Von Hippel Award

Von Hippel Award Recipients

• Jerry D. Tersoff, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center (2019)

  “for advancing the understanding of low-dimensional and nanoscale electronic materials, surfaces and interfaces, through elegant theoretical models that highlight the essential physics controlling growth, structure and electronic properties"

  Jerry D. Tersoff is a principal research staff member at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. His recent research includes semiconductor nanowire growth; nanoscale effects in heteroepitaxy, including stress-driven self-assembly and self-organization; and the physics of carbon nanotube devices. Tersoff's early work includes theories of scanning tunneling microscopy, Schottky barriers and heterojunction band lineups. He also developed model interatomic potentials that are widely used in materials simulations. His work has been recognized by the Davisson-Germer Prize of the American Physical Society (APS), the Medard W. Welch Award of the American Vacuum Society (AVS) and the Materials Research Society (MRS) Medal. Tersoff is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the APS, AVS and MRS. He served on the Board of Directors of the Materials Research Society from 2003 to 2005. He received his BA degree in physics from Swarthmore College and his PhD degree in physics from the University of California, Berkeley.

  
  
• Hideo Hosono, Tokyo Institute of Technology (2018)

  

   

   

    
  

  
  
• C.N.R. Rao, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (2017)

  
  
  
  
   

  
  
• Charles M. Lieber, Harvard University (2016)

  

  
  
  

   
  

   
  
  
• Sir Richard H. Friend, University of Cambridge (2015)
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
• Marvin L. Cohen, University of California, Berkeley (2014)

  

  
  
  

   

   

  
  
• Mildred Dresselhaus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2013)

  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Stuart S.P. Parkin, IBM Almaden Research Center (2012)
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
• A. Paul Alivisatos, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley (2011)
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
• L. Eric Cross, The Pennsylvania State University (2010)

  
  
  
    
  
  

  
  
• Tobin J. Marks, Northwestern University (2009)
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
• Herbert Gleiter, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (2008)

  
  
  
  
    

  
  
• William Nix, Stanford University (2007)
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
• Knut Wolf Urban, Forschungszentrum Juelich (2006)
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
• Robert S. Langer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2005)
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
• Nick Holonyak, Jr., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2004)

  
  
  
  
    

  
  
• Julia R. Weertman, Northwestern University (2003)
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
• Howard K. Birnbaum, University of Illinois (2002)

  
  
  
  
   

  
  
• Simon C. Moss, University of Houston (2001)
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
• George M. Whitesides, Harvard University (2000)

  

  
  

  
   

   

  
  
• Richard S. Stein, University of Massachusetts Amherst (1999)

  
  
   
   

   

  
  
• Larry L. Hench, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (1998)

  
  
  
  
   

  
  
• Gabor A. Somorjai, University of California, Berkeley (1997)

  
  
  
  
   

  
  
• Sir Alan H. Cottrell, University of Cambridge (1996)

  
  

   

   

  
  
• William W. Mullins, Carnegie Mellon University (1995)

  

   

  
  

   

  
  
• Alfred Y. Cho, AT&T Bell Laboratories (1994)

  
  
   
   

  
  
• Frederick Seitz, The Rockefeller University (1993)

  
  
  
   

  
  
• Michael F. Ashby, University of Cambridge (1992)
  
  
  
  
      
  
  
  
• Theodore H. Geballe, Stanford University (1991)
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
• Robert W. Balluffi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1990)

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
• John B. Goodenough, The University of Texas at Austin (1989)

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
• Jacques Friedel, Université de Paris-Sud (1988)

  
  
  
  
   

  
  
• Sir Charles Frank, University of Bristol (1987)
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
• Minko Balkanski, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (1986)
  
  
  
   
   
   
  
  
  
• John W. Cahn, National Bureau of Standards (1985)

  

   

   

   
  
  
• Walter L. Brown, AT&T Bell Laboratories (1984)

  

   

   

   
  
  
• Sir Peter B. Hirsch, University of Oxford (1983)
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
• Clarence M. Zener, Carnegie Mellon University (1982)

  
  
  
  

   

   
  
  
• James W. Mayer, Cornell University (1981)

  

   

   

   

  
  
• W. Conyers Herring, Stanford University (1980)

  

   

   

   

  
  
• David Turnbull, Harvard University (1979)

  

   

   

   

  
  
• William O. Baker, Bell Laboratories (1978)

  

   

   

   
  

  
  
• Arthur von Hippel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1976)