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) | |
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| Frank Wilczek | 2004 |
| Fellow - American Physical Society | |
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| 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 | |
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| Stuart M. Lindsay | 2003 |
| John C.H. Spence | 2008 |
| Fellow - American Vacuum Society | |
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| Ernst Bauer* | 1994 |
| Fellow - Institute of Physics (U.K.) | |
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| Stuart Lindsay | 2011 |
| Peter Rez | 2003 |
| David J. Smith | 1981 |
| John C.H. Spence | 1995 |
| John A. Venables* | 1972 |
| Fellow - Materials Research Society | |
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| Robert J. Nemanich | 2009 |
| David J. Smith | 2010 |
| Fellow - Microscopy Society of America | |
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| 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 | |
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| Stuart Lindsay | 2015 |
| John C.H. Spence | 2019 |
| Fellow - Royal Society (Foreign Member) | |
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| John C.H. Spence | 2014 |
| Barrer Award - Royal Society of Chemistry | |
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| Michael M.J. Treacy | 1990 |
| Cowley Medal - International Federation of Societies for Microscopy | |
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| John C.H. Spence | 2014 |
| Davisson-Germer Proze - American Physical Society | |
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| Ernst Bauer* | 2005 |
| Distinguished Physical Scientist Award - Microscopy Society of America | |
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| John C.H. Spence | 2006 |
| David J. Smith | 2014 |
| Donald W. Breck Award - International Zeolite Association | |
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| Michael M.J. Treacy | 1996 |
| Ernst Ruska Prize - German Society for Electron Microscopy | |
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| Martha R. McCartney | 2009 |
| Harald Rose Distinguished Lecture - German Society for Electron Microscopy | |
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| David J. Smith | 2019 |
| Helmholtz International Fellowship Award | |
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| David J. Smith | 2014 |
| Honorary Fellow - Canadian Institute of Optics | |
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| Philip Mauskopf | 2013 |
| King Faisal Prize | |
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| Frank Wilczek | 2005 |
| Leverhulme Professorship | |
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| Michael M.J. Treacy | 2010 |
| Lilienfeld Prize- American Physics Society | |
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| Frank Wilczek | 2003 |
| Medard W. Welch - American Vacuum Society | |
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| Ernst Bauer* | 1992 |
| Oersted Medal - American Association of Physics Teachers | |
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| David Hestenes* | 2002 |
| Philip Leverhulme Prize for Cosmology/Astrophysics | |
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| Philip Mauskopf | 2001 |
| President - Microscopy Society of America | |
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| David J. Smith | 2009 |
Awards Internal to ASU
| Regents' Professor | |
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| Paul Davies | 2020 |
| Robert J Nemanich | 2016 |
| Stuart M Lindsay | 2010 |
| David J Smith | 2000 |
| John CH Spence | 1996 |
| President's Professor | |
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| Ricardo Alarcon | 2013 |
| Faculty Achievement Award | |
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| Stuart Lindsay | 2007 |
| José Menéndez | 2011 |
| Martha McCartney | 2010 |
| Fernando Ponce | 2009 |
| Young Investigator Award | |
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| Andrei Belitsky | 2009 |
| Sefika Ozkan | 2013 |
| CLAS Zebulon Pearce Outstanding Teaching Award | |
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| José Menéndez | 2003 |
| Barry Ritchie | 1996 |
| David J. Smith | 1989 |
| John Page* | 1990 |
| Michael M.J. Treacy | 2008 |
* Emeritus