News and Announcements

The American Physical Society awarded its 2019 Lars Onsager Prize to Christopher Jarzynski, a former INT post-doctoral fellow and currently a Distinguished University Professor in the University of Maryland’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Physics, and Institute for Physical Science and Technology (IPST). Jarzynski will receive the prize, which recognizes outstanding research in theoretical statistical physics, at the society’s March Meeting 2019 in Boston.

Ubirajara Van Kolck is the 2020 recipient of the Herman Feshbach Prize in Theoretical Nuclear Physics.

Zohreh Davoudi, a former INT and Nuclear Theory graduate student and currently an assistant professor of physics at the University of Maryland, has been awarded a 2019 Sloan Research Fellowship. Granted by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, this award identifies 126 early-career scientists every year based on their potential to contribute fundamentally significant research to the wider academic community.

The National Advisory Committee of the Institute of Nuclear Theory extends on behalf of the nuclear physics community our deepest condolences to our dear colleague Professor David Kaplan, his family, and the entire University of Washington community for the irreparable loss of professor Ann Nelson. Professor Nelson was a brilliant scientist, a cherished colleague, and a champion mentor who will be sorely missed.

• INT National Advisory Committee statement of condolence
• UW Dept. of physics announcement
• Physics Today tribute
• New York Times obituary