Faculty Honors

See Emeritus Faculty

Current Faculty

Professor R. Alarcon

  • Fellow, American Physical Society, 2003.

Professor E. Bauer

  • Erwin Muller Prize, 1985.
  • Gaede Prize, German Vacuum Society, 1988.
  • Corresponding Member, Goettingen Academy of Sciences, 1989.
  • Fellow, American Physical Society, 1991.
  • Welch Award, American Vacuum Society, 1992.
  • Fellow, American Vacuum Society, 1994.
  • Niedersachsenpreis for Science, 1994.
  • Award of the Japan Society of Promotion of Science’s 141st Committee on Microbeam Analysis, 2003.
  • American Physical Society Davisson-Germer Prize, 2005.

Professor P. Bennett

  • Fellow, American Physical Society, 2003.

Professor R. Chamberlin

  • Alexander von Humbolt Foundation Research Award.

Professor B. Doak

  • Student Fellow of the Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD), 1978-80.
  • Otto-Hahn-Medallion of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Germany, 1980.
  • Senior Fellow of the Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD), 1994.
  • Visiting Professor at Forschungszentrum-Jülich, Jülich, Germany, 1994.
  • Fulbright Senior Scholar at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, 1998-99.
  • Visiting Professor at Max-Planck-Institut für Strömungsforschung, Göttingen, Germany, 1994, 2000.
  • Visiting Professor at Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 2001.
  • DAAD Science Tour, 2007.

Professor J. Dow

  • Fellow, American Physical Society.

Regents' Professor S. Lindsay

  • Chair, Division of Biophysics, American Physical Society, 1995.
  • Humbolt Senior Scientist Award, 1993.
  • Associate Editor, Nanobiology.
  • Associate Editor, Ultramicroscopy.
  • Arizona Innovator of the Year, Arizona Chamber of Commerce, 1999.
  • Fellow, American Physical Society, 1990.
  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Professor J. Menéndez

  • Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1990.

Professor T. Newman

  • Fellow, Institute of Physics (U.K.), 2004.

Professor F. Ponce

  • Ross M. Tucker AIME Electronics Materials Award, 1981.
  • Honorary Professor, National University, Cuzco, Peru, 1990.
  • Medal Eduardo de Habich, Lima, Peru, 1999.
  • Co-Chair, Materials Research Society, Fall Meeting, 1999.
  • Honorary Professor, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Peru, 2002.
  • Fellow, American Physical Society, 2002.
  • Chair, International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (ICPS-27), July 2004.
  • Honorary Doctor Degree, Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima, Peru, 2005.
  • Award Antorcha de Habich, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Peru, 2005.
  • Medal Atomo de Oro, Instituto Peruano de Energia Nuclear, Lima, Peru, 2006.
  • Tricentennial Medal, Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Peru, 2007.

Professor P. Rez

  • Corning Award, Microbeam Analysis Society.

Professor B. Ritchie

  • Outstanding Teaching Award, Department of Physics and Astronomy, ASU, 1990.
  • Technical Advisory Panel Representative, Hall B, Jefferson Lab, 1990-92.
  • LAMPF Experimental Facilities Panel member, 1990-94.
  • Member, Board of Directors, LAMPF Users’ Group, Inc., 1992-94.
  • Low Energy Pion Channel Working Group Chair, LAMPF Users’ Group, 1982, 1985, 1990-94.
  • Dean’s Quality Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, ASU, 1996.
  • CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer Collaboration: Chair, Real Photon Physics Working Group, CLAS Coordinating Committee, 1995-99.
  • Member, Academic Board of Directors, Metanexus Institute, 2007 to present.

Regents' Professor O. Sankey

  • Fellow, American Physical Society, 2000.

Professor K. Schmidt

  • Fellow, American Physical Society, 2001.

Regents’ Professor D.J. Smith

  • Fellow, Institute of Physics (U.K.), 1981.
  • Boyes Prize, Institute of Physics, 1985.
  • D. Sc., University of Melbourne, 1988.
  • Dean's Quality Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1989.
  • Faculty Achievement Award, Burlington Northern Foundation, 1990.
  • Listed in 2000 Outstanding Scientists of the 21st Century, 2001.
  • Fellow, American Physical Society, 2002.
  • Listed in ISI Highly Cited in Materials Science, 2003.
  • National Research Council, Committe on Smaller Facilites, 2003-2005.
  • Editor (Materials), Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2004-.
  • Director, Microscopy Society of America, 2005-2007.
  • President Elect (2008), President (2009), Microscopy Society of America.

