominated by: DCMP
Paulett Creyke Liewer [1992]
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Citation: For her pioneering work in use of parallel supercomputers for plasma modeling, both development of concurrent algorithms for plasma particle-in-cell codes and application to physical problems, and also past work on transport in tokamaks.
Nominated by: DCOMP
Sung-Piau Lin [1992]
Clarkson University
Citation: For pioneering and innovative study of the instability and nonlinear wave evolution of liquid films, interfaces and jets.
Nominated by: DFD
Katja Lindenberg [1992]
University of California, San Diego
Citation: For her fundamental contributions to nonequilibrium statistical mechanics and the theory of stochastic processes toward the understanding of the evolution of coupled nonlinear systems of importance in physical applications.
Nominated by: DCP
Gregory A. Loew [1992]
Stanford University
Citation: For his contributions to the design, construction, and operation of linear electron accelerators and associated devices, the understanding of relaxed beam-dynamics phenomena, and experimentation with extremely high RF fields.
Nominated by: DPB
Richard A. London [1992]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For landmark contributions to the physics of x-ray lasers, including elegant and useful models or target evolution, beam propagation and coherence, and the optical wavelength for biological holography.
Nominated by: DPP
Michael S. Lubell [1992]
City College of New York
Citation: For his activity in Atomic and Nuclear Physics, pioneering the use of polarized electrons as projectiles in new scattering experiments, and for his numerous activities on behalf of the atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics community.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Luigi A. Lugiato [1992]
University of Insubria
Citation: For fundamental theoretical contributions to the field of Quantum Optics and Statistical Mechanics, and especially superfluorescence, optical, bistability, and optical instabilities.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Alan Cooper Luntz [1992]
University of Southern Denmark, Odense
Citation: For the application of laser and molecular beam techniques to gas phase dynamics, especially oxygen atom chemical reactions, and as a participant in introducing these techniques to molecule-surface dynamics.
Nominated by: DCP
Jeffrey Whidden Lynn [1992]
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Citation: For his contributions to the study of magnetism and magnetic excitations in solids using neutron scattering.
Nominated by: DCMP
Don Harvey Madison [1992]
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Citation: For pioneering work in the calculation of cross sections, spin polarizations, and angular correlation parameters for atomic excitation and ionization by simple charges particles.
Nominated by: DAMOP
George Edward Masek [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For contributions to the physics of photon-photon interactions utilizing the TPO/2y detector at PEB.
Nominated by: DPF
Dan McCammon [1992]
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Citation: For pioneering studies of the diffuse x-ray background starting with his observation of lack of absorption by the Small Magellanic Cloud. His work has been essential to our present clarified understanding of the galactic soft x-ray emission.
Nominated by: DAP
Clyde William McCurdy [1992]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For advance in theoretical methods for the study of molecular photoionization, electron-molecule collisions, and time-dependent phenomena in atomic and molecular physics.
Nominated by: DAMOP
John Cameron Miller [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his contributions in multiphoton ionization spectroscopy and non-linear optics; in particular, for the first use of resonant laser photoionization spectroscopy and the discovery of novel optical interference effects.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Terence Edward Mitchell [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For notable contributions to the understanding of the relationship between structure and properties of materials, particularly with regard to the use of transmission electron microscopy to reveal the defect structures.
Nominated by: DMP
William Escro Moerner [1992]
Stanford University
Citation: For contributions to high-resolution laser spectroscopy of solids, including the first demonstration of single-molecule detection in solids.
Nominated by: DLS
Kenneth Charles Moffeit [1992]
Stanford University
Citation: For contributions to production of polarized beams in linear electron-positron colliders, and for contributions to the study of charmed-particle production.
Nominated by: DPF
Parvitz Moin [1992]
Stanford University
Citation: For contributions to the development and use of direct numerical simulations and large-eddy simulations for studying the physics of turbulent flows.
Nominated by: DFD
Peter Alexis Monkewitz [1992]
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Citation: For contributions to the stability-theoretical interpretation of unsteady phenomena in shear flows and their control.
Nominated by: DFD
Keiji Morokuma [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For many outstanding contributions to quantum chemistry, ranging from analysis at charge and energy decomposition in molecules to accurate computation of entire potential energy surfaces for chemical reactions.
Nominated by: DCP
Philip J. Morrison [1992]
Citation: For development of structural properties of dynamical models used in plasma physics, especially concerning the Hamiltonian formulation of the MHD and Vlasov-Maxwell systems.
Nominated by: DPP
Nimai Chang Mukhopadhyay [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For many contributions at the interface between nuclear and particle physics, including the theory of muon capture, searches for axions, and the exploration of baryon resonances.
Nominated by: DNP
Yasushi Nishida [1992]
Utsunomiya University
Citation: For original, broad contributions to experimental plasma physics in the areas of nonlinear ion waves and wave-particle interactions.
