Committees

Mentoring Award Committee

2025

Chair: Dean Lee, Michigan State  
Vice-Chair: Jim Napolitano, Temple U.   
Education Committee Chair: Julie Roche, Ohio U   
Members:  

• Susan Gardner, U Kentucky  
• Doug Highinbotham, Jefferson Lab  
• Mustafa Rajabali, Tennessee Tech  
• Agnieszka Sorensen, Michigan State

2024

Chair: Haiyan Gao, Duke
Education Committee Chair: Daniel Phillips, Ohio U (Interim)
Members:

• Jorge Lopez, U Texas El Paso
• Matthew Shepherd, U Indiana
• Mustafa Rajabali, Tennessee Tech
• Agnieszka Sorensen, U Washington

2023

Chair: S. Victoria Greene, Vanderbilt
Education Committee Chair: Dan Phillips, Ohio U (Interim)
Members:

• Phil Barbeau, Duke U.
• Veronica Dexheimer, Kent State U.
• Jorge Lopez, U Texas El Paso
• Matthew Shepherd, U Indiana

2022

Chair: Sherry Yennello, Texas A&M U.
Education Committee Chair: Lauren McIntosh, Texas A&M U.
Members:

• Betsy Beise, U. Maryland
• Daniel Cebra, UC Davis
• Phil Barbeau, Duke U.
• Veronica Dexheimer, Kent State U.

2021

Chair: Krishna Kumar, UMass Amherst
CEU Program Coordinator: Shelly Lesher, University of Wisconsin La Cross
Members:

• Betsy Beise, University of Maryland
• Daniel Cebra, UC Davis
• Jolie Cizewski, Rutgers

2020

Chair: Robert V. F. Janssens, University of North Carolina
CEU Program Coordinator: Shelly Lesher, University of Wisconsin La Crosse
Members:

• Carl Gagliardi, Texas A&M University
• Ron Gilman, Rutgers University
• Samuel Tabor, Florida State University

2019

Chair: John Wilkerson, University of North Carolina
Education Committee Chair: Micha Kilburn, University of Notre Dame
Members:

• Tanja Horn, Catholic University of America
• Simon Capstick, Florida State University
• Robert McKeown, Jefferson Laboratory

2018

Chair: Gordon Cates, University of Virginia
Education Committee Chair: Warren F. Rogers, Indiana Wesleyan University
Members:

• Paul D. Cottle, Florida State University
• Derek Teaney, Stony Brook University
• Sherry Yennello, Texas A&M University

2017

Chair: John F. Wilkerson, University of North Carolina
Education Committee Chair: Warren F. Rogers, Indiana Wesleyan University
Members:

• Jolie Cizewski, Rutgers University
• Sebastian Kuhn, Old Dominion University
• Joe Hamilton, Vanderbilt University

2016

Chair: Ani Aprahamian, University of Notre Dame
Education Committee Chair: Warren Rogers, Westmont College
Members:

• Calvin Johnson, San Diego State University
• Artemis Spyrou, Michigan State University
• J. Dirk Walecka, William & Mary

2015

Chair: Berndt Mueller, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Education Committee Chair: Michael R. Thoennessen, Michigan State University
Members:

• Henry R. Weller, Duke University
• Hendrik Schatz, Michigan State University
• Jorge A. Lopez, University of Texas at El Paso

2014

Chair: Robert D. McKeown, Jefferson Laboratory
Education Committee Chair: Sherry Yennello, Texas A&M University
Members:

• June L. Matthews, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Thomas B. Clegg, University of North Carolina
• Benjamin Zeidman, Argonne National Laboratory

2013

Chair: Robert E. Tribble, Texas A&M University
Education Committee Chair: Sherry Yennello, Texas A&M University
Members:

• John F. Beacom, Ohio State University
• Kate L. Jones, University of Tennessee
• Michael Thoennessen, Michigan State University

2012

Chair: William A. Zajc, Columbia University
Education Committee Chair: Sherry Yennello, Texas A&M University
Members:

• Thomas D. Cohen, University of Maryland
• Jorge Piekarewicz, Florida State University
• Gerald T. Garvey, Los Alamos National Lab

2011

Chair: Lawrence S. Cardman, Jefferson Laboratory
Education Committee Chair: Sherry Yennello, Texas A&M University
Members:

• Ani Aprahamian, University of Notre Dame
• Gary Mitchell, North Carolina State University
• Krishna Rajagopal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2010

Chair: Richard F. Casten, Yale University
Education Committee Chair: Con Beausang, University of Richmond
Members:

• David Hertzog, University of Illinois
• Naomi C.R. Makins, University of Illinois

2009

Chair: Richard G. Milner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Education Committee Chair: Con Beausang, University of Richmond
Members:

• Tim Hallman, Brookhaven National Laboratory
• Sherry Yennello, Texas A&M University

2008

Chair: Susan J. Seestrom, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Members:

• Con Beausang, University of Richmond
• J.A. Cizewski, Rutgers University
• Cynthia Keppel, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• Howard Matis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory