Congratulations to Research Associate Dr. Mikhail Kopytine, who has been
recognized by the periodical Science Watch as sharing second place in their
world-wide ranking of scientists with the greatest number of "hot papers" in 2005-06. The
honor of #1 in the world goes to the Japanese Immunologist Shizuo Akira, and the #2 position
is shared by Kent State's Dr. Kopytine and six other scientists. It should be noted that
the ranking used by Science Watch has no subjective input, and is based solely
on the number of citations received by papers published in peer-reviewed journals. Click
on the table above to read the full article.
Dr. Mikhail Kopytine received his PhD in physics from Stony Brook in 2001, and has been
employed as a Kent State Research Associate since October 2001. He works in collaboration
with other physicists at KSU's Center for Nuclear Research (CNR),
who in turn are part of a large international collaboration (STAR) that studies nuclear
collisions at Brookhaven National Lab (NY). Results from these experiments have already
been recognized as the Top Physics Story for 2005 by the
American Institute of Physics. Kent State was one of the 13 original groups that in 1990
founded the STAR experiment, which has since grown to include 52 institutions, representing
12 countries.
Congratulations to Kent State doctoral graduate David Wiant,
recently announced to be the sole recipient of the prestigious
Otto Lehmann Award
for 2007.
One of only two major international dissertation awards in the field of liquid crystal
technology, the annual honor recognizes young scientists for outstanding thesis or dissertation
work. This is the first time the award has gone to a doctoral candidate in the United States.
The prize, awarded by the Universitat Karlsruhe and the Otto Lehmann Foundation, is named after
Otto Lehmann, famous German physicist and “father” of liquid crystal technology.
Award submissions are evaluated by an independent scientific jury consisting of experts from
universities and industry. The final decision for the award(s) is made by the Otto Lehmann
Foundation.
Wiant, a native of Brunswick, Ohio, completed his PhD dissertation
(available as a .pdf file)
in Spring 2007, and traveled to Germany in summer 2007 to accept the
Otto Lehmann Award. Dr. Wiant graduated in May 2007 (click on the photo above for more
about this) with a doctorate in physics, and he looks forward to a career in academia.
Wiant’s doctoral dissertation advisor, Professor of Physics Dr. James Gleeson, says
“David is incredibly talented and diligent; this award is richly deserved.”
Congratulations to emeritus physics professor Bill Doane, who currently leads
Kent Displays Inc., on being honored with
the first Slottow-Owaki Prize for
Display Education by the Society for Information Display (SID). Click on the photo opposite for more
details.
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Congratulations to Dr. Jon Secaur (a full-time Assistant Prof. in our department
since Fall 2007) on being named
Portage County Teacher of the Year
for AY 2006/07 by the Coleman Foundation.
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Congratulations also to.....
...Prof. Brett Ellman on being chosen as a finalist for the 2007 Disinguished Teaching Award
sponsored by the Kent State Alumni Assocation.
...physics major Luke Citro (BS, May 2007) on being invited to participate in the most recent
International Scholar Laureate Program Delegation on Engineering in China.
...Drs. Mina Katramatou and Steve Minnick on being awarded tenure and promoted to
Associate Professor effective from AY 07/08.
...Students Al Calabrese, Steven Drew, David Jacobs, Christine Martincic,
Robert Meklemburg, William Montanaro Jr., Ryan Neubig, Lee Sharpnack, Jacob Shreffler,
Ryan Weber, and Nathanael Weigel, all recipients of
various awards (see link for details and photos).
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