Call for Nominations for 2011 Prize, Awards, APS-DPP Fellowship, and Executive Committee Elections

Deadline: Friday, April 1, 2011

A prize or award presented by APS is one of the highest honors a physicist can receive. The DPP annually solicits nominations for one prize and two awards. This year DPP will also solicit nominations for the Katherine E. Weimer Award. Please take time to nominate exceptional DPP colleagues.

Anyone other than a member of the committee making the selection may submit one nomination or seconding letter for each prize or award in any given year.

Go to the Programs (http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/) page for APS Prize and Awards nomination guidelines, and online Fellowships nomination instructions.  Go to this page for the Katherine Weimer Award guidelines.

Go to the individual web pages for nomination instructions and click on the link for electronic submission.

James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics

(http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/maxwell.cfm)
Note: See electronic submission information at the bottom of the page.

Steve Obenschain, Chair
Naval Research Laboratory
Email:  steve.obenschain@nrl.navy.mil

John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research

(http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/awards/dawson.cfm)
Note: See electronic submission information at the bottom of the page.

Micharl Mauel, Chair
Columbia University
Email:  mauel@columbia.edu

Marshall N. Rosenbluth Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award

(http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/dissertation/rosenbluth.cfm)
Note:  Nominations for the Rosenbluth Thesis Award also requires a copy of the dissertation, or the URL address of the dissertation.

Ambrogio Fasoli, Chair
CRPP-EPEL, Switzerland
Email:  ambrogio.fasoli@epfl.ch

 

APS-DPP Fellowship

The Division of Plasma Physics strives to attain a diverse representation of Fellows from all areas of the plasma community. Nominations of traditionally underrepresented groups, such as women, scientists working outside the United States, and minorities, as well as plasma physicists in smaller universities and the private sector are especially welcomed.

The deadline for Fellowship nominations is Friday, April 1, 2011.

Go to Nomination Instructions (http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/nominations.cfm) to nominate a current APS-DPP member online follow the nomination steps.

Fred Skiff, Chair
University of Iowa
Email:  frederick-skiff@uiowa.edu

 

Nominating Committee

The Nominating Committee, chaired by John Cary seeks candidates for Vice Chair and for Executive Committee membership.
How to nominate:
*  The Committee will consider names submitted by any DPP member.
*  Members nominated by at least 1% of DPP membership (26 members) will automatically be placed on the ballot.
*  Please submit your candidate's name and affiliation by Friday, April 1 to:

John Cary, Chair
University of Colorado
Email:  cary@colorado.edu

and

Saralyn Stewart
DPP Administrator
Email: stewart@physics.utexas.edu