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       The Nobel Prize in Physics
 
           Frederick Reines, 1995


  • Frederick Reines, 1987
  • Norman Rostoker, 1999
  • Frederick Reines, 1983
Awards of the Office of the President
Presidential Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
  • Roger McWilliams, Inaugural Winner, 1994
Distinguished Research
  • Alexei A. Maradudin, 1973
  • Douglas L. Mills, 1984
Extraordinarius
  • Alexei A. Maradudin, 1976
  • Willliam H. Parker, 1989
Distinguished Teaching
  • William Heidbrink, 1995
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UCI Academic Senate Awards


UCI Academic Senate Distinguished Faculty Award for Research
  • Wilson Ho, 2005
UCI Academic Senate Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching
  • Michael Dennin, 2007
UCI Academic Senate Distinguished Assistant Professor Award for Research
  • Michael Dennin, 2001
  • Jonathan Feng, 2004
  • Thorsten Ritz, 2007
UCI Academic Senate Distinguished Assistant Professor Award for Teaching
  • David Kirkby, 2004
UCI Academic Senate Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr. Distinguished University Service Award
  • William H. Parker, 1980, 2008
  • Roger McWilliams, 2005
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UCI Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research

  • Michael Dennin, 2000
  • Gary Chanan, 2002     
UCI Distinguished Faculty Lectureship Award
  • Frederick Reines, 1979
  • Norman Rostoker, 1989
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Fellows of the American Physical Society
  • Frederick Reines, 1957
  • Norman Rostoker, 1960
  • Alexei A. Maradudin, 1963
  • Richard Wallis, 1962
  • Meinhard Mayer, 1966
  • Gaurang Yodh, 1968
  • Walter Bron, 1969
  • Nathan Rynn, 1969
  • Douglas L. Mills, 1977
  • Virginia Trimble, 1988
  • Gerard VanHoven, 1988
  • Igor Dzyaloshinskii, 1996
  • William Heidbrink, 1996
  • Myron Bander, 1980
  • Liu Chen, 1981
  • Zachary Fisk, 1985
  • Enrico Gratto, 1991
  • Jonas Schultz, 1991
  • Wilson Ho, 1995
  • William Molzon, 1995
  • Hank Sobel, 1998
  • Steve White, 1998
  • Riley Newman, 1999
  • Peter Taborek, 1999
  • Andrew Lankford, 2000
  • Ruqian Wu, 2001
  • Steve Barwick, 2003
  • Gregory Benford, 2004
  • Roger McWilliams, 2004
  • Clare Yu, 2005
  • Zhihong Lin, 2006
  • Jon Lawrence, 2007
  • Kieron Burke, 2008
  • Jonathan Feng, 2008
  • David Kirkby, 2008

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Faculty Awards List


Myron Bander

  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - Sloan Research Fellowships, 1962-69
  • American Physical Society, Fellow 1980


Aaron Barth

  • American Honda Foundation Scholarship, Yale University, 1986 - 1987
  • Eastman Kodak Scholarship, Yale University, 1988 - 1990
  • Phi Beta Kappa, Yale University, 1990
  • Dorothea Klumpke-Roberts Prize, UC Berkeley Department of Astronomy, 1996
  • UC Berkeley Alumni Club of San Francisco Scholarship, 1997
  • Hubble Fellowship, 2001 – 2004
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2006


Elizabeth Barton

  • California Institute of Technology, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, 1991 - 1994
  • Carnation Merit Scholar, California Institute of Technology, 1992 - 1994
  • California Institute of Technology, Robert A. Millikan Scholar, 1990 - 1991
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Fellowship, Harvard University, 1994 - 1997
  • Harvard Merit Fellowship, 1997 - 1998
  • National Research Council Canada Research Associateship, 1999 - 2001
  • Hubble Fellowship, University of Arizona, 2001 - 2004
 

Steven Barwick

  • Irvine Faculty Fellowship Award for Research, 1991, 1993
  • NSF Young Investigator Award, 1992
  • UCI School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education, 1999
  • American Physical Society, Fellow 2003


Gregory Benford

  • Woodrow Wilson Fellowship 1963
  • Nebula Award (Science Fiction) 1975
  • Cambridge University, Fellow 1976
  • Australian Ditmar Award 1980
  • International Campbell Award 1980
  • Nebula Award (Science Fiction) 1980
  • United Nations Medal in Literature 1989
  • Lord Foundation Award in Science 1995
  • American Physical Society, Fellow, 2004
  • Isaac Asimov Memorial Award, 2007



