Bader honored by American Physical Society
ARGONNE, Ill. (Nov. 13, 2006) — Argonne physicist Sam Bader
has won the American Physical
Society's David Adler Lectureship Award for 2007.
Bader was recognized for his outstanding contributions to the field of materials
physics and especially for the quality of his research, review articles and
lecturing.
The award citation reads: “For spirited lectures, writing and
experimental research in the area of nanomagnetism, magnetic films, multilayers
and surfaces of metallic systems including championing the surface magneto-optic
Kerr effect approach.”
His award will be presented at the American Physical Society
March 2007 meeting in Denver.
“This is a great moment for Sam, for the Materials Science Division
and for Argonne,” said George Crabtree, director of the Materials
Science Division
(MSD). “We join the society in applauding Sam for his outstanding accomplishments.”
Bader is an Argonne
Distinguished Fellow and leader of MSD's
Magnetic
Films Group. He is also associate division director for the MSD Solid
State Physics Section and chief scientist at Argonne's new Center
for Nanoscale Materials. His current research interest is nanomagnetism.
The American Physical Society is the world's largest professional
body of physicists, representing more than 45,000 physicists in academia and
industry in the United States and internationally.
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For more information, please
contact Steve McGregor (630/252-5580 or media@anl.gov)
at Argonne.
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