Dissertation Award in Nuclear Physics

To recognize a recent Ph. D. in Nuclear Physics. The award consists of $2,500 and an allowance for travel to the annual Spring Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society, at which the award will be presented. The award will be given annually.

           

Establishment & Support

This award was endowed in 1985 by members and friends of the Division of Nuclear Physics. It was given bi-annually until becoming an annual award with the 1999 selection.

           

Rules & Eligibility

Nominations are open to any person who has received a Ph. D. degree in experimental or theoretical nuclear physics from a North American university within the two-year period preceding 1 September, 2008. Nominations should include:

• The name of the proposed candidate,
• A statement of her/his contribution to the research as well as that of others,
• A letter of support from the nominee's Ph.D. thesis advisor,
• Two additional letters of support from physicists who are familiar with the candidate and the research,
• A copy of the proposed candidate's thesis.

Nomination & Selection Process

The deadline for submission of nominations for the 2009 prize is July 1, 2008.

Five (5) copies of nominations and supporting documentation for the 2009 Prize should be sent to the Chair of the 2009 Selection Committee: 

Richard Casten
Yale University
Phys Dept/Wright Nuc Str Lab
PO Box 208124
New Haven, CT 06520
Phone (203) 432-6174
E-mail rick@riviera.physics.yale.edu

2008 Dissertation Award in Nuclear Physics Recipient(s):
Deepshikha Choudhury
Ohio University
Nikolai Tolich
Stanford University

Past Recipients:

2007:	Kathryn K.S. Miknaitis Magdalena Djordjevic
2006:	Li-Bang Wang
2005:	Andriy Kurylov
2004:	Andrew W. Steiner
2003:	Karsten Heeger
2002:	Jiunn-Wei Chen
2001:	Daniel Bardayan
2000:	John Arrington
1999:	Eric Hawker
1998:	Yury G. Kolomensky
1996:	Gregory Joseph Schmid
1994:	Zhiping Zhao
1992:	James Edward Koster
1990:	Michael J. Musolf
1988:	Thomas E. Cowan
1986:	Brad Sherrill W. J. Burger