James Bullock

  • Phi Beta Kappa, Ohio State University, 1993
  • Alpheus Smith Prize, Ohio State Physics department, 1994
  • Senior Alumni Award for outstanding Ohio State physics undergraduate, 1994
  • NSF GAANN Graduate Fellowship, 1994 - 1997
  • Associate Member of Sigma Xi Research Society, 1997
  • Northern California Phi Beta Kappa Graduate Scholarship, 1997
  • Hubble Fellowship, 2001


David Buote

  • Chandra Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1998-2000
  • UCI Faculty Career Development Award for Assistant Professor, 2003


Kieron Burke
 

  • National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, 1999 - 2003
  • International Journal of Quantum Chemistry Young Investigator Award, 2000
  • Faculty of Arts and Sciences Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Education, 2003
  • Rutgers University-wide Susman Award for Teaching, 2006
  • American Physical Society, Fellow 2008


Dave Casper

  • Bruno Rossi Prize for Astrophysics(with Kamiokande and IMB collaborations), 1989
  • University of Michigan Distinguished Dissertation Award, 1991
  • Department of Energy (DOE) Outstanding Junior Investigator Award, 2004


Gary Chanan
 

  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - Sloan Research Fellowships, 1982-86
  • UCI School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education, 1988
  • UCI Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, 2002


 Liu Chen

  • American Physical Society, Fellow, 1981
  • Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences Fellowship, 1980, 2003)
  • Miller Visiting Research Professorship, UC Berkeley, 1987
  • American Physical Society Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research, 2004
  • Guangbiao Visiting Chair Professorship, ZheJiang University, 2004
  • Hannes Alfven Prize by the Plasma Physics Division of the European Physical Society, 2008
  • Lee Kuo-Ting Visitng Chair Professorship, National Central University, Taiwan, R.O.C. 2007


Alexander Chernyshev
  • Research Innovation Award, Research Corporation, 2003
  • Award of International Center for Fundamental Physics (Moscow), for Junior Scientists, 1995, 1996
 

Philip Collins

  • Carl. A Helmholz Graduate Student Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley, 1996 - 1998
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2003
  • UCI School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education, 2004
  • UCI Office of Network and Academic Computing Services:  Instructional Innovation Using Technology, 2005


Asantha Cooray

  • Sigma Xi & Sigma Pi Sigma
  • McCormick Fellowship, University of Chicago, 1997 - 1999
  • Nathan Sugarman Award for Excellence in Research, Enrico Fermi Institute, 2000
  • Sherman Fairchild Senior Research Fellowship, Caltech
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2007
  • UCI School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education, 2007
  • UCI Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, 2007


Michael Dennin

  • DuPont de Nemours Fellowship, 1988
  • Outstanding Teaching Assistant, 1989
  • AT&T Bell Lab Graduate Fellowship (offered 1990, declined), 1990
  • David S. Saxon Award for Outstanding First Year Graduate Researcher, 1990
  • National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, 1990 - 93
  • Order of Omega Outstanding Faculty Member, 1998
  • UCI School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education,  1998
  • Outstanding/Inspirational Professor within School of Physical Sciences, 1999
  • Research Innovation Award, presented by Research Corporation, 1999
  • UCI Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate Research, 2000
  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - Sloan Research Fellowship, 2000-02
  • Cottrell Scholar, 2000 - 02
  • UCI Distinguished Assistant Professor Award for Research, 2001-02
  • UCI-IRC Celebration of Teaching Award, 2006
  • UCI Academic Senate Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching, 2007-08


Igor Dzyaloshinskii


  • Lomonosov Prize 1972
  • USSR Academy of Sciences, Member 1974
  • Order of Honor 1975
  • Order of Red Banner of Labour 1981
  • State Prize of USSR 1984
  • L. D. Landau Prize 1989
  • American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Member 1991
  • American Physical Society, Fellow, 1996
  • American Association for the
  • ment of Science, Fellow, 2002


Jonathan Feng

  • Phi Beta Kappa, 1987
  • Marshall Scholarship, 1988
  • Kirkpatrick Award for Excellence in Teaching, Stanford University, 1993
  • Phi Beta Kappa Graduate Scholarship, 1994
  • Miller Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, UC Berkeley, 1995
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Visiting Fellowship, 1996
  • Taplin Membership, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 1998
  • Michelson Prize in Physics, 2001
  • CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2003
  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - Sloan Research Fellowships, 2004
  • UCI Distinguished Assistant Professor Award for Research, 2004
  • Outstanding Young Researcher Award, Overseas Chinese Physics Association,  2004
  • American Physical Society, Fellow 2008


