The APS, the world’s largest body of professional physicists, awards up to 49 prizes annually for research and contributions to the field of physics, each worth up to US$15,000.
Winners of the prizes will receive their awards at a ceremony this evening (5.30 pm) at the Indiana Convention Center (5.30pm, Sagamore Ballroom 3). A selection of the prizes and awards include:
Edward A. Bouchet Award
To Oliver Keith Baker of Hampton University for his contribution to nuclear and particle physics. The Bouchet Award is offered to a distinguished physicist from an underrepresented minority. Sponsored by the Research Corporation.
Polymer Physics Prize
To Tom Witten of the University of Chicago for contributions to the understanding of polymers and complex fluids. Sponsored by the Ford Motor Company
Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award
To Deborah S. Jin of the University of Colorado for her work on degenerate Fermi gases. The Goeppert-Mayer Award is offered to a woman physicist in the early stages of her career. Sponsored by the GE Fund.
James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials
Jointly to Sumio Iijima of the NEC Corporation and Meijo University and Donald S. Bethune of the IBM Almaden Research Center for their pioneering work on carbon nantoubes. Sponsored by IBM.
James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics
To Roald Sagdeev of the University of Maryland for his work on various aspects of plasma physics theory. Sponsored by General Atomics.
Full details of all prizes and awards including detailed citations are available on the APS web site at http://www.aps.org/praw/