Dick Furnstahl and Baha Balantekin win major awards in theoretical nuclear physics

Professors Dick Furnstahl (The Ohio State University; pictured right) and Baha Balantekin (University of Wisconsin-Madison; pictured left) have been awarded the 2025 APS Herman Feshbach and Hans A. Bethe Prizes, respectively!  

The Herman Feshbach Prize  serves to recognize and encourage outstanding research in theoretical nuclear physics.

The Hans A. Bethe Prize serves to recognize outstanding work in theory, experiment or observation in the areas of astrophysics, nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics, or closely related fields.