Faculty, Graduate Student and

Undergraduate Honors and

Distinctions - Department of Physics

and Astronomy, University of

Rochester (June 24 , 2007)

for a list of recent Awards by Year see:
http://spider.pas.rochester.edu/M/pasx/people/awards.html

For a listing of books authored by faculty, go here.


Research Awards Teaching/Educational Awards Editorial Boards For Faculty Books go: here


Govind P. Agrawal Marie Curie Fellowship (2005) Distinguished Alumni Award, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi 2000 Honorary Professor, South China Normal University, China 1999 Fellow, Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 1996 Exceptional Contribution Award. AT&T Bell Laboratories 1987 Gold Medal, University of Lucknow, India 1970 Fellow, Optical Society of America 1986 Fellow, IEEE Editorial Board Member, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 1998--current Editorial Board Member, Book series, Progress in Optics, 2001--current Associate Editor, Optics Express, Optical Society of America, 2001--current Topical Editor, Journal of Optical Society of America, Part B, 1993--1998 Editorial Board Member, Journal of European Optical Society, Part B 1994--1997 Editor, Academic Press Book Series on {Optics and Photonics}, 1998--2002
Riccardo Betti T. J. Thompson Fellowship, MIT, 1990 Ansaldo Fellowship, Ansaldo S.p.A., Genova, Italy 1988 Fulbright Fellowship 1986 Fellow American Physcial Society 2001 Editor Journal of Fusion Energy 2004
Nicholas P. Bigelow Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy 2007- Fellow Optical Society of America (OSA) 2007 Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) 2004 Lee A. DuBridge Chair 2000-present NSF Young Investigator Award 1994-99 David and Lucile Packard Fellow 1994-99 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow 1993-95 Clark Distinguished Teaching Award, Cornell University 1983 Elizabeth Major Nevius Award for Distinguished Scholarship, Lehigh University 1980 Tau Beta Pi Honorary Engineering Society, Lehigh University 1980 Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester 1998, 2006 University Dean's Award for Meritorious Service in Ph.D. Defenses in 2003 Topical Editor for Optics Letters (OSA)- present
Eric G. Blackman Awarded Physical Society Fellowship, by the Professional Association of Physicists 2006 Awarded Fellow of American Physical Society 2005 DOE Junior Faculty Development Award 2000-2003 Hewett Fund Prize, Harvard University (for highest graduate GPA 1993-94 Trinity College Bursary Award, Cambridge University 1990-91 American Nuclear Society Full Tuition Fellowship, MIT 1989-90 (declined) Harvard Book Award, Bausch and Lomb Science Prize, Sisson Mathematics Award, Language Scholar Award, Harley School, Rochester, NY 1985-86 Ralph S. McKee Trophy (Top Male Athlete) and Wooden Award (Sportsmanship), Harley School, Rochester, NY 1985-86 Editor, Cross Sections, UR Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
Mark Bocko University of Rochester Student Association Senate “Professor of the Year” 2002 University of Rochester School of Engineering and Applied Sciences “Undergraduate Teaching Award” 2002 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award: College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Rochester 1991
Arie Bodek Distringuished Service Award, Department of Physics and Astronomy 2007 Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy 1998-2007 George E. Pake Professor of Physics 2005 American Physical Society W. K. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics 2004 Included in the list of Most highly Cited Researchers in Physics in the past 2 decades in 2004 http://www.isihighlycited.com/ NAssociate Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy 1995-1998 NSF-JSPS Fellowship 1986 Fellow, American Physical Society 1985 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow 1979-81 Robert E. Millikan Fellow, Caltech 1974-77 CDF Executive Board Institutional Representative CMS HCAL Executive Board Institutional Representative Co-Spokesperson SLAC Excperiment E140 Co-Spokesperson Jefferson Lab Experiment E04-001 (JUPITER) Spokesperson FNAL Experiment E595 University of Rochester Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching 2004 Goergen Award for Distinguished Contribution to Undergraduate Learning shared with P. Auchincloss, L. Orr, and C. Jones),WISE Program 1998 Editorial Board, European Physics Journal C 1988-present Editorial Board Z. Phys. C (Particle and Fields) - previously
Robert W. Boyd M. Parker Givens Professor of Optics (and Physics) (2002-) Fellow, Optical Society of America Fellow, American Physical Society Visiting Scientist, University of Paris, 1992 Co-editor Contemporary Nonlinear Optics (1992) Editorial Board International Journal of Non Linear Optics Editorial board Phys. Rev. Letters - (2003- present) Editorial board, Journal of Modern Optics (North American Editor) - present
Theodore G. Castner NSF, Outstanding Performance Award, (1991) Fellow, APS (1971) John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow (1969-70) Texas Instrument Fellow, University of Illinois (1956-57) Gulf Research and Development Fellow, University of Illinois (1955-56)
Douglas Cline D.S.I.R. Senior Research Fellowship (1960-63) D.S.I.R. Research Scholarship (1957-60) Samuel Bright Memorial Prize (1957) Fellow, APS York City Major Scholarship (1954-57) State Scholarship (1954-57 ) Editorial board Phys. Rev. C (previous )
