Faculty, Graduate Student and Undergraduate Honors & Distinctions -Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester April 23, 2004)

Research Awards
Teaching/Educational Awards
Editorial Boards



Govind P. Agrawal

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) 

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 {\me Optics and Photonics}
(1998--2002)
.  

Priscilla S. Auchinclosss (Senior Lecturer)

Goergen Award for Distinguished Contribution to Undergraduate Learning shared with  (A. Bodek,  L. Orr, and C. Jones), for the Women in Science and Engineering  (WISE) Program 1998
Fellow American Physical Society
 

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-)

 

Nicholas P. Bigelow
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)
University Dean's Award for Meritorious Service in Ph.D. Defenses in 2003
Topical Editor for Optics Letters (OSA)- present
Eric G. Blackman
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 Mathematis 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

2002 – University of Rochester Student Association Senate “Professor of the Year”
2002 – University of Rochester School of Engineering and Applied Sciences “Undergraduate Teaching Award”.
1991 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award: College of Engineering and Applied  Science, University of Rochester


Arie Bodek
American Physical Society W. K. Panofsky  Prize in Experimental Particel Physics 2004

Included in the list of Most highly Cited Researchers in Physics in the past 2 decades in 2004
     http://www.isihighlycited.com/ 
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-)
Co-editor Contemporary Nonlinear Optics (1992)
Fellow, Optical Society of America
Fellow, American Physical Society
Visiting Scientist, University of Paris, 1992
 

Editorial board  Phys. Rev. Letters -present
Editorial board, Journal of Modern Optics - 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


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, 21995-97)
Ed. Board -Journal of Applied Physics (1972-74,1995-97)
Proc. IEEE (1977-78)
International Advisory Editorial Board Current Applied Physics

Ashok Das

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
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-

David H. Douglass
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow 
U of R Bridging Fellowship to Eastman (2004)
Fellow, American Physical Society

Joseph H. Eberly

Fellow, APS
Fellow OSA
Journal of Physics B Special Lecturer, Jasowiec, Poland (2002)
Foreign Member, Academy of Science of Poland (2001)
 Andrew Carnegie Professor of Physics (Rochester)
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)
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)
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)
 Editorial Board of Laser Physics (1991 - present)
 
 

Thomas Ferbel

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
 

Harry W. Fulbright
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow (1956-57)
Fulbright Scholar (1956-57)
Fellow, APS
Yongli Gao
 
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  Robetr Forties (Undergraduate)
2004 Jese 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)
2000 Matthew Barczys
1993  Leah Bucholz

Goldwater, Fulbright  and other national scholarships awarded to REU students (List incomplete)

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 (List incomplete)

Denise Sawicki (Rochester, UR REU, NSF 1996)

University of Rochester (Science and Engineering Awards)

U of R John Castle Jr. Scholarship:


2003-2004 Dragan Jusic

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. 

2002  Elizabeth Strychalski
1999  marianne Vieira
1996  Suzanne Galada

1995  Jeanne Traer

University Stoddard Prize, awarded by the University annually forthe best senior thesis research done bya graduating senior in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
2004
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
2004
2003 Siddharth Parameswaran
2002  Robert Forties
           Daniel Kneeel
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

2004
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
2004
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 Undergraduate Teaching Intern Award 


2004
2003 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 U of R 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.
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.

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.

and 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

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 University (1999-2000)

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John R. Huizenga

Member, US Energy Research Advisory Board (ERAB) 1984-1990)
Member, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Physics Advisory Committee (1985-1990)
Co-Chairman, Cold Fusion Panel of Energy Research Advisory Board (1989)
Member, National Academy of Sciences (1976)
Distinguished Alumni Award Calvin College (1975)
Guggenheim Fellow University of California, Berkeley, Technical University of Munich and Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen (1973-75)
E. O. Lawrence Memorial Award for Research in Nuclear Fission (1966)
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow (1964-65)
Fulbright Fellow (1954-55)
Fellow, APS

Editorial Board, Physical Review C (1982-85)

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 (1955-56)

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)

Steven L. Manly 
NY State Professor of the Year (2003)
Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor
(2002-2005)

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
Editor,  Nuclear Fusion
Editor,  Journal for Scientific Computing
Editor, Laser and Particle Beams
Kevin S. McFarland
 
NSF Career Access Award (2002-2007)
 Spokesperson of the  MINERvA Fermilab Neutrino  Collaboration (2003- )
Cottrell Scholars Award, Research Corporation (2001)
Outstanding Junior Investigator (DOE) (1999)
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow (1998)
McCormick Fellow, University of Chicago (1989-93)
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 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-)

