At its annual March meeting, to be held this year in Austin, Texas (see the meeting preview on page 56), the American Physical Society will recognize the outstanding efforts of 18 individuals in a wide variety of fields: biophysics, polymers, atomic and molecular physics, optics, and condensed matter physics.
The David Adler Lectureship Award will go to Ivan Schuller for his “research in metallic heterostructures and superlattices,” which he communicates “with unusual enthusiasm and eloquence,” according to the citation. Schuller is a professor of physics and a layer leader of the California Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technology at the University of California, San Diego.
APS will bestow Apker Awards on two students for undergraduate thesis work done in one case at a PhD-granting institution and, in the other case, at a non–PhD-granting institution. The award for work at a doctorate-granting university will go to Jason Alicea for his thesis...
