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Frances Hellman
Professor of Physics
Named member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2013
"Election to the Academy honors individual accomplishment and calls upon
members to serve the public good"
Hitoshi Murayama
Professor of Physics
Named member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2013
"Election to the Academy honors individual accomplishment and calls upon
members to serve the public good"
Joel Moore
Professor of Physics
Simons Foundation Investigator, 2013-2018
"to provide a stable base of support for outstanding
scientists in their most productive years, enabling them to
undertake long-term study of fundamental questions."
Gabriel Orebi-Gann
Assistant Professor of Physics
One of 7 to receive the Department of Energy Early Career Award
"for her work in the Lab’s Nuclear Sciences Division as an experimental particle
physicist, with an interest in weakly interacting particles."
Bernard Sadoulet
Professor of Physics
Awarded 2013 Panofsky Prize along with Blas Cabrera in Experimental
Particle Physics
"for pioneering leading roles in the development and use of phonon detection
techniques enabling direct searches for weakly interacting massive particles."
Carlos Bustamante
Professor of Biophysics
Awarded Sackler International Prize in Biophysics
"for his seminal contributions to single molecule
biophysics."
Eliot Quataert
Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics
Awarded Simons Investigator prize
"to provide a stable base of support for outstanding
scientists in their most productive years, enabling them to
undertake long-term study of fundamental questions."
Robert Birgeneau
Professor of Physics
2012 Clifford G.
Shull Prize of the Neutron Scattering
Society of American (NSSA)
"for his seminal scientific contributions,
tireless leadership,
and devoted mentoring in the field of neutron
scattering."
Carlos Bustamante
Professor of Physics
The Vilcek Prize for Biomedical Science
“in recognition of his groundbreaking research into the
inner workings of
the cell and movement of individual
molecules within cells"
Reinhard Genzel
Professor of Physics
The Crafoord Prize in Astronomy, 2012
“for their observations of the stars orbiting the galactic
centre, indicating the presence of a supermassive black hole".
Saul Perlmutter
Professor of Physics
2011 Nobel Prize in Physics
"for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the
Universe through observations of distant supernovae"
Thomas I. Banks (2009)
UC Berkeley Physics Grad Student
Dissertation Award in Nuclear Physics
"For measurement of the rate of muon capture in hydrogen gas and determination
of the proton's pseudoscalar coupling."
Robert Birgeneau
Professor of Physics
Carnegie Leadership Award
The award is given for commitment to academic excellence and
visionary leadership in establishing new standards for U.S. higher education.
Reinhard Genzel
Professor of Physics
The Shaw Prize, 2008
"in recognition of his outstanding contribution in demonstrating that the
Milky Way contains a supermassive black hole at its centre."
Jan Liphardt
Assistant Professor of Physics
Sloan Research Fellowship, 2006
Awarded in support of Jan's outstanding work in biophysics.
Steven Louie
Professor of Physics
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
The AAAS states that Professor Louie is being honored "for fundamental
contributions to the theory of solids and nanostructures, including pioneering
development of first-principles study of excited-state properties and prediction
of new materials."
Elected as an Academician of Academia Sinica, Republic of China (Taiwan)
The Convocation of the Academicians of Academia Sinica meets every
two years to elect up to 30 new academicians among its 3 divisions --
Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Division of Life
Sciences, and Division of Humanities and Social Sciences. click here
Joe Orenstein
Professor of Physics
2008 Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids Recipient
Citation: "For pioneering contributions to the understanding of optical phenomena
in complex materials including conducting polymers, semiconductors, and high
temperature superconductors." For details of award, click here.
Paul Richards
Professor Emeritus of Physics
2009 Past Astrophysics-History of the Universe Dan David Prize
Three prizes of US$ 1 million each are annually awarded for achievements having an outstanding scientific, technological, cultural or social impact on our world. Each year fields are chosen within the three Time Dimensions - Past, Present and Future. For details of award, click here.
Feng Wang
Assistant Professor of Physics
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, 2008
These awards are intended to enhance the careers of the very best young faculty members in specified fields of science. Currently a total of 118 fellowships are
awarded annually in seven fields: chemistry, computational and evolutionary molecular biology, computer science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, and physics
Overseas Chinese Physics Association Outstanding Young Researcher
Award, 2008
"The OYRA Award is given annually to a physicist of Chinese ethnicity
working in North America, Europe, or other regions outside Asia to
encourage and to recognize the young researcher's contributions in physics."
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