Shaul Mukamel

C.E. Kenneth Mees Professor of Chemistry (and Physics)
Alexander von Humboldt Research Award for Senior US Scientists (1997)
Guggenheim Fellow (1997)
Fellow, OSA (1989)
Fellow, APS (1985)
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar (1984)
Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (1980)
Fulbright Hayes Fellow (1976)
Dr. Chaim Weizmann Fellow (1976)
Ben-Atar Rector Prize, Tel-Aviv University (1971)
Editorial board of the Journal of Physical Chemistry 
Advisory editor for Chemical Physics Letters,
Editorial board of the series on Mesoscopic Physics and Nanotechnology, Oxford University Press.
 

Susumu Okubo
 
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

NSF Career Access Award (1996-2000)
DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator Grant (1996-1999)
 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)
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

Chair SOFIA Science Council (1996-2003)
Member NRC Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics
Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester (2001)
Susan B. Anthony Lifetime Achievement Award (2002) for Contribution to Teaching an Research.
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)

   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)

 

John P. Spoonhower

Eastman Kodak Company SPSE Journal Award 1984
RCA Fellow, Cornell (1972-73)
Eastman Kodak Fellow 1973-75)
NIH Predoctoral Fellow (1975-76)
Dailey Memorial Scholarship

 

Carlos R. Stroud

Fellow, OSA
Fellow, APS 
(2003)U of R SEAS Lifetime Achievement Award

 

Stephen L. Teitel

University of Rochester Bridging Fellowship to BCS Department (2003)
Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester (2000)
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)
 

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
NSF Senior Postdoctoral Fellow (1970)
Visiting Fellow Cornell University (1967-present)
NSF Predoctoral Fellow (1956-60)
 
Paul L. Tipton

Fellow, APS (2001)
NSF Young Investigator Award (1992-97)
DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator (1991-96)
Wilson Fellow, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (1991) 
Editorial Board - Annual Reviews of Nuclear and Particle Scienc
e (2003-)
Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester (1995)
HR Student Association Teacher of the Year (Honorable Mention) (1994)
 
Editorial Board - Annual Reviews of Nuclear and Particle Science (2003-present) 

Hugh M. Van Horn
Fellow, AAAS
Visiting Fellow, JILA (1973-74)
Tau Beta Pi (1960)

Dan M. Watson
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)
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

Tribute to Emil Wolf Special Session: Optics SPIE Conference Aug,6, 2003;  Tribute to Emil Wolf Special Session -  Engineering and Legacy of Physical Optics.

Emil Wolf: Special Session Symposium on Coherence in Physical Optics: 50 years of the Wolf Equations OSA Annual Meeting, Rochester NY Oct. 2004

Esther Hoffman Beller Award (Optical Society of America, 2002).
University of Rochester Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching (2000)

Journal of Modern Optics (Editorial boarrd)
Optics Communications (Advisory Editorial board)
Progress in Optics (Editor)

Frank L. M. Wolfs

Goergen Award for Distinguished Achievement and Artistry in Undergraduate Teaching (1997)
Curtis Award for Nontenured Faculty Teaching Excellence (1995)

 

Jianhui Zhong

Guest Professor, Department of Physics, Xiamen University, China, 2001-2004
Awardee of Wang Kanchen Research Prize, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1999
Research Scientist, Yale University School of Medicine, 1998-2000
CUSPEA (China US Physics Examination and Application) Scholarship, Brown University (1982-87)
NIH Training grant, Yale University, Biomedical NMR (1987-89)
The Dean's Award for Research, Yale University School of Medicine (1996)
President of Overseas Chinese Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, (Editor-in-chief: John Gore of Vanderbilt University), 2001-present

AWARDS TO Physics and Astronomy U of R  GRADUATE STUDENTS

National and  State Awards

Overall Graduate Program

The University of Rochester Department of Physics and Astronomy has been ranked 2nd 
in Overall Graduate Student Satisfaction in 2001 in a National Survey  Funded by the A. P. Sloan Foundation.

National Award: University Research Association (URA) Award for best PhD Thesis  (among 50 University Groups) done at Fermilab

2002 Un Ki Yang; Advisor Professor Arie Bodek
2001 Michael Fitch; Advisor Professor Adiran Melissinos

National Award:  Korean American Physics Association
2001  Un Ki Yang (Hon Mention distinguished young researcher Award). Advisor Professor Arie Bodek

Astronomical Society of New York (ANSY) Graduate Student Prize (for distiguished research paper)
2004 Robert  Gutermuth
1998 Jenifer Goetz
1997 Colin Roald
1996 Shobita Satyapal
1992 Tod Strohmayer
1986  C. E. Woodward
1984 Patrick McDermott
1981 Marc Lacasse
1978 F. Wesemael

 

University Awards

University of Rochester Edward Peck Curtis Award,  awarded by the University Vice Provost for Research alnd Graduate Affairs Office for excellence in teaching by a graduate student


2002 Mark Houck
2001 Kevin Wright
2000 E. Jane Wesely
1998 S. Benjamin Weiss
1997 Mishkat Bhattacharya
1998 Rohit Bhatia
1991 Francesco Narducci
 

GradGTA

Department Graduate Teaching Award

2004
2003 John Boersma
2002 Rachael Anderman
2001 Christopher Haimberger
2000 Ken Anderson
1999 Eric Page
1998 Michael Banks
1997 Josh Cassada
1996 Diane Bryan
1995 Edward Hull
1994 Kirsten Tollefson
1993 David Braning
1992 Michael Simon
1991 Alan Fry
1990 Francesco Narducci
1989 Elizabeth Murphy
1988 Jae Woo Noh
1987 Scott Borzillary
1986 Karl Helmer
1985 Alexander Karev
1984 John Mansour
1983 George Tsironis



GradGTAHon

Department  Honorable Mention Citation as an Excellent Graduate Teaching Assistant

2004
2003  Phay Ho
1998 Jarod Finlay
         John Janis
         Erik Johnson
1997 Michael Banks
         Timothy Collins

       George Cragg 
1996 Larry Moore  
1994 Jennifer Goetz
         Robert Henderson
         Dean Johnson
         John Larkin
1993 Gami Dadusc
         Emile Ettedgui
1992  Alexei Helmbock
         George Fische

1991 Francesco Narducci
         Michael Nichols
1990 Sudipta Maiti
1989 T. Kenneth Pa
rk
           Matthew Guptill
1987 Tom Foster
1986 Jeffrey Applegate
         Vance Cochrane
1985 Thomas Chyba
          Sarah Eno
 

GradGTAAAPT

Department American Association of Physics Teachers, awarded to outstanding teaching assistant


2004
2003 Carlos Garcia
2002 Thomas Ohki
2001 Patrick Morley
2000 Joshua Hamblen
         Jose Perillan
1999 Pablo Londero
1998 Ben Kilminister
1997 S. Benjamin Weiss
1996 Miskat Bhattacharya
1995 P. Scott Carney
1993 Teoman Turgut

GradOkubo

The Department's Susumu Okubo Prize, awarded for the performance on the preliminary examination

2004
2003 Phay Ho, Brijesh Prithviraj
2002 Ricardo Eusebi
2001 Govind Krishnaswami
2000 Mircea Coca
         Andrew Ivanov
         Jinhao Ruan
1999 Levent Akant
1998 Sergey Ponomarenko
1997 Cosmin Macesanu
1996 Greg Gbur
1995 Chi Wei Lee
1994 Han Pu
1993 Robert Henderson
         Charles Freeman
1992 Marcel Franz
         Teoman Turgut
1991 Tianwu Cai

GradGove

The Department's Harry E. Gove Thesis Prize, awarded to the graduate student receiving the Ph.D. degree on the basis of exceptional experimental research based in nuclear science

2000 Michael Simon
1999 Dileep Agnihotri (chemistry)
1998 Charles Freeman
1997 Diane Herrick
1996 Richard Ibbotson
1995 Mathew Devlin
         Shawn Baldwin (chemistry)
1993 Michael Satteson

GradLobkowicz

The  Department's Frederick Lobkowicz Thesis Prize, awarded to graduating Ph.D. student in experimental high energy, nuclear, or paraticle physics, whose accomplishments best reflect the high standards and exceptional quality of research of the late Prof. Frederick Lobkowicz

2004
2003  not given
2002 Juan Estrada
2001 Un Ki Yang
2000 Michael Begel
 

GradFellowships

International Graduate Fellowship 
Fulbright
1999-01  Pedro Quinto Su

NSF Graduate Fellowship (National)

1996-99  Michael Banks

Air Force, Army and other Fellowships (National)

2000-        Elinor Irish (NPSC)
1995-02    Kent Averett (Air Force)

Industrial Fellowships 
Kodak Fellowship
1998-01  Li Yan

University of Rochester Fellowships:

