Awards

Each year, JILA faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral research associates receive important recognition for their work. For instance, the Faculty includes three Nobel Laureates and two MacArthur Fellows. Every year, the American Physical Society's Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (DAMOP) gives an award for a particularly distinguished dissertation. Since 2000, six former JILA graduate students, two new faculty members, and two JILA postdoctoral research associates have won the award. JILA postdoctoral research associates are also well represented among each year's winners of the coveted National Research Council postdoctoral fellowships. Following are selected awards bestowed on JILA faculty, graduate students, postdoctoral research associate, and CU undergraduate students:

AAAS Fellows

2007: Henry Kapteyn
2006: Deborah Jin
1995: Eric Cornell
1995: Peter Bender
1995: James Faller
1995: Carl Lineberger
1995: Margaret Murnane
1995: Stephen Smith
1984: John Cooper

AAAS Cleveland Prize

1996: Carl Wieman

Achievement Reward for College Scientists (ARCS)

2004: Andrew Ludlow

ACS Ahmed Zewail Award

2008: Henry Kapteyn
2008: Margaret Murnane

ACS Irving Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics

1995: Carl Lineberger

ACS Peter Debye Award

2004: Carl Lineberger

Adolph Lomb Medal (Optical Society of America)

2004: Randy Bartels
1999: Jun Ye
1993: Henry Kapteyn

Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science and Technology

2008: Henry Kapteyn and Margaret Murnane

Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award

2007: Heather Lewandowski

Alexander von Humboldt Research Award

2009: Steve Cundiff
2007: Chris Greene
2007: Jun Ye
2001: Dana Anderson
2000: Andreas Becker
1999: David Nesbitt
1988: John Hall

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow

2007: Heather Lewandowski

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

2007: Deborah Jin
2006: Margaret Murnane
2005: Eric Cornell
1998: Carl Wieman
1995: Carl Lineberger

APS Arthur Schawlow Prize

1999: Carl Wieman
1993: John Hall

APS Best Poster Award

2007: Ryan Wilson

APS DAMOP Thesis Prize

2003: Heather Lewandowski (finalist)

APS Davisson-Germer Prize

2010: Chris H. Greene
1994: Carl Wieman
1988: John Hall

APS Earle Plyler Prize

1997: David Nesbitt
1992: Carl Lineberger

APS Fellows

2005: Steve Cundiff
2004: Jun Ye
2003: John Bohn
2003: Murray Holland
2003: Deborah Jin
2001: Henry Kapteyn
2001: Margaret Murnane
2000: Dana Anderson
1997: Eric Cornell
1991: David Nesbitt
1991: Carl Lineberger
1990: Carl Wieman
1989: Chris Greene
1973: John Hall, Lee Kieffer, Carl Lineberger
1971: John Cooper
1971: Alan Gallagher
1965: Roy Garstang

APS Herbert P. Broida Prize

1981: Carl Lineberger

APS I. I. Rabi Prize

2007: Jun Ye
2005: Deborah Jin
2001: Christopher Monroe
1997: Eric Cornell
1991: Chris Greene

APS Joseph F. Keithley Award

2001: James Faller

APS Maria Goeppert Mayer Award

2002: Deborah Jin
1997: Margaret Murnane

APS Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in AMO Physics Award (DAMOP)

2010: Kang-Kuen Ni
2009: Andrew Ludlow
2009: Javier von Stecher
2007: Cindy Regal (currently JILA faculty)
2005: Ana Maria Rey (currently JILA faculty)
2004: Markus Greiner
2004: James Thompson (currently JILA Faculty)
2002: Brian De Marco
2001: Thomas Weinacht
1999: Brett Esry
1998: Christopher Wood

APS DAMOP award finalists

2005: Emily Gibson
2003: Randy Bartels

APS Ten Best Student Papers

2000: Virginia Lorenz

APS Will Allis Prize

1990: Art Phelps

Arthur L. Schawlow Prize

2010: Henry Kapteyn
2010: Margaret Murnane

Arthur S. Flemming Award

2005: Jun Ye
2003: Deborah Jin
1991: David Nesbitt
1986: Stephen Leone
1974: David Hummer
1966: Peter Bender
1962: Lewis Branscomb

Association for Women in Science Fellows

2007: Margaret Murnane

Astronaut Scholarship

2007–2008: Ben Safdi

Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics

2008: Deborah Jin
1999: Eric Cornell
1999: Carl Wieman

Biophysical Society Student Achievement Award

2009: Amanda Carpenter

Biophysical Society Student Travel Award

2008: Ashley Carter

Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Prize

2007: Deborah Jin
1997: Carl Wieman

Boulder Faculty Assembly Excellence in Service

1990: Roy Garstang

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Award

1984: David Nesbitt

Carl Zeiss Award

2007: Jun Ye
1996: Eric Cornell
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in STEM Education

2010: Heather Lewandowski

Clare Booth Luce Professorship Award

2010: Cindy Regal

College Professor of Distinction

2009: Juri Toomre

Colorado ARCS Foundation Honoree of the Year

2007–2008: John Hall

Colorado Photonics Association Poster Competition

2005: Nick Wagner (1st place)
2005: Ashley Carter (2nd place)

CU Faculty Fellowships

2009–2010: Phil Armitage
2007–2008: Carl Lineberger
2005–2006: Mitch Begelman
1990–1991: Carl Wieman

CU Friends of the Graduate School Award

2009: Allison Churnside

CU Professors of Distinction

2009: Juri Toomre
2008: Margaret Murnane

CU Provost’s Faculty Achievement Award

2009: Rosalba Perna

Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics

1990: Dick McCray

Department of Commerce Gold Medal

2007: Judah Levine
2002: John Hall
2001: Jun Ye
2000: Steve Cundiff
1996: Eric Cornell
1990: Jim Faller
1983: Judah Levine
1980: Judah Levine
1974: John Hall
1970: Gordon Dunn, Lee Kieffer
1969: John Hall
1963: Richard N. Thomas

Department of Commerce Silver Medal

1992: David Nesbitt
1978: Art Phelps

Distinguished Professor, University of Colorado

2008: Margaret Murnane

1997: Richard McCray

1997: Carl Wieman

1985: W. Carl Lineberger

E. U. Condon Award

1995: David Nesbitt 1979: John Hall

European Time and Frequency Forum Award

2009: Jun Ye

Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship (full stipend)

2000-2005: Kevin Hollman

Frederic Ives medal, Optical Society of America

1968: Edward Condon

Governor's Award for High Impact Research

2010: John L. Hall
2009: Judah Levine

Guggenheim Fellows

1998: Mitch Begelman
1990: Carl Wieman
1981: Carl Lineberger
1975: Dick McCray

Hazel Barnes Prize

2010: Juri Toomre

Hertz Foundation Fellow

1973: Carl Wieman

IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, & Frequency Control Conference: I. I. Rabi Award

2004: John Hall

IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, & Frequency Control Conference: Student Paper Award

2004: (finalist) Kevin Holman

JILA Scientific Achievement Award

2006: Andrew Ludlow
2004: Cindy Regal, Markus Greiner
2003: David Jones
2002: Elizabeth Donley, Neil Claussen, Sarah Thompson
2001: David Jones
2000: Randy Bartels, Sterling Backus, David Jones, Scott Diddams
1999: Brian DeMarco

King Faisal International Prize for Science

1997: Carl Wieman
1997: Eric Cornell

LEOS Graduate Student Fellowship

2000: Randy Bartels

Lorentz Medal

1998: Carl Wieman
1998: Eric Cornell

MacArthur Fellows

2003: Deborah Jin
2000: Margaret Murnane

Meeting of Nobel Laureates and Students, Lindau, Germany, Selected Participants

2004: Andrew Ludlow
2001: Randy Bartels

Michaelson Postdoctoral Prize Lectureship

2004: Brian DeMarco

NASA Graduate Student Fellowship

1999-2000: Seth Redfield

NASA Group Achievement Award

1973: Peter Bender and James Faller

National Academy of Education

2009: Carl Wieman

National Academy of Sciences

2005: Deborah Jin
2004: Margaret Murnane
2000: Eric Cornell
1995: Carl Wieman
1989: Richard McCray
1984: John Hall
1983: Carl Lineberger

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship

2000-2002: Randy Bartels

National Professor of the Year

2004: Carl Wieman

National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow Award

2003-2005: Heather Lewandowski (now JILA faculty)

National Research Council, Best Poster Presentation by NRC research associate fellow

2004: Heather Lewandowski (now JILA faculty)

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship

2000-2002: Randy Bartels

National Science Foundation CAREER Award

2007: Heather Lewandowski

National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellows

2008: Margaret Murnane

New Focus/Bookham Student Research Award

2008: Richard Sandberg
2008: Amy Lytle (finalist)
2006: Virginia Lorenz
2004: Kevin Holman (finalist)
2001: Randy Bartels

NIH Molecular Biophysics Training Scholarship

2004: Amanda Carpenter

NIST Best Presentation Award

2007: Ben Lev

NIST Bronze Medal

2009: Steve Cundiff

NIST Samuel W. Stratton Award

2006: Jun Ye
2001: Deborah Jin
1995: Eric Cornell
1971: John Hall
1966: Lewis Branscomb
1962: Peter Bender

Nobel Laureates

2005: John Hall
2001: Eric Cornell
2001: Carl Wieman

NSF Alan T. Waterman Award

1997: Eric Cornell

NSF CAREER Award

2009: J. Mathias Weber
2005: Lincoln Carr

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

2003: Amy Lytle

NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award

1985: Chris Greene

Oersted Medal

2007: Carl Wieman

OSA Fellows

2006: Deborah Jin
2005: Jun Ye
2004: Steve Cundiff
2000: Eric Cornell
2000: Dana Anderson
1998: Henry Kapteyn
1998: Margaret Murnane

OSA Frederic Ives Medal

1991: John Hall

OSA Honorary Member

2007: John Hall

OSA Max Born Award

2002: John Hall

OSA R. W. Wood Prize

2010: Henry Kapteyn

2010: Margaret Murnane

1999: Eric Cornell
1999: Carl Wieman

OSA William F. Meggers Award

2006: Jun Ye
1999: David Nesbitt
1988: Carl Lineberger

(Physik Instrumente) NanoInnovation Grant

2006: Ashley Carter

Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering

2003: Jun Ye

2000: Deborah Jin
1996: Eric Cornell

Presidential Rank Award (Meritorious)

2009: David Nesbitt
2006: James Faller
2002: John Hall

President’s Diversity Award

2007: Martha-Elizabeth Baylor

Provost's Faculty Achievement Award

2009: Rosalba Perna

Rao Prize

2006: Jack Barbara

Richard N. Thomas Award

2005: Marc C. Neyrinck, Matthew K. Browning, Gregory Herczeg
2002: Seth Redfield
2000: Eli Michael

Royal Society of Chemists Fellows

2005: David Nesbitt

SIGRAV Prize

2010: Rosalba Perna

Sigma Xi William Proctor Prize

2009: Deborah Jin

Sloan Research Fellowship

2007: Heather Lewandowski
1995: Henry Kapteyn
1992: Margaret Murnane
1987: Mitch Begelman
1987: David Nesbitt
1986: Dana Anderson
1984: Carl Wieman
1983: Chris Greene
1972: Jim Faller

SPIE Award

2006: Martha-Elizabeth Baylor

Technology Review Magazine's TR100 Young Innovator

2002: Jun Ye

University of Colorado Faculty Fellowship

2007: W. Carl Lineberger

University of Colorado Junior Faculty Development Award

2007: Heather Lewandowski

Visiting Miller Professorship at the University of California-Berkeley

2007: Chris Greene

Young Scholars Innovations Prize

2005: Jun Ye

Young Scientist Award, Conference on Precision Electromagnetics

2002: R. Jason Jones

 

Postdoctoral fellowships

NIST/NRC postdoctoral fellowships

2011: Jason Williams
2010: Nicholas Dupuis
2010: Thomas Purdy
2010: Kevin Early
2010: Mark Siemens
2010: Matthew Hummon
2010: Thomas Allison
2010: Matthew Swallows
2009: John Perreault
2009: Arman Cingoz
2009: Larry Fiegland
2009: Andrew Funk
2009: Rebecca Montange
2008: Joseph Roscioli
2008: Erin Williams
2007: Gretchen Campbell
2007: Jeffrey Peterson
2006: Ben Lev
2006: Daniel Paik
2006: Richard Walters
2005: Sam Carter
2005: Jared Wahlstrand
2004: Emily Gibson
2004: Gavin King
2004: Aaron Leanhardt
2004: Tanya Zelevinsky
2003: Heather Lewandowski
2002: Lora Nugent-Glansdorf
2002: Pete Roos
2001: Jason Jones
2000: Hans Stouffer
1999: Brian Anderson
1999: Harold Parks
1998: Scott Diddams
1998: David Jones
1995: Debbie Jin
1995: John Bohn
1981: David Nesbitt

NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship

2001: Kelly Johnson