Young Canadian Scientist awarded the 2005 Lee Osheroff Richardson Prize.
The 2005 Lee Osheroff Richardson Prize is awarded to Dr. Christian Lupien, Université de Sherbrooke.
The Lee Osheroff Richardson Prize was established in 2004 to support young scientists conducting research employing low temperature and/or high magnetic fields in North America. The prize is named after the joint winners of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of superfluidity in 3He, and is sponsored by Oxford Instruments Superconductivity.
The award was made on the basis of the case laid out by each nominator, and supported by expert referees whose advice was sought, for evidence of exceptional scientific achievement by a candidate 7 or fewer years from their doctoral degree. The overall criteria of the selection covered the quality and originality of the research; the impact and likely future impact of the research; and the leadership role played by the nominee in the research being recognized.
Dr. Christian Lupien is the inaugural, 2005 recipient of the Lee Osheroff Richardson prize. He is recognized for a record of sustained achievement covering his postgraduate and postdoctoral research in which he worked at the forefront of experimental low temperature metals physics. The most recent of these activities, at Cornell University, resulted in groundbreaking low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy measurements which elucidated the nature of a new charge ordered state in a transition metal oxychloride.
The Lee Osheroff Richardson Prize Committee is chaired by Professor Bruce Gaulin from McMaster University and 5 senior professors from North American Universities. The Lee Osheroff Richardson Prize winner receives $8,000, a trophy and certificate along with the opportunity to present their research at a relevant conference of their choice.
Dr. Lupien was awarded the prize and presented a lecture on “Low Temperature STM observation of a checkerboard electronic crystal in lightly hole-doped cuprate Na-CCOC” at the pre-APS March Meeting reception “Socialize with Science” hosted by Oxford Instruments Superconductivity. This award complements the other prizes sponsored by Oxford Instruments, the Sir Martin Wood Prize (Japan), Nicholas Kurti Prize (Europe) and the Fritz London Memorial Prize, to be awarded at this years International Low Temperature Conference LT24.
Further details of the prize and nomination procedures can be obtained from the Secretariat, The Lee Osheroff Richardson Prize Committee, Oxford Instruments Superconductivity, 130A Baker Ave. Ext., Concord, MA 01742, USA.
Profile of 2005 Lee Osheroff Richardson Prize winner
Dr. Christian Lupien
Current position:-
Assistant Professor, Département de Physique, Université de Sherbrooke
Undergraduate degree from McGill University, 1995
Graduate degrees from McGill University (MSc) 1997 and Toronto University (PhD), 2002
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