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 submitting nominations has pasted, please check back later for updated information regarding next years award.

2009 Dissertation Award in Nuclear Physics Recipient(s):
Steven M. Clayton
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Thomas I. Banks
University of California, Berkeley

Past Recipients:

2008:	Deepshikha Choudhury Nikolai Tolich
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