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For pioneering devices that detect and count single particles of light, and for serving the community through professional leadership, mentoring and helping others.
For development of a world-first suite of standards for magnetic resonance imaging and providing leadership in the medical and scientific community through technology transfer and mentoring.
For innovations in surface-science and material-preparation technology that overcame a longstanding barrier to implementing ion-trap quantum computing.
For his breakthrough research in the field of quantum information science for over a decade, enabled by his invention of record-breaking photon detectors.
For pioneering breakthroughs in the nascent field of quantum optomechanics that are providing the practical means to preserve and transfer information across the components of future quantum computing devices