UVa Physics Alumnus David Tanner (B.A. 1966, M.S. 1967), now Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Florida, has been awarded the 2016 Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids by the American Physical Society.

 

Citation:

"For insightful experiments and analyses on a wide variety of quantum solids with strong electronic correlations in general, and cuprate superconductors in particular, using optical spectroscopy."

 

For more, see:

http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Tanner&first_nm=David&year=2016