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Physical Measurement Laboratory

Awards

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2022 Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellowship in Astrophysics - Jordan Wheeler

Research focus: My research is focused on building detectors for astronomical cameras, much like the sensor in a smartphone. Unlike the

David Sefcik (center) accepting his award from NCWM Chair-elect Gene Robertson (at the podium), NCWM Chair Mahesh Albuquerque (left) and NIST Director Laurie Locascio (right).

2023 NCWM Outstanding Contributions Award - David Sefcik

David Sefcik of the NIST OWM received the 2023 NCWM Outstanding Contributions Award for his service as a co-organizer of the 2022 NCWM-NIST

2023 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow - Ana Maria Rey

The 2023 Class of Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellows will join an esteemed group of approximately 50 current fellows involved in vital basic

2023 ASPIRE Prize U.S. Winner - Nicole Yunger Halpern

Nicole Yunger Halpern is an emerging young leader in the reconciliation and mutual strengthening of the concepts of thermodynamics and

Word collage (reference materials, QC tools, repeatability, compatibility, reproducibility, etc. over top of small jar

2023 - Best Review Award Published in 2022---Clay Davis, Goncalo Gouveia, Christina Jones, Katrice Lippa, and Tracey Schock

" Reference Materials for MS-based Untargeted Metabolomics and Lipidomics: A Review by the Metabolomics Quality Assurance and Quality

2023 AVS Fellow - Julia Scherschligt

In 2023 Julia Scherschligt received the honor of an AVS Fellow, in recognition for outstanding contributions to vacuum science and metrology

2022 Distinguished Associate Award - Vladislav Gerginov

For long-term and extraordinary contributions in support of NIST’s atomic clock and sensing programs.

2023 SPIE Harold E. Edgerton Award in High-Speed Optics - Tara Fortier

In recognition of pioneering contributions to the development of frequency combs based on mode-locked lasers and their applications in

2022 - Gold Medal Award---Jun Ye

For the most precise measurement of the gravitational redshift using optical atomic clocks, further confirming Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity.

2022 - Edward Uhler Condon Award---Stephan Schlamminger

For explaining the physics of a crane operator’s trick of managing a swinging load and applying it to measure the universal gravitational constant G.

2022 - Samuel Wesley Stratton Award---Kartik Srinivasan

For contributions in integrated photonics to advance optical frequency standards, precision sensing, and quantum information science.

2022 - Gold Medal Award---Barbara Goldstein

For advancing world-leading metrology solutions to enhance U.S. security and economic growth through leadership of the NIST-on-a-Chip program.

2022 - Allen V. Astin Measurement Science Award---Dazhen Gu, Aaron Hagerstrom, Benjamin Jamroz, Jeffrey Jargon, Christian Long, Ann F. Monke, Eric Stanfield, Angela Stelson, John Stoup, Dylan Williams

For developing rigorous traceability with correlated uncertainties for microwave power and scattering parameters at 5G/6G communications frequencies.

2022 - Dean of Staff Award---Judah Levine

The Dean of Staff award honors the current employee with the longest tenure at NIST. The honoree receives a framed copy of an antique print of pioneering scientist Michael Faraday. A rare carbon print of this photo, now in NIST’s historical artifact collection, hung in the office of the first three NIST directors for four decades.

2022 - William P. Slichter Award---Ndubuisi George Orji

For leadership in metrology for advanced semiconductor manufacturing and strengthening cooperation with the microelectronics industry.

2022 - Bronze Medal Award---Stephen Russek, Karl Stupic, Kathryn Keenan, Neal Zelarney

For establishing a lending library service with the National Institutes of Health for the dissemination of magnetic resonance imaging standards.

2022 - Jacob Rabinow Applied Research Award---Dietrich Leibfried, Daniel Slichter, Andrew Wilson

For providing critical expertise in trapped-ion quantum information processing to industry stakeholders in support of the emerging quantum economy.

2022 - Bronze Medal Award---Alex Farrell, Edward Hagley

For making the NIST synchrotron a reliable, high-intensity, extreme ultraviolet source to support weather monitoring and semiconductor manufacturing.

2022 - Silver Medal Award---Michael Bartock, Jonathan Hardis, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, James McCarthy, Suzanne Lightman, Karen K. Reczek, Jeffrey Sherman, Roger Brown, Michael Lombardi, Judah Levine

For strengthening the resilience of position, navigation, and timing infrastructure and services on which global commerce and national security rely.