Esther Conwell University of Rochester's Susan B. Anthony Lifetime Achievement Award (2006) 2006 Featured in Rochester Museum of Science "Who makes Things Work at Rochester". 2005 Drefus Senior Scientist Mentor Award Elected member of the National Academy of Engineering 1980 Elected member of the National Academy of Sciences 1990 Electred member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1992 Honorary D.Sc. from Brooklyn College in 1992 Elected member of the New York Academy of Sciences 1993 Thomas A. Edison Medal of the IEEE in 1997 Listed as one of the 50 Most Prominent Female Scientists in Discover magazine , Nov. 2002 Editorial Board - Applied Physics Letters 1972-74, 1995-97 Ed. Board -Journal of Applied Physics 1972-74,1995-97 Proc. IEEE 1977-78 International Advisory Editorial Board Applied Physics - current
Ashok Das Fulbright Fellowship, US Department of State 2006 Fulbright Fellow 1997-98 DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator 1983-1989 University Grants Commission Scholar, India 1972-74 National Merit Scholar, India 1968-72 Fellow American Physical Society (APS) named in 2002 William H. Ricker Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, University of Rochester 2006 Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Dept of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester 2006 Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester 1987, 1990, 1997 Edward Peck Curtis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching 1991 Editor, Cross Sections, UR Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
Regina Demina DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator Award 2001-
Charlie Duke Medard W. Welch Award in Vacuum Science and Technology - 1977 President of the American Vacuum Society in 1979 Board of Directors American Vacuum Society for seven years Trustee American Vacuum Society 2003-2005 ISI 1000 internationally most cited scientists 1981 Founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Materials Research 1985-1986 Editor-in-chief of Surface Science and Surface Science Letters 1992-2001 Council of the Materials Research Society for seven years Council of the Materials Research Societ Treasurer 1991-2. Elected to the National Academy of Engineering 1993 Elected to National Academy of Sciences 2001 Council and Executive Board of the American Physical Society 1995-1999 General chairman of the Physical Electronics Conference 1997-2000 Governing Board of the American Institute of Physics for eleven years AIP Corporate Associates Advisory Committee for nearly twenty. Chair of a National Research Council study of Network Science. Fellow and an Honorary Member of the American Vacuum Society Fellow of the American Physical Society Fellow of the IEEE Materials Research Society member Life member of Sigma Xi. In 2006, Duke was awarded the American Physical Society Pake Prize: " For groundbreaking theoretical contributions to the understanding of tunneling in solids, and inelastic scattering of low-energy electrons in solids, and for his outstanding contributions to Xerox Corporate Research both as an intellectual and research manager.
David H. Douglass Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow Fellow, American Physical Society U of R Bridging Fellowship to Eastman (2004)
Joseph H. Eberly President, OSA 2007 Fellow, APS Fellow, OSA Journal of Physics B Special Lecturer, Jasowiec, Poland 2002 Foreign Member, Academy of Science of Poland 2001 Distinguished Alumnus Award, Penn State College of Science 1998 Charles Hard Townes Award, OSA 1994 La Caixa Special Fulbright Award, Autonomous Univ. of Barcelona, Spain 1988 Auckland Foundation Visiting Professorship, Auckland Univ., New Zealand 1987 Smoluchowski Medal, Physical Society of Poland 1987 Humboldt Preis, A. von Humboldt Foundation of West Germany 1984 Gilford Lecturer, Oberlin College 1982 JILA Senior Visiting Fellow, Univ. of Colorado and NIST 1978-79 Goergen Award for Distinguished Achievement and Artistry in Undergraduate Teaching (2000) Andrew Carnegie Professor of Physics (Rochester) Visiting Professorships Visiting Professor, University of Texas-Austin Visiting Professor, Universität Ulm, Ulm, Germany Visiting Professor, Univ. Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, Auckland Foundation Visiting Lecturer, Auckland University, New Zealand University Visiting Professor of Physics, University of Queensland, Australia SERC Visiting Fellow, Department of Physics, Imperial College, London Chair of Board of Editors, OSA 2002-06 Editorial Board of Laser Physics 1991 - present Founding Editor, Cross Sections, UR Dept. of Physics & Astronomy 1984 Founding Editor, Optics Express 1996-01 Physical Review A, Editorial Board, 1979-81, 1982-84 Associate Editor, Optics Letters 1980-83 Journal of the Optical Society of America B, Topical Editor for Quantum Optics 1984-89 Senior Editor, Multiphoton Bibliographies 1976-85
Philippe M. Fauchet Recipient of an endowed chair as Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2002. Elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), November 1999. Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), November 1998. Elected Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA), February 1998. Prix Guibal-Devillez, 1990-1993. Alfred Rheinstein Class of 1911 Faculty Award, 1988. Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, Sept. 1988 - Sept. 1990. NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1987-1992. IBM Faculty Development Award, 1985-1987. Prix Macquet, 1984. IBM Post-doctoral Fellowship, 1983-1984. Materials Research Society 1983 Student Award Winner. Rotary International Foundation Fellowship 1979-1980. Belgian American Educational Fellowship, 1978-1979. Prix Honoré Moiny, 1979. Prix des Electriciens du Hainaut, 1978. Editorial Boards – 1995-1998: Regional Editor, Physica Status Solidi.
Thomas Ferbel Manager of U.S. LHC Research Program in Geneva, CH 2004-2008 Visiting Professorships: University of Freiburg, summer 2002, University of Mainz (summers 2001 and 2002), University of Paris Sud, summer 1995; Visiting Scientist: MPI, Werner Heisenberg Inst, Munich, 1995-6, Guest Scientist at Central Design Group of the SSC , 1988-9, Scientific Associate at CERN 1980-1 PPARC Senior Fellowship, Imperial College, London 2002-2003 Director of NATO Schools 1980-2000 and Editor, NATO Summer School Conference Series Alexander Von Humboldt Prize 1995-96 Judge Charles Colden Award. Queens College Fellow, APS (1982) John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow 1971-72 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow 1970 Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester 1979, 2002 Editorial Board Modern Physics Letters A-current Editorial Board International Journal of Modern Physics A-current Previous Editor, NATO Summer School Conference Series Editorial Board, Z. Phys. C. -previously Editoral Board, Phys Rev B -previously Editor, Cross Sections, UR Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
Thomas H. Foster Fellow, APS 2001 Shu-Ren Lin Award for Excellence in Radiology Resident Teaching, Department of Radiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 1991 Honorable Mention Citation as an Excellent Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester 1987 Associate Editor, Photochemistry and Photobiology
Adam Frank National Science Foundation Early Career Development Award 1997-2002 Hubble Space Telescope Fellowship 1995-98 declined last two years NSF Fellowship, Program for Research at Foreign Centers of Excellence Graduate Merit Fellowship, Department of Physics, University of Washington (1986-87) Isabelle Tour Scholarship in Physics, University of Colorado 1983 American Astronomical Society Solar Physics Division: Popular Science Writing Award for a Scientist 1999 Editorial Board - Astronomy Magazine - present Contributing Editor, Astronomy Magazine - present Contributing Editor, Discover Magazine - present
Philippe M. Fauchet Elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) November 1988 Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), November 1998 Elected Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA), February 1998 Prix Guibal-Devillez, 1990-1993. Alfred Rheinstein Class of 1911 Faculty Award, 1988 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, Sept. 1988 - Sept. 1990 NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1987-1992 IBM Faculty Development Award, 1985-1987 Prix Macquet, 1984 IBM Post-doctoral Fellowship, 1983-1984 Materials Research Society 1983 Student Award Winner Rotary International Foundation Fellowship 1979-1980 Belgian American Educational Fellowship, 1978-1979 Prix Honore Moiny, 1979 Prix des Electriciens du Hainaut, 1978 Editorial Board - Regional Editor, Physica Status Solidi. 1995-1998:
Harry W. Fulbright John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow 1956-57 Fulbright Scholar 1956-57 Fellow, APS
Yongli Gao Bridging Fellowship Biomedical Engineering 2007 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow 1989-91 CUSPEA Selectee, China-United States 1984-86 David Ross Fellowship, Purdue University 1984-86 Lark-Horovitz Prize, Purdue University 1986 Distinguished Student, Central-South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 1980
AWARDS To Physics and Astronomy U of R UNDERGRADUATES Misc. National and State Awards Awarded to Undergraduates 2000 -Albert Torr-Jong Wang (2nd Place, Poster Competition NY APS meeting; Buffalo NY Oct. 2000 Advisor Professor Steve Teitel NYS Section of American Physical Society Physics Outreach Award: 2004 Robert Forties (Undergraduate) 2004 Jesse Chvojka (graduate Student) 2003 Adam Harrington (graduate student) The Apker Award is a national award presented by the American Physical Society to an undergraduate who has demonstrated exceptional potential for scientific research by an original contribution to physics. This National Award is named after a University of Rochester Alumnus. 2001 -Albert Torr-Jong Wang (Apker Award Finalist ); Advisor Professor Steve Teitel 1999- Govind S. Krishnaswami (Apker Award); Advisor Professor Sarada Rajeev 1999- Govind S. Krishnaswami (Apker Award finalist); Advisor Professor Sarada Rajeev 1983 - Bob Kowalewski (Apker Award Finalist ); Advisor Professor Tom Ferbel 1978, -Robert Wenthworth, (Apker Award Finalist); Advisor Professor Joe Eberly Astronomical Society of New York (ANSY) Undergraduate Student Prize (for distiguished research paper) : 2006 Grant Tremblay 2005 Kevin Flaherty 2000 Matthew Barczys 1993 Leah Bucholz Goldwater, Fulbright and other national scholarships awarded to REU students: Kristin Beck ('07) (UR PAS, Goldwater 2007) Stephen Privitera ('07) (UR PAS, UR REU 2005, Goldwater 2006) Robert Penna (UR PAS, UR REU 2004, Goldwater 2005) Zhuohan Liang (UR PAS Take 5 Rochester '05, Goldwater 2004) Kristi Adamson (Brigham Young, UR REU 2002, Goldwater 2003) Jason Nordhaus (Rochester , UR REU 2002, Goldwater 2002) David Etlinger (Rochester '03, Goldwater 2001) Katie Lotterhos (Binghampton, UR REU 2001, Goldwater 2001 Kathrine Schultz (UR Optics, UR Physics/PREP 2001, Fulbright Scholar 2003-4 First U of R scholar since the 1999-2000 competition) NSF and other Graduate Fellowships awarded while a REU undergraduate at Rochester: Robert Penna (UR PAS undergrad , NSF Graduate Fellowship, 2007) Stephen Privitera (UR PAS, UR REU 2005, NSF Graduate Fellowship Hon Mention 2007) Robert Forties ((UR PAS undergrad , NSF Graduate Fellowship, 2005) Denise Sawicki (UR PAS undergraduate, UR REU, NSF Grad Fellowship 1996) Also Michael Banks (UR Grad student, NSF Grad Fellowship 1996-99) National Undergraduate Fellowship in Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy Sciences while a REU undergraduate at Rochester: 2007 Daniel Richman - Class of 2008 2007 Samuel Harrold - Class 0f 2009 University of Rochester (Science and Engineering Awards) Kaufmann's Entrepreneurial Year (KEY) Award 2006 Patrick M. McLaughlin ('07) Mario F. Dal Col ('07) Schlumberger Scholarship 2004 Robert Penna U of R John Castle Jr. Scholarship, awarded annually to a physics or physics and astronomy senior. 2006-2007 Steve Bloch 2005-2006 Christopher Coon 2004-2005 George M. Bruhn 2003-2004 Dragana Jusic U of R John W. Radu Scholarship, awarded annually to a physics or physics and astronomy junior. 2006-2007 Adam Bublitz 2005-2006 Robert Penna The University of Rochester Catherine Block Memorial Fund Prize, awarded annually by the University to a woman in the junior class in recognition of her outstanding ability and achievement in the field of science. 2002 Laura Schmidt 1997 Denise Sawicki 1994 Jeanne Traer The University of Rochester Janet Howell Clark Prize, awarded annually by the University to the senior woman who has shown the greatest promise in creative work in either astronomy, biology, chemistry, or physics and who has shown outstanding versatility in the mastery of allied fields. 2004 Zhuohan Liang 2002 Elizabeth Strychalski 1999 Marianne Vieira 1996 Suzanne Galada 1995 Jeanne Traer University Alice Desimone Student Life Award 2007 Richard A. Meserdndino ('07) University Stoddard Prize, awarded by the University annually forthe best senior thesis research done bya graduating senior in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. 2008 2007 Andrew J. Whitbeck 2006 Scott Field Grant Tremblay 2005 Kevin Flaherty 2004 Thomas Allen 2003 Laura Schmidth, Saba Zuberi 2002 Not Given 2001 Albert Torr-Jong Wang 2000 Peter Allen Aaron Reichman 1999 Govind Krishnaswami 1998 Troy Andre 1997 Ananth Chikkatur 1996 Michael Zingale 1994 Robert Gilmore 1993 Anne Sutherland 1992 Charles Englebracht 1991 Linda Marchese Department Physics Honors Prize,awarded annually to the sophomore student with the best academic record in the honors physics introductory sequence. 2007 2006 Adam Bublitz 2005 Christopher Clark 2003 Siddharth Parameswaran 2002 Robert Forties Daniel Kneezel 2001 Andrew Collette Jason Kay 2000 Lisa Marshall 1999 Brock Tweedie 1998 Peter Allen 1997 Matthew Barczys 1996 Govind Krishnaswami 1995 Tanzeena Choudhury 1994 Ananth Chikkatur 1993 Christopher Border 1992 Jonathan Summers 1991 Esin Terzioglu Department Fulbright Prize, awarded annually to the student who, by his or her performance in the Advanced Laboratory, manifests the greatest promise for developing into an experimental physicist in the tradition exemplified by Harry W. Fulbright. 2008 2007 Brittney M VornDick, Jonathan R. Widawsky 2006 Melissa Mc Clure 2005 Christopher Clark 2004 Andrew Collette 2003 Laura Schmid 2002 Elizabeth Strychalski Geoffrey Lott 2001 Brian Padworny Matthew Moffa 2000 Worawarong Rakreugdet 1999 Jeremy Kukafka 1998 Margaret Bowers 1997 Jose Perillan 1996 Ananth Chikkatur 1995 Joshua Winsor 1994 Todd Safford 1993 Ching-uk Ngan 1992 Edward Turano 1991 Melinda Hope Department The John F. Flagg Award,given annually to a graduating senior majoring in physics or physics and astronomy with the highest grade point average as an undergraduate. 2007 Stephen M. Privitera 2006 Siddharth G.A. Parameswaran 2005 Kevin Flaherty 2004 Michael Dunham 2003 Laura Schmidt 2002 Scott Verbridge 2001 Brock Tweedie Albert Torr-Jong Wang 2000 Jason Sickler Peter Allen 1999 Govind Krishnaswami 1998 Denise Sawicki 1997 Ananth Chikkatur 1996 Michael Zingale 1995 Greg Cragg 1994 David Rifkin 1993 Ching-Yuk Ngan 1992 Bo Wu 1991 Bruce Pirger Department Undergaduate Teaching Intern Award 2007 Elizabeth M. Scherrer, Jonathan R. Widawsky 2006 Scott Field Russell Knox Grant Tremblay 2005 Robert Forties Zhuohan Liang 2004 Michael Dunham Stewart Knox Dan Berdine Jeffrey Cummins Rebbeca Madson Kelly Gresham 2002 Han Gil Yoo 2001 Andrew Blechman Jeffrey Clark Jennifer Witkowsky Alexis Spilman 2000 Nora Macey Drew Abrams Kate Coleman Aaron Reichman Tammy Savrin 1999 Marianne Vieira Matthew Barczys Cynthia Lui Sondra Rosenburg 1998 Troy Andre 1997 Ananth Chikkatur 1996 Michael Zingale 1995 Jeanne Traer 1994 Robert Gilmore
Other UR AWARDS TO Physics and Astronomy UR UNDERGRADUATES The University of Rochester Fannie R. Bigelow Scholarship Fund The Fannie R. Bigelow Scholarship Fund was established in her memory by gifts from her sisters, her grandniece, and her nephew in commemoration of the work of Fannie R. Bigelow and colleague of Susan B. Anthony. The scholarship is awarded to a junior or senior woman for outstanding participation and leadership in extra-curricular activities: "She shall demonstrate that she participates in extracurricular activities because she believes sincerely in their value to the college community beyond their purely social worth. The University of Rochester Susan B. Anthony Award, awarded annually by the Women's Club of the University of Rochester. The scholarship is awarded to a junior or senior woman for outstanding participation and leadership in extra-curricular and academic achievement. Elizabeth Reisinger (REU 2001, Prize 2002) Awusta Ayub (REU 2000, Prize 2001) The Delno Sisson Prize, this prize is awarded annually to the freshman who has "shown most improvement not only in academic work but in adjusting to college life and the student body. Siddharth Parameswaran (Prize 2003) College Writing Center Undergraduate Writing Colloquium Award Siddharth Parameswaran (Prize 2004) Iota Book Award (Phi Beta Kappa) This prize is awarded annually recognize outstanding members of the previous year's freshmen who have shown scholarly achievemnent, humanistic values and co-curricular activities and leadership potential. The selection is done by the College's Deans. 2006 Kristin Beck 2003 Siddharth Parameswaran The Rhodes/Marshall/Mitchell, these prestigious scholarships permit students to study in Great Britain. The Truman/Udall, these scholarships are policy-oriented, the Truman specifically for students interested in government or other public service, and the Udall for students with interests in environmental issues. The Churchill, this scholarship is for students to study at Cambridge University in engineering, mathematics, or science. 2007 Robert Penna In addition to the above prizes and awards for physic and astronomy majors, there are Simeon Cheatham Award, Percy Dutton Prize, Andrew Fried Prize, Presidential Award, Eli & Mildred Sokol, Student Life Award, and S&H Terry Prize, to be nominated annually by faculty.
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Highlights of Faculty Awards Department faculty have garnered numerous awards and honors for their research achievements. Twenty-six faculty are Fellows of the American Physical Society, five are Fellows of the Optical Society of America, and one is honorary Fellow. ,Department faculty include aa fellow of IEEE, honorary fellows of the Optical Societies of America, India and Australia, and members of the US. National Academy of Science, the Czech Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Polish Academy. Also, two are members of the US. National Academy of Science, one is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and one is a Foreign Member of the Polish Academy. Ten members of the faculty have been awarded Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowships, thirteen have received Guggenheim Fellowships, five have received Fulbright Fellowships, three have been named Humboldt Senior Fellows, two have received JSPS fellowships, one has received a Ford Foundation fellowship, one has been named a Packard Fellow, two have recieved PPARC Fellowships (England), six have been appointed as National Science Foundation [Presidential] Young Investigators or have received NSF Career Awards, and five have been named Department of Energy Outstanding Junior Investigators. Department faculty have received eight honorary degrees. They have been honored as recipients of the Thomas Young Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics of Great Britain, the Edward Teller Medal, the Max Born Prize and the Towns Award of the Optical Society of America, the Frank Isakson Prize of the American Physical Society, the Albert A. Michelson Award of the Franklin Institute, the Biological Physics Prize of the American Physical Society, the Panofsky Prize (in Particle Physics) of the American Physical Society (won by two members of our department in 1999 and 2004), the first JARI Award of the International Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes, the Japan Nishima prize, the Gold Medal of the Czech Academy, the Gold Medal of Palcky, and the Marian Smoluchowski Medal of the Physical Society of Poland. Two faculty have been awarded the Frederic Ives Medal of the Optical Society of America the Marconi Medal of the Italian National Research Council and other awards. The departmentís faculty includes past presidents of the Optical Society of America and of the Astronomical Society of New York, and chairs of major divisions of the American Physical Socieyt, as well as past and present editors and associate editors of several major professional journals, including at present The Astrophysical Journal, Chemical Physics Letters, International Journal of Physics, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Laser Physics, Optics Communications, Optics Letters, Photchemistry and Photobiology, Quantum Optics, Progress in Physics, Physical Review Letters, European Physics Journal C, Journal of Modern Optics, and Progress in Optics (past editorships include Hadronic Journal, and Optics Express and Algebra Group and Geometry, Z. Phys. C, Optical Instabilities, Contemporary Non Linear Optics, the Physical Review and other journals). Department faculty receive frequent invitations to give lecture series world-wide. In addition, the faculty publish prolifically, averaging about 200 publications per senior faculty member, and have authored 35 textbooks (14 at the undergraduate level and 17 at the graduate level); The book PRINCIPLES OF OPTICS, by Born and Wolfs Born has been listed as one of the three most cited books in physics. The Faculty edited 67 special topics books and Conference Proceedings, including PROGRESS IN OPTICS (published by Elsevier, Amsterdam). 43 volume have been published so far and more are in preparation. Recently one of our faculty has won a national science writing award. Twenty-two of the department faculty have won various department and college teaching and curricular awards at both the graduate as well as undergraduate level. Professor Emil Wolf has won the National 2002 Esther Hoffman Beller Award for Contribution to Optics Education from the Optical Society of America. Professor Manly has been named Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor in the College in 2002 and Professor Judy Pipher was awarded the Universities Suzan B. Anthory lifetime achievemnet award for contributions to teaching and research. Seven of the teaching awards include the prestigious university wide Goergen and Curtis awards. For example, Professor Das and Wolf have won teaching awards for excellence in graduate teaching. Professors Bigelow, Das, Eberly, Ferbel, Foster, Hagen, Melissinos, Orr, Pipher, Rajeev, Teitel, Sharpless, Teitel, Tipton, Watson and Wolfs have won teaching awards at the undergraduate level, and Professors Auchincloss, Bodek, Orr, and Slattery have won awards for teaching and curricular improvements at the College. Highlights of Graduate Study and Awards to Graduate Students In 2001, the Department of Physics and Astronomy has ranked 2nd in a Nationwide survey in Overall Graduate Student Satisfaction. In 2002, a former graduate student (Koshiba) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics and another became the new President Elect of the Acoustical Society of America. Our Graduate students have also won a variety of national research awards. For example Rochester students (Fitch and Yang) have won the National University Research Association Prize for best Ph.D. Thesis done at Fermilab both in 2001 and 2002 (out of about 55 PhD theses done at Fermilab each year). Eight of our graduate students have won the Astronomical Society of New York State Graduate Student Award for distinguished research paper. Every year, the University also offers the Curtis award for teaching excellence by a graduate teaching assistant. During the past decade seven graduate TA’s in physics have won this prize (F. Narducci, B. Rohit, M. Bhattacharia, B. Weiss, Jane Wesley, K. Wright and M. Houk). Highlights of Awards to Undergraduates Among our former undergraduates is a Nobel Laureate in Physics (Chu, 1997) Recently, one of our undergraduates won the American Physical Society’s National Apker Award for best undergraduate research (Govind Krishnaswami won this $5000 Award in 1999 and four students were selected as APS Apker Award Finalists in previous years (most recent awards $2000 Finalist Award in 2000 and 1999),. In Astrophysics, two students (Matthew Barczys, 2000 and Leah Bucholz in 1993 ) won the Astronomical Society of New York (ASNY) Undergraduate Student Prize for best research publication. In addition, students have been nominated for and won other distinctions, such as Goldwater Scholarships and NSF Graduate Fellowships. Many undergraduates were recognized by the University of Rochester for their outstanding research. Physics women won the University Susan B. Anthony Prize in 2001 and 2002. The University of Rochester Catherine Block Memorial Fund Prize (awarded annually by the University to a woman in the junior class in recognition of her outstanding achievement in science or engineering) was awarded to Jeanne Traer (94), Denise Sawicki (97), and Laura Schmidt (02). In addition, the University of Rochester Janet Howell Clark Prize (awarded annually by the University to a senior woman for outstanding achievement in science or engineering) was awarded to physics students Jeanne Traer (95), Suzanne Galada (96), Marianne Vieira (99), and Elizabeth Strychalski (02). Other Highlights of Our Former Students Many of our former students are professors at major universities, several have served as leaders and dfirectors of national laboratories, and as mentioned earlier two have been awarded Nobel Prizes in Physics (in 1997 and in 2002).


Harry E. Gove R. T. French Visiting Professor 1983-84 Board of Trustees Associated Universities, Inc. 1978-83 Fellow, APS JARI Award recipient 1980 Director NSRL 1963-1988 Associate Editor Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science 1978-1994 Division Associate Editor Phys Rev. Lett. 1975-1979


C. Richard Hagen Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester 1996, 1999


H. Lawrence Helfer John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow 1965-66 Research Fellow Radio Astronomy, Carnegie Institute 1953-54


John Howell Adolph Lomb Medal from the Optical Society of America 2006 Presidential PECASE Award 2005 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Award 2004 Research Innovation Award- Research Corporation 2004 Junior Research Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford University Duncan Fellowship, Penn State University Athletic Track and Field Scholarship, Utah State University Co-Physics Teaching Assistant of the Year, Penn State University1999-2000
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Wayne H. Knox Fellow OSA Fellow APS 1990 Initiatives in Research Award from the National Academy of Sciences 1999 Americal Association of Physics Teachers Richtmyer Award. Georgen Award Univ. of Rochester
Robert S. Knox Prize in Biological Physics, APS 1994 Fellow, APS Member and Chair Physics Programs Policy Committee, AIP 1989-94 Royal Society Guest Research Fellow and UK Fulbright Scholar, Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London 1993 Chair, APS Division of Biological Physics 1981-82 Chair NYSS, APS 1971-77 NSF Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Leiden, Biophysical Laboratory 1967-68 NSF Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Rochester 1955-5 Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester 1978, 1989 Editorial board- AIP Springer Series in Basic and Applied Biological Physics - 1994-now Associate Editor, Biophysical Journal 1984-89 Editorial Board - Journal of Luminescence 1984-2002
Daniel S. Koltun Divisional Associate Editor of Physical Review Letters 1999-2001 Lady Davis Foundation Visiting Professor, Jerusalem 1985 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow 1976-77 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow 1969-71 NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, 1961-2 Fellow American Physical Society Divisional Associate Editor of Physical Review Letters 1999-2001 Associate Editor, Physical Review C, 1978-80 Associate Editor, Physical Review Letters, 1979-81 Editorial Committee - Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science 1989
Olga Korotkova Two Institute of Physics Publishing IoP Selected Articles for Substantial advances or significant breakthroughs; A high degree of novelty; *Significant impact on future research” (1) M. Salem, O. Korotkova, A. Dogariu and E. Wolf, “Polarization changes in partially coherent EM beams propagating through turbulent atmosphere”, Waves in Random Media 14(4), 513-523 (2004) and (2) T. Shirai, O. Korotkova and E. Wolf, "A method of generating electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model beams", J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 7 232-237 (2005). One - Science Direct TOP25 article (every three months listing of the Science Direct users' 25 most frequently downloaded journal articles, from any selected journal)- O. Korotkova and E. Wolf, "Changes in the state of polarization of a random electromagnetic beam on propagation”, Opt. Comm., 246(3) 35-43 (2005). Merit Award (Universty of Central Florida) 2002 Teaching Award (University of Central Florida) 2001 Member of Advisory Board for: Electronic Journal of European Optical Society: Rapid Publications
Steven L. Manly American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Award in Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching 2007 Carnegie's Foundation NY State Professor of the Year 2003 Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor 2002-2005 PHOBOS Collaboration Council SLD Collaboration Council SLD Spokesman’s Advisory group
Robert L. McCrory Fusion Power Associates Leadership Award 1996 Edward Teller Medal 1994 Fellow, APS 1985 Atomic Energy Commission Special Fellow-National Fellowship 1968-73 Alfred P. Sloan National Scholar, MIT 1964-68 Associate Editor, Physics of Plasmas Former member of the Editorial Board, Nuclear Fusion Former Associate Editor, Laser and Particle Beams
Kevin S. McFarland Spokesperson of the MINERvA Fermilab Neutrino Collaboration 2003 Cottrell Scholars Award, Research Corporation 2001 Outstanding Junior Investigator (DOE) 1999 NSF Career Award Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow 1998 Lederman Fellowship-Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 1994-1998 McCormick Fellow, University of Chicago 1989-9 Nathan Sugarman Award for Outstanding Graduate Research, Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago 1992 NSF Graduate Fellow 1989-92 Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellowship (declined) 1989 Editor, Cross Sections, UR Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
Adrian C. Melissinos Fellow, APS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Rochester (1981, 1986)
David D. Meyerhofer Fellow American Physical Society (APS) named in 2002 University Dean's Award for Meritorious Service in Ph.D. Defenses in 2003 Editorial board Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Divisional Editor - Phys. Rev. Letters (Jan 2004-)
Lukas Novotny OSA fellow 2007 Author of Principles of Nano-Optics, published by Cambridge University Press
Susumu Okubo Wigner Medal 2006 APS Sakurai Prize 2005 Nishina Foundation Award of Physics 1976 Fellow, APS Ford Foundation Distinguished Professor Fellow 1969 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow 1966 NSF Fellow 1960-61 Editorial Board - Hadronic Journal 1970-1972 Editorial Board - Algebras, Groups and Geometries 1985-1987
Lynne H. Orr Fellow, APS 2006 NSF Career Access Award 1996-2000 DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator Grant 1996-1999 NSF CAREER Award U.K. Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council Visiting Fellowship 1996 University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship 1991, declined: 1992-93 SSC Postdoctoral Fellowship 1991-92 Meyers Teaching Award, University of Maryland 1986 Iskraut Graduate Fellowship, Universsity of Maryland 1985-86 NASA Group Achievement Award 1985 William Spicer Undergraduate Physics Award 1982 National Merit Scholarship 1978-82 Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester 2000, 2004 Curtis Award for Nontenured Faculty Teaching Excellence 1999 Goergen Award for Distinguished Contribution to Undergraduate Learning shared with P. Auchincloss, A. Bodek and C. Jones),WISE Program 1998
Judith L. Pipher Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame 2007 Chair SOFIA Science Council 1996-2003 Member NRC Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2006 Susan B. Anthony Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribution to Teaching an Research 2002 Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester 2001 Scientific Editor, Astrophysical Journal 2002-present
Alice C. Quillen Columbus Postdoctoral Fellowship, Ohio State (1993-1996)
Sarada G. Rajeev Abdus Salam ICTP Visiting Scholar India 2003 TOKTEN Fellowship of the United Nations 1998 Graduate School Doctoral Prize, Syracuse University 1984 Governor's Gold Medal, University of Kerala 1979 National Science Talent Scholar, India 1976-79 Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester 1993
Chuang Ren 2006 Faculty Development Award in Plasma Physics from the Department of Energy
Lewis Rothberg 1977 Phi Beta Kappa 1995 AT&T Bell Labs Global Mfg. & Eng. Teaming Excellence Award 1996 Fellow of American Physical Society
Malcolm P. Savedoff NSF Senior Fellow 1964-65 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow 1956-60
Yonathan Shapir Fulbright Fellow Bourse Joliot-Curie Fellow Visiting Compton Fellow, Technion Israel
Albert Simon Fellow, APS U.K. Science Research Council, Senior Visiting Fellow, Oxford 1975 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow 1964-65
Paul F. Slattery Fellow, APS John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow 1992-93 Dean's Fellow, University of Rochester 1984-85 AEC Postdoctoral Fellow 1967-69 Sterling Fellow, Yale University 1966-67 NASA Traineeship, Yale University 1963-66 1963 Leigh Page memorial Prize, Yale University 1963 Raycroft Walsh Scholarship, United Aircraft Corporation 1958-62 Spokesperson FNAL Experiment E706 Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester 1983 Goergen Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Learning (as Chair of the College Curriculum Committee) 1977

Roman Sobolewski State Professorship Award- President of Poland 2006 R&D100 Award for the Development of Superconducting Single Photon Detectors R&D Magazine 2003 Polish Academy of Science Scientific Award 1979, 1989.
Carlos R. Stroud Sigma Xi, and Sigma Xi Sigma National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow 1963-68 Fellow, OSA Fellow, APS University Mentor of the University of Rochester 1987-88 U of R SEAS Lifetime Achievement Award 2003
Stephen L. Teitel Fellow, APS Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society Feinberg Graduate Fellowship 1985-86 Bantrell Postdoctoral Fellowship 1983-85 Ohio State University Graduate Fellowship 1981-82 University of Rochester Bridging Fellowship to BCS Department 2003 Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester 2000
Ching W. Tang Eastman Kodak Distinguished Inventor 1994 Fellow of the American Physical Society 1998 Eastman Kodak Team Achievement Award 1999 Eastman Kodak Innovation Award 2000 Jack Rajchman Prize of the Society of Information Display 2001 Carothers Award of the American Chemical Society 2001 Northeast Regional Innovation Award of the American Chemical Society 2001 Rochester Law Association Inventor of the Year Award 200 Fellow of the Society for Information Display 2002 American Chemical Society Award for Team Innovation 2003 Humboldt Research Award 2005 Elected to the National Academy of Engineering 2006 for "the invention of the organic light-emitting device and organic bilayer solar cell, the bases of modern organic electronics” Honorary degrees from Shaghai University, and South China Technology University
John Tarduno Fellow of American Geophysical Union 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship in 2006 American Geophysical Union/Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetic Section Bullard Lecturer 2004 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2003 JOI Distinguished Lecturer in 2000/2001 University of Rochester's Goergen Award for Distinguished Achievement and Artistry in Undergraduate Teaching 2001 Editorial board of Geology 2001-2003 Guest editor of Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 2004-2005 Editor of Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, G-cubed current
John H. Thomas Senior fellow of the Isacc Newton Institute of Mathematical Science, Cambridge, England Fall 2004. Chair Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society 1995-97 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow 1993-94 University of Rochester-Worcester College, Oxford, Exchange Fellow 1987-88 Chair American Society for Engineering Education, Graduate Studies Division 986-87 NATO Postdoctoral Fellow 1966-67 Fellow APS 2001- Scientific Editor, Astrophysical Journal 1993-2003
Edward H. Thorndike Spokesperson CLEO Collaboration W.K.H. Panofsky Prize 1999 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow 1987-88 Fellow, APS (1968) NSF Senior Postdoctoral Fellow 1970 Visiting Fellow Cornell University 1967-present NSF Predoctoral Fellow 1956-60

Hugh M. Van Horn Fellow, AAAS Visiting Fellow, JILA 1973-74 Tau Beta Pi 1960
Dan M. Watson Goergen Award 2006 NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award 1989-94 Robert Andrews Millikan Fellowship, Caltech 1985-87 Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester 1992, 1994 ,2003, 2004, 2005 Teaching Award University of California, Berkeley 1977
Emil Wolf Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, Fall Semester 2002, 2003 President of the Optical Society of America Frederic Ives Medal OSA Albert A. Michelson Medal, Franklin Institute Max Born Award, OSA Marconi Medal (Italian National Research Council) Gold Medal of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences Medal of the Union of Czechoslovak Mathematicians and Physicists Gold Medal of Palacky University, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia Fellow, APS Fellow, OSA Fellow, British Institute of Physics Fellow, Franklin Institute Fellow, Electromagnetic Academy Fellow, John Simon Fubbenheim Foundation 1966-67 HONORARY DEGREES: Universite de Franche-Comte-Besancon, France; Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark; University of Groningen, The Netherlands; University of edinburgh, Scotland; Palacky University Olomouc, Czechoslovakia; University of Bristol, England; Laval University, Quebec, Canada Esther Hoffman Beller Award, Optical Society of America, 2002