The Office of Nuclear Physics currently participates in two major programs that emphasize support for the nuclear physicists in the early stages of their research careers. These are the Early Career Research Program and the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The goals of these programs and information for potential applicants are described in detail on their web sites.
In the tables below we provide information regarding previous NP awardees under the PECASE program. Some information is also provided regarding awardees under the earlier Outstanding Junior Investigator (OJI) program.
Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers:
The Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, established in 1996, honors the most promising beginning researchers in the nation within their fields. Eight federal departments and agencies annually nominate scientists and engineers at the start of their careers whose work shows the greatest promise to benefit the nominating agency's mission. Participating agencies award these beginning scientists and engineers a citation, a plaque, and a commitment for five years of funding to further their research in support of critical government missions.
Provided below are the recipients where Nuclear Physics provided funding to for five years. Additional general information is available on the Office of Science web site under the Accomplishments / Awards section.
Recipients Which Nuclear Physics Awarded Funds:
| Year | Name | Laboratory | Brief Description |
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| 2011 |
Peter Mueller |
Argonne National Laboratory |
…for scientific leadership in developing precision laser spectroscopy and atom trapping techniques resulting in groundbreaking insights on the charge radii of exotic light nuclei and the fundamental nature of the weak interaction via precise measurement of nuclear beta decay. |
| 2008 |
Gianluigi Ciovati |
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
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...for his work on the dependence of cavity Q-value on accelerating gradient and the causes of degradation of Q-value at higher gradients that is making a significant impact on the international superconducting accelerator applications community; and for outstanding mentoring of graduate students. |
| 2008 |
Paul Sorensen |
Brookhaven National Laboratory |
...for original research demonstrating quark number scaling in the elliptic flow of hadrons in nucleus-nucleus collisions that together with theoretical studies indicated the formation of a new form of matter - the strongly interacting quark-gluon plasma; and for service on the governing council of the STAR experiment. |
| 2008 |
Ivan Vitev |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
...for seminal theoretical research on energy loss in the quark-gluon plasma, providing clear insights on crucial properties of the high energy-density regime of quantum chromodynamics as explored at the Department of Energy’s Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider facility; and for the organization of international physics workshops and colloquia. |
| 2007 |
Mickey Chiu |
Brookhaven National Laboratory |
...For developing the use of neutral pions to identify hot, dense nuclear matter and to study transverse proton spin asymmetries; and for mentoring of graduate students in building advanced instrumentation. |
| 2005 |
Daniel Bardayan |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
...for innovative precision nuclear spectroscopy measurements clarifying the production of elements and radioisotopes in exploding stars, and for mentoring undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral associates as well as organizing a summer school for graduate students to explore exotic beam physics. |
| 2004 |
John Arrington |
Argonne National Laboratory |
...for his research into the quark distributions of nuclei which has provided a compelling new look into the short-range structure of nuclei |
| 2004 |
Zhangbu Xu |
Brookhaven National Laboratory |
...for his research techniques and technical developments applied to the search for a new state of matter at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, a world-class accelerator for nuclear physics |
| 2003 |
Saskia Mioduszewski |
Brookhaven National Laboratory |
...for her studies of the properties of the unusual matter formed in extremely high-energy nuclear collisions produced at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. |
| 2002 |
Jeffrey C. Blackmon |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
...for his pioneering work in implementing a program of measurements at the ORNL Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility with radioactive nuclear beams to understand stellar explosions. |
| 2001 |
Vincent Cianciolo |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
...for developing a scientific program and detector instrumentation for experiments at the Brookhaven National Laboratory to understand the existence of quark-gluon plasma |
| 2000 |
Zheng-Tian Lu |
Argonne National Laboratory |
...for the development of the Atom Trap Trace Analysis technique which has provided a powerful new tool for ultra-sensitive trace isotope analysis in fundamental research and technological applications |
| 1998 |
Anthony Mezzacappa |
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...for his work identifying the explosive mechanism of core-collapse and associated nucleosynthesis in supernovae |
| 1997 |
David J. Dean |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
...for his research in nuclear structure physics and critical contributions to the development of the Shell Model Monte Carlo methods, making possible the extension of shell model calculations to heavier nuclei |
| 1996 |
Michael Smith |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
...for establishing an astrophysics program at the first facility devoted fully to radioactive ion beam physics, and for contributing to the collection and evaluation of nuclear reaction data applicable to astrophysics phenomena |
Outstanding Junior Investigator Program:
The Outstanding Junior Investigator Program has been supplanted by the SC Early Career Research Program. However, through FY 2009, the Office of Nuclear Physics invited grant applications for support under the Outstanding Junior Investigator (OJI) Program in nuclear physics. This program supported the development of individual research programs of outstanding scientists early in their careers.
Recipients of awards: 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000