Davisson-Germer Prize
The Davisson Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics is a prize awarded annually by the American Physical Society since 1965 for outstanding work in atomic and surface physics. It is named after Clinton Davisson and Lester Germer , the discoverers of electron diffraction. The award is endowed with $ 5,000 (2007).
Award winners
- 1965: George J. Schulz
- 1967: H. Richard Crane
- 1970: Hans Georg Dehmelt
- 1972: Erwin Wilhelm Müller
- 1974: Norman Ramsey
- 1975: James J. Lander , Homer D. Hagstrum
- 1976: Ugo Fano
- 1977: Walter Kohn , Norton Lang
- 1978: Vernon Hughes
- 1979: Joel Appelbaum , DR Hamann
- 1980: Alexander Dalgarno
- 1981: Robert Gomer
- 1982: Llewellyn Thomas
- 1983: Ward Plummer
- 1984: Manfred A. Biondi , Gordon H. Dunn
- 1985: J. Gregory Dash
- 1986: Daniel Kleppner
- 1987: Maurice B. Webb
- 1988: John Lewis Hall
- 1989: Peter J. Feibelman
- 1990: David Wineland
- 1991: Neville V. Smith
- 1992: Larry Spruch
- 1993: Joseph Demuth
- 1994: Carl E. Wieman
- 1995: Max G. Lagally
- 1996: Thomas Francis Gallagher
- 1997: Jerry Tersoff
- 1998: Sheldon Datz
- 1999: Steven G. Louie
- 2000: William Happer
- 2001: Donald M. Eigler
- 2002: Gerald Gabrielse
- 2003: Rudolf M. Tromp
- 2004: Paul Julienne
- 2005: Ernst G. Bauer
- 2006: C. Lewis Cocke
- 2007: Franz Himpsel
- 2008: Horst Schmidt-Böcking
- 2009: Yves Chabal , Krishnan Raghavachari
- 2010: Chris H. Greene
- 2011: Joachim Stöhr
- 2012: Jean Dalibard
- 2013: Geraldine L. Richmond
- 2014: Nora Berrah
- 2015: Tai Chang Chiang , Miquel B. Salmeron
- 2016: Randall G. Hulet
- 2017: Eli Rotenberg , Stephen Kevan
- 2018: John E. Thomas
- 2019: Randall Feenstra
- 2020: Klaas Bergmann