Zachary FIsk

  • Fellow of the Los Alamos National Lab, 1984
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1985
  • Distinguished Performance Award, Los Alamos National Lab, 1985
  • International Prize for New Materials, American Physical Society, 1990
  • E.O. Lawrence Award, 1992
  • Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1994
  • National Academy of Sciences, 1996


Enrico Gratton

  • University of Illinois, Xerox Award for Faculty Research, April 1988
  • Associate in the Center for Advanced Study, 1991-1992
  • American Physical Society Fellow, 1991
  • Listed on "Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students," for Spring  Semester, Physics 101: General Physics, 2003
  • 6th Annual MSPAC Outstanding Advisor Award" by the Medical Scholars Program Advisory Committee of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005
  • Gregorio Weber Award for Excellence in Fluorescence Theory and Application,  (Biological Fluorescence Subgroup, Long Beach, CA.), 2005

Herbert Hamber

  • Fulbright Fellow, 1977-1982
  • Cern Fellow, 1994
  • UCI School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education, 1996


William Heidbrink

  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1989
  • UCI School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education, 1991, 2000
  • UCI Lauds and Laurels Awards of the UCI Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award, 1995
  • American Physical Society Fellow, 1996
  • American Physical Society Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research, 2004

Wilson Ho

  • Sigma Xi Award,1975
  • Sigma Xi Award, 1979
  • American Physical Society W. Nottingham Prize,  1979
  • American Chemical Society Victor K. LaMer Prize,  1980
  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - Sloan Research Fellowships, 1981
  • American Physical Society, Fellow, 1995
  • Alexander von Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists, 1997
  • Bonn Chemistry Prize, 2000
  • UCI Academic Senate Distinguished Faculty Award for Research, 2005



Herbert Hopster
  • IBM Worldtrade Postdoctoral Fellow, 1978
  • Visiting Scientist, ETH and IBM Research, Zurich, 1991
  • Visiting Scientist, KFA Julich, 1992
  • Sony Sabbatical Chair, Yokohama, 1995


David Kirkby

  • Department of Energy (DOE) Outstanding Junior Investigator Award, 2002
  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - Sloan Research Fellowships, 2003
  • UCI Distinguished Asst Professor Award for Teaching, 2004
  • UCI-IRC Instructional Technology Award, 2004
  • American Physical Society, Fellow 2008
  • UCI School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education, 2008


Ilya Krivorotov

  • Diploma Cum laude, Tomsk State University, 1994
  • Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Minnesota, 1999
  • University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 2001
  • University of Minnesota Aneesur Rahman Award, 2002
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2007-2008


Andrew Lankford

  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - Sloan Research Fellowships, 1972-74
  • UCI School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education, 1997
  • American Physical Society, Fellow, 2000


Jon Lawrence

  • UCI School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education, 1986
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2007


Zhihong Lin

  • Department of Energy (DOE) Fusion Energy Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1995 - 1997
  • Kaul Foundation Prize for Excellence in Plasma Physics and Technology Development, Princeton, 1999
  • Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2000
  • Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career Award in Science and Engineering, 2000
  • Department of Energy (DOE) Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Develoment Award, 2003
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, 2004
  • American Physical Society, Fellow 2006



Alexei Maradudin

  • Phi Beta Kappa, 1953
  • Tau Beta Pi, 1953
  • Sigma Xi, 1953
  • American Physical Society, Fellow 1963
  • Marshall Scholar, 1954-1956
  • UCI Alumni Association Lauds and Laurels Award - Distinguished Research, 1973
  • UCI Alumni Association Lauds and Laurels Award - Extraordinarius, 1976
  • Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, U.S. Senior Scientist Award, 1980-81
  • Docteur Honoris Causa - Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, 1986
  • Electromagnetics Academy Member, 1990
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow, 1993
  • Elected to Commission B of URSI (the International Union for Radio Science), 1995
  • Resnick Lecturer, Bar-Ilan University, 1996
  • Institute of Physics (U.K.), Fellow, 1997
  • Optical Society of America, Fellow, 1997
  • UCI School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education, 2002
  •  Fellow of the Electromagnetics Academy, 2007


