Edward Teller Award


The Edward Teller Award is an award presented every two years by the American Nuclear Society for "pioneering research and leadership in the use of laser and ion-particle beams to produce unique high-temperature and high-density matter for scientific research and for controlled thermonuclear fusion". It was established in 1999 and is named after Edward Teller. The award carries a $2000 cash prize and an engraved silver medal.

Recipients

YearRecipientCitationRef.
1991Nikolai G. Basov
1991Heinrich Hora
1991John H. Nuckolls
1991Chiyoe Yamanaka
1993Robert Dautray
1993John D. Lindl
1993Sadao Nakai
1995E. Michael Campbell
1995Gennady A. Kirillov
1995Robert L. McCrory
1995George H. Miley
1997Michael H. Key
1997Jürgen Meyer-ter-Vehn
1997
1997George Zimmerman
1999Larry R. Foreman
1999Steven W. Haan
1999Dov Shvarts
2001Mordecai Rosen
2001Stefano Atzeni
2003Hideaki Takabe
2003Laurance J. Suter
2005Joseph D. Kilkenny"for his many significant and seminal contributions to advancing inertial confinement fusion as an experimentalist, for his international leadership and initiative in encouraging collaboration in intertial fusion research, and for advising and mentoring many fine research scientists who are contributing to the growing field of high-energy-density science."
2005Max Tabak"for developing the Fast Ignition inertial fusion concept and for demonstrating key aspects of it in a series of experiments that have catalyzed the world-wide effort on the concept."
2007Kunioki Mima"in recognition of pioneering research and leadership in Intertial Fusion Sciences and Applications."
2007Brian R. Thomas"in recognition of pioneering research and leadership in Intertial Fusion Sciences and Applications."
2009Edward I. Moses"in recognition of pioneering research and leadership in Intertial Fusion Sciences and Applications."
2009Riccardo Betti"for seminal contributions to the theory of hydrodynamic instabilities, implosion dynamics and thermonuclear ignition in inertial confinement fusion."
2011"for seminal experimental contributions to laser fusion research, notably for her work to control and understand laser coupling and parametric instabilities."
2011Bruce A. Remington"in recognition of pioneering research and leadership in Intertial Fusion Sciences and Applications."
2013James Hammer"in recognition of his engendering innovative techniques for pursuing inertial confinement fusion and studying high energy density science with lasers and pulsed-power drivers."
2013Richard Petrasso"in recognition of his leadership in implementing innovating nuclear-based diagnostics on OMEGA and the NIF resulting in multiple scientific breakthroughs."
2015Hiroshi Azechi
2015Zhang Jie"in recognition of his significant contributions to the study of generation and propagation of hot electrons in laser-plasmas relevant to ICF and the reproduction of astrophysical processes."
2017R. Paul Drake
2017
2019Xian-Tu He
2019Patrick Mora

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