PHYS Awards Ceremony – ACS Fall 2024

Congrats to our many awardees! Awardees were honored during the fall meeting at the PHYS Awards Ceremony held on Monday, August 19. A full day awards symposium followed on Tuesday to hear about current research endeavors.

Journal of Physical Chemistry—PHYS Lectureships
The Journal of Physical Chemistry and PHYS Division Lectureship Awards honor the contributions of investigators that have had major impacts in the field of physical chemistry in the research areas represented by each section of the journal.

Janus Eriksen
Janus Eriksen
Technical University of Denmark
2024 JPC A Lecturer
Mike Reppert
Mike Reppert
Purdue University
2024 JPC B Lecturer
Lea Nienhaus
Lea Nienhaus
Florida State University
JPC C Lecturer

Young Investigator Awards

These four awardees presented talks throughout the week at various PHYS symposia.

Zehua Chen
Zehua Chen
2024 YIA theory award
Tomojit Chowdhury
Tomojit Chowdhury
2024 YIA experimental award
Dipti Jasrasaria
Dipti Jasrasaria
2024 YIA theory award
Jianyu Zhang
Jianyu Zhang
2024 YIA experimental award

PHYS Division Junior Awards

Sandra Luber
Sandra Luber
University of Zurich
2024 Early Career Award in Theoretical Chemistry
Justin Caram
Justin Caram
UCLA
2024 Richard P. Van Duyne Early Career Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry

PHYS Division Senior Awards

Xiaosong Li
Xiaosong Li
University of Washington
2024 Jack Simons Award in Theoretical Chemistry
Theodore Goodson
Theodore Goodson
University of Michigan
2024 Senior Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry
Emily A. Carter
Emily A. Carter
Princeton University
2024 Marsha I. Lester Award for Exemplary Impact in Physical Chemistry

2024 ACS Fellows & 2024 National Awards

Weitao Yang
Weitao Yang
Duke University
2024 ACS Theory Award
Warren Warren
Warren Warren
Duke University
2024 E. Bright Wilson Award
Dave Beratan
Dave Beratan
Duke University
2024 Irving Langmuir Award
Anne L’Huillier
Anne L’Huillier
Lund University
2024 Zewail Award

2024 ACS Fellow – Martin Zanni

2024 AAAS Fellows—Tim Lian, Christy Landes, Caroline Chick-Jarrold, and Scott Shell

2024 Inductees

American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Peng Chen, Cornell University

Mei Hong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Arthur Nozik, National Renewable Energy Lab & University of Colorado—Boulder

National Academy of Science

Claudia Turro, The Ohio State University

David Beratan, Duke University

Nobel Laureates

2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Louis Brus, Columbia University

Moungi Bawendi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Alexey Ekimov, Nanocrystals Technology, NY

2023 Nobel Prize in Physics

Anne L’Huillier, Lund University

Ferenc Krausz, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich & Max Planck Institute

Pierre Agostini, The Ohio State University