June 08 Issue - Employee Monthly Magazine

Kudos

Picraux named Materials Research Society Fellow

Tom Picraux of the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies is an inaugural Materials Research Society Fellow. He was honored for his leadership in applying ion channeling and ion beam materials modification to materials research and for his contributions to advancing materials science through research management and professional society service.

The title of MRS Fellow is bestowed on members who are notable for their distinguished research accomplishments and their outstanding contributions to the advancement of materials research worldwide. The number of Fellows who may be newly appointed each year is approximately 0.2 percent of the current MRS membership of more than 14,000 members.

Picraux also is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Director addresses NNMC grads

Laboratory Director Michael Anastasio encouraged more than 200 Northern New Mexico College graduates to continue their pursuit of knowledge and take on challenges as they begin the next stage of their lives. Anastasio delivered the keynote address at Northern's commencement ceremony last month in Eagle Memorial Gymnasium on the college's campus in Española.

Jarvinen garners Glenn T. Seaborg Actinide Separations Award

Gordon Jarvinen of Stockpile Manufacturing and Support is the latest winner of the Glenn T. Seaborg Actinide Separations Award.

The award recognizes U.S. (nationality) scientists and engineers who have made outstanding and lasting contributions to the development and application of actinide separations processes and methodology.

Jarvinen received the award last month at the 32nd Annual Actinide Separations Conference.

Steinhaus recognized for outstanding contributions to education

Community Programs Office Director Kurt Steinhaus recently was awarded the New Mexico Leadership Award. In an address to the New Mexico STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) conference, U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman recognized Steinhaus for being an education leader in New Mexico. Bingaman also recognized Steinhaus for his contributions to New Mexico education while serving as the governor's senior education policy advisor.

Kronberg receives Alexander von Humboldt Award

Phil Kronberg of the Lab's Engineering Institute and Theoretical Division recently received the 2008 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Award for his impact on astrophysics and radio astronomy. The award will involve Kronberg staying in Germany for three months, starting June 1. An awards ceremony will take place June 24 in Berlin.

Kronberg joined the Lab in 2002 as the Anderson Scholar at Los Alamos's Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics. This 2008 award is an extension of Kronberg's 1990 original Humboldt Award.

Each year, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation grants up to 100 Humboldt Research Awards worldwide. The Award is not discipline specific, and includes researchers in physical and life sciences, engineering, economics, humanities, medicine, and law.