2024 OCPA Awards Nominations

2024-5-20

Achievement in Asia Award (Robert T. Poe Prize)

The International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers (OCPA) welcomes nominations for the 2024 Achievement in Asia Award (AAA) (Robert T. Poe Prize). The AAA is presented annually to a physicist/astronomer (or a team of Physicists/astronomers) of Chinese ethnicity working in Asia who has (have) made outstanding contributions in physics or astronomy. It carries a cash prize of U.S. $2,000.

An AAA candidate (either the individual or the group leader) should not exceed 50 years of age. The candidate should be nominated by a senior physicist with the following supporting materials:

  1. A brief statement by the nominator describing the research work performed in Asia for which the candidate or the team is nominated.
  2. A curriculum vitae and a list of major publications of the candidate or the team.
  3. Three letters of recommendation.
  4. No more than three major publications (in PDF format) of the research based on which the candidate or the team is nominated.

We strongly encourage that all nomination materials be collected by nominators and submitted in PDF format to the Awards chair via email. The deadline for the receipt of the nomination material is August 15, 2024. The nomination will be active for 2 calendar years, subjected to the condition delineated above. Please send nomination material to award.ocpa@gmail.com. 

2024 Awards Committee Chair: 
W. Vincent Liu, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh

For award information, please see:
https://ocpaweb.org/home/page/awards-info
https://ocpaweb.org/home/page/aaa-robert-t-poe-prize

The recipient of the AAA will be selected by a panel of distinguished physicists and astronomers. Some of the recent panelists include:

Lei Bao, Che Ting Chan, Moses HW Chan, Albert M. Chang, Leroy Chang, Kuang-Ta Chao, Cheng Chin, Liang Fu, Hongjun Gao, Xian-Tu He, Tao Huang, Pauchy W.-Y. Hwang, Jinfeng Jia, Choy Heng Lai, Dung-Hai Lee, Patrick A. Lee, T. D. Lee, Ting-Kuo Lee, W. Vincent Liu, Zheng-Tian Lu, Jie Meng, Jen-Chieh Peng, Kok-Khoo Phua, Jianwei Qiu, Yuen-Ron Shen, Ping Sheng, Sam C.C. Ting, Henry Tye, Enge Wang, Wu-Tsung Weng, Maw-Kuen Wu, Nu Xu, Tung-Maw Yan, C. N. Yang, Bin-Lin Young, Kenneth Young, Li Hua Yu, Zhong-Xian Zhao, Dongping Zhong, Xingjiang Zhou and Qing-Shi Zhu.

For information about OCPA, please see the OCPA home page at http://ocpaweb.org/home.

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Outstanding Young Researcher Award (Ardentec Prize)

The International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers (OCPA) welcomes nominations for the 2024 Outstanding Young Researcher Award, OYRA (Ardentec Prize). The OYRA (Ardentec Prize) is given annually to one to two physicist(s) and/or astronomer(s) of Chinese ethnicity working in North America, Europe, or other regions outside Asia, to encourage and recognize the young researcher’s contributions in physics or astronomy. The award to each recipient will carry a cash prize of U.S. $3,000, thanks to the generous support of the Ardentec Corporation.

An OYRA candidate should be nominated by the Department Chair/Head of his/her institution (universities, national and industrial labs) and should have received the Ph.D. degree within the past 10 years (January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2024). The following materials should be submitted to support the nomination:

  1. A brief statement by the nominator describing the research work for which the candidate is nominated. 
  2. A curriculum vitae and a list of major publications of the candidate.
  3. Three letters of recommendation.
  4. No more than three major publications (in PDF format) of the research based on which the candidate is nominated.

We strongly encourage that all nomination material be collected by nominators and submitted in PDF format to the Awards chair by via email. The deadline for the receipt of the nomination material is August 15, 2024. The nomination will be active for 2 calendar years, subjected to the condition delineated above. Please send nomination material to award.ocpa@gmail.com. 

2024 Awards Committee Chair: 
W. Vincent Liu, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh

For award information, please see:
https://ocpaweb.org/home/page/awards-info
https://ocpaweb.org/home/page/oyra-ardentec-prize

The recipient(s) of the OYRA (Ardentec Prize) will be selected by a panel of distinguished physicists and astronomers. Some of the recent panelists include:

Lei Bao, Moses H.-W. Chan, Albert M. Chang, Jianping Chen, Tai-Chang Chiang, Cheng Chin, Paul C.-W. Chu, Steven Chu, Pengcheng Dai, Jonathan Feng, Rongli Geng, Tao Han, Xiangdong Ji, Choy Heng Lai, Patrick A. Lee, T. D. Lee, W. Vincent Liu, Steven G. Louie, Kam-Biu Luk, Chung-Pei Ma, Jen-Chieh Peng, Lu Sham, Yuen-Ron Shen, Ping Sheng, Frank Shu, Ta-Liang Teng, Sam C.C. Ting, Daniel Tsui, Xiao-Gang Wen, Tung-Mow Yan, C. N. Yang, Jun Ye, Nai-Chang Yeh, Linda Young, Li Hua Yu, Hui Zhai, Fuchun Zhang and Dongping Zhong.

For information about OCPA, please see the OCPA home page at http://ocpaweb.org/home.

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Outstanding Dissertation Award (ODA)

The International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers (OCPA) welcomes nominations for the 2024 Outstanding Dissertation Award (ODA). The award is given annually to up-to-four Ph.D. recipients in physics and/or astronomy world-wide of Chinese ethnicity world-wide. Each year the award carries a total cash prize of USD $1000. Each recipient may receive a maximum of USD $500. 

An ODA candidate should be nominated by his/her thesis advisor and should have received the Ph.D. degree within the past two years (January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2024). The following materials should be submitted to support the nomination:

  1. A brief statement by the nominator describing the research work for which the candidate is nominated, and its potential impact.
  2. A curriculum vitae and a list of significant publications of the candidate.
  3. Three letters of recommendation.

We strongly encourage that all nomination materials be collected by nominators and submitted in PDF format to the Awards chair via email. The deadline for the receipt of the nomination material is August 15, 2024. The nomination will be active for 2 calendar years, subjected to the condition delineated above. Please send nomination material to award.ocpa@gmail.com. 

2024 Awards Committee Chair: 
W. Vincent Liu, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh

For award information, please see:
https://ocpaweb.org/home/page/awards-info
https://ocpaweb.org/home/page/oda

The recipient(s) of the ODA will be selected by a committee of distinguished physicists and astronomers. Some of the recent panelists include:

Lei Bao, Albert M. Chang, Jianping Chen, Cheng Chin, Donglai Feng, Jonathan Feng, Xuan Gao, Rongli Geng, Chih-Kang Shih, Manling Sui, Yuhai Tu, Nu Xu, Kun Yang, Linda Young, Hui Zhai, Dongping Zhong, and Xingjing Zhou.

For information about OCPA, please see the OCPA home page at http://ocpaweb.org/home.

 

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