Pushpalatha Bhat [2010]
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For her demonstration of the effectiveness of advanced statistical methods in extracting the most information from small signals in hadron collider physics and especially for pioneering the use of these techniques to improve the measurement of the top-quark mass in the D0 experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron.
Nominated by: DPF
Sean Carroll [2010]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: For contributions to a wide variety of subjects in cosmology, relativity, and quantum field theory, especially ideas for cosmic acceleration, as well as contributions to undergraduate, graduate, and public science education.
Nominated by: DPF
Dmitri Denisov [2010]
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For his numerous and distinguished contributions to hadronic collider physics, especially in the upgrading, physics leadership and Co-Spokesmanship of the D0 experiment at the Tevatron Collider.
Nominated by: DPF
Keith Dienes [2010]
University of Arizona
Citation: For his seminal contributions to our understanding of
grand unification, and for his work studying the diverse phenomenological implications of string theory and extra spacetime dimensions.
Nominated by: DPF
Richard Gaitskell [2010]
Brown University
Citation: For his leadership and outstanding contributions to experimental searches for particle dark matter by direct detection using a variety of cryogenic techniques; especially for his work in extending the sensitivity reach by utilizing the noble liquid xenon two phase method.
Nominated by: DPF
Cecilia Gerber [2010]
University of Illinois, Chicago
Citation: For her numerous contributions to the D0 experiment, especially the implementation of the D0 muon and silicon trackers and the elucidation of the characteristics of top quarks in the strong production of top-antitop pairs and the electroweak production of single top quarks.
Nominated by: DPF
Carl R. Hagen [2010]
University of Rochester
Citation: For the elucidation of the properties of spontaneous symmetry breaking in four-dimensional relativistic gauge theory and of the mechanism for the consistent generation of vector boson masses.
Nominated by: DPF
Richard Hughes [2010]
Ohio State University
Citation: For his contributions to the heavy flavor program at the Tevatron. For the development of bottom quark tagging used in the discovery of the top quark
and his contributions and leadership of the Level 1 tracking and triggering system crucial to the Run II physics program at CDF.
Nominated by: DPF
Thomas Kephart [2010]
Vanderbilt University
Citation: For many insightful contributions to elementary particle theory, including the first explicit calculation of chiral gauge anomalies in higher dimensions.
Nominated by: DPF
Mary Hall Reno [2010]
University of Iowa
Citation: For important contributions to the physics of neutrino interactions and detection, especially at high energies.
Nominated by: DPF
Michael Rijssnbeek [2010]
State University of New York, Stony Brook
Citation: For broad achievements in detector development, innovative physics accomplishments and exceptional mentoring and outreach.
Nominated by: DPF
Stephen Schnetzer [2010]
Rutgers University
Citation: For his work co-founding the AMY detector collaboration, at which he and his student made powerful quantitative tests of quantum chromodynamics, and for his work on experimental particle physics hardware, especially his pioneering work on diamond-based detectors.
Nominated by: DPF
Davison Soper [2010]
University of Oregon
Citation: For seminal work in Perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics, especially proving theorems on factorization which play a crucial role in interpreting high energy particle collisions.
Nominated by: DPF
Gregory Sullivan [2010]
University of Maryland
Citation: For contributions to the field of experimental elementary particle physics including contributions to the discovery of the top-quark at the Fermilab tevatron and new properties of neutrinos using Super Kamiokande-I, and for the development of experimental techniques in neutrino detection with the Super Kamiokande-I and IceCube detectors.
Nominated by: DPF
William Trischuk [2010]
University of Toronto
Citation: For the development of novel particle detectors and their application for precision measurements, including the W boson mass, the tau lepton lifetime and Bs mixing, and for seminal contributions to the development of diamond sensors, a critical technology for next generation high luminosity colliders.
Nominated by: DPF
Yong-Shi Wu [2010]
University of Utah
Citation: For his contributions to the mathematical foundations of quantum physics --- particularly for his work establishing profound connections between the physical laws and topology and geometry.
Nominated by: DPF
Rikutaro Yoshida [2010]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: For central contributions in the measurement of proton structure functions and for leadership in the construction, operation, and management of the ZEUS detector and collaboration.
Nominated by: DPF
Cosmas Zachos [2010]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: For significant theoretical contributions to supersymmetry, and for pioneering investigations of fundamental mathematical structures underlying a broad range of physical systems.
Nominated by: DPF