H Thomas Diehl [2017]
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For outstanding leadership of Dark Energy Survey operations, laying the foundation for cutting-edge dark energy science.
Nominated by: DAP
Dan Hooper [2017]
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For pursuing the identity of dark matter by combining careful analysis of observational data with theoretical ideas from both particle physics and astrophysics.
Nominated by: DAP
Dragan Huterer [2017]
University of Michigan
Citation: For contributions to early universe theory and for seminal efforts to develop robust empirical tests of dark energy from extragalactic survey data, including the cosmic microwave background radiation.
Nominated by: DAP
Morgan May [2017]
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Citation: For important contributions to techniques for constraining cosmological dark energy parameters through weak lensing, especially the use of novel lensing statistics; and for initiating and leading the astrophysics and cosmology program at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Nominated by: DAP
Reshmi Mukherjee [2017]
Barnard College, Columbia University
Citation: For advancing multifrequency strategies for the identification of gamma-ray sources and contributing significant leadership in blazar studies between the GeV and TeV gamma-ray bands.
Nominated by: DAP
James Alan Musser [2017]
Indiana University
Citation: For sustained scientific leadership and observational discoveries in the fields of astroparticle and neutrino physics: underground, on balloons, and at beam lines.
Nominated by: DAP
Daniel Schwartz [2017]
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Citation: For contributions to X-ray astronomy: measurement of the spectrum and isotropy of the diffuse cosmic background; identification of discrete sources with HEAO-1; contributions to the development, calibration and operation of the Chandra X-ray Observatory; and the study of relativistic X-ray jets.
Nominated by: DAP
Nicholas B Suntzeff [2017]
Texas A&M University
Citation: For essential contributions and leadership in observational cosmology and astrophysics; investigations into the phenomenology of Type Ia supernovae which laid the groundwork for the discovery of the accelerated expansion of the Universe; and for cofounding one of the two teams that made this discovery.
Nominated by: DAP
Risa Wechsler [2017]
Stanford University
Citation: For innovation, insight, and attention to detail in understanding galaxy formation and evolution though combining large simulations and surveys; for leadership in large survey projects; and for mentorship of younger scientists.
Nominated by: DAP
Rosemary Wyse [2017]
Johns Hopkins University
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the field of galactic archaeology and near-field cosmology.
Nominated by: DAP