Fellows' Prize for Research

Fellows' Prize for Research recipients

2009

• Turab Lookman, T-4
  For his wide-ranging contributions to the understanding of intrinsic inhomogeneity in functional materials

2008

• Jaqueline L. Kiplinger, MPA-10
  For her remarkable accomplishments in organometallic actinide chemistry
• Amit Misra, MPA-CINT
  For his long-standing research contributions to the understanding of deformation in materials and particularly for his recent accomplishments in nanomechanics

2007

• Tom Vestrand, ISR-1
  For his ouststanding research in explosive transients and large-area sky monitoring, contributing to our understanding of gamma-ray bursts
• Scott Crooker, MPA-NHMFL
  For his outstanding research in the development of novel magneto-optical spectroscopies and their application to problems in solid state and atomic physics systems

2006

• Cheryl Kuske, B-1
  For her extraordinary impact in the areas of environmental microbiology and biothreat reduction
• Tim Germann, X-1
  For his research in material physics, specifically shock plasticity and shock-induced phase transitions, as well as his highly innovative work on molecular dynamics simulations of pandemics

2005

• Neil Harrison, MST-NHMFL
  For his outstanding contributions to condensed matter physics using high magnetic fields to make ground-breaking discoveries in strongly correlated materials
• Robert Roussel-Dupré, EES-2
  For his outstanding contributions to the understanding of upward propagating lightning discharges, in particular through the universally accepted theory of electron runaway breakdown initiated by cosmic-ray showers

2004

• Roger Johnston, C-ADI
  For path-breaking work on the problem of the vulnerability of critical facilities and materials to theft or tampering
• John Sarrao, MST-10
  For outstanding contributions to condensed matter physics of rare earth and transition metal oxides, borides and 4f- and 5f intermetallics, in particular toward an understanding of superconductivity in PuCoGa5 and in Cerium-based 115 compounds

2003

2002

• Carole Burns, C-DO
  For her outstanding contributions to the understanding of metal-ligand multiple bonding in organometallic chemistry of actinide elements
• Robert Hixson, DX-2
  For his seminal contributions to the understanding of dynamic properties of plutonium and explosives materials, which have been critical to the success of stockpile stewardship
• Roman Movshovich, MST-10
  For his outstanding research in experimental low-temperature condensed-matter physics and, in particular, for his research on unconventional superconductivity and correlated-electron physics

2001

• Joseph Carlson, T-16
  For his critical breakthrough in Quantum Monte Carlo techniques that allowed exact numerical descriptions of many-body nuclei
• Kurt Sickafus, MST-8
  For his major contributions to the understanding of radiation damage in materials, including a class of complex oxides highly resistent to radiation damage
• Giday WoldeGabriel, EES-6
  For his profound contributions to the understanding of early hominid evolution in East Africa

2000

• David Clark, NMT-DO
  For outstanding contributions to the understanding of the molecular behavior and of the solution chemistry of actinide ions
• Richard Epstein, NIS-2
  For pioneering work in laser cooling of solids and for leading Los Alamos' Solid State Refrigerator (LASSOR) development program
• Martin Maley, MST-STC
  For outstanding contributions to the understanding of quantized vortices in high-temperature superconductors, including the development of the Maley analysis technique

1999

• Victor Klimov, CST-6
  For his experimental research and interpretation of the behavior of 'quantum dot' systems

1998

• Shiyi Chen, CNLS
  For his work on fluid turbulence
• Paul Kwiat, P-23
  For groundbreaking experiments in quantum mechanics
• Dave Vieira, CST-11
  For several outstanding achievements in nuclear and atomic science

1997

• Richard Hughes, P-23
  For his work in quantum information physics

1996

• R. Brian Dyer, CST-4
  Role of molecular dynamics in protein structure and function
• George T. (Rusty) Gray III, MST-5
  Structure/property effects of high-rate shock deformations on metals and alloys

1995

• Michael Nastasi, MST-4
  For work on ion-solid interactions
• Joe D. Thompson, MST-10
  For work on correlated electron physics
• Stuart Trugman, T-11
  For work on superconductors and fullerenes

1994

• Bob Benjamin, DX-13
  For work on fluid interfaces
• Chris Hammel, MST-10
  For experiments on magnetic and electronic properties of high-temperature superconductors
• Jill Trewhella, CST-4
  For biophysical measurements of proteins in solution

1993

• John Petrovic, MST-4
  For studies on high temperature silicides
• Gregory Swift, MST-10
  For studies on thermoacoustic engines

1992

• Charlie E. Strauss, CLS-4
  For studies on chemical dynamics

1991

• Aloysius J. Arko, P-10
  For developing new experimental approaches to determine the electronic structure of materials that exhibit high-temperature superconductivity
• Robert E. Ecke, P-10
  For precise measurements of Rayleigh-Benard convection in a helium superfluid, which was a major advance in nonlinear dynamics and chaos
• Robert K. Moyzis, Center of Human Genome
  For research on the organization of chromosomes, specifically, for identification of the human telomeric DNA sequence

1990

• Ralph Menikoff, T-14
  In recognition of outstanding research contributing to the understanding of fluid flow in real materials and advancing predictive capabilities in numerical hydrodynamics

1989

• Judith Binstock, X-6
  For outstanding work and major impact in the area of material mix in nuclear weapons
• J. Doyne Farmer, T-13
  For pioneering work on noise reduction and forecasting. These important applications of chaos to real-world phenomena are one of the premier developments to come from dynamical systems research in recent years.
• Paul S. Follansbee, MST-5
  For theoretical and experimental work on the rate sensitive behavior of metals especially with regard to the hardening behavior of metals and alloys with large changes in plastic strain rate and the application to DoD armor/anti-armor technology

1988

• Darryl Smith, MEE-11
  Contribution to the understanding of semiconductor superlattices, particularly for studies of their electronic structures and design implications for a variety of applications
• Wojciech Zurek, T-6
  Contributions to the understanding of the structure of the universe, especially for clarifying the role of cosmological strings in galaxy formation and distribution