Chen, Hou-Tong [2015]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: For contributions to the development of active metamaterials and devices, and the development and understanding of few-layer metamaterials and metasurfaces, especially in the terahertz frequency range.
Nominated by: Division of Laser Science
Chen, Jeff [2015]
University of Waterloo
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the theoretical study of wormlike polymer chains, in particular, spatially inhomogeneous and orientaionally ordered bulk and confined systems.
Nominated by: Division of Polymer Physics
Chen, Yanbei [2015]
California Institute of Technology
Citation: For major contributions to our understanding of quantum noise in gravitational wave interferometers, for inventing the double optical spring, and for formulating a vision for experimental research on macroscopic quantum mechanics.
Nominated by: Topical Group in Gravitation
Chen, Zhigang [2015]
San Francisco State University
Citation: For seminal contributions on spatial solitons, photonic lattices, and beam shaping, and for promoting world-class research at an undergraduate institution.
Nominated by: Division of Laser Science
Chow, Carson [2015]
National Institute of Health
Citation: For the development and application of mathematical models describing a broad spectrum of phenomena related to human health, including neural perception, acute inflammatory response, and body weight dynamics.
Nominated by: Division of Biological Physics
He, Guowei [2015]
Chinese Academy of Science
Citation: For fundamental contributions to understanding space-time correlations in turbulent flows and development of time-accurate models for large-eddy simulation, and for leadership in fluid dynamics research in China.
Nominated by: Division of Fluid Dynamics
He, Xiao-Gang [2015]
National Taiwan University
Citation: For influential contributions to particle phenomenology in CP violation and flavor physics, and in quantum topological phases, and for his leadership in promoting national and international collaborations in theoretical physics.
Nominated by: Forum on International Physics
Huang, Zhirong [2015]
SLAC - National Accelerator Laboratory
Citation: "For outstanding contributions to the theoretical development and experimental verification of high-gain x-ray free-electron lasers operating as seeded and SASE amplifiers. "
Nominated by: Division of Physics of Beams
Li, Xiaoqin [2015]
University of Texas, Austin
Citation: For contributions to quantum information, multidimensional coherent spectroscopy, nanophotonics based on AFM assembly, and spin dynamics in ferromagnetic nanostructures.
Nominated by: Division of Laser Science
Lian, Tianquan [2015]
Emory University
Citation: For seminal contributions to the study of ultrafast photoinduced interfacial charge transfer dynamics in photovoltaic and photocatalytic nanomaterials and for pioneering applications of time-resolved spectroscopy to solving fundamental problems in solar energy conversion.
Nominated by: Division of Chemical Physics
Liu, Junming [2015]
Nanjing University
Citation: For seminal contributions to the synthesis and characterization of multiferroic materials and other complex transition metal oxides, and to the understanding of physics of rare-earth manganites with multiferroicity and colossal magnetoresistance.
Nominated by: Division of Materials Physics
Ma, Yu-Gang [2015]
Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics
Citation: For a leadership role in the construction of the MRPC Time-of-Flight detector for STAR collaboration, the subsequent discoveries of anti-helium 4 and anti-hypertriton at RHIC, and significant contributions to studies of nuclear liquid-gas phase transition in intermediate energy heavy-ion collisions.
Nominated by: Division of Nuclear Physics
Oh, Choo-Hiap [2015]
National Univ of Singapore
Citation: For vital contributions to the development of physics teaching and research in Singapore, especially establishing its leading position in research in quantum technology, and for important personal contributions to this field.
Nominated by: Forum on International Physics
Pan, Ning [2015]
University of California, Davis
Citation: For significant contributions to the scientific research of mechanics and physics in the field of fibrous materials.
Nominated by: Division of Materials Physics
Ping, Yuan [2015]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For pioneering experiments exploring the nature, equilibration, and use of nonequilibrium plasmas strongly driven by coherent and incoherent sources.
Nominated by: Division of Plasma Physics
Shen, Mengyan [2015]
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Citation: For enabling near ultraviolet laser action and artificial photosynthesis with metal oxide semiconductors.
Nominated by: Topical Group on Energy Res & Appl.
Sun, Liling [2015]
Chinese Academy of Science
Citation: For outstanding contributions in the study of iron-based superconductors and other quantum correlated materials, and in the development of state-of-the-art systems for in-situ high pressure measurements.
Nominated by: Division of Materials Physics
Tan, Shina [2015]
Georgia Institute of Technology
Citation: For the derivation of fundamental relations for ultracold atomic gases with two-body short-range interactions and the study of ultracold few-body systems.
Nominated by: Topical Group on Few-Body Systems
Tang, Xinfeng [2015]
No Company Provided
Citation: For pioneering studies of the synthesis, processing, characterization, and understanding of thermoelectric materials, and for contributions to their use in industrial applications.
Nominated by: Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics
Wu, Xiaohua [2015]
Royal Military College
Citation: For pioneering direct numerical simulations of pipe and boundary layer flows, from a laminar state, through transition, to a fully-developed turbulent state; and for generating striking and insightful visualizations.
Nominated by: Division of Fluid Dynamics
Yan, Jie [2015]
National University of Singapore
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the understandings of the micromechanics of DNA, protein, and their interactions using single-molecule biophysical methods.
Nominated by: Division of Biological Physics
Yang, Yang [2015]
University of California, Los Angeles
Citation: For extraordinary contributions in organic and hybrid electronic materials, interfacial engineering, and novel device design that have led to highly efficient organic and hybrid solar cells, digital memory devices, vertical transistors, and organic LEDs.
Nominated by: Division of Materials Physics
Zhang, Zhuomin [2015]
Georgia Institute of Technology
Citation: For advancing the knowledge of near-field thermal radiation between objects at nanometer distances as well as the radiative properties of photonic crystals and metamaterials for energy harvesting and semiconductor processing.
Nominated by: Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics
Zheng, Xiaochao [2015]
University of Virginia
Citation: For advancing the measurement of parity violating asymmetry in electron-nucleon deep inelastic scattering.
Nominated by: Topical Group on Hadronic Physics