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Ames Lab scientists named Most Influential
Scientific Minds
Three Ames Laboratory physicists,
Paul Canfield
,
Sergey Bud’ko
, and
Costas Soukoulis
, were recently
named to Thomson Reuters’ World’s Most Influential
Scientific Minds 2014.
Researchers earned inclusion on the list by writing
the greatest number of highly cited papers, ranking
among the top one percent for their subject field and
year of publication between 2002 and 2012. According
to Thomson Reuters, the work of the scientists ranked
has “consistently been judged by peers to be of particular
significance and utility.” The three were named highly
cited researchers in a list compiled by Thomson Reuters
of more than 3,000 scientists in 21 fields of research.
All three conduct research in the Ames Laboratory’s
Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering.
Canfield and Bud’ko study the design, discovery, growth
Thiel wins 2014 Welch Award
Pat Thiel
has been named the 2014 winner of the
AVS Medard W. Welch Award, which recognizes
outstanding research in the fields of materials, interfaces
and processing. Thiel, who is a faculty scientist at the
U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory and
a Distinguished Professor of chemistry at Iowa State
University, is recognized for her “seminal contributions
to the understanding of quasicrystalline surfaces and
thin-film nucleation and growth.”
“We congratulate Pat on the Welch Award and for
her outstanding contributions to the field of surface
chemistry. Pat’s work in understanding the surface
structures of complex materials has advanced the
understanding of quasicrystals and nanoparticles on
metal and semiconductor surfaces,” saidAdam Schwartz,
director of the Ames Laboratory.
The Welch Award was established in 1969 and
Thiel is the first woman to win the Welch Award in its
44-year history.
“This award is defined by the people who won it
before me. They have been the giants in the field of
and characterization of novel electronic and magnetic
compounds and their interesting physical properties.
Soukoulis researches the properties of disordered systems
with an emphasis on electron and photon localization,
photonic crystals, random lasers, metamaterials, left-
handed materials, random magnetic systems, nonlinear
systems, and amorphous semiconductors. Canfield
and Soukoulis are both distinguished professors in the
Department of Physics and Astronomy at Iowa State
University. Bud’ko is an adjunct associate physics
professor, also at Iowa State.
“This honor is gratifying, but not surprising,” said
Ames Laboratory Director Adam Schwartz. “Our
scientists have earned the respect of their peers
internationally, and that is based not on reputation alone
but on solid and measurable contributions to their fields.
We at the Lab congratulate Paul, Sergey, and Costas on
their recognition.”
surface science. I am humbled and honored to be joining
their ranks. The award really recognizes much more
than me. It recognizes my many talented coworkers
and the agencies that have enabled our work, especially
the Department of Energy and the National Science
Foundation,” said Thiel.
Pat Thiel
Paul Canfield
Sergey Bud’ko
Costas Soukoulis
