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UCSD Physics Department Award Recipients

(Emeritus in parenthesis)

Albert Einstein Award
(Rosenbluth (deceased)), 1964

Alexander von Humboldt Award
Manohar, 2003
Maple, 1998
Norman, 1997
Schuller, 2000
Sham, 1978

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow
Abarbanel, 1969
Arovas, 1989
Bassov, 1997
Diamond, 1989
Fogler, 2003
Fredkin, 1964
Goodkind, 1962
Griest, 1994
Grinstein, 1990
Hirsch, 1985
Hwa, 1994
Intriligator, 1996
Jenkins, 1995
Levine, 1988
Manohar, 1987
O'Neil, 1971
Sharma, 1996
Tytler, 1989
Wolynes, 1981

American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Dynes, 1994
Norman, 2005
Wolfe, 1995
Wolynes, 1991
(Brueckner)
(Burbidge, G)
(Burbidge, M)
(Feher)
(Goldberger)
(Kroll (deceased))
(Rosenbluth(deceased))
(Suhl)
(York)

American Association for the Advancement of Science
Maple, 1997
Sinha, 1998
Surko, 1999
Wolynes, 2000

American Astronomical Society Warner Prize
(Burbidge, G, 1959)

American Crystallographic Association Charles Supper Award
(Xuong, 2003)

American Philosophical Society
Wolynes, 2006
(Goldberger)
(Rosenbluth (deceased), 1998)

American Physical Society Fellows

Faculty: Abarbanel, Basov, Chen, Diamond, Driscoll, Dubin, Dynes, Fuller, Goodkind, Griest, Grinstein, Hellman, Hirsch, Intriligator, Jones, Kuti, Levine, MacFarlane, Manohar, Maple, Norman, O'Neil, Onuchic, Ride, Schuller, Sham, Shapiro, Sharma, Sinha, Surko, Wolynes

Emeritus: Burbidge, G., Berkowitz, Feher, Fisk, Goldberger, Gould, Kroll, Masek, Peterson, Piccioni (deceased), Rosenbluth (deceased), Schultz, Ticho, York

American Physical Society Biological Physics Prize
Wolynes, 2004
(Feher)

American Physical Society Centennial Speaker 1998
Dynes
Fuller
Maple
Schuller
Sinha
(Fisk)

American Physical Society David Adler Lectureship Award
Maple, 1996
Schuller, 2003

American Physical Society Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research
Driscoll, 1991
Dubin, 2000
O'Neil, 1991

American Physical Society Dannie Heineman Prize
(Brueckner, 1963)

for Mathematical Physics
(Goldberger, 1961)

American Physical Society James Clerk Maxwell Prize

O'Neil, 1996

in Plasma Physics

(Rosenbluth, 1976 deceased)

American Physical Society James C. McGroddy Prize
Maple, 2000

New Materials

American Physical Society Nicholas Medal for Humanitarian Service
(Rosenbluth, 2000 deceased)


American Physical Society Oliver E. Buckley
(Feher, 1976) Solid State Physics Prize

American Physical Society Wheatley Award
Schuller, 1999

APS Users Organization Arthur H. Compton Award
Sinha, 2000

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
Hwa, 1997

Young Investigator Award
Onuchic, 1992
Smith (Doug), 2003

Biophysical Society Fellow
Wolynes, 2003
(Feher, 2000)

Bernd T. Matthias Prize
Maple, 2000

Chris and Warren Hellman Faculty Scholar
Fogler, 2002

Department of Energy, Outstanding Junior Investigator Award

Griest, 1993
Manohar, 1989

Department of Energy, Outstanding Research Award
Sinha, 1982

Department of Energy Outstanding Scientific Accomplishments

Schuller, 1987

Doctor Honoirs Causa, Univ. Compluntense of Madrid
Schuller, 2005

Earth Tide Medal Award
Goodkind, 2004

Enrico Fermi Award
(Rosenbluth, 1985 (deceased))
(York, 2000)

Ernest O. Lawrence Award
Schuller, 2004
Sinha, 1996
(Rosenbluth, 1964 (deceased))
(York, 1962)

Frank H. Spedding Award for excellence in rare earth research

Maple, 1999

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
Manohar, 2004

Fritz London Award in Low Temperature Physics

Dynes, 1990

Hellman Faculty Fellowship

Basov, 1997
Keating, 2006
Murphy, 2006

John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
Hwa 1999
Maple, 1984
Sham, 1983
Sinha, 1983
Wolynes, 1986
(Suhl)
(Peterson)

Langmuir Award for Chemical Physics

Ludwig Genzel Prize
Basov , 2004

Materials Research Society MRS Medal
Schuller, 2003
Sinha, 2004

Matteucci Medal, Italy
(Piccioni 1998 - (deceased))

National Academy of Sciences
Dynes, 1989
Maple, 2004
Onuchic, 2006
Sham, 1998
Wolynes, 1991
(Brueckner)
(Burbidge, M)
(Feher)
(Fisk)
(Goldberger)
(Kroll)
(Rosenbluth-deceased)
(Suhl)

National Institute of Health Career Development Award
Okamura, 1975

National Medal of Science
(Burbidge, M, 1984)
(Rosenbluth 1997 deceased)

National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program
Basov, 1999
Di Ventra, 2002
Keating, 2006

National Science Foundation Fellow

Driscoll, 1969
Okamura, 1971

National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator
Arovas, 1989
Diamond, 1989
Hirsch, 1985
Manohar, 1989
Jenkins, 1994

Nobel Prize
(Goeppert-Mayer, 1988 (deceased))
Kohn, 1998 in Chemistry (now UCSB)

Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award

Hwa, 1994

Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar
Basov, 1999
Griest, 1995
Sharma, 1998

Research Corporation Research Innovation Award
Smith (Doug), 2001

Royal Astronomical Society, Gold Medal
(Burbidge, G. 2005)
(Burbidge, M. 2005)

Vannevar Bush Award
(York, 2000)

Young Scholars Competition "Amazing Light Visions for Discovery" – UC Berkeley
Keating, 2005



UCSD AWARDS:

Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award
Jones, 1999
Onuchic, 2002
Sharma, 2004

Academic Senate Faculty Research Lecturer Award
Sham, 2000

Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award
O'Neil, 1996

Chancellor’s Associates Faculty Award for Excellence in Research
Sham, 1995

Chancellor's Associates Faculty Award
Griest, 2002

in Undergraduate Teaching
(Wong, 1993)

Chancellor's Associates Recognition Award for Outstanding Community Service
Ride, 1995

Outstanding Faculty Award, Revelle College

(Chen, 1986)

Outstanding Teacher of the Year, Revelle College
Driscoll, 2001

Excellence in Teaching Award, Revelle College

Maple, 1983

Updated – 5/22/06