Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy
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The Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics is a prize that has been awarded annually by the American Physical Society
since 1977. The recipient is chosen for "notable contributions to the field of molecular spectroscopy
and dynamics". The prize is named after Earle K. Plyler, who was a leading experimenter in the field of infrared spectroscopy
; as of 2007 it is valued at $10,000. The prize is currently sponsored by the AIP Journal of Chemical Physics.
American Physical Society
The American Physical Society is the world's second largest organization of physicists, behind the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. The Society publishes more than a dozen scientific journals, including the world renowned Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, and organizes more than 20...
since 1977. The recipient is chosen for "notable contributions to the field of molecular spectroscopy
Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between matter and radiated energy. Historically, spectroscopy originated through the study of visible light dispersed according to its wavelength, e.g., by a prism. Later the concept was expanded greatly to comprise any interaction with radiative...
and dynamics". The prize is named after Earle K. Plyler, who was a leading experimenter in the field of infrared spectroscopy
Infrared spectroscopy
Infrared spectroscopy is the spectroscopy that deals with the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum, that is light with a longer wavelength and lower frequency than visible light. It covers a range of techniques, mostly based on absorption spectroscopy. As with all spectroscopic...
; as of 2007 it is valued at $10,000. The prize is currently sponsored by the AIP Journal of Chemical Physics.
Recipients
- 2011: Shaul Mukamel
- 2010: Lester S. Andrews
- 2009: Terry A. Miller
- 2008: Steven G. Boxer
- 2007: Timothy S. Zwier
- 2006: Mark Johnson
- 2005: Robert Tycko
- 2004: Richard van Duyne
- 2003: Giacinto ScolesGiacinto ScolesGiacinto Scoles is a European and North American chemist and physicist who is best-known for his pioneering development of molecular beam methods for the study of weak van der Waals forces between atoms, molecules, and surfaces...
and Kevin K. LehmannKevin K. LehmannKevin K. Lehmann is an American chemist and spectroscopist, and a famous professor, in both physics and chemistry at the University of Virginia, best-known for his work in the area of intramolecular and collisional dynamics, and for his advances in the method of cavity ring down spectroscopy... - 2002: Graham FlemingGraham FlemingGraham R. Fleming is an American chemist, currently serving as professor, director of the Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, and the vice chancellor for research at the University of California, Berkeley.-Career:...
- 2001: W. E. MoernerW. E. MoernerWilliam Esco Moerner , was born in 1953 in Pleasanton, California, and grew up in San Antonio, Texas. He received his B.S. in Physics with Top Honors, B.S. in Electrical Engineering with Top Honors, and his A.B. in Mathematics summa cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis in 1975...
- 2000: Michael David Fayer
- 1999: David Wixon Pratt
- 1998: Forrest Fleming Crim
- 1997: David J. Nesbitt and Roger Ervin Miller
- 1996: Charles S. Stedman
- 1995: James L. KinseyJames L. KinseyJames L. Kinsey is an American chemist, and D. R. Bullard-Welch Foundation Professor at Rice University.He won the 1995 Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy....
- 1994: C. Bradley Moore
- 1993: Ahmed ZewailAhmed ZewailAhmed Hassan Zewail is an Egyptian-American scientist who won the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on femtochemistry. He is the Linus Pauling Chair Professor Chemistry and Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology.- Birth and education :Ahmed Zewail was born on...
- 1992: W. Carl Lineberger
- 1991: Kenneth M. Evenson
- 1990: Andreas C. AlbrechtAndreas AlbrechtAndreas Albrecht is a cosmologist involved in research and teaching in the University of California, Davis. Along with João Magueijo, Andreas Albrecht independently proposed a model of varying speed of light cosmology...
- 1989: Richard J. SaykallyRichard J. SaykallyRichard J. Saykally is an American chemist. He is currently a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He has received numerous awards and accolades for advanced research on the molecular characteristics of water.-Career:...
- 1988: Robert W. FieldRobert W. FieldRobert W. Field is the Haslam and Dewey Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has been a professor since 1974. His AB degree is in chemistry from Amherst College, and his PhD is in chemistry from Harvard University, where he worked with Bill Klemperer...
- 1987: Donald H. Levy
- 1986: James K.G. Watson
- 1985: Gerhard HerzbergGerhard HerzbergGerhard Heinrich Friedrich Otto Julius Herzberg, was a pioneering physicist and physical chemist, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1971, "for his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals". Herzberg's main work concerned...
- 1984: John T. Hougen
- 1983: William Aloys KlempererWilliam KlempererWilliam A. Klemperer is a prominent and accomplished American chemist who was one of the most influential Chemical Physicists and Molecular Spectroscopists in the second half of the 20'th century. Klemperer is most widely known for: Introducing Molecular beam methods into Chemical Physics Research...
- 1982: Takeshi Oka
- 1981: Richard N. Zare
- 1980: Walter Gordy
- 1979: George C. PimentelGeorge C. PimentelGeorge Claude Pimentel was the inventor of the chemical laser. He also developed the modern technique of matrix isolation in low-temperature chemistry. In theoretical chemistry, he proposed the three-centre four-electron bond which is now accepted as the best simple model of hypervalent...
- 1978: E. Bright Wilson, Jr
- 1977: Charles H. Townes
External links
- Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, American Physical Society