Faculty Honors

See Emeritus Faculty [1]

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.