The Yodh Prize, awarded every two years, honors a scientist for that scientist's outstanding career in cosmic ray research.
Background
The award ceremony takes place at the International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC). The recipient is selected by the Commission on Astroparticle Physics of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) on behalf of the University of California Irvine Foundation, which sponsors the prize. The prize winner gives a talk at UC Irvine's department of physics and astronomy. In 1998 Gaurang Bhaskar Yodh (1928–2019) and his wife Kanwal G. Yodh (1928–2015) endowed the prize to the UC Irvine Foundation.
The inaugural winner of the Yodh Prize was Reuven Ramaty. He was severely ill with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at the time in April 2001 of his selection by the IUPAP and died about one week after he was informed of the honor.
Yodh Prize recipients
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| Year | Recipient | Institution at time of award | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Reuven Ramaty | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | For his significant and outstanding contributions to the field of cosmic ray astrophysics. |
| 2003 | B. V. Sreekantan | National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore | For his significant and outstanding contributions to the field of cosmic ray astrophysics. |
| 2005 | A. Michael Hillas | University of Leeds | For his significant and outstanding contributions to the field of cosmic ray astrophysics. |
| 2007 | Trevor C. Weekes | Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | For his significant and outstanding contributions to the field of cosmic ray astrophysics. |
| 2009 | Dietrich Müller | University of Chicago | For his leadership in path-breaking experiments in cosmic ray astrophysics. |
| 2011 | W. Vernon Jones | NASA Headquarters | For his outstanding contributions to balloon-borne cosmic ray and particle astrophysics experiments. |
| 2013 | Motohiko Nagano | University of Tokyo | For his pioneering leadership in the experimental study of the highest energy cosmic rays. |
| 2015 | Werner Hofmann | Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg | For his outstanding leadership in the field of high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. |
| 2017 | Jordan Goodman | University of Maryland | For his outstanding leadership in the development of water Cherenkov instruments in high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. |
| 2019 | Francis Halzen | University of Wisconsin | His leadership and landmark contributions cleared a path for the emergence of neutrino astronomy. |
| 2021 | Anthony Raymond Bell | University of Oxford | His theoretical contributions led to a breakthrough in understanding the acceleration of cosmic rays by amplified magnetic fields. |
| 2023 | John Learned | University of Hawaiʻi | For his groundbreaking ideas and profound influence on the early development of neutrino astronomy. |
References
- ^ "Yodh Prize". School of Physical Sciences, University of California, Irvine.
- Barwick, Steven W. "In memoriam. Gaurang Bhaskar Yodh, Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy, UC Irvine, 1928-2019". University of California, Academic Senate.
- "Kanwal Yodh Obituary (2015) - Legacy Remembers". Legacy.com.
- "Yodh Prize: Past Recipients". School of Physical Sciences, University of California, Irvine.
- Cline, Thomas L.; Gehrels, Neil; Lingenfelter, Richard E. (2001). "Reuven Ramaty". Physics Today. 54 (11): 80. doi:10.1063/1.1428448.