Sproull Fellowship 

2004   Lijoi  Mathew (2004-2006)
1999  Michael Banks (1999-01)
1999   Govind Krishnaswami (1999-01)

Provost  Fellowships

2003  Ryan  Charmacho (2003-2008)
2002  Paul Alvarez (2002-07)
2001  Michael Holmes (2001-06)

Messersmith Fellowship 

2003   Kam Kwai Clifford Chan
1999  Alexander Kuzmich

Physics and Astronomy Fellowships:

DOEd/GAANN

2004-07 (4 new DOEd) William King,  Tobin  Fricke,   Kristophe  Yirak,   Aimee  Slaughter
2003-06 (11 new DoEd) Jason Nordhoaus,Jonathan  Caroll, Curtis Broadbent,
Jesse Chvojka, Justin Compareta, Jonathan Insler, Rodolfo Montez, Ross Robinson,
Stephen Thorndike, James Steinman
2002-05  (7 new Fellows)  John Boersma, Ivan Minchev,  Edward Nelson,  Benjamin Sargent, Peter Walters, 
               Jeremy Wilson, Brian Winey 
2001-04  (6 new Fellows)  Andrew Cunningham, Margaret Drennan, Adam Harrington, Mark Houck, 
                Marc Strong, Elena Vianello
2000-03  (6 new Fellows)  Joel Green, Robert Gutermuth, Christopher Haimberger, Elinor Irish, 
                Patrick Morley,  Kevin Wright
1999-02  (9 new Fellows)  Kenneth Anderson, Candice Bacon, Sarah Demers, Joshua Hamblen, 
               Nazim Khan, Steven Konezny, Robert Selkowitz, E. Jane Wesely, Sung-Yong Yoon
1998-01  (2 new  Fellows)  Dawn Peterson, Stephanie Sublett 
1997-00  (9 new Fellows)  Gregory Davis, Jarod Finlay, John Janis, Erik Johnson, Benjamin Kilminister,
                Pablo Londero, Erin McNicholas, Kristin Nelson, Sergey Ponomarenko
1996-99  (3 new Fellows)  Robert Benson, Jeffrey Pratt, Neil Watkins
1995-98  (3 new Fellows)  Andy Bayramian, Josh Cassada, Lawrence Moore
1994-97  (7 new Fellows)  P.Scott Carney, Thomas Gardiner, Gregory Gbur, Charles Hammer, Edward Hull,
                W. Allen Neff, David Rifkin
1993-96  (7 new Fellows)  Michael Fitch, Dean Johnson, John Larkin, David May, Stuart McNaught,
                Demetrios Poulios, David Reis
1992-95  (7 new Fellows)  David Branning, Gami Dadusc, Andrea Domino, Gregory Goodno, Jeffrey Korn,
                Joseph Merchant-Both, Edward Turano
1991-94  (8 new Fellows)  Michael Begal, Dylan Casey, George Fischer, Charles Freeman, 
                Alexei  Helmbock, Mary Kathryn Hodel, Kirsten Kurz, Matthew Rave
1990-93  (4 new Fellows)  Timothy Collins, Emile Ettedgui, Alan Fry, Betsey Pitts
1989-92  (7 new Fellows)  David Boris, Jesse Ernst, Francesco Narducci, Donald Olbris, Scott Roberts, 
                Mark Swain, Gordon Watts

Marshak  Graduate Fellowship


2004-06  Teresa Negrini,    Su-Jung Park 
2003-05   Xhigang Ma, Daniel Schwaab, Geum Bong Yu
2002-04  Carlos Garcia, BoYoung Han
2001-03  Irfan Ali Khan, Ding Ding, Phay Ho, Brijesh Prithviraj, Michael Wulf
2000-03  Ricardo Eusebi
1998-01  Juan Estrada

Certificate in Teaching of College Physics 

2004:
2003:   Jason Nordhause, E Nelson, B. Clader, B. Winey
2002:  Rachael Anderman, Mark Houck, Sungjong Woo
2001:  Edward Bielejec, Jayanthi Santhanam, Christopher Haimberger, Ilyas Yildirim, Drew Abrams
2000:  Somnath Dutta, E. Jane Wesley, Robert Selkowitz, Kenneth Anderson, Nazim Khan
1999:  Subhranil De, Dean Johnson, Subhadip Raychaudhuri, Eric Page, Jose Perillan
1998:  Serkan Zorba, Jarod Finlay, Violeta Gotcheva
1997:  Rento Ejnisman, Mishkat Bhattacharya, LiLi Tian, George Cragg
1996:  Kristin Kurz, Colin Roald, Charles Freeman
1995:  Diane Herrick, Teoman Turgut, Robert Henderson