Awards Received by NIST Employees

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Physics World 2021 Breakthrough of the Year

The Breakthrough of the Year and the nine runners-up are selected by five Physics World editors from a list of nearly 600 research updates published on the website this year.

2022 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics - Jun Ye

The Breakthrough Prize recognizes groundbreaking discoveries in Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences and Mathematics. The world’s largest science prize, each of the five main Breakthrough Prizes is $3 million.

PLEASE NOTE: This collection is not comprehensive. Most of the awards highlighted in these pages are recent. We are working to make the collection more complete.

SPO Wins AAFS Ambassador of Forensic Science Award

The American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) Board of Directors has unanimously voted to honor the National Institute of Standards and

2022 SPIE George W. Goddard Award in Space and Airborne Optics - Michelle Stephens

Michelle Stephens receives the 2022 SPIE George W. Goddard Award in Space and Airborne Optics in recognition of technical innovation

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Andrei Kolmakov

For pioneering scanning-electron-beam imaging and spectroscopy of materials in gas and liquid media.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Dennis Everett

For establishing a new world-class gear measurement capability in response to an urgent request from the U.S. gear manufacturing industry.

2021 - Allen V. Astin Measurement Science Award---Lee Yu, Clay Davis, Savelas A. Rabb

For advancing the metrology of arsenic, and for the development of SI-traceable arsenic SRMs, needed to ensure human health and food safety worldwide.

Awards Received by NIST Employees

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