Elizabeth Buckley-Geer [2018]
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For the creation and leadership of the Dark Energy Survey Strong Lensing Group including
discovery and confirmation of numerous strong lenses and multiply lensed quasars and their
application to new measurements of cosmic dark matter and dark energy.
Nominated by: DAP
Eric J. Gawiser [2018]
Rutgers University
Citation: For exceptional accomplishments and leadership in the study of galaxy evolution and
Cosmology.
Nominated by: DAP
Duncan Lorimer [2018]
West Virginia University
Citation: For the discovery of fast radio bursts and numerous contributions to pulsar science.
Nominated by: DAP
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz [2018]
University of California, Santa Cruz
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of transient phenomena such as collisions, mergers, and
disruptions of stars with novel computer simulations, and his work supporting promotion and
retention of women and underrepresented minorities in science.
Nominated by: DAP
Evan D. Skillman [2018]
University of Minnesota
Citation: For observational constraints on the primordial helium abundance and significant contributions
to understanding the chemical evolution of galaxies.
Nominated by: DAP
Ingrid Stairs [2018]
University of British Columbia
Citation: For scientific leadership and meticulous work in instrumentation, in novel tests of General
Relativity using multiple binary radio pulsars, and in the detailed study of numerous interesting
radio pulsars systems using high-precision timing.
Nominated by: DAP
Ignacio Taboada [2018]
Georgia Institute of Technology
Citation: For advancing the study of transient sources of very-high-energy gamma rays and neutrinos
with the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory and the IceCube neutrino observatory.
Nominated by: DAP