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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