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Physical Measurement Laboratory

Awards

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2020 Distinguished Associate Award - Son T. Le

For developing novel, best-in-class electronic biosensors being used to test and quantify therapeutics developed at NIH for Alzheimer's disease.

2020 Distinguished Associate Award - Jozsef Imrek

For the development of versatile and scalable readout firmware that will enable new microcalorimeter instruments with larger arrays of faster sensors.

2020 Distinguished Associate Award - Johnathon Gard

For the development of versatile and scalable readout firmware that will enable new microcalorimeter instruments with larger arrays of faster sensors.

2020 Distinguished Associate Award - Charles Waduwarage Perera

For developing an SI-traceable self-calibrating system for radioactivity measurement services which reduces the need to handle radioactive sources.

2020 Distinguished Associate Award - Abigail Wessels

For experimental and theoretical work that led to improved understanding of superconducting x-ray sensors and new capabilities in x-ray spectroscopy.

2020 Distinguished Associate Award - Dan Becker

For the development of versatile and scalable readout firmware that will enable new microcalorimeter instruments with larger arrays of faster sensors.

2020 Distinguished Associate Award - David Wineland

For the first demonstration of quantum gate teleportation with trapped ions, showcasing a crucial step toward large-scale quantum computation.

Figure 1 from "Microscopic origin of inhomogeneous transport in four-terminal tellurene devices"

Featured Article in APL 2D Transistors Collection

The Quantitative Nanostructure Characterization group's recent paper titled "Microscopic origin of inhomogeneous transport in four-terminal tellurene devices" has been featured in a collection of Applied Physics Letters (APL) on two-dimensional (2D)...

Michael Moldover Receives 2021 Helmholtz-Rayleigh Interdisciplinary Silver Medal

For establishing spherical acoustic resonators as the foundation of the kelvin in the International System of Units.

2020 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Daniel Sokolowski

For outstanding service to NIST, working across division and OU boundaries to ensure exceptional laboratory operations.

2020 - Silver Medal Award---Douglas Bennett, John Mates, Galen O'Neil, Daniel Schmidt, Daniel Swetz, Joel Ullom, Leila Vale, James Cline, Lawrence Hudson, Marcus Mendenhall

For enabling rapid and accurate X-ray analysis of materials and higher nuclear security through sensor breakthroughs and the world’s best reference data.

2020 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Thomas C. Larason

For outstanding development of system control software, design of critical radiometric research and calibration services, and collaboration.

2020 - Gold Medal Award---Jacob Taylor

For leadership in shaping the nation’s quantum science agenda, resulting in the National Quantum Initiative Act and its implementation infrastructure.

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Tina Gaver Butcher, Lisa Warfield, Juana Williams

For leadership in developing uniform legal metrology requirements for electric vehicle charging and submetering adopted by the 50 states in 2019.

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Denis Bergeron, Jeffrey Cessna, Ryan Fitzgerald, Dean Jarrett, Shamith Payagala, Neil M. Zimmerman

For developing an SI-traceable self-calibrating system for radioactivity measurement services that reduces the need to handle radioactive sources.

Physical Measurement Laboratory

Awards

2020 Distinguished Associate Award - Son T. Le

2020 Distinguished Associate Award - Jozsef Imrek

2020 Distinguished Associate Award - Johnathon Gard

2020 Distinguished Associate Award - Charles Waduwarage Perera

2020 Distinguished Associate Award - Abigail Wessels

2020 Distinguished Associate Award - Dan Becker

2020 Distinguished Associate Award - David Wineland

Featured Article in APL 2D Transistors Collection

Michael Moldover Receives 2021 Helmholtz-Rayleigh Interdisciplinary Silver Medal

2020 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Daniel Sokolowski

2020 - Silver Medal Award---Douglas Bennett, John Mates, Galen O'Neil, Daniel Schmidt, Daniel Swetz, Joel Ullom, Leila Vale, James Cline, Lawrence Hudson, Marcus Mendenhall

2020 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Thomas C. Larason

2020 - Gold Medal Award---Jacob Taylor

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Tina Gaver Butcher, Lisa Warfield, Juana Williams

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Denis Bergeron, Jeffrey Cessna, Ryan Fitzgerald, Dean Jarrett, Shamith Payagala, Neil M. Zimmerman

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Matt Brubaker, Alexana Roshko, Todd Harvey, Kris Bertness

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Thomas Germer, Eric Shirley

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Svetlana Nour, Jerome LaRosa

2020 - Distinguished Career Award---B. Carol Johnson

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Douglas Bennett

2020 - Silver Medal Award---Elias Baltic, Daniel Hussey, David Jacobson, Jacob LaManna

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Maynard Scott Dewey

2020 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Tobias Herman

2020 - B. Stephen Carpenter Award---Yoshihiro Ohno

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Arvind Balijepalli, Curt Richter

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