Nigel Badnell [2016]
University of Strathclyde
Citation: For pioneering work in the theory and computation of atomic collisional processes, especially dielectronic recombination, and for his contributions to astrophysics and magnetic fusion research.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Christopher T. Chantler [2016]
University of Melbourne
Citation: For advances in the accurate measurement and understanding of photons and matter interaction in the X-ray regime.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Matthew Davis [2016]
University of Queensland
Citation: For innovative theoretical studies of quantum gases, including the kinetics of condensate formation, vortex nucleation mechanisms, and development and application of classical field techniques.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Nirit Dudovich [2016]
Weizmann Institute of Science
Citation: For pioneering new measurement schemes and control of attosecond processes, thus shedding new light on fundamental ultrafast phenomena.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Peter Engels [2016]
Washington State University
Citation: For pioneering experimental studies in superfluid hydrodynamics and other work in Bose-Einstein condensation.
Nominated by: DAMOP
George N. Gibson [2016]
University of Connecticut, Storrs
Citation: For deepening our understanding of molecules in strong fields.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Jack Harris [2016]
Yale University
Citation: For pioneering experiments in optomechanics advancing the state-of-the art in optical manipulation of mechanical quantum motion, and in the measurement of circulating currents in mesoscopic normal metal rings.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Hui Hu [2016]
Swinburne University of Technology
Citation: For advancing the understanding of strongly interacting ultracold fermions at the BEC-BCS crossover, including their universal structure and thermodynamic behavior, inhomogeneous superfluidity, and novel anisotropic and/or topological superfluidity in the presence of synthetic spin-orbit coupling.
Nominated by: DAMOP
John Kitching [2016]
National Institute of Standards and Technology - Boulder
Citation: For pioneering the field of chip-scale atomic devices, and integrating new ideas from atomic and optical physics and microscale engineering to enable development of precision quantum-based microscale sensors for a broad range of quantities.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Robert Lucchese [2016]
Texas A&M University
Citation: For his contributions to the theory, numerical treatment, and understanding of molecular photoionization processes, with seminal developments in body-frame scattering, molecular imaging, and strongfield rescattering.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Thomas Pfeifer [2016]
Max-Planck-Instituteitut für Kernphysik
Citation: For seminal contributions to atomic and molecular dynamics and spectroscopy through the application of attosecond extreme ultraviolet pulses, especially the development of optical phase manipulation of spectral lines, Lorentz to Fano, which-way interference, and four wave mixing.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Jean-Michel Raimond [2016]
The Kastler Brossel Laboratory - Département de Physique de l'Ecole
Citation: For pioneering contributions to Rydberg atom physics, that have helped illustrate basic concepts of quantum physics, explore the quantum to classical boundary, and open new routes in quantum information processing.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Cindy Regal [2016]
University of Colorado, Boulder
Citation: For observation of quantum radiation pressure noise on a macroscopic object, and establishing quantum control over individual neutral atoms.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Marc Simon [2016]
Laboratoire de Chimie Physique
Citation: For frontier research on dynamics of deep-core photoexcitation and photoionization of isolated atoms and molecules with synchrotron radiation and free-electron laser sources.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Wim Ubachs [2016]
Vrije Universiteit
Citation: For high precision laser spectroscopy of molecules and astronomical observations in search of varying constants and physics beyond the Standard Model of physics.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Martin Zwierlein [2016]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For groundbreaking experiments with ultracold Fermi gases.
Nominated by: DAMOP