Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award

The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Awards honor scientists and engineers, at mid-career, showing promise for the future, for exceptional contributions in research and development supporting the U.S. Department of Energy and its mission to advance the national economic and energy security of the United States. Beginning in 2011, the awards are given annually. One Lawrence Award is given in each of the following eight fields: • Atomic, Molecular, and Chemical Sciences • Biological and Environmental Sciences • Computer, Information, and Knowledge Sciences • Condensed Matter and Materials Sciences • Energy Science and Innovation • Fusion and Plasma Sciences • High Energy and Nuclear Physics • National Security and Nonproliferation The objectives of the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Awards are: • to encourage excellence in energy science and technology; • to inspire people to dedicate their lives and talents to scientific and technological effort, through the examples of Ernest O. Lawrence and the Lawrence Award laureates; and • to highlight for the general public the accomplishments of the U.S. scientific and technological communities associated with the U.S. Department of Energy. Criteria Eligibility for the Lawrence Award requires that all recipients: • be in the middle of their careers, defined as within 20 years of earning their highest degree*; • be citizens of the United States; • be recognized for achievement in research principally funded by the U.S. Department of Energy; and • be assessed primarily on the scientific impact and technical significance of their work relative to its discipline and/or related mission. (Business management and stewardship acumen, while valued, is not a significant qualification factor used when evaluating a nominee's worthiness.) Nomination materials Nomination is made by a letter of justification, curriculum vitae, a statement explaining the nominee's connection to DOE support, a no more than 35 word citation, a bibliography of significant publications, and identifying the award category of the nominee (Atomic, Molecular, and Chemical Sciences; Biological and Environmental Sciences; Computer, Information, and Knowledge Sciences; Condensed Matter and Materials Sciences; Energy Science and Innovation; Fusion and Plasma Sciences; High Energy and Nuclear Physics; or National Security and Nonproliferation). An individual's nomination is limited to a single category. Selection The nomination materials for all eligible nominees are objectively studied by independent peer review panels, one for each of eight award categories, and if worthy candidate(s) are identified in the peer review, selection recommendations based upon these findings are made by Federal Program Officials. A concurrence request for any awardees is made to the Secretary of Energy, who holds final discretion over any selection(s). The reviewers are not empanelled as a Federal Advisory Committee. The identity of all nominators, all nominees, and all peer review panelists remain anonymous. DOE employees must comply with regulations governing conduct of employees codified in 10 CFR Part 1010 and Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch at 5 CFR §2635. ==Award laureates==

The following people have won the award: 1960 • Hendrik Wade Bode • Harvey Brooks • John S. Foster Jr. • Isadore Perlman • Norman F. Ramsey Jr. • Alvin M. Weinberg 1961 • Leo Brewer • Henry Hurwitz Jr. • Conrad L. Longmire • Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky • Kenneth E. Wilzbach 1962 • Andrew A. Benson • Richard Feynman • Herbert Goldstein • Anthony L. Turkevich • Herbert F. York 1963 • Herbert J.C. Kouts • L. James Rainwater • Louis Rosen • James M. Taub • Cornelius A. Tobias 1964 • Jacob Bigeleisen • Albert L. Latter • Harvey M. Patt • Marshall N. Rosenbuth • Theos J. Thompson 1965 • George A. Cowan • Floyd L. Culler • Milton C. Edlund • Theodore B. Taylor • Arthur C. Upton 1966 • Harold M. Agnew • Ernest C. Anderson • Murray Gell-Mann • John R. Huizenga • Paul R. Vanstrum 1967 • Mortimer M. Elkind • John M. Googin • Allen F. Henry • John O. Rasmussen • Robert N. Thorn 1968 • James R. Arnold • E. Richard Cohen • Val L. Fitch • Richard Latter • John B. Storer 1969 • Geoffrey F. Chew • Don T. Cromer • Ely M. Gelbard • F. Newton Hayes • John H. Nuckolls 1970 • William J. Bair • James W. Cobble • Joseph M. Hendrie • Michael M. May • Andrew M. Sessler 1971 • Thomas B. Cook • Robert L. Fleischer • Robert L. Hellens • P. Buford Price • Robert M. Walker 1972 • Charles C. Cremer • Sidney D. Drell • Marvin Goldman • David A. Shirley • Paul F. Zweifel 1973 • Louis Baker • Seymour Sack • Thomas E. Wainwright • James Robert Weir • Sheldon Wolff 1974 • Joseph Cerny • Harold Paul Furth • Henry C. Honeck • Charles A. McDonald • Chester R.Richmond 1975 • Evan H. Appelman • Charles E. Elderkin • William A. Lokke • Burton Richter • Samuel C. C. Ting 1976 • A. Philip Bray • James W. Cronin • Kaye D. Lathrop • Adolphus L. Lotts • Edwin D. McClanahan 1977 • James D. Bjorken • John L. Emmett • F. William Studier • Gareth Thomas • Dean A. Waters 1980 • Donald W. Barr • B. Grant Logan • Nicholas P. Samios • Benno P. Schoenborn • Charles D. Scott 1981 • Martin Blume • Yuan Tseh Lee • Fred R. Mynatt • Paul B. Selby • Lowell L. Wood 1982 • George F. Chapline, Jr. • Mitchell J. Feigenbaum • Michael J. Lineberry • Nicholas Turro • Raymond E. Wildung 1983 • James Frederick Jackson • Michael E. Phelps • Paul H. Rutherford • Mark S. Wrighton • George B. Zimmerman 1984 • Robert W. Conn • John J. Dunn • Peter L. Hagelstein • Siegfried S. Hecker • Robert B. Laughlin • Kenneth N. Raymond 1985 • Anthony P. Malinauskas • William H. Miller • David R. Nygren • Gordon C. Osbourn • Betsy Sutherland • Thomas A. Weaver 1986 • James J. Duderstadt • Helen T. Edwards • Joe W. Gray • C. Bradley Moore • Gustavus J. Simmons • James L. Smith 1987 • James W. Gordon • Miklos Gyulassy • Sung-Hou Kim • James L. Kinsey • J. Robert Merriman • David E. Moncton 1988 • Mary K. Gaillard • Richard T. Lahey, Jr. • Chain Tsuan Liu • Gene H. McCall • Alexander Pines • Joseph S. Wall 1990 • John J. Dorning • James R. Norris • S. Thomas Picraux • Wayne J. Shotts • Maury Tigner • F. Ward Whicker 1991 • Zachary Fisk • Richard Fortner • Rulon Linford • Peter Schultz • Richard E. Smalley • J. Pace Vandevender 1993 • James G. Anderson • Robert G. Bergman • Alan R. Bishop • Yoon I. Chang • Robert K. Moyzis • John W. Shaner • Carl Wieman 1994 • John D. Boice, Jr. • E. Michael Campbell • Gregory J. Kubas • Edward William Larsen • John D. Lindl • Gerard M. Ludtka • George F. Smoot • John E. Till 1996 • Charles R. Alcock • Mina J. Bissell • Thom H. Dunning, Jr. • Charles V. Jakowatz, Jr. • Sunil K. Sinha • Theofanis G. Theofanous • Jorge Luis Valdes 1998 • Dan Gabriel Cacuci • Joanna S. Fowler • Laura H. Greene • Neil P. Kelly • Steven E. Koonin • Mark H. Thiemens • Ahmed H. Zewail 2002 • C. Jeffrey Brinker • Claire M. Fraser • Bruce T. Goodwin • Keith O. Hodgson • Saul Perlmutter • Benjamin D. Santer • Paul J. Turinsky 2004 • Richard B. Elkind • Nathaniel J. Fisch • Bette Korber • Claire Ellen Max • Fred N. Mortensen • Richard J. Saykally • Ivan K. Schuller • Gregory W. Swift 2006 • Paul Alivisatos and Moungi Bawendi, Materials Research • Malcolm J. Andrews, National Security • Arup K. Chakraborty, Life Sciences • My Hang V. Huynh, Chemistry • Marc Kamionkowski, Physics • John Zachara, Environmental Science and Technology • Steven Zinkle, Nuclear Technology 2009 • Joan F. Brennecke • William Dorland • Omar Hurricane • Wim Leemans • Zhi-Xun Shen • Sunney Xie 2011 • Riccardo Betti • Paul C. Canfield • Mark B. Chadwick • David E. Chavez • Amit Goyal • Thomas P. Guilderson • Lois Curfman McInnes • Bernard Matthew Poelker • Barry F. Smith 2013 • Adam P. Arkin • Siegfried H. Glenzer • Stephen C. Myers • John L. Sarrao • John C. Wagner • Margaret S. Wooldridge 2014 • Mei Bai • Carolyn R. Bertozzi • Pavel Bochev • Eric E. Dors • Christopher L. Fryer • David J. Schlegel • Brian D. Wirth • Peidong Yang • Jizhong (Joe) Zhou 2020 • Yi Cui - Energy Science and Innovation • Dana M. Dattelbaum - National Security and Nonproliferation • Dustin H. Froula - Fusion and Plasma Sciences • M. Zahid Hasan - Condensed Matter and Materials Sciences • Daniel Kasen - Nuclear Physics • Robert B. Ross - Computer, Information, and Knowledge Sciences • Susannah G. Tringe - Biological and Environmental Sciences • Krista S. Walton - Atomic, Molecular, and Chemical Sciences 2021 • Matthew C. Beard - Atomic, Molecular, and Chemical Sciences • Luis Chacón - Fusion and Plasma Sciences • Andrew J. Landahl - Computer, Information, and Knowledge Sciences • Jennifer Pett-Ridge - Biological and Environmental Sciences • Sofia Quaglioni - Nuclear Physics • Philip C. Schuster and Natalia Toro - High Energy Physics • Rachel A. Segalman - Condensed Matter and Materials Sciences • Daniel B. Sinars - National Security and Nonproliferation • Jie Xiao - Energy Science and Innovation ==External links==