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Professor Timothy Schmidt, University of Sydney (Australia) has been selected as the Coblentz awardee for 2010. The Coblentz Award will be presented at the 65th OSU International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy to be held in Columbus, OH June 21-25, 2010. Professor Schmidt will present the Coblentz Society’s Coblentz Award Plenary Lecture at this conference.


Coblentz Award


The Coblentz Award is presented annually to an outstanding young molecular spectroscopist under the age of 36. The candidate must be under the age of 36 on January 1 of the year of the award. The award carries with it a $1,000 prize plus a $500 travel allowance. Files of candidates will be kept active until the date of age eligibility is exceeded. Annual updates of files of nominated candidates are encouraged.

The Award is presented and the Coblentz Award Lecture is delivered each June at the Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy.

Nominations, which should include a detailed description of the nominee's accomplishments , a curriculum vitae and as many supporting letters as possible, must be submitted on or before September 1, 2010 to the award chairman.

*NOTE: Nominations for 2010 are closed.

Recipients of the Coblentz Award are listed below:


2010

Timothy Schmidt

2009

Benjamin McCall

2008

Xiaowei Zhuang

2007

Martin Zanni

2006

Michael Strano

2005

Sergey Nizkorodov

2004

No Award Presented

2003

Andrea Callegari

2002

Andrei Tokmakoff

2001

Stacey Bent

2000

Martin Gruebele

1999

Brooks Pate

1998

Pat Treado

1997

Moungi G. Bawendi

1996

Xiaoliang Sunney Xie

1995

David J. Rakestraw

1994

A. Paul Alivisatos

1993

Peter M. Felker

1992

Thomas R. Rizzo

1991

Paul W. Bohn

1990

Hai-Lung Dai

1989

Geraldine L. Richmond

1988

Keith A. Nelson

1987

Alan Campion

1986

Joel M. Harris

1985

John F. Rabolt / Graham Fleming

1984

Stephen R. Leone

1983

David G. Cameron

1982

Christopher Petterson

1981

Laurence A. Nafie

1980

Richard P. Van Duyne

1979

Lionel A. Carreira

1978

Lester Andrews

1977

Peter R. Griffiths

1976

Geoffrey Ozin / George Thomas, Jr.

1975

Bernard J. Bulkin

1974

C. K. N. Patel

1973

C. Bradley Moore

1972

George E. Leroi

1971

Clive Perry

1970

Guiseppi Zerbi

1969

James R. Durig

1968

Jon T. Hougen

1967

Peter Krueger

1966

Edwin Becker

1965

William Fateley / Robert Snyder

1964

John Overend


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