Six Canadian physicists received high honours from the U.S. American Physical Society (APS) in the announcement of 2012 Fellows of the APS. Nominated by their peers and selected by a stringent committee of experts, these individuals join an elite cast of world-wide experts. Election to Fellowship in the APS is limited to no more than one half of one percent of the overall membership (more than 48,000). In the words of APS, "Election to APS Fellowship is recognition by your peers of your outstanding contributions to physics."
At TRIUMF, Jens Dilling (left photo) and UBC's Don Fleming (right photo) were honoured. Dilling was recognized for his pioneering contributions to precision nuclear-physics measurements that have advanced understanding of exotic halo nuclei. He was also acknowledged for developing advanced Penning-trap mass spectrometry techniques for highly charged rare-isotopes using the TITAN facility he leads. Based primarily at TRIUMF, Fleming was cited for his pioneering studies using muons as uniquely sensitive isotopic probes of molecular interactions. Fleming works with TRIUMF's Centre for Molecular and Materials Science and has used muon beams and probes to tease out chemical-reaction dynamics.
From the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Christopher Fuchs and Daniel Gottesman were selected for their work in quantum computation including fundamental insight into quantum knowledge, quantum cryptography, and quantum error correction.
At the University of Toronto, both Yong-Baek Kim and Stephen W. Morris were selected. Kim works in condensed-matter physics and was recognized for contributions to the theory of frustrated magnets and quantum spin liquids in strongly correlated electron systems. Morris was cited for innovative work in non-linear dynamics and significant contributions to public outreach.
Congratulations to our colleagues! May your successes continue through 2013 and beyond.
-- by T.I. Meyer, TRIUMF's Head of Strategic Planning & Communication