Nominated by: DPP
J. Michael Nitschke [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For elucidating the physical properties of nuclei at the limits of stability in the lanthanide and actinide regions, and for pioneering efforts in the science of intense radioactive ion beams.
Nominated by: DNP
Masayuki Ono [1992]
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Citation: For pioneering experimental research on ion Bernstein waves and their applications to plasma heating.
Nominated by: DPP
Paul Francis Ottinger [1992]
Naval Research Laboratory
Citation: For pioneering work on transport and focusing of intense light-ion beams for ICF, and for contributions to the understanding of plasma opening switch physics with application to inductive energy storage.
Nominated by: DPP
Sherwood Parker [1992]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For contributions to the development of high-precision silicon detectors.
Nominated by: DPF
Stuart S.P. Parkin [1992]
IBM Almaden Research Center
Citation: For contributions to organic and high-temperature superconductivity and magnetism in transition-metal multilayers.
Nominated by: DCMP
Gerald Alvin Peterson [1992]
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Citation: For the first measurement of elastic magnetic electron scattering from nuclei and for the development of 180 degrees scattering as a tool for nuclear-structure studies.
Nominated by: DNP
William P. Pratt [1992]
Michigan State University
Citation: For his development of high-precision ultra-low-temperature electron-transport experiments on metals, semimetals, and metallic multilayers.
Nominated by: DCMP
James Douglas Prentice [1992]
University of Toronto
Citation: For experimental studies of the spectroscopy of hadrons.
Nominated by: DPF
Hans Joachim Queisser [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For contributions to the physics of defects in semiconductors and for participating in and reporting on the evolution of semiconductor physics and technology.
Nominated by: DCMP
Clifford Edward Rhoades [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For significant contributions to computational physics, and their wide-ranging application, especially establishing an upper bound on neutron star masses, and developing robust algorithms for computing radiation and fluid flow.
Nominated by: DCOMP
Rogers Charles Ritter [1992]
University of Virginia
Citation: For pioneering many new approaches in the search for gravitational and general relativistic effects, and for his dedication in fostering the growth of the field of precision measurements.
Nominated by: GPMFC
John M. Rowe [1992]
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Citation: For his contributions to the study of liquids, plastic crystals, and metal hydrides, and for his role in the development of neutron scattering instrumentation.
Nominated by: DCMP
Ronald Don Ruth [1992]
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For key contributions to accelerator physics in areas including collective instabilities, nonlinear dynamics, polarized beams, and plasma acceleration, and for contributions towards the conceptual design of a next linear collider.
Nominated by: DPB
Marie-Louise Saboungi [1992]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: For innovative research into the structure of liquid metals, semiconductors, and molten salts, which has led to profound changes in the way we view the liquid state of matter.
Nominated by: DMP
Edward Thaddeus Samulski [1992]
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Citation: For developing methodology to quantify molecular order in polymer fluids and liquid crystals.
Nominated by: DPOLY
Wilton Turner Sanders [1992]
NASA Headquarters
Citation: Through a systematic series of rocket and satellite experiments, he has been a leader of in the study of the emission, location, and interstellar absorption of soft x-ray background radiation.
Nominated by: DAP
Sankar Das Sarma [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his theories of interacting excitations in semiconductors.
Nominated by: DCMP
Tatuya Sasakawa [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For numerical investigation of physical quantities of the three-nucleon bound and continuum states, including charge-asymmetry, charge-dependence, and three-body-force effects.
Nominated by: GFB
Alfred Simon Schlachter [1992]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For his contributions to understanding charge-changing ion-atom collisions, including negative ions, transfer ionization, multiple-electron capture, scaling laws, and applications to polarized ions and plasma diagnostics.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Zach Schlesinger [1992]
University of California, Santa Cruz
Citation: For his experimental contributions to our understanding of fundamental electron systems and high-temperature superconductors.
Nominated by: DCMP
Hans A. Schuessler [1992]
Texas A&M University
Citation: For his work in precision measurements of stored ions, on-line laser spectroscopy of short-lived isotopes, and high-sensitivity photothermal spectroscopy.
Nominated by: GPMFC
Klaus Schulten [1992]
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Citation: In recognition of outstanding contributions in theoretical and computational biology, in particular, the study of bacteriorhodospin, the photosynthetic reaction center, self-organizing sensory mappings, and neutral networks.
Nominated by: DBIO
Hugh Lawrence Scott [1992]
Illinois Institute of Technology
Citation: For his theoretical contribution to the field of lipid membrane biophysics, in particular, models for phase transitions in lipid bilayers and for simulation studies of complex interactions in bilayers.
Nominated by: DBIO
Marjorie Dale Shapiro [1992]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For contributions to the study of high-transverse-momentum phenomena in proton-antiproton collisions.
Nominated by: DPF
Stephen Roger Sharpe [1992]
University of Washington
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the development and application of advanced computational techniques in particle theory.
