Prizes & Awards
APS Prizes & Awards in the area of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics
To recognize and encourage outstanding work in atomic physics or surface physics.
Deborah Jin Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Atomic, Molecular, or Optical Physics
To recognize doctoral thesis research of outstanding quality and achievement in atomic, molecular, or optical physics and to encourage effective written and oral presentation of research results.
Herbert P. Broida Prize
To recognize and enhance outstanding experimental advancements in the fields of atomic and molecular spectroscopy or chemical physics.
I.I. Rabi Prize in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
To recognize and encourage outstanding research in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics by investigators who have held a Ph.D. for 10 years or less.
Norman F. Ramsey Prize
To recognize outstanding accomplishment in the two fields in which Norman Ramsey excelled: (1) Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, and (2) Precision Tests of Fundamental Laws & Symmetries.
Will Allis Prize for the Study of Ionized Gases
The prize was established in recognition of the outstanding contributions of Will Allis to the study of ionized gases.
Other APS Prizes & Awards of Interest to DAMOP
Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics
Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science
Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research
Earl K. Plyler Prize
Faddeev Medal for Distinguished Achievement in Few-body Physics
Francis Pipkin Award
Nicholas Metropolis Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Work in Computational Physics
Prize for a Faculty Member for Research in an Undergraduate Institution
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