Awards

Nathan Newbury is recognized for pioneering contributions to thedevelopment of fiber laser frequency combs and their application to spectroscopy, metrology, and LIDAR.

The Inamori Foundation of Japan cited Dr. Cahn's outstanding contribution to alloy materials engineering by the establishment of spinodal decomposition theory. John's major contributions to materials science include developing a fundamental theory...

For devising "acoustic techniques to accurately measure properties of gases and aerosols."

Jonathan (Jay) Koch is recognized for his exceptional support of the research objectives at the National Institute of Standards and Technology for nearly two decades. In his role as cleanroom process engineer he has been responsible for the continued...

Sae Woo Nam is recognized for seminal contributions to the development of superconducting single-photon detectors and photon-number-resolving detectors and their use in quantum optics experiments by the Optical Society of America.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2011 to Dan Shechtman -Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel "for the discovery of quasicrystals." NIST Colleagues Congratulate Shechtman...

Taylor was selected for his pioneering, world-class research on quantum fault tolerance and on the dynamic properties of quantum information devices, and for his commitment to providing educational and research experiences to graduate students...

Collé, well-known for his work on establishing one of the first quality assurance programs for radioactivity in the world, was honored for "outstanding contributions to radiation and isotope applications and instrumentation. The medal is awarded for...

He received the award for "the first experimental realization of synthetic magnetic fields and spin-orbit couplings in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates." The award was presented at the Bose-Einstein Conference in Sant Feliu, Spain, Sept. 10-16, 2011.

The work they are doing will improve all of our lives as they unleash the power of chemistry to solve global challenges like providing clean water, sufficient food, new energy sources, and cures for disease. But that's not all they're also organizing...

The work they are doing will improve all of our lives as they unleash the power of chemistry to solve global challenges like providing clean water, sufficient food, new energy sources, and cures for disease. But that's not all they're also organizing...

For outstanding leadership to the metrology community, for fostering relationships between various metrology organizations, for fostering relationships between various metrology organizations, and championing metrology learning and development...

Mike’s contributions to excellence in metrology include his role in helping to develop the world’s first continuous, near real-time international time scale, helping to coordinate official time among 16 national metrology institutes in the SIM region...

He's recognized as a world leader in early applications of lasers for precision measurements, as well as precision time and frequency measurements based on systems of atomic clocks, including use of satellites for time and frequency distribution.

Dr. Chu received the Science Spectrum Trailblazer Award for her development of quantitative spectroscopic tools for measurement of trace amounts of gaseous substances. For more on her research.

Dr. Holbrook received the PECASE Award for establishing himself as an internationally recognized leader in measurements and analysis of environmental fate and impact of nano-scale material and nanoparticles. Applying NIST's advanced measurement...

Dr. Stein received the Presidential Rank Award for lifetime contributions in establishing the NIST reference data collections as the premier source of chemical reference data for compound identification in the world.

The Boulder Division Safety Representatives are recognized as an organization for their exemplary leadership, teamwork, and dedication in dramatically improving safety practices at the NIST Boulder Laboratories. Over the past two years, the Boulder...

Dr. Erich Grossman is recognized for establishing the world's first traceable source of millimeter-wave and terahertz power, and for advancing the fields of millimeter-wave and terahertz radiometry, imaging, and spectroscopy. Through his development...

Daniel S. Hussey specializes in applying and extending the technique of neutron imaging at the NIST Center for Neutron Research.

He uses highly controlled ultracold atoms, trapped in crystals of laser light, to create quantum materials that shed light on problems in solid-state physics.

Hall received the Foundational Technology award for a lifetime of work on the nature of laser light and the development of frequency combs.

The award citation states that through the development of the BEES software tool, Bobbie has significantly advanced the state-of-the-art of practices for sustainability measurement of building materials and bio-based products across the Federal...

Winner of the 2010 World Standards Day Paper Competition

Marla Dowell, Group Leader of the Sources and Detector Group, was recognized for her sustained exceptional leadership as a supervisory physicist of a world-leading laser metrology program. Dr. Dowell leads the most comprehensive program in laser...