Nominated by: DCOMP
Benjamin Ching-Chun Shen [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For his contributions to the study of hadronic processes, electron-positron annihilation, and photon-photon interactions.
Nominated by: DPF
James D. Simpson [1992]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: For his long record of innovative and successful achievements in the field of particle acceleration and instrumentation, and his forefront development of advanced accelerator techniques.
Nominated by: DPB
John Michael Soures [1992]
University of Rochester
Citation: For his fundamental contributions to our understanding of laser-matter interaction experiments and the development of high-peak-power laser systems for laser-plasma.
Nominated by: DPP
Kenneth Charles Stanfield [1992]
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For his contributions to the success of the U.S. High Energy Physics program as an experimental physicist, and as a leader and manager of the Fermilab research program for 15 years.
Nominated by: DPF
Edward A. Stern [1992]
University of Washington
Citation: For his development of extended x-ray fine structure and measurements on metals, alloys, and molecules.
Nominated by: DCMP
James Reginald Stevens [1992]
University of Guelph
Citation: For his leadership in understanding the physical and chemical properties of stable polyether-salt fast-ion conductors and the synthesis thereof, and for his contribution to the understanding to structural relaxations in polymeric melts.
Nominated by: DPOLY
Kumble R. Subbaswamy [1992]
University of Kentucky
Citation: For his theory of nonlinear optical susceptibilities in insulators.
Nominated by: DCMP
Richard Michael Talman [1992]
Cornell University
Citation: For contributions to particle physics, including vector meson photoproduction, and to accelerator science, especially beam-beam interactions and orbit simulations.
Nominated by: DPB
Toyoichi Tanaka [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of phase transitions in gels.
Nominated by: DCMP
Richard Joel Temkin [1992]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For leadership in the search and development of coherent sources of electromagnetic radiation, especially the high-frequency gyrotron.
Nominated by: DPP
James R. Thompson [1992]
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Citation: For his measurements on the magnetic properties of high-temperature superconductors.
Nominated by: DCMP
Joe David Thompson [1992]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: For his contributions to the understanding of transport, magnetic, and thermodynamic properties of novel materials, particularly those displaying strong electronic correlations, and for pioneering high-pressure studies of these materials.
Nominated by: DCMP
George Charles Turrell [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For contributions to the study of structure and dynamics of molecules in condensed phases and the molecular spectroscopy of solids and liquids.
Nominated by: DCP
James Walter Van Dam [1992]
University of Texas, Austin
Citation: For basic works in ballooning mode theory and the interaction or energetic particles with plasmas, where essential criteria where obtained for attaining stability in apparently MHD unstable systems.
Nominated by: DPP
David Lloyd VanderHart [1992]
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Citation: For creative application of solid-state proton and 13C NMR techniques to the characterization of two-phase polymers including semicrystalline polymers and polymer blends.
Nominated by: DPOLY
Sigurd Wagner [1992]
Princeton University
Citation: For his contributions to the field of semiconductor materials, especially amorphous hydrogenated silicon- from preparation, through characterization by transport and optical properties, to device fabrication.
Nominated by: DMP
Thomas Patrick Wangler [1992]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: For development of the rediofrequency quadrupole (RFQ) linear accelerator and for contributions to the theory of emittance growth in intense ion beams.
Nominated by: DPB
Wu-Tsung W. Weng [1992]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For contributions to the design, construction, and operation of high-energy accelerators.
Nominated by: DPB
Bruce Joseph West [1992]
United States Army Research Office
Citation: For contributions to our understanding of nonlinear stochastic phenomena far from equilibrium, including surface-internal wave interactions, colored noise, and fractal models of the heart and lung.
Nominated by: DBIO
Conrad M. WIlliams [1992]
Morgan State University
Citation: For his elucidation of the cubic Laves phases and the rare earth-iron-boron magnets.
Nominated by: DCMP
Ellen D. WIlliams [1992]
University of Maryland
Citation: For her experimental studies of the role of thermodynamics in the morphology of macroscopic surfaces.
Nominated by: DCMP
Matthew Norton Wise [1992]
University of California, Los Angeles
Citation: For his work on the history of the physical sciences in the Nineteenth Century, particularly for his work on Lord Kelvin.
Nominated by: FHPP
John Thomas Yates [1992]
University of Pittsburgh
Citation: For the study of chemical and dynamical behavior of chemisorbed species on single crystal surfaces.
Nominated by: DCP
Glenn Reid Young [1992]
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Citation: For his contributions to the field of heavy-ion reactions at intermediate and relativistic energies, including pioneering work in sub-threshold pion emission and the elucidation of nucleus collisions at energies above 50 GeV/nucleon.
Nominated by: DNP
Peter Zoller [1992]
University of Innsbruck
Citation: For his work illuminating many novel aspects of the interactions between intense laser fields and atoms.
Nominated by: DAMOP