W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics

To recognize and encourage outstanding achievements in Experimental Particle Physics. The prize consists of $10,000, an allowance for travel to the meeting at which the prize is to be awarded, and a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient. It is presented annually.

Establishment & Support:

The prize was established in 1985 by friends of W. K. H. Panofsky and the Division of Particles and Fields.

Nomination Deadline:

This year’s deadline has passed.  Please check back soon for next year’s nomination information and deadline.

2008 Selection Committee: David Macfarlane, Al Goshaw, Nigel Lockyer, Harry Nelson, Deborah Harris

Rules & Eligibility:

Nominations are open to scientists of all nations regardless of the geographical site at which the work was accomplished. The prize shall ordinarily be awarded to one person but the prize may be shared when all recipients have contributed to the same accomplishment. The prize will normally be awarded for contributions made at an early stage of the recipient's career. Nominations are active for three years.

2008 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics Recipient(s):
George Cassiday
Pierre Sokolsky
University of Utah

Past Recipients:

2007:	Bruce Winstein Heinrich Wahl Italo Mannelli
2006:	John Jaros Nigel Lockyer William T. Ford
2005:	Piermaria J. Oddone
2004:	Arie Bodek
2003:	William J. Willis
2002:	Masatoshi Koshiba Takaaki Kajita Yoji Totsuka
2001:	Paul Grannis
2000:	Martin Breidenbach
1999:	Edward H. Thorndike
1998:	David Robert Nygren
1997:	Henning Schröder Yuri Mikhailovich Zaitsev
1996:	Gail G. Hanson Roy Frederick Schwitters
1995:	Frank J. Sciulli
1994:	Thomas J. Devlin and Lee G. Pondrom
1993:	Robert B. Palmer, Nicholas P. Samios and Ralph P. Shutt
1992:	Raymond Davis, Jr. and Frederick Reines
1991:	Gerson Goldhaber and Francois Pierre
1990:	Michael S. Witherell
1989:	Henry W. Kendall, Richard E. Taylor and Jerome I. Friedman
1988:	Charles Y. Prescott