Lise Meitner Prize for Nuclear Science

The Nuclear Physics Division of the EPS awards the prestigious Lise Meitner Prize every alternate year to one or several individuals for outstanding work in the fields of experimental, theoretical or applied nuclear science.

Call for nominations for the 2012 Lise Meitner Prize for Nuclear Science

European Physical Society Nuclear Physics Board

The Nuclear Physics Board of the EPS invites nominations for the “Lise Meitner Prize” for the year 2012. The award will be given to one or several individuals for outstanding work in the fields of experimental, theoretical or applied nuclear science. The Board welcomes proposals which represent the breadth and strength of European nuclear science.

Nominations need to be accompanied by a completed nomination form, a brief curriculum vitae of the nominee(s) and a list of major publications. Letters of support, from authorities in the field, that outline the importance of the work of the nominee(s) will also be helpful.

Nominations will be treated in strict confidence. While all nominations will be acknowledged, there will be no further communication from the selection committee, till the announcement of the prizewinner. Nominations should be sent via email to:

Selection Committee for the Lise Meitner Prize
c/o E. Leiter
E-mail: leiter@atomki.hu

Further information:
Nomination Form for the 2012 Lise Meitner Prize
The Lise Meitner Prize Regulations
The 2012 Lise Metiner selection committee will make a recommendation to the board of the EPS Nuclear Physics Division

The deadline for the receipt of nominations is 31 January 2012.

Zsolt Fülöp
Chairman
EPS - Nuclear Physics Division

2010 Lise Meitner Prize Winner

The European Physical Society, through its Nuclear Physics Division, has awarded the Lise Meitner Prize 2010 to Professor Juha Äystö from the Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. The prize is given every two years for outstanding work in the fields of experimental, theoretical or applied nuclear science. Since 2000, the prize has been given to eleven scientists, and Professor Äystö is the first one to receive the prize undivided. The prize was awarded for "Accurate determination of fundamental nuclear properties by the invention of innovative methods of ion guidance and its applications to radioactive ion beams". Most of the work, and the development of the ion guide method in particular, have been performed at the cyclotron laboratories in Jyväskylä at both the old and the new Physics Departments.

The Prize will be presented by Mrs Lampert from the Sponsors, Canberra, at the NuPECC Town meeting, Madrid 31^st May 31st - 2^nd June 2010.

Further information about the work of Professor Äystö is given here.