GMAG will present up to three dissertation awards at the next APS Global Physics Summit. These awards will recognize up to three students who have conducted outstanding research leading to their dissertation and will consist of an invited talk in an appropriate session at the APS Global Physics Summit Meeting, $250 in travel reimbursement to the conference, and a $500 prize to the recipients. The student must be in the final year before graduating with a Ph.D., and both the student and the advisor must be current members of GMAG.
Student Dissertation Award Nominations should consist of:
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Nominating letter
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Extended abstract on the research (maximum of 3 pages, including figures and references)
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The student’s CV and publication list
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Contact information for the student
These nomination documents must be submitted by the student’s advisor or another senior researcher who knows the student’s work well.
Additionally, a compelling nominating letter will certainly include information on:
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Quality and independence of the student’s work
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Student’s presentation skills
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Year the student began graduate school
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Student’s expected completion date (must be after September 1, 2025, but before September 1, 2026 to be eligible for the 2025 APS Global Physics Summit Award)
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Assessment of the student’s future potential as a research scientist
Nominations should completed by going to the nomination portal and logging in with your APS login credentials. Evaluation of the nominations will be conducted by the GMAG Executive Committee. Conflict of interest situations will be handled in accordance with APS guidelines. The award cycle opens June 23, 2025 and will close September 29, 2025.
Congratulations to the previous recipients of the GMAG Dissertation Award!
2024 Outstanding Dissertation in Magnetism Awards
Wen-Han Kao, University of Minnesota
Dissertation Title: “ Disorder effects in the Kitaev Spin Liquid”
Cecilie Glittum, University of Cambridge
Dissertation Title: “ Wonderland of frustration: Magnetic moments and itinerant
electrons on the pyrochlore lattice”
2023 Outstanding Dissertation in Magnetism Awards
Rakshit Jain, Cornell University
Dissertation title: “ Spin physics from topological insulators and spin split antiferromagnets”
Evan Michael Smith, McMaster University
Dissertation Title: “ The Dipole-Octupole Quantum Spin Ice Candidate Pyrochlore Ce2Zr2O7”