Meinhard Mayer

  • American Physical Society, Fellow, 1966
  • College de France Medal, 1986

Roger McWilliams

  • Golden Key National Honor Society
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • UCI Faculty Honors Convocation Speaker, 1977
  • UCI School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education, 1984
  • UCI School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education, 1994
  • UCI Presidential Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, Inaugural Winner, 1994
  • UCI Faculty Honors Convocation Speaker, 1997
  • UCI Academic Senate Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr. Distinguished University Service Award, 2005
  • American Physical Society, Fellow, 2004


D. L. Mills

  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - Sloan Research Fellowships, 1968-70
  • American Physical Society, Fellow, 1977
  • Yamada Foundation, Fellow, 1984
  • UCI School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education, 1985
  • UCI Alumni Association Lauds and Laurels Award - Distinguished Research, 1987
  • Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Sr. Fellowship, 1990
  • Masse Honor Lecturer, Kansas State University, 1992


William Molzon

  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - Sloan Research Fellowships, 1985
  • Outstanding Jr. Investigator, Department of Energy (DOE), 1985
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1995


Riley Newman

  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - Sloan Research Fellowships, 1970
  • UCI School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education, 1987
  • American Physical Society, Fellow, 1999
  • UCI School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education, 2006


Lewis Nosanow

  • Guggenheim Fellow, 1966


William Parker

  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - Sloan Research Fellowships, 1968-70
  • John Price Wetherill Medal, The Franklin Institute, 1975
  • UCI Academic Senate Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr. Distinguished University Service Award, 1980, 2008
  • UCI School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education, 1979, 1983


Frederick Reines

  • Sigma Xi, 1944
  • Tau Beta Pi
  • Centennial Lecturer, University of Maryland, 1956
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1957
  • Guggenheim Fellow, 1958-1959
  • Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 1959-1963
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow, 1966
  • Honorary Doctor of Science Degree, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1966
  • Phi Beta Kappa, 1969
  • Stevens Honor Award, 1971
  • Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, University of California, Irvine, 1979
  • Fellow, American Association Advancement of Science, 1979
  • National Academy of Sciences, 1980
  • J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize, 1981
  • National Medal of Science, awarded by the President of the United States, Ronald Reagan 1983
  • Honorary Doctor of Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1984
  • Medal for Outstanding Research, University of California, Irvine, 1985
  • L.I. Schiff Memorial Lecturer, Stanford, 1988
  • Albert Einstein Memorial Lecturer, Israel Academy of the Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem, 1988
  • Bruno Rossi Prize, American Astronomical Society, 1989, (with Members of the IMB Collaboration, Wojciech Gajewski, William R. Kropp, LeRoy Price, Jonas Schultz, Henry W. Sobel and Craig R. Wuest)
  • Michelson-Morley Award, 1990
  • Goudschmidt Memorial Lecturer, 1990
  • New York University Plaque, 1990
  • Distinguished Alumnus Award, New York University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 1990
  • W.K.H. Panofsky Prize, 1992
  • The Franklin Medal, awarded by Benjamin Franklin Institute Committee on Science and the Arts, 1992
  • Foreign Member Russian Academy of Sciences, 1994
  • NOBEL LAUREATE IN PHYSICS, 1995


Thorsten Ritz

  • German National Merit Foundation (Studienstiftung) Fellow, 1991-1996
  • Best Dissertation Award, University of Ulm, 2001
  • Institute of Physics UK, Fellow, 2004
  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - Sloan Research Fellowships, 2005
  • Cottrell Scholar, 2006 - 07
  • UCI Distinguished Assistant Professor Award for Research, 2007-08


John Rosendahl

  • UCI School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education, 1995.




Norman Rostoker

  • American Physical Society, Fellow, 1960
  • American Physical Society, Chairman-Plasma Physics Division, 1972
  • James Clerk Maxwell Prize in Plasma Physics, American Physical Society, 1988
  • UCI Academic Senate Distinguished Faculty Award for Research, 1989
  • UCI Medal, 1999
  • UCI  Office of Technology Alliances Innovation Award (Plasma Electric Generator), 2005
  • Foreign Member Russian Academy of Sciences, 2008


James Rutledge

  • UCI School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education, 1984 


Nathan Rynn

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, 1992
  • American Physical Society Fellow, 1969
  • Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne, Switzerland, Professeur Invite
  • Ecole Polytechnique de Palaiseau, France, Professeur Invite
  • Fulbright Fellowship, 1978
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Life Fellow 1980


