Topical Group on Hadronic Physics Fellowship
Fellowship in the American Physical Society is a great honor. In accordance with the APS Constitution, "there shall be elected to Fellowship only such Members who have contributed to the advancement of physics by independent, original research or who have rendered some other special service to the cause of the sciences." All APS members are invited to nominate deserving colleagues as potential Fellows of APS.
Rules and eligibility
Nominating a colleague for APS Fellowship is a way to commend them for excellence in physics and their service to the physics community.
To nominate a colleague for APS Fellowship, you and the additional nominating co-sponsor must be active APS members. The colleague you nominate must also be an active APS member.
Process and selection
To nominate a colleague for APS Fellowship, please include the following:
- The nominee's name
- The co-sponsor's name, and email address
- A 300 character suggested citation that does not include the nominee's name, gendered pronouns, or symbols, and begins with, "For..."
- A 2,500 character paragraph expanding on the citation to indicate the originality and significance of the contributions
- A PDF sponsor's recommendation letter
- The co-sponsor's recommendation letter, which must be uploaded by the co-sponsor
- The nominee's curriculum vitae (CV), which must include academic and employment history, professional honors, a list of principal publications only, and other significant contributions to physics
- Optional: Up to two additional PDF letters of support, which must be uploaded by the letter writers
Selection Committee
- Anna Stasto
- Saskia Mioduszewski
- Yoshitaka Hatta
- Jozef Dudek
- Xiaochao Zheng
Recent recipients
Dave Gaskell
2026 recipient
For outstanding scientific leadership in using electron scattering to probe the structure of pions, nucleons and nuclei, which provided new insights into the modification of the nucleon’s properties in nuclei, and the development of electron beam polarimeters which achieved world-record precision.
Zhongbo Kang
2026 recipient
For outstanding contributions to the understanding of the nucleon’s spin and momentum structure, and for pioneering the use of the jet substructure as a tool for 3D momentum-space imaging of hadrons.
Matthew Shepherd
2026 recipient
For contributions to experimental meson spectroscopy in e+e- collisions and photoproduction, leadership of the GlueX collaboration, and service to the Jefferson Lab and the U.S. nuclear physics community.
Martha Constantinou
2025 recipient
For outstanding contributions to the understanding of the structure of hadrons through first-principles calculations in lattice QCD, and for significant leadership in the nuclear physics community.
Yoshitaka Hatta
2025 recipient
For important contributions to strong-interaction physics, including the spin and gravitational structure of the nucleon, small-X tomography of nucleons and nuclei, and the phases of QCD.
APS Honors recognizes and celebrates the accomplishments of the global physics community. Guided by our core values, APS Honors encourages nominations that reflect the full range of talent, distinction, and experience in our field, and supports broad canvassing for professional achievement across diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and expertise.
Nominees for and holders of APS Honors (prizes, awards, and fellowship) and official leadership positions are expected to meet standards of professional conduct and integrity as described in the APS Ethics Standards. Violations of these standards may disqualify people from consideration or lead to revocation of honors or removal from office.
Topical Group on Hadronic Physics Fellowship
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As approved by the Council of Representatives on April 10, 2025.
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