Outstanding Dissertation Award (ODA)
The International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers (OCPA) welcomes nominations for the inaugural 2016 Outstanding Dissertation Award (ODA). The award is given annually to up-to-four Ph.D. recipients of Chinese ethnicity world-wide, in the field of physics and/or astronomy. Each year the award carries a total cash prize of USD $1000. Each recipient may receive a maximum of USD $500.
Nomination
An ODA candidate should be nominated by his/her thesis advisor and should have received the Ph.D. degree within the past two calendar years. Please follow the announcement for details. The following materials should be submitted to support the nomination:
- A brief statement by the nominator describing the research work for which the candidate is nominated and its potential impact.
- A résumé and a list of major publications of the candidate.
- Three letters of recommendation.
We strongly encourage that all nomination materials be submitted in PDF format to the Awards chair by email. Please follow the Award Announcement for details. The nomination will be active for 2 calendar years, subjected to the conditions delineated above. The nomination material should be sent directly to the Chair of the OCPA Awards Committee.
The nomination material should be sent directly to the Chair of the OCPA Awards Committee.
Cheng Chin
James Franck institute, Enrico Fermi institute
Department of Physics, University of Chicago
929 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637
Email: cchin@uchicago.edu Phone: 773-702-7192
Winners
2018 Winners
Chaojie ZHANG (University of California Los Angeles, graduated from Tsinghua University)
Zhelin Zhang (Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
Jing Li (Los Alamos National Laboratory, graduated from Pennsylvania State University)
Shaowei Li (UC Berkeley, graduated from UC Irvine)
2017 Winner
Yuxiang Zhao, USTC, Ph.D., Stony Brook University
Citation: For his significant contributions to a number of new analyses of the transversity data and to hardware and simulations for the SoLID project.
The inaugural winners are: