Jason S. Gardner was appointed a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). Scientists who have made extraordinary research developments are made APS Fellows. The number of APS Fellows elected each year is limited to no more than one half of one percent of the membership. It is a prestigious recognition by peers of his outstanding contributions to physics.

He is honored for his “leadership in the application of neutron scattering techniques in geometrically frustrated magnets, for global outreach in neutron scattering and the support of international students and scientists worldwide in their early careers”.

Jason Gardner’s scientific interests are primarily in frustrated magnets, but he’s also performed research in many areas of condensed matter over thirty years of study.

After obtaining his Ph.D. at Warwick University in the UK, Jason worked for several national laboratories in North America before moving to Sydney, Australia in 2013, where he led the group on neutron scattering at ANSTO.

He has published over 120 papers, giving extraordinary contributions to the research in quantum magnetism, and in 2008 he was made a fellow of the Institute of Physics (UK). Jason has also been a Member-at-Large of the APS Forum on International Physics (FIP) from 2015 to 2017 and has chaired the Distinguished Student program in the last few years. In 2016, he was one of the co-founders of the FECS and currently is the FECS Chair-Elect. During these years, he has always been involved in programs for supporting young scientists and international collaborations.

We are proud to have Jason on board in FECS, and we wish him an exceptional year as Chair in 2019.

Congratulations, Jason!