K-State Physics Faculty Awards

Itzik Ben-Itzhak

  • Schwenk Teaching Award, 2000
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2002
  • University Distinguished Professor, 2012

Matthew J. Berg

  • DOD DURIP Award, 2012
  • NSF CAREER Award, 2015

Tim Bolton

  • Schwenk Teaching Award, 2005
  • Commerce Bank Oustanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2011
  • K-State College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Star, 2017

Amit Chakrabarti

  • Stamey Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1992 & 2000
  • Presidential Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2002
  • KSU Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award, 2009-10
  • Presidential Award for Outstanding Department Head, 2016

C. Lewis Cocke

  • Stamey Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1989
  • Alexander von Humboldt Award, 1991
  • Max Plank Research Award, 1992
  • Conoco Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award, 1993
  • University Distinguished Professor, 1997
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1980
  • Olin K. Petefish Award in Basic Sciences, 2004
  • Davisson-Germer Prize Recipient, 2006

Brett DePaola

  • Stamey Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1993
  • Schwenk Teaching Award, 1997
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2002
  • Jefferson Science Fellow, 2010

Brett Esry

  • Schwenk Teaching Award, 2002
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2006
  • University Distinguished Professor, 2011
  • Simons Fellowship in Theoretical Physics, 2012

Glenn Horton-Smith

  • DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator Award, 2005

Keti Kaadze

  • K-State Mentoring Fellowship, 2015
  • LPC Distinguished Researcher, 2017

Andrew Ivanov

  • K-STAR NSF EPSCoR First Award, 2010
  • Fermilab LHC Physics Center Fellowship, 2011

Bruce Law

  • Stamey Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1995
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2011

Chii-Dong Lin

  • Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1985
  • University Distinguished Professor, 1990
  • Olin K. Petefish Award in Basic Sciences, 2010

Yurii Maravin

  • DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator Award, 2008

Michael O' Shea

  • Stamey Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1991
  • Jefferson Science Fellow, 2019

Bharat Ratra

  • K*STAR NSF EPSCoR First Award, 1997
  • NSF CAREER Award, 1999
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2002
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2005
  • Commerce Bank Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award, 2012
  • University Distinguished Professor, 2016
  • Olin K. Petefish Award in Basic Sciences, 2017
  • Kansas Science Communication Initiative Science Communication Award, 2020

Lado Samushia

  • DOE Early Career Award, 2020

Chris Sorensen

  • Stamey Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1990 & 1994
  • Commerce Bank Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1996
  • Schwenk Teaching Award, 1996 & 2006
  • Commerce Bank Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award, 1997
  • University Distinguished Professor, 2000
  • Presidential Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2002
  • AAAR Senior Scientist Sinclair Award, 2003
  • Coffman Chair for Distinguished Teaching Scholars, 2007
  • Carnegie/CASE National Professor of the Year for Doctoral Universities, 2007
  • George Norlin Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Colorado, 2008
  • Olin K. Petefish Award in Basic Sciences, 2008
  • Courtelyou-Rust University Distinguished Professor Award, 2009
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2012
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2014
  • Aerosol Science & Technology Outstanding Publication Award, 2019
  • Aerosol Science & Technology Outstanding Review, 2020

Uwe Thumm

  • Harvard - Smithsonian Award, 1999
  • German Science Foundation Award, 2000
  • Max Planck Research Award, 2007
  • Kansas State University Professorial Award, 2008
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2011
  • FAST Fellow of the ETH Zürich and Swiss National Center of Competence in Research, 2013
  • Kansas State University Professorial Award, 2014
  • Commerce Bank Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award, 2014
  • Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, 2014
  • University Distinguished Professor, 2019

Larry Weaver

  • Stamey Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1990
  • Schwenk Teaching Award, 2000
  • Presidential Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching, 2003
  • WESP Making a Difference Award, 2006

Dean Zollman

  • AAPT Distinguished Service Citation, 1986
  • Stamey Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1989
  • Burlington-Northern Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1992
  • AAPT Robert A. Millikan Medal, 1995
  • University Distinguished Teaching Scholar, 1996
  • Carnegie Foundation - CASE - National Professor of the Year for PhD Institutions, 1997
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1997
  • University Distinguished Professor, 2001
  • NSF Distinguished Teaching Scholar, 2004
  • KSU Presidential Award for Outstanding Department Head, 2006
  • AAPT Oersted Medal, 2014