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Awards Received by NIST Employees

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2021 - Edward Uhler Condon Award---Scott Diddams

For outstanding communication of complex research and measurements in a comprehensive and clearly illustrated review of optical frequency combs.

2021 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Brian Ackley

For critical support and services for the NIST Gaithersburg campus fire protection systems including programming, management, maintenance, and repairs.

2021 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Tommy Armstrong

For sustained superior performance in operations and maintenance focusing on electrical systems on the Gaithersburg campus.

2021 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Kelsey Knepp

For outstanding support of NIST organizational development, helping make expanded learning opportunities possible for the NIST community.

2021 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---George Potts, Jr., Thomas Salvermoser, Christopher Best, Stephen Coulter, Noli Manaloto

For coordinating and maintaining environmental controls during reduced operations to ensure continuity of operations to mission-critical facilities.

2021 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Alonzo Pearson, Dylan Morley, Devin Frazier, Leonel Montano

For reconditioning all the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment prior to the Phase 1 reopening of the NIST Gaithersburg campus.

2021 - Distinguished Career Award---Michele Cooley

For a career of federal service and outstanding administrative and organizational contributions to NIST and other agencies spanning over 40 years.

2021 - Distinguished Career Award---Amy E. Townsend

For sustained excellence in the delivery of compensation and leave services, which has contributed significantly to NIST’s ability to recruit and retain a world

2021 - Distinguished Mentoring Award---Jennifer Lynch

For mentoring and inspiring generations of young scientists to pursue the research they love, helping and inspiring them every step of the way.

2021 - Distinguished Mentoring Award---Dileep Thatte

For fostering exceptional personal and professional development of NIST staff, and unparalleled support and dedication to the NIST Mentoring Program.

2021 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Dorothy Smothers

For exemplary contributions and stewardship in administering NIST’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Program.

2021 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Stephen Banovic, Brian Brass, Michael Blumer, Jeffrey Good, Wing Wong, James Michael Blackmon, Kevin Dyrdahl, Jay Peterson

For excellence in developing, communicating, and implementing NIST COVID-19 health and safety protocols to provide a safe working environment.

2021 - Judson C. French Award---Carolyn Steffen, Erica Romsos, Katherine Gettings, Kevin Kiesler, Lisa Borsuk, Hariharan Iyer, Peter Vallone

For development and characterization of a next-generation forensic DNA Standard Reference Material using a diverse suite of molecular techniques.

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Physics World 2021 Breakthrough of the Year

The Physics World 2021 Breakthrough of the Year goes to two independent teams for entangling two macroscopic vibrating drumheads, thereby advancing our understanding of the divide between quantum and classical systems. The winners are Mika Sillanpää...

NIST Paper Selected for 2021 USRA Q2B Applied NISQ Computing Paper Award for 2021

A research paper whose lead author is Lucas Brady of NIST/ACMD (and a postdoctoral researcher at the NIST/UMD Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science, QuICS) has been selected as winner of the 2021 USRA Q2B Applied NISQ Computing...

2021 Presidential Rank Award - Charles F. Majkrzak

The Presidential Rank Award honors high-performing senior career employees for "sustained extraordinary accomplishment." https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/pres…

Mark Stiles Named 2022 IEEE Fellow

For contributions to spintronics devices and data storage.

Sae Woo Nam Named 2022 IEEE Fellow

For pioneering development of superconducting single-photon detectors with applications to quantum communications and quantum computing.

Franklyn Quinlan Named 2022 Optica Fellow

For contributions to optical-to-electrical conversion of ultrashort pulses leading to high-fidelity transfer of optical clock stability to the microwave domain.

Jun Ye Receives 2022 Herbert Walther Prize

For an extensive body of work in optics, including ultra-stable lasers, ultra-cold polar molecules, ultra-high resolution spectroscopy, and ultra-high accuracy optical clocks.

Kristan Corwin Named 2022 Optica Fellow

For pioneering research in gas-filled hollow fibers for lasers and frequency metrology, technical leadership, and service to the scientific community.

2021 Highly Cited Researcher - Wei Zhou

Recognizing the true pioneers in their fields over the last decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in the Web of Science™ https://publons.com/researcher/1566207...