APS Fellow Archive

The APS Fellow Archive contains records of many APS Fellows from 1921 to the present. Please note some Fellows may not be displayed or may display with limited information.

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Thomas A Wilson [1931]
General Electric Company
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Ron Naaman [2003]
Weizmann Institute of Science
Citation: For exploration of reaction mechanisms in van der Waals clusters, development of Coulomb Explosion Imaging, and development of low-energy photoelectron spectroscopic methods to establish the electronic properties of organized organic thin films.
Nominated by: DCP

Balakrishnan Naduvalath [2009]
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Citation: For seminal contributions to the understanding of molecular energy transfer and chemical reactivity in ultra-cold atom-molecule systems.
Nominated by: DAMOP

J E Nafe [1957]
Lamont
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Larry A. Nagahara [2008]
National Cancer Institute
Citation: For his pioneering work in developing scanning probe microscopy and other nanotechnology platforms for the analysis, manipulation and measurements at the nanoscale and of molecular components and for the elucidation of the fundamental physical principles underlying these systems.
Nominated by: GIMS

Sergei Nagaitsev [2006]
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For designing, building, and successfully commissioning the world's first relativistic electron cooling device.
Nominated by: DPB

H T Nagamatsu [1956]
General Electric
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Henry T Nagamatsu []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Shoji Nagamiya [1989]
Not available
Citation: For pioneering experiments in heavy-ion collisions at the Barvalac and the AGS in which measurements of particle momentum and flavor distributions were used to study dense nuclear matter.
Nominated by: DNP

H. Nagaoka [1925]
Imperial University, Tokyo
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Yorikiyo Nagashima [1999]
Osaka University
Citation: For his contributions to our understanding of electroweak interactions through experimentation with leptons especially with neutrino beams and electron-positron collisions.
Nominated by: DPF

Sidney R. Nagel [1988]
University of Chicago
Citation: For contributions to our understanding of the properties of metallic glasses and relaxation phenomena near the liquid-glass transition.
Nominated by: DCMP

Hassan M. Nagib [1991]
Illinois Institute of Technology
Citation: For advancing the understanding of turbulent structure in boundary layers, jets, and wakes. For investigating the physical events occurring in several turbulence control techniques.
Nominated by: DFD

James Nagle [2015]
University of Colorado, Boulder
Citation: For outstanding scientific and technical contributions to the study of heavy flavor production and correlations in high-energy nuclear interactions and for leadership of the PHENIX experiment.
Nominated by: DNP

John F. Nagle [1980]
Carnegie Mellon University
Citation: Not Provided
Nominated by: DCMP

Stephen Eric Nagler [2000]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: For neutron scattering studies of excitations in low dimensional quantum magnets.
Nominated by: DCMP

Sultana Nurun Nahar [2006]
Ohio State University
Citation: For seminal contributions to studies of photoionization and recombination of multicharged atomic systems fundamental to atomic physics and plasma physics and pioneering calculations of remarkable complexity on astrophysically significant processes.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Robert E. Nahory [1986]
Rutgers University
Citation: For many important contributions to the fundamental understanding of practical use of optoelectronic phenomena in semiconductors.
Nominated by: DCMP

V. Parameswaran Nair [2013]
City College of New York
Citation: For his contributions to theoretical high energy physics, including: the symmetries of gluon amplitudes, gauge theories in three space-time dimensions (especially involving Chern-Simons theories and anyons), non-commutative quantum mechanics, and the Quantum Hall effect in higher dimensions.
Nominated by: DPF

Sadao Nakai [1993]
Osaka University
Citation: For major contributions to developments of inertial confinement fusion drivers, especially pulse power machines of CO2 lasers, and his contributions to high density pellet implosion investigations.
Nominated by: DPP

Kohji Nakamura [2014]
Mie University
Citation: For his contributions to the development of first-principles methods and their use in elucidating the physics of noncollinear magnetism, magnetocrystalline anisotropy, and external electric field-induced magnetic phenomena at surfaces and interfaces.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Yasunobu Nakamura [2020]
University of Tokyo
Citation: For the first demonstration of coherent time-dependent manipulation of superconducting qubits, and for contributions to the development of superconducting quantum circuits, microwave quantum optics, and hybrid quantum systems.
Nominated by: DQI

Aiichiro Nakano [2009]
University of Southern California
Citation: For the development and implementation of scalable parallel and distributed algorithms for large-scale atomistic simulations to predict, visualize, and analyze reaction processes for novel nano-mechano-chemical phenomena encompassing diverse spatiotemporal scales.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Alan Nakatani [2012]
Dow Chemical Company
Citation: For outstanding contributions to experimental studies of the structure and rheology of multicomponent polymer blends, solutions, and composites using NMR, light scattering, and especially neutron scattering methods
Nominated by: DPOLY

