Edward A. Bouchet Award

Annual prize presented by the American Physical Society

The Edward A. Bouchet Award is an annual prize presented by the American Physical Society (APS) to recognize distinguished physicists from underrepresented communities who have made significant contributions to research in the field of physics and for the advancement of minority scientists.^[1] The award provides a stipend of $5,000 and travel expenses for attending an APS meeting and visiting up to three institutions for talks and classroom visits.^[1]

The prize has been awarded since 1994 and is named after Edward A. Bouchet, the first African American to earn a doctorate degree from Yale University.^[1]^[2] He earned a Ph.D. in physics from Yale University in 1876.^[2]

Recipients

2024: Alvine Kamaha
2023: Carlos R. Ordóñez
2022: Paul L. J. Guèye
2021: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
2020: Nadya Mason
2019: Carlos O. Lousto
2018: Miguel José Yacamán
2017: Enrico J. Ramirez-Ruiz
2016: Pablo Laguna
2015: Jorge Lopez
2014: Luz Martinez-Miranda
2013: Stephon Alexander
2012: Ramon Lopez
2011: Peter Delfyett
2010: Herman B. White
2009: Gaston R. Gutierrez
2008: Ronald E. Mickens
2007: Gabriela Gonzalez
2006: Angel Garcia
2005: Godfrey Gumbs
2004: Juan M. Maldacena
2003: Homer Alfred Neal
2002: Oliver Keith Baker
2001: Jorge Pullin
2000: Philip W. Phillips
1999: Alfred Z. Msezane
1998: Jose D. Garcia Jr.
1997: Larry Donnie Gladney
1996: Anthony Michael Johnson
1995: Joseph Johnson III
1994: Sylvester James Gates

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "2021 Edward A. Bouchet Award Recipient". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
^ ^a ^b Felder, Pamela Petrease (2015-03-01). "Edward A. Bouchet: A Model for Understanding African Americans and Their Doctoral Experience". Journal of African American Studies. 19 (1): 3–18.