The Ellis R. Lippincott Award is awarded annually to recognize "an individual who has made significant contributions to vibrational spectroscopy as judged by his or her influence on other scientists." It was jointly established in 1975 by

The Optical Society Optica, founded as the Optical Society of America (later the Optical Society), is a professional society of individuals and companies with an interest in optics and photonics. It publishes journals, organizes conferences and exhibitions, and ca ...

, The

Coblentz Society The Coblentz Society is a non-profit scientific organization named after William Weber Coblentz which is involved in fostering the understanding and application of vibrational spectroscopy. The Society provides education, awards and recognitions ...

, and The

Society for Applied Spectroscopy The Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS) is an organization promoting research and education in the fields of spectroscopy, optics, and analytical chemistry. Founded in 1958, it is currently headquartered in Albany, New York. In 2006 it had abou ...

. The award honors

Ellis R. Lippincott Ellis Ridgeway Lippincott Jr. (July 6, 1920 – December 24, 1974) was an American chemist, educator, inventor, science leader, and pioneer in spectroscopy. He was a professor of chemistry at the University of Maryland from 1955-1974 and served as ...

, a vibrational spectroscopist who worked at the

University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the Univ ...

. Lippincott was one of the developers of the

Diamond anvil cell A diamond anvil cell (DAC) is a high-pressure device used in geology, engineering, and materials science experiments. It permits the compression of a small (sub- millimeter-sized) piece of material to extreme pressures, typically up to around 1 ...

, which is used in

high pressure In science and engineering the study of high pressure examines its effects on materials and the design and construction of devices, such as a diamond anvil cell, which can create high pressure. ''High pressure'' usually means pressures of thousan ...

research.William A. Bassett,"Diamond anvil cell, 50'th birthday",''High Pressure Research'' (2009) 29, pgs 163-186.

Past winners of the Lippincott Award

*2025

Yukihiro Ozaki is a Japanese scientist. Kwansei Gakuin University, Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Technology, professor emeritus, Fellow. He was born in Sakai, Osaka, Japan. In 1973, he had B.Sc. in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Osaka Univers ...

*2024 Steven G. Boxer *2023 Peter R. Griffiths *2022 Martin Zanni *2021 Rohit Bhargava *2020 Volker Deckert *2019 Ji-Xin Cheng *2018 Peter Hamm *2017

Roberto Merlin Roberto D. Merlin is an Argentine physicist and Peter A. Franken Collegiate Professor of Physics and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan. He is known, among other things, for his work on quasiperi ...

*2016 Thomas Elsaesser *2015 *2014 *2013 Xiaoliang Sunney Xie *2012 Keith A. Nelson *2011

Isao Noda Isao Noda (born January 29, 1951, in Tokyo, Japan) is a chemical engineer whose research has focused on polymer science and spectroscopy. He holds ninety patents granted in the United States and the EU, has published over three hundred articles, c ...

*2010 *2009

Michael D. Fayer Michael David Fayer (born September 12, 1947) is an American chemical physicist. He is the David Mulvane Ehrsam and Edward Curtis Franklin Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University. Education and academic career He attended the University of ...

*2008 Richard P. Van Duyne *2007 Jonathan Tennyson *2006 Hai-Lung Dai *2005 *2004 *2003

Shaul Mukamel Shaul Mukamel (born 11 December 1948) is a chemist and physicist, currently serving as a Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Irvine. He is known for his works in non linear optics and spectroscopy. Early life and education S ...

*2002 *2001

Lester Andrews William Lester Self Andrews is an American chemist who makes contributions to the ongoing development of quantum chemistry of metallic complexes. He is the Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Virginia. He won the Earle K. Plyler ...

*2000

Donald Levy Donald Harris Levy (born June 30, 1939) is an American chemical physicist on the faculty of the University of Chicago, Chicago, US. He is recognized as a leader in the development of supersonic jet cooling. Biography Donald Levy has been a me ...

*1999

Mitsuo Tasumi Mitsuo Tasumi (January 23, 1937 – November 24, 2021) was a Japanese physical chemist known for his vibrational spectroscopic works on synthetic and biological macromolecules. He was Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo, and a former p ...

*1998

Takeshi Oka , , is a Japanese-American spectroscopist and astronomer specializing in the field of galactic astronomy, known as a pioneer of astrochemistry and the co-discoverer of interstellar trihydrogen cation (). He is now R.A. Milliken Distinguished Serv ...

*1997 Robin Hochstrasser *1996 *1995

Giacinto Scoles Giacinto Scoles (2 April 1935 – 24 September 2024) was an Italian-American chemist and physicist who was best known for his pioneering development of molecular beam methods for the study of weak van der Waals forces between atoms, molecules, ...

*1994 Herbert L. Strauss *1993 *1992 Richard Saykally *1990 Robert W. Field *1989

Marilyn E. Jacox Marilyn Esther Jacox (April 26, 1929 – October 30, 2013) was an American physical chemist. She was a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Fellow and Scientist Emeritus in the Sensor Science Division. Education Jacox was born i ...

*1988 Andreas C. Albrecht *1987

C. Bradley Moore Charles Bradley Moore (born December 7, 1939) is an American chemist and research administrator. His research focused on the application of lasers to understand the behavior and reaction dynamics of energized molecules and energy transfer between ...

*1986 Wolfgang Kaiser *1985 *1984 Jon T. Hougen *1983 *1982 *1981 *1980

George C. Pimentel George Claude Pimentel (May 2, 1922 – June 18, 1989) was a preeminent chemist and researcher, the inventor of the chemical laser, who was also dedicated to science education and public service. He developed the technique of matrix isolation in ...

*1979

E. Bright Wilson Edgar Bright Wilson Jr. (December 18, 1908 – July 12, 1992) was an American chemist. Wilson was a prominent and accomplished chemist and teacher, recipient of the National Medal of Science in 1975, Guggenheim Fellowships in 1949 and 1970, the ...

*1978 Bryce L. Crawford, Jr. *1977 *1976 Richard C. Lord

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Past winners of the Lippincott Award

See also

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