Tsuneyoshi Nakayama [1995]
Hokkaido University
Citation: For contributions to our understanding of the dynamics of fractal structures by large-scale computer simulations and of the Kapitza resistance at millikelvin temperatures.
Nominated by: DCMP

Chang H. Nam [2008]
Korea Advance Institute of Science & Technology
Citation: For contributions to the theory and experiments of physical processes of high harmonic generation for the development of attosecond coherent x-ray sources and related femtosecond laser technology
Nominated by: DLS

Sae Nam [2020]
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Citation: For the pioneering development of high-quantum-efficiency photon detectors and of number-resolving photon detectors; and for the application of those detectors to experiments in quantum optics, quantum information, and investigations of the foundations of quantum mechanics.
Nominated by: DQI

Sang Boo Nam [1977]
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

Yoichiro Nambu []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Frederick Van Name [1960]
University of Delaware
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Satyanarayan Nandi [2005]
Oklahoma State University
Citation: For contributions to the theories of grand unification, supersymmetry, neutrino properties, and collider physics.
Nominated by: DPF

Dimitri Nanopoulos [1988]
Texas A&M University
Citation: For contributions to establishing the Standard Model, opening new ways to extension of the Standard Model like grand unification, supergravity, and recently superstrings, and for efforts on connecting particles physics with cosmology.
Nominated by: DPF

Smadar Naoz [2022]
University of California, Los Angeles
Citation: For exceptional contributions to the dynamics of triple systems, with high-impact, broad-ranging applications from exoplanets to gravitational-wave sources.
Nominated by: DAP

Donna Naples [2018]
University of Pittsburgh
Citation: For advances in the techniques of flux and cross-section determinations in the current and upcoming generation of accelerator-based neutrino experiments and fundamental contributions to neutrino event generators.
Nominated by: DPF

James Napolitano [2011]
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Citation: For contributions to fundamental problems of nature through experiments in nuclear physics.
Nominated by: DNP

Meenakshi Narain [2007]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Meenakshi Narain [2007]
Brown University
Citation: For important contributions to the measurement of the properties of the top quark.
Nominated by: DPF

Shobhana Narasimhan [2022]
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Citation: For significant contributions to promoting diversity, combating discrimination in the physics community, and conceiving and organizing Career Development Workshops for Women in Physics that have had a transformative effect on the trajectories of female physicists.
Nominated by: FDI

Albert Narath [1967]
University of New Mexico
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Abhay P. Narayan [2018]
Columbia University
Citation: For the innovative use of scanning tunneling spectroscopy to elucidate the physics of electronic order in quantum materials.
Nominated by: DCMP

Jagdish Narayan [1982]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

Onuttom Narayan [2020]
University of California, Santa Cruz
Citation: For definitive work correcting the Fourier law of thermal transport below 2D, and for wide ranging contributions to statistical mechanics of granular systems.
Nominated by: DCMP

Venkatesh Narayanamurti [1981]
Bell Laboratories
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

Rajamani Narayanan [2009]
Florida International University
Citation: For groundbreaking work on exact chiral symmetry and topology on the lattice and important contributions to the nonperturbative calculation of the running coupling in non-Abelian gauge theories.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Ranganathan Narayanan [2013]
University of Florida
Citation: For seminal contributions in research and education in the field of interfacial instabilities and for work in generating novel and revealing experiments on pattern formation.
Nominated by: DFD

Vijay Narayanan [2011]
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Citation: For seminal contributions to the science and technology of high dielectric constant oxide materials and metal gate based transistors that have redefined silicon microelectronics.
Nominated by: FIAP

Lorenzo M Narducci []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

E. Thomas Nash [1987]
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For leadership in all aspects of the Tagged Photon Facility at Fermilab, and his leadership in the effort to successfully develop the Advanced Computer Processor.
Nominated by: DPF

Michael Anthony Nastasi [2006]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: For seminal contributions to the fields of ion-solid interactions, including ion enhanced and plasma synthesis of novel materials with applications to energy, manufacturing, nanotechnology, and advanced microelectronics.
Nominated by: DMP

Priyamvada Natarajan [2010]
Yale University
Citation: For key contributions to two of the most challenging problems in cosmology:  mapping dark matter and tracing the accretion history of black holes. Her work using gravitational lensing techniques has provided a deeper understanding of the granularity of dark matter in clusters of galaxies.  She has developed theoretical models to describe the assembly and accretion history of black holes.
Nominated by: DAP

Douglas Natelson [2012]
Rice University
Citation: For experiments in atomic- and molecular-scale junctions
Nominated by: DCMP

Pran Nath [1978]
Northeastern University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPF

A M Nathan []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Alan Marc Nathan [1991]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For pioneering work using monochromatic photon scattering to investigate nuclear structure, especially the coupling of giant resonances to other nuclear excitations, and the identification of multipole strength functions in nuclei.
Nominated by: DNP

