Honors

APS Fellowship

The APS Fellowship Program was created to recognize members who may have made advances in knowledge through original research and publication or made significant and innovative contributions in the application of physics to science and technology. They may also have made significant contributions to the teaching of physics or service and participation in the activities of the Society. Each year, no more than one-half of one percent of the then current membership of the Society are recognized by their peers for election to the status of Fellow in The American Physical Society.

Fellowship nominations may be submitted by anyone who is a member of the APS in good standing. All members of DSOFT are strongly encouraged to nominate colleagues whom they consider worthy of this recognition. See the Fellowship nomination information page for guidance on submitting nominations.

DSOFT Deadline for APS Fellowship Nomination: Monday, June 2, 2025.

More Information for DSOFT Fellowship

Congratulations to the 2023 APS Fellows for their exceptional contributions to soft matter physics!


Aparna Baskaran

Aparna Baskaran [2024]
Brandeis University
Citation: For seminal contributions exploiting nonequilibrium statistical physics to elucidate the physics of active and granular matter.

Anthony Dinsmore

Anthony Dinsmore [2024]
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Citation: For advancing understanding of colloidal assembly in bulk fluids and on fluid interfaces, through the measurement of structure and interactions driven by entropy, geometry, and interfacial tension.

Gijsje Koenderink

Gijsje Koenderink [2024]
Delft University of Technology
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the understanding of the material properties of the active soft matter systems that support and shape biological cells and tissues.

Robert L. Leheny

Robert L. Leheny [2024]
Johns Hopkins University
Citation: For elucidating dynamics of colloidal glasses, nanoparticles in polymer matrices, liquid crystals, and interfacial layers, employing XPCS and active microrheology.