The Department of Physics takes pride in having internationally recognized faculty. Below are prestigious awards and recognitions bestowed upon our faculty for achievements in research and teaching.
Awards
External Awards
Nobel Prize (Physics)
Frank Wilczek
2004
Fellow - American Physical Society
Ricardo Alarcon (2003)
2003
Ernst Bauer*
1991
Peter A. Bennett
2003
Cecilia Lunardini
2020
David Hestenes*
1995
Richard Lebed
2015
Stuart M. Lindsay
1990
Martha R. McCartney
2012
José Menéndez
2014
Robert J. Nemanich
1993
John Page*
1990
Fernando A. Ponce
2002
Peter Rez
2010
Kevin Schmidt
2001
David J. Smith
2002
John C.H. Spence
1990
Michael Thorpe
1985
Michael M.J. Treacy
2004
John A. Venables*
2002
Frank Wilczek
2004
Fellow - American Association for Advancement of Science
Stuart M. Lindsay
2003
John C.H. Spence
2008
Fellow - American Vacuum Society
Ernst Bauer*
1994
Fellow - Institute of Physics (U.K.)
Stuart Lindsay
2011
Peter Rez
2003
David J. Smith
1981
John C.H. Spence
1995
John A. Venables*
1972
Fellow - Materials Research Society
Robert J. Nemanich
2009
David J. Smith
2010
Fellow - Microscopy Society of America
Jingyue Liu
2012
Martha R. McCartney
2014
Peter Rez
2017
David J. Smith
2013
John C.H. Spence
2009
Michael M.J. Treacy
2015
Fellow - National Academy of Inventors
Stuart Lindsay
2015
John C.H. Spence
2019
Fellow - Royal Society (Foreign Member)
John C.H. Spence
2014
Barrer Award - Royal Society of Chemistry
Michael M.J. Treacy
1990
Cowley Medal - International Federation of Societies for Microscopy
John C.H. Spence
2014
Davisson-Germer Proze - American Physical Society
Ernst Bauer*
2005
Distinguished Physical Scientist Award - Microscopy Society of America
John C.H. Spence
2006
David J. Smith
2014
Donald W. Breck Award - International Zeolite Association
Michael M.J. Treacy
1996
Ernst Ruska Prize - German Society for Electron Microscopy
Martha R. McCartney
2009
Harald Rose Distinguished Lecture - German Society for Electron Microscopy
David J. Smith
2019
Helmholtz International Fellowship Award
David J. Smith
2014
Honorary Fellow - Canadian Institute of Optics
Philip Mauskopf
2013
King Faisal Prize
Frank Wilczek
2005
Leverhulme Professorship
Michael M.J. Treacy
2010
Lilienfeld Prize- American Physics Society
Frank Wilczek
2003
Medard W. Welch - American Vacuum Society
Ernst Bauer*
1992
Oersted Medal - American Association of Physics Teachers
David Hestenes*
2002
Philip Leverhulme Prize for Cosmology/Astrophysics