Marshall I Nathan [1965]
Mount Kisco, New York
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Robert Nathans [1966]
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Gilbert Maker Nathanson [2002]
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Citation: For the pioneering use of molecular beam scattering experiments to explore collisions, solvation, and chemical reactions at gas-liquid interfaces.
Nominated by: DCP

Jonas B. Nathanson [1929]
Carnegie Mellon University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

John Arthur Nation [1981]
Cornell University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPP

Joseph B Natowitz []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Thomas Nattermann [2009]
Universitat zu Koln
Citation: For contributions to statistical physics of disordered systems, especially the dynamics of elastic disordered media.
Nominated by: DCMP

Michael Nauenberg []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Uriel Nauenberg []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Michael J Naughton [2003]
Boston College
Citation: For his contributions to the understanding of low dimensional electron physics through creative experimental studies of molecular organic conductors and superconductors in oriented high magnetic fields.
Nominated by: DCMP

Robert Alexander Naumann [1964]
Princeton University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Gerald A. Navratil [1989]
Columbia University
Citation: For his identification of dissipative trappedion modes, contribution to Thomson scattering diagnostics, and leadership in design and experiments of high-beta tokamaks in the second stable region.
Nominated by: DPP

Petr Navratil [2013]
TRIUMF
Citation: For his seminal contributions to the development of ab initio nuclear structure and nuclear reaction theory including pioneering demonstrations of the critical role of realistic three-nucleon interactions.
Nominated by: DNP

Chetan Nayak [2011]
University of California, Santa Barbara
Citation: For the study of non-Abelian anyons in condensed matter systems and their applications to topological quantum computing.
Nominated by: DCMP

Ali Nayfeh []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Ali H Nayfeh [1977]
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DFD

Witold Nazarewicz [1994]
Michigan State University
Citation: For his contributions to our understanding of single-particle and collective motion in nuclei, especially at high spins, and for his studies of reflection-asymmetric deformations in nuclei.
Nominated by: DNP

Raffi M. Nazikian [2009]
Princeton University
Citation: For seminal experimental contributions leading to the first observation of alpha particle driven Alfvén waves in deuterium-tritium plasmas and for the development of innovative diagnostics leading to major progress in understanding the internal structure of energetic particle driven instabilities and turbulent fluctuations in fusion plasmas.
Nominated by: DPP

Yuval Ne'eman [1971]
University of Texas
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPF

Homer A Neal []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Richard B Neal []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Paul Nealey [2008]
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Citation: For fundamental and insightful research on the dimension dependent properties of polymer nanostructures, the directed self-assembly of block copolymers, and their application in the development of advanced lithographic materials and processes.
Nominated by: DPOLY

Jeffrey B. Neaton [2013]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the understanding of phase behavior, electronic structure, and transport properties of condensed matter, particularly multiferroics, nanostructures, and materials for energy conversion and storage.
Nominated by: DMP

S H Neddermeyer [1945]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

V A Nedzel [1957]
Lincoln
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Sung George Nee [2006]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Allan A. Needell [1994]
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Citation: For his important work in preserving and interpreting the physical sciences and their political importance in the twentieth century and his efforts to educate the public in these matters.
Nominated by: FHPP

Yuval Neeman []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Thomas L. Neff [1993]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For contributions to nuclear-weapons nonproliferation policy and especially for conceptualizing the U.S. purchase of nuclear-power-reactor fuel of uranium recovered from dismantled Soviet warheads.
Nominated by: FPS

Bernard M. K. Nefkens [1987]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For novel experimental studies of fundamental symmetry laws of nature using few-body nuclei as a laboratory.
Nominated by: DNP

Bernard M K Nefkens []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

John W Negele [1978]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DNP

H V Neher []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Henry Victor Neher [1936]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

John R Neighbours []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

John R Neighbours [1962]
USN PG School
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

George R. Neil [2001]
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Citation: For contributions to the development of physics and technology of Free Electron Lasers and for his leadership in demonstrating a high average power FEL.
Nominated by: DPB

George H Neilson [1998]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

George H. Neilson [1998]
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Citation: For his pioneering work in the exploitation of magnetic equilibrium diagnostics and for his leadership in the physics design of fusion experiments.
Nominated by: DPP

G. Paul Neitzel [1994]
Georgia Institute of Technology
Citation: For major contributions to the stability of complex flows in rotating and interfacial fluid dynamics.
Nominated by: DFD

Mark Samuel Nelkin [1984]
New York University
Citation: For contributions to the advance of physics by strong theoretical contributions in four areas beginning with the physics of thermal neutrons and its applications to nuclear reactors, kinetic theory of fluctuations in fluids, turbulence, and most recently 1/f noise.
Nominated by: DFD

