AKPA 2010 Outstanding Young Researcher Award (OYRA)
SOLICITATION OF NOMINEES FOR THE 2010 AKPA OUTSTANDING YOUNG RESEARCHER AWARD (OYRA)
PURPOSE:
To recognize and promote excellence in research by outstanding young ethnic Korean physicists in North America who are working at research universities/institutions, or at industrial/government laboratories in North America. The OYRA has been awarded annually by the Association of Korean Physicists in America (AKPA) since 1994 (Previous Recipients).
QUALIFICATION and NOMINATION:
Candidates are limited to those who are at the time of nomination within five years from the completion of their Ph. D. dissertation. They must be nominated by the Chair or Head of the department where they are employed or by the candidate's former doctoral dissertation advisor in a letter detailing the importance and impact of the candidate's work. Supporting documents should include the candidate's curriculum vitae with representative publications and three letters of recommendation. (Exceptions to the five-year rule can be allowed for extenuating circumstances such as military services and any extended medical leaves. In such cases, such interruptions will not count toward the five-year rule.)
Nominations and supporting letters are to be sent electronically, preferably in PDF format, to Professor Yong Wook Kim, Chair, AKPA OYRA Committee at ywk0@lehigh.edu and a copy to Professor Chueng-Ryong Ji, President, AKPA at
ji@ncsu.edu.
DEADLINE:
December 1, 2009 for nominations
December 15, 2009 for supporting documents.
AWARD COMMITTEE:
The awardee will be selected by the Awards Committee, consisting of:
Prof. Yong Wook Kim, Chair (Lehigh University)
Prof. M. Howard Lee (University of Georgia)
Dr. Taik Soo Hahm (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)
Dr. Hyodoo You (Argonne National Laboratory)
Dr. Myungkee Sung (Louisiana State University)
PRESENTATION:
The award of $1,500 with a plaque will be presented at the AKPA annual meeting, which will be held in conjunction with the American Physical Society March Meeting on March 15-19, 2010 in Portland, OR. The exact location of the annual meeting and time will be announced later.