Jonas Schultz

  • UCI School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education, 1980
  • American Astronomical Society, Bruno Rossi Prize 1989
  • American Physical Society, Fellow, 1991
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow, 1994


Yuri Shirman

      • Richard P. Feynman fellowship, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2002-2005



Zuzanna Siwy

  • Prize of President of the Silesian University of Technology, "Omnium Studiosorum Optimo" for the best graduates from the Silesian University of Technology, 1995
  • Prize of the Foundation of the Silesian Univ. of Technology for outstanding results in research, 1995
  • MCBN UNESCO fellowship, 3-month visit, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, U.K., 1996
  • Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science for outstanding results in research, 1997
  • Prize of the Polish Minister of Education for the PhD Thesis, 1998
  • Fellowship of the Foundation for Polish Science for 1-year research work at the Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Materials Research Department, 2000
  • Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for 1-year research work at GSI, Materials Research Department, 2000
  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - Sloan Research Fellowships, 2007
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2007-2008


Tammy Smecker-Hane

  • American Fellowship, American Association of University Women, 1991
  • Amelia Earhart Fellowship, Zonta International Foundation, 1991
  • Davis Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, 1989-1991
  • NATO-NSF Post Doctoral Fellowship, 1993
  • AAS/AAUW Annie Jump Cannon Special Commendation of Honor, 1995
  • UCI School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education, 2001
  • Pacesetter Award, Academic and Professional Women of UC Irvine, 2006


Henry Sobel

  • American Physical Society, Fellow 1998
  • American Astronomical Society, Bruno Rossi Prize 1989




Peter Taborek

  • American Physical Society, Fellow, 1999
  • UCI Academic Senate Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching, 2006-07                                        (team award with Ara Aprkarian and Ken Janda)


Virginia Trimble

  • Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, 1963
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Fellow, 1966-68
  • NATO Research Fellowship, 1969 - 1970
  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - Sloan Research Fellowships, 1972 - 1974
  • Maryland Academy of Sciences, Outstanding Young Scientist, 1976
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow, 1982
  • National Academy of Sciences, J. Murray Luck Prize for Excellence in Scientific Reviewing, 1986
  • Utah State University, Ralph M. Johnson Distinguished Lecturer, 1987
  • American Physical Society, Fellow, 1988
  • Schopp Memorial Lecturer (endowed) San Diego State University, 1999
  • AAS Second Century Speakers' Panel, 2000
  • Elected a Foreign Associate of the Royal Astronomical Society, London, 2001      
  • Paul Klopsteg Memorial Prize and Lectureship, American Association of Physics Teachers, 2001
  • J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Lecturer (32nd), 2002
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Robert Resnick Lecturer, 2005
  • Ninth Pappalardo Distinguished Lecture in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006
  • Caroline Herschel Visiting Scholar, Space Telescope Science Institute, 2008


Richard Wallis

  • American Physical Society, Fellow 1962
  • Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award-The George Washington University 1991
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow 1994


Steve White

  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellowship, 1982-1985
  • Andrew D. White Supplementary Fellowship, 1982-1985
  • IBM Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1988-1989
  • American Physical Society, Fellow, 1998
  • American Physical Society, Division Councillor for Computational Physics, 1999
  • American Physical Society Aneesur Rahman Prize, 2003





Daniel Whiteson

  • Department of Energy (DOE) Outstanding Junior Investigator Award, 2008




Ruqian Wu

  • American Physical Society, Fellow, 2001
  • D.E. Bianchi Faculty Award for Outstanding Research (CSUN),  1999


Gaurang Yodh

  • Elphinstone College Merit Scholar, Bombay, 1944-46
  • University of Bombay Gold Medal, 1948
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science, Member, 1968
  • American Physical Society, Fellow, 1968
  • University of Maryland,Chancellor's Distinguished Scholar Award, 1980 - 1981
  • Association of Indians in America, Washington Chapter, Outstanding Citizen Award, 1981
  • Indian Physics Association, Distinguished Physicist Award, 1991
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow, 1995
  • Institute of Physics UK, Fellow, 1999


Clare Yu

  • Phi Beta Kappa Society, 1979
  • Kusaka Memorial Prize for Senior Thesis Research, 1979
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Fellowship, 1979 - 1982
  • Participant in AT&T Bell Labs Graduate Research Program for Women, 1979 - 1984
  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - Sloan Research Fellowships, 1991-93
  • UCI School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education, 2005
  • American Physical Society, Fellow 2005



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