Regents’ Professor J.C.H. Spence

  • Fellow, American Physical Society, 1991.
  • Burton Medal, Microscopy Society of America.
  • Fellow, Insitute of Physics (U.K.).
  • Humbolt Senior Scientist Award, 1991.
  • National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Crystallography.
  • Chair, International Union of Crystallography, Electron Diffraction Commission.
  • Co-editor, Acta Crystallographica (Diffraction Physics), 1990-2000.
  • FEMMS Distinguished Lectureship Award, 2003.
  • Chair, Gordon Conference, 2004.
  • FASR Lecturer, Cornell, 2005.
  • Distinguished Scientist Award, Microscopy Society of America, 2006.

Professor M. Thorpe

  • Fellow, American Physical Society.
  • Doctor of Science, Oxford University.
  • Fellow, Institute of Physics (U.K.).

Professor M. Treacy

  • Barrer Award, Royal Society of Chemistry, 1990.
  • Breck Award, International Zeolite Association, 1996.
  • Fellow, American Physical Society, 2004.

Professor K.T. Tsen

  • Chair for SPIE Photonics West’s International Symposium, 1998 - 2007.
  • Outstanding Alumni Award from Fu-Jen Catholic University, 2004.
  • Editor, Superlattices and Microstructures, 2006 - present.
  • Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Superlattices and Microstructures, 2006 - present.

Professor I. Tsong

  • NSF Fellow, Center for Global Partnership, 1997.
  • Associate Editor, Superlattices and Microstructures, 1991-94.

Professor J.A. Venables

  • Fellow, Institute of Physics (U.K.).
  • Fellow, American Physical Society, 2002.
  • Chair, Gordon Conference, 1997.
  • Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de la Mediterannée (2001).
  • Honorary Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex (U.K.).
  • Visiting Professor, London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN), University College London (U.K.).

Emeritus Members

Professor J.M. Cowley

  • Fellow, Royal Society (U.K.).
  • Doctor of Science, Northwestern University, 1995.
  • Warren Award, American Crystallographic Society, 1974.
  • Ewald Prize, Int. Union of Crystallography, 1987.
  • Fellow, American Physical Society.
  • Fellow, Institute of Physics (U.K.).
  • Co-editor, Acta Cryst A, 1971-1980.
  • President, Electron Microscopy Society of America, 1971-1974.
  • Member, U.S. National Committee for Crystallography, 1973-1978, 1984-1986.

Professor N. Herbots

  • Research Corporation Cottrell Science Award for Ordered ((1x1)Si (100) Surfaces), 1998.
  • Carl Soderberg Chair for Development of Complex Experimental Systems (MIT), 1989.
  • AT&T Junior Faculty Award for Research on Atomic Transport Mechanisms At Semiconductor Surfaces & Interfaces, 1988.
  • Scientific Member of Physikalische Bohmische Society for Imaginative Investigation of Ion Beam Deposition, 1987.
  • IBM Professor in Electronic Materials (MIT), 1987.
  • Martin Marietta Significant Event Award for Ion Beam Deposition, 1985.
  • IRSIA Doctoral Fellow (IRSIA stands for “Institut de Recherche Scientifique dans l’Industrie et l’Academie”), 1981-1984.

Professor D. Hestenes

  • Fellow, American Physical Society, 1995.
  • Oersted Medal of the AAPT, 2002.

Professor S. Iijima

  • James McGroddy Prize, American Physical Society, 2002.
  • Agilent Europhysics Prize, European Physical Society, 2002.
  • Benjamin Franklin Prize, 2002.

Professor J. Page

  • Humbolt Senior Scientist Award, 1991.
  • Fellow, American Physical Society, 1990.

Professor W. Tillery

  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Professor H. Voss

  • American Association of Physics Teachers.
    • Presidential Sequence, 1995-1999.
    • Melba Newell Phillips Medal, 1999.
    • Distinguished Service Citation, 1990.
    • Secretary, 1991-1995.
    • Executive Board, 1989-1999.
  • American Institute of Physics.
    • Governing Board.
    • Executive Committee.
    • Chair, Publishing Policy Committee.
    • Chair, Journals Subcommittee.
    • Physics Programs Committee.
  • American Physical Society.
    • General Counselor.

Professor S. Wyckoff

  • Phoenix Woman of Achievement Award.
  • National Academy of Science, Space Science Board, Report Panel Member.
  • Discipline Scientist, NASA International Halley Watch.
  • Hubble Space Telescope Key Projects Committee.
  • Executive Council, American Astonomical Society.
  • Kuiper Prize Committee, Urey Prize Committee.
  • Arizona Board of Regents Eisenhower Advisory Board.