BNL Scientists Named American Physical Society Fellows

April 10, 2015

Four scientists who have made significant contributions to ongoing research at the Laboratory were among those recently named Fellows of the American Physical Society (APS), the world’s second largest organization of physicists. Election for this honor indicates recognition by scientific peers for exceptional contributions to physics. The four new Fellows and their APS citations are:

Mei Bai – “For outstanding contributions to the dynamics of spin-polarized beams and the acceleration of polarized protons for the first high energy polarized proton collider.”

Mary Bishai – For her contributions to flavor physics, including analysis of the NuMI/MINOS neutrino beam, leadership of the accelerator neutrino program, and contributions to understanding of the b-quark.”

Abhay Deshpande – “For his sustained effort and leadership in experimental programs to understand the nucleons’ spin, employing polarized DIS experiments at CERN to high-energy polarized proton collisions at RHIC (with PHENIX detector), including early development of beam polarimetry and other essential tools; and for his leadership in the efforts toward realizing the future U.S. electron ion collider.”

Oleg Gang – “For demonstrating and developing the principles of programmable self-assembly of polymer-based nanostructures and for elucidating the physical origin of their assembly behavior.”

To learn more about these scientists and their research visit: www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=11704

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