Prize for the Best Poster
Following the successful initiative already established in the last DPC’05 meeting in Shanghai (China), a prize will be awarded to the best poster presented at the DPC’07 meeting in Segovia. The prize consists of 1000 €. Based on the scientific content, clarity of “in situ” presentation, and artistic lay-out, a special committee formed by members of the DPC International Advisory Committee will decide on the winner of this award.
We encourage each participant to take special care in the preparation of its poster.
A Prize in Honor of Michael D. Sturge
Sturge Prize Winner
We have the pleasure to announce that the Sturge Prize will go to Angel García-Adeva "for his contribution to our understanding of the structure and dynamical properties of conventional and photonic materials".
Angel García-Adeva
PhD University of the Basque Country 1998 (Extraordinary doctoral prize)
Research Intern at the Physics Department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison (September 1999 - August 2001)
Postdoctoral Research Associate at Los Alamos National Laboratory (September 2001 - November 2002)
Currently he is developing his activity as a Ramón y Cajal Fellow at the University of the Basque Country since November 2002. He is also affiliated to Los Alamos National Laboratory since 2003 as a Guest Scientist.
The International Organizing Committee (IOC) of the International Conference on Dynamical Process in Excited State of Solids (DPC) met in August 2003 in Christchurch, New Zealand on the occasion of the 14th convocation of these meetings and voted unanimously to establish a prize to be awarded in future DPC's in honor of Professor Michael D. Sturge who passed away recently. The first Prize was awarded on the occasion of DPC '05 to Dr. Irene Georgakoudi of Tufts University for her contributions to development of luminescent probes for biological purposes.
Professor Sturge made significant contributions to our understanding in many areas of the optical properties of the condensed phases and exercised forth sight and leadership in establishing the Journal of Luminescence as the premier depository of spectroscopic properties of the solid state. He had a continuing and deep seated concern for the welfare of young students which he demonstrated amply during his tenure at Dartmouth College. For these reasons, the IOC felt it appropriate to establish a prize in his honor which would recognize contributions made by researchers in the field of Condensed Matter Spectroscopy who are in the initial phases of their scientific careers.
The Prize consists of a US two thousand dollar check and a plaque citing the contributions for which the recipient is being recognized. Sufficient funds exist in the endowment to continue to Prize for a few more awards. It is to be noted that following DPC'07, the Conference will become a tri-annual event.
We are now soliciting nominations for the inaugural Sturge Prize and urge the community to bring worthwhile candidates for this recognition to the attention of the Prize Committee. The initially appointed selection committee is being chaired by W.M. Yen and consists of C.G. Levey (Dartmouth), T. Gfroerer (Davidson), R.M. Macfarlane (IBM), Peter Reineker (Ulm) and Silvia Volker (Leyden). Mary Sturge has graciously agreed to act as Honorary Chair of the Committee. Nominations should be sent to the Chair and should consist of letter of citation, a copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae and three letters of endorsement by people acquainted with the nominee's contributions. We hope to conclude our deliberations by late April.
Nominations should be sent to:
William M. Yen
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of
Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2451
wyen@physast.uga.edu
FAX: 706-542-2492