William Joel Nellis [1987]
Harvard University
Citation: For the systematic experimental investigation of the equation-of-state, electrical transport, and spectroscopic properties of dense fluids at high dynamic pressures and temperatures.
Nominated by: DCMP

Ann E. Nelson [1998]
University of Washington
Citation: For contributions to the theory of CP violation, kaon condensation, baryogenesis in the early Universe and supersymmetry breaking.
Nominated by: DPF

Art J. Nelson [2020]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the development of soft x-ray and free electron laser analytical platforms and pump-probe techniques applied to understanding ultrafast surface phenomena and extreme states of matter.
Nominated by: GIMS

David R. Nelson [1987]
Cornell University
Citation: For contributions to statistical mechanics and the theory of partially ordered systems, including critical phenomena in two and three dimensions, the dynamics of fluid mixtures, icosahedral order in rapidly quenched metallic alloys.
Nominated by: DCMP

Donald F Nelson []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

E C Nelson [1955]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Harry Norman Nelson [2019]
University of California, Santa Barbara
Citation: For contributions to the experimental campaign to discover weakly interacting massive particles.
Nominated by: DPF

Keith Adam Nelson []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Keith Adam Nelson [1991]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For development of femtosecond microsecond time-domain vibrational spectroscopy, including multiple-pulse vibrational excitation, and applications to structural and chemical rearrangements in condensed matter.
Nominated by: DCP

Philip C Nelson [2003]
University of Pennsylvania
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of soft biomaterials, quantum fields, and superstrings, using geometrical and topological methods.
Nominated by: DBIO

Richard C Nelson [1964]
Ohio State University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

William F Nelson [1965]
Owens-Illinois Technology Center
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Robert John Nemanich [1993]
Arizona State University
Citation: For his contributions to the application of Raman spectroscopy to the study of atomic structure is semiconducting thin films and interfaces.
Nominated by: DMP

IIya Nemenman [2016]
Emory University
Citation: For his contributions to theoretical biological physics, especially information processing in a variety of living systems, and for the development of coarse-grained modeling methods of such systems.
Nominated by: DBIO

Robert Nemiroff [2022]
Michigan Technological University
Citation: For exceptional daily astronomy outreach for over 25 years, primarily through the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) website, which has served billions of space-related images with explanations translated daily into over 20 languages.
Nominated by: FOEP

Kae Nemoto [2015]
National Institute of Informatics
Citation: For pioneering the theory for quantum optical implementations of quantum information processing and communication.
Nominated by: DQI

Robert M Nerem [1982]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DFD

L S Nergaard [1956]
RCA Laboratories
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Anthony V. Nero [1987]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For his leadership in the study of radon and indoor air quality and assessment of risks associated with nuclear, geothermal, and fossil fuel generation of electric power.
Nominated by: FPS

Robert K Nesbet [1968]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

David John Nesbitt [1991]
University of Colorado, Boulder
Citation: For elegant high resolution infrared investigations of weakly bound complexes and the analysis of their internal motions and couplings by slot jet spectroscopy.
Nominated by: DCP

Vitali Fedorovich Nesterenko [2003]
University of California, San Diego
Citation: For pioneering contribution to strongly nonlinear wave propagation in granular materials, through the discovery of a new solitary wave, and to shock (localized shear) mesomechanics in porous and heterogeneous media.
Nominated by: GCCM

Arthur H Nethercot []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Arthur H Nethercot [1964]
IBM
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

L L Nettleton [1931]
Gulf Research Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Herbert Neuberger [2001]
Rutgers University
Citation: For contributions to modeling multiple particle production, to defining the non-perturbative triviality bound on the Higgs mass and to a method of preserving exact chiral symmetry on the lattice.
Nominated by: DPF

Matthias Neubert [2005]
Cornell University
Citation: For contributions to the theory of QCD and heavy quark physics.
Nominated by: DPF

Dwight Neuenschwander [2015]
Southern Nazarene University
Citation: For demonstrating the importance of history of physics both in the education and inspiration of science students and in outreach to the general community.
Nominated by: FHPP

David Vincent Neuffer [1999]
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For his many important contributions over the past two decades to advancing the concept of a muon collider.
Nominated by: DPB

Constantine A. Neugebauere [1991]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For elucidating the properties of ferromagnetic films, and the electrical resistivity of metallic films at the extreme lower limits of their thickness, and for first proposing the thin film multichip module interconnect approach for IC's as a more viable alternative to wafer scale integration.
Nominated by: FIAP

Keir Neuman [2016]
National Institutes of Health
Citation: For his contributions to the development of single molecule manipulation techniques and the elucidation of the nucleic acid enzyme function enabled by these techniques.
Nominated by: DBIO

Dan A. Neumann [2008]
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Citation: For seminal studies of the structure and dynamics of new carbon-based materials and critical leadership serving the U.S. neutron scattering community.
Nominated by: DMP

Daniel Milton Neumark [1993]
University of California, Berkeley
Citation: For pioneering work in transition state spectroscopy and its application to important prototypical bimolecular systems.
Nominated by: DLS

Gertrude F Neumark []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Gertrude F Neumark [1982]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

John J. Neumeier [2013]
Montana State University
Citation: For experiments on strongly correlated electron materials, and the development of ultrahigh-resolution thermal expansion measurements to study phase transitions in quantum materials.
Nominated by: DCMP

Leo J Neuringer [1966]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology National Magnet Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Andriy Nevidomskyy [2023]
Rice University
Citation: For theoretical contributions improving our understanding of the collective behavior of electrons in quantum materials, including novel phases in unconventional superconductors and strongly frustrated quantum magnets.
Nominated by: DCMP

William McCay Nevins [1988]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For numerous contributions to the theory of fusion plasma, particularly in the area of the nonlinear interaction of plasma with intense microwave pulses.
Nominated by: DPP

Heidi Jo Newberg [2012]
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Citation: For her contributions to our understanding of the structure of the Milky Way galaxy and the universe and for the development of software and hardware infrastructure for measuring and extracting meaningful information from large astronomical survey data sets
Nominated by: DAP

David B Newell [2017]
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Citation: For significant contributions to the least squares adjustments of the fundamental constants of nature from experimental data and to the redefinition of the international system of units.
Nominated by: GPMFC

David E. Newman [2011]
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Citation: For seminal contributions in a broad range of nonlinear problems relating to plasma turbulence, transport in fusion plasmas, and complex nonlinear systems.
Nominated by: DPP

Ezra T Newman [1972]
University of Pittsburgh
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Harvey B Newman [2008]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Harvey B. Newman [2008]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the discovery of the gluon, precision electroweak measurements and searches for new particles, and for innovations in detector instrumentation, computing and networks that serve the global science community.
Nominated by: DPF

Mark Newman [2007]
University of Michigan
Citation: For pioneering work on the statistical physics of complex systems, especially the theory and characterization of networks.
Nominated by: GSNP

Michael J Newman [1977]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: Also approved by the Division of Astrophysics, the Forum on International Physics, and the Forum on Physics and Society.
Nominated by: DNP

Nathan Newman [2006]
Arizona State University
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of Schottky barriers in semiconductor devices, and to the synthesis of novel materials for superconducting devices.
Nominated by: FIAP

Riley D. Newman [1999]
University of California, Irvine
Citation: For highly accurate tests of the fundamental laws of gravitational physics, and the development of improved precision measurement methods.
Nominated by: DGRAV

Roger Newman [1959]
General Electric Research Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Catherine Barbara Newman-Holmes [1993]
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: For contributions to the study of the W and Z bosons with the CDF detector, and to the observation of the new mesonic states in J/ψ decays.
Nominated by: DPF

Dennis M. Newns [1987]
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Citation: For his contributions to the understanding of chemisorption, ion-surface scattering and rare-earth intermediate valence systems.
Nominated by: DCMP

Richard Sandor Newrock [1996]
University of Cincinnati
Citation: For application of large Josephson junction arrays to the study of two-dimensional phase transitions.
Nominated by: DCMP

Henry Winston Newson [1960]
Durham, North Carolina
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Roger G Newton [1957]
Indiana University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

E P Ney [1947]
University of Virginia
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

R H Neynaber []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Roy H Neynaber [1977]
IRT Corporation
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DAMOP

Andrew Ng [1998]
University of British Columbia
Citation: For original contributions to the understanding of optical probing of shock waves and two-temperature non-equilibrium shock states, and for the use of laser-driven shocks in advancing research on high density matter.
Nominated by: GCCM

Cheuk-Yiu Ng [1993]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For the application of phtotoionization and photoelectron photoion coincidence to the study of ionic dissociation, state to state ion molecule reactions, and the study of transient species.
Nominated by: DCP

Tai-Kai Ng [2000]
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Citation: For his work on the Coulomb effects in a quantum dot, leading to the prediction of conductance enhancement due to the Kondo resonance.
Nominated by: FIP

Dinh Nguyen [2015]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: For an outstanding record of innovation and contribution to the initial development of high-brightness photo-injectors, early experimental validation of self-amplified spontaneous-emission theory, and high average current injectors.
Nominated by: DPB

Kaixuan Ni [2020]
University of California, San Diego
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the development of liquid xenon detector technologies for dark matter search, for tirelessly promoting international collaboration in particle astrophysics, and for mentoring US and international students.
Nominated by: FIP

Ni Ni [2022]
University of California, Los Angeles
Citation: For the synthesis and characterization of correlated and topological quantum materials in single crystal form, such as iron-based superconductors, magnetic topological insulators, and topological semimetals, and for the subsequent advances in condensed matter physics enabled by those efforts.
Nominated by: DMP

W. W. Nicholas [1931]
Bureau of Standards
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Ralph W Nicholls [1976]
York University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DAMOP

Dwight R. Nicholson [1988]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For original and important contributions to the theory of strong Langmuir turbulence, and for perceiving and developing applications of theory to ionospheric modification experiments and to solar radio emission observations.
Nominated by: DPP

Robert M Nicklow []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Robert Merle Nicklow [1976]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

Jeffrey S. Nico [2008]
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Citation: In recognition of his contributions and leadership in precision measurements and fundamental symmetry tests using cold neutrons, and his contributions to radiochemical determinations of the p-p fusion solar neutrino flux.
Nominated by: DNP

Malcolm F Nicol [1996]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Malcom F. Nicol [1996]
University of California, Los Angeles
Citation: For imaginative and insightful applications of Raman spectroscopy to the physics and chemistry of simple systems at high pressures.
Nominated by: DCP

Qing Nie [2014]
University of California, Irvine
Citation: For groundbreaking work on the application of mathematical and computational methods to important problems in systems biology.
Nominated by: DBIO

Harald H Nielsen [1934]
Ohio State University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

J. Rud Nielsen [1931]
University of Oklahoma
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Lawrence E Nielsen [1970]
Washington University in St. Louis
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DPOLY

A H Nielson [1938]
University of Tennessee
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Walter M Nielson [1937]
Duke University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Joseph Niemela [2015]
International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Citation: For significant contributions to high-­precision heat transport measurements at very high Rayleigh numbers in cryogenic Rayleigh-­Bénard convection, and pioneering applications of low-­temperature techniques to studies of instabilities and turbulence.
Nominated by: DFD

Risto Matti Nieminen [1995]
Helsinki University of Technology
Citation: For developing and applying theoretical and computational techniques in several areas of condensed matter and materials physics.
Nominated by: DCMP

Gerd Ulrich Nienhaus [1998]
University of Ulm
Citation: For significant contributions to the field of protein dynamics with a broad spectrum of experimental techniques, particularly x-ray diffraction, gamma ray scattering, and time-resolved optical spectroscopies.
Nominated by: DBIO

A O.C. Nier [1938]
University of Minnesota
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Michael Martin Nieto []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Michael M Nieto [1975]
Los Alamos Science Laboratory
Citation: Also approved by the Division of Astrophysics
Nominated by: DPF

Bishan P Nigam []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Bishan P Nigam [1965]
University of Buffalo
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

M Peter Nightingale []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

M. Peter Nightingale [1988]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For formulating the phenomenological renormalization group finite-size scaling method and other contributions to our understanding of cooperative phenomena in low dimensional systems.
Nominated by: DCMP

Shouleh Nikzad [2012]
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Citation: For innovative development of band structure engineering techniques using delta-doping at semiconductor surfaces and their application to produce unprecedented performance in sensors and devices
Nominated by: FIAP

Joseph Nilsen [2000]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For his outstanding contributions to the understanding and development of x-ray lasers.
Nominated by: DPP

Sven G Nilsson [1972]
University of Lund
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DNP

Tak Hung Ning [1997]
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the understanding of hot electron effects in MOSFET devices and advances in bipolar technology.
Nominated by: FIAP

Yosef Nir [2011]
Weizmann Institute of Science
Citation: For profound contributions to our understanding of the physics of flavor, within the Standard Model and beyond, and for elucidating possibilities for realization of supersymmetry in nature.
Nominated by: DPF

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

Katsunobu Nishihara []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Katsunobu Nishihara [1990]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For major contributions to theory and simulation of nonlinear plasma phenomena and inertial confinement fusion.
Nominated by: DPP

Kazuhiko Nishijima []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Kazuhiko Nishijima [1961]
University of Illinois
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Takashi Nishikawa [2018]
Northwestern University
Citation: For seminal contributions to the study of nonlinear dynamics in complex systems and complex networks, including synchronization processes, asymmetry-induced phenomena, network optimization, and chaos in physical systems.
Nominated by: GSNP

Tetsuji Nishikawa [1995]
Science Univesity of Tokyo
Citation: For technical contributions and leadership in Japan's high energy physics and other scientific programs.
Nominated by: DPF

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

Abraham Nitzan [1989]
Tel Aviv University
Citation: For uniting statistical, quantum, and classical dynamics to develop and apply accurate models for quantitative and mechanic understanding of individual molecule dynamics in vapor and condensed phases.
Nominated by: DCP

Qian Niu [1999]
University of Texas, Austin
Citation: For contributions to the theories of quantum transport.
Nominated by: DCMP

Foster C Nix [1938]
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

J Rayford Nix []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

James R Nix [1972]
Los Alamos Science Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DNP

Bernd Noack [2012]
CNRS
Citation: For pioneering contributions to closed-loop turbulence control from reduced-order modelling to numerical and experimental demonstrations
Nominated by: DFD

Peter D Noerdlinger []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Thomas Sherman Noggle [1981]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

Josep Nogues [2013]
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Citation: For his significant contributions to the understanding and development of exchange bias in thin films, nanostructures and nanoparticles.
Nominated by: GMAG

Tae Won Noh [2008]
Seoul National University
Citation: For his contributions to the understanding of oxide ferroelectric thin films and optical properties of oxides with strong electron correlations.
Nominated by: DMP

Beatriz Noheda [2011]
University of Groningen
Citation: For fundamental structural studies of new phases in perovskite-type ferroelectric materials and of domain nanostructures in epitaxial films of multiferroics.
Nominated by: DMP

Jerry A Nolan Jr. [1984]
No company provided
Citation: For continued contributions to the field of experimental nuclear physics, especially in the areas of Coulomb energies and precision measurements with magnetic spectrographs.
Nominated by: DNP

George S. Nolas [2013]
University of South Florida
Citation: For pioneering studies of novel thermoelectric materials, especially cage-like compounds with low thermal conductivity.
Nominated by: FIAP

Jerry A Nolen []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

A Wilson Nolle [1962]
University of Texas
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

David D. Nolte [2002]
Purdue University
Citation: For innovative exploitation of materials science leading to significant discoveries in photorefractive effects and dynamic holography, adaptive interferometry, time-reversal symmetry, and phase conjugate fidelity in magnetic fields.
Nominated by: DLS

K Carl Nomura [1965]
Honeywell Incorporated
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Yasunori Nomura [2017]
University of California, Berkeley
Citation: For pioneering contributions to a variety of areas of particle theory, including gauge unification in extra dimensions, electroweak symmetry breaking, supersymmetric models, dark matter, the multiverse, foundations of quantum mechanics, and black holes.
Nominated by: DPF

Jaan Noolandi []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Jaan Noolandi [1990]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For theoretical work on self-consistent-field theories of polymer blends, and for the development of a new pulsed-field gel electrophoresis process based on modeling the dynamics of biological molecules.
Nominated by: DPOLY

Edwin Norbeck []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

R E Norberg [1957]
Washington University in St. Louis
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Richard E Norberg []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

David W. Norcross [1980]
Harvard University
Citation: Not Provided
Nominated by: DAMOP

Lothar Nordheim [1936]
Purdue University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Peter Nordlander [2002]
Rice University
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the chemical physics of atom-surface interactions, including the development of a many-body theoretical description of charge transfer processes in atom-surface scattering.
Nominated by: DCP

Peter Jan Arne Nordlander [2002]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Thomas Nordlund [2007]
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Citation: In recognition of his pioneering work in protein dynamics, DNA dynamics and service to the biological physics community.
Nominated by: DBIO

A Nordsiek [1938]
Columbia University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Dennis L Nordstrom [2000]
American Physical Society
Citation: For his professionalism, diplomacy, high standards, and dedicated service as Editor of Physical Review D.
Nominated by: APS

Kenneth L Nordtvedt [1972]
Montana State University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Franco Nori [2002]
University of Michigan
Citation: For innovative theoretical contributions to the study of vortex dynamics in superconductors, dynamical instabilities, Josephson junction arrays and quantum interference.
Nominated by: DCMP

Eric B. Norman [1999]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For experimental studies of the influence of astronomical environments on nuclear decay rates and their implications for nucleosynthesis.
Nominated by: DNP

Michael L Norman [2001]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Michael Lester Norman [2001]
University of California, San Diego
Citation: For his pioneering numerical hydrodynamic simulations in astrophysics and cosmology which elucidated the structure of extragalactic radio jets, the Lyman alpha forest, and the formation of primordial stars.
Nominated by: DAP

Michael Ray Norman [1995]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: For studies of correlated electrons and their magnetic and superconducting properties by modeling of real materials using ab-initio calculations.
Nominated by: DCMP

Peter Norreys [2012]
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Citation: For major contributions to the understanding of energetic particle generation and transport in relativistic laser-plasma interactions, including innovative experiments relevant to fast ignition fusion concepts
Nominated by: DPP

David J Norris [2006]

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

David J. Norris [2006]
University of Minnesota
Citation: For fundamental contributions and pioneering investigations in the areas of growth of doped nanocrystals and growth of photonic crystals based on self-assembly.
Nominated by: DCMP

Theodore B. Norris [2005]
University of Michigan
Citation: For contributions to ultrafast lasers and their application to semiconductor physics and optoelectronics.
Nominated by: DLS

Jens K Norskov [2003]
Technical University of Denmark
Citation: For contributions in theoretical surface physics and heterogeneous catalysis.
Nominated by: FIAP

D O North [1947]
RCA Laboratories
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

H Q North [1953]
Affiliation not available
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Lee C Northcliffe [1975]
Texas A&M University
Citation: Also approved by the Division of Particles and Fields.
Nominated by: DNP

John A Northrop [1963]
Los Alamos Science Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Theodore George Northrop [1964]
University of California
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

John E. Northrup [1996]
Xerox PARC
Citation: For insights into the structure and electronic properties of semiconductor surfaces, adsorbates, interfaces and defects through the application of first principles calculations.
Nominated by: DCMP

David Paul Norton [2006]
University of Florida
Citation: For pioneering work in the area of epitaxial oxide thin films, including superlattice formation and heteroepitaxy.
Nominated by: DMP

F. H. Norton [1921]
Langley Memorial Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

K A Norton [1945]
National Bureau of Standards
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Lewis H Nosanow [1969]
University of Minnesota
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCMP

Wayne B Nottingham [1931]
Bartol Research Foundation
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Rachid Nouicer [2017]
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Citation: For his role in the discovery of the Quark Gluon Plasma at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, using particle multiplicity density and heavy quark measurements in the PHOBOS and PHENIX detectors, with leading contributions to the silicon tracker design, construction, and operation and data analyses.
Nominated by: DNP

Theodore B Novey []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Theodore B Novey [1957]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Robert Novick [1961]
Columbia University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Irina Novikova [2023]
William & Mary
Citation: For outstanding research on quantum coherence in atomic vapors, including electromagnetically induced transparency and optical magnetometry, and ongoing educational outreach activities in optics and physics.
Nominated by: DAMOP

Alexander Novokhatski [2012]
Stanford University
Citation: For pioneering contributions to accelerator physics: BNS damping, beam dynamics in Linear Colliders, wakefields and coherent radiation of very short bunches, collective instabilities in high current storage rings
Nominated by: DPB

Valentyn Novosad [2013]
Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: For creative contributions to the fundamental understanding of the physics of nanomagnets, emphasizing magnetization reversal mechanisms, coupling effects, and dynamics of geometrically confined spin vortices.
Nominated by: GMAG

Mark Alan Novotny [2000]
Florida State University
Citation: For original algorithm development and applications of computational statistical mechanics to equilibrium and nonequilibrium problems in condensed-matter physics and materials science.
Nominated by: DCOMP

Arthur S Nowick []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Ismail Cevdet Noyan [2003]
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Citation: For analysis of displacement and stress fields in crystalline solids at various length scales.
Nominated by: FIAP

H Pierre Noyes []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Richard M Noyes [1970]
University of Oregon
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCP

William Albert Noyes [1930]
Brown University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Philippe P Nozieres [1969]
L'École Normale Supérieure
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Arthur Jack Nozik [1999]
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Citation: For his leadership role in the basic science of semiconductor-molecule interfaces, quantization effects in semiconductors, and applications of these interdisciplinary sciences to photon conversion.
Nominated by: DCP

John H Nuckolls []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Keith Nugent [2010]
University of Melbourne
Citation: For his substantial contributions to the development of novel approaches to experimental measurement techniques, including new approaches to X-ray and neutron phase imaging and the development an understanding of the role of coherence in X-ray science.
Nominated by: GIMS

Leonard J Nugent [1972]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: DCP

Filomena Nunes [2015]
Michigan State University
Citation: For developing new standards in relating nuclear reactions, nuclear structure, and astrophysical reaction rates by the implementation of non-perturbative treatments of nuclear breakup.
Nominated by: DNP

Arto Veikko Nurmikko []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Arto Veikko Nurmikko [1990]
Affiliation not available
Citation: For optical, magneto-optical, and short-pulse, studies of II-VI semiconductors, diluted magnetic semiconductors, and related heterostructures.
Nominated by: DCMP

Christian Nusbaum [1931]
Case Western Reserve University
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Gregory Semeon Nusinovich [2000]
University of Maryland
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the theory of gyrotron oscillators and amplifiers and cyclotron autoresonance masers.
Nominated by: DPP

Herch M Nussenzveig []

Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS

Ruth Nussinov [2020]
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research
Citation: For extraordinary advancements in the understanding of the structure and function of biomacromolecules, an algorithm for predicting RNA secondary structure, and the Conformational Selection and Population Shift concept as an alternative to the Induced-Fit model in molecular recognition.
Nominated by: DBIO

David Robert Nygren [1986]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Citation: For the invention of the Time Projection Chamber, a novel concept for tracking charged particles, and the introduction of the concepts of wave form sampling with offline pulse reconstruction and radial drift.
Nominated by: DPF

H Nyquist [1945]
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Citation: Not available
Nominated by: APS