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IXAS Awards

The Awards Committee of the International X-ray Absorption Society (IXAS) seeks nomination for three awards.

These awards will be presented at the XAFS17 Conference in Krakow, Poland.
The three awards are:

The Edward Stern Outstanding Achievement Award

  • This is the highest award of the International X-ray Absorption Society
  • Nominations are invited across all disciplinary areas including both experimental and theoretical studies of XAFS
  • Award: $1000

The Edward Stern Prize was awarded jointly to Professors Ronald Frahm from University of Wuppertal, Germany, and Hiroyuki Oyanagi from High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Japan.

The Farrel Lytle Outstanding Young Scientist Award for Theory and Instrumentation

  • Nominee must have made remarkable contribution to the field of X-ray absorption spectroscopy
  • Nominee should be within 8 years of a Ph.D. (or equivalent) degree as of April 1, 2018
  • Award: $500

The Farrel Lytle Outstanding Young Scientist Award for Theory and Instrumentation was granted to Dimosthenis Sokaras from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, USA

The Dale Sayers Outstanding Young Scientist Awards for Applications of XAFS

  • Nominee must have made remarkable contribution to the field of X-ray absorption spectroscopy
  • Nominee should be within 8 years of a Ph.D. (or equivalent) degree as of April 1, 2018
  • Award: $500

The Dale Sayers Outstanding Young Scientist Award for Applications of XAFS was granted to Elisa Borfecchia from University of Torino, Italy.

Remarks

Nominations should include a CV with publications, a letter of recommendation and academic referees who can be contacted for further reference.

The deadline for nomination is May 1, 2018.

Please send nominations by email to: Matthew Newville newville@cars.uchicago.edu

Key dates

*Due to abstract deadline extension the following changes have been made to the deadlines.

IUCr scholarship application deadline: March 15th, 2018
Abstract Notification of acceptance: April 15th, 2018
Early Bird registration deadline: April 30th, 2018

Registration opens on:December 1st, 2017
Abstract Submission opens on:December 1st, 2017
Extended Abstract Submission deadline:February 14th, 2018
*IUCr scholarship application deadlineMarch 15th, 2018
*Abstracts Notification of acceptance:April 15th, 2018
*Early Bird registration deadline:April 30th, 2018
IXAS Awards nomination deadline:May 1st, 2018
XAFS 2018 Conference:July 22nd-27th, 2018
Proceedings submissions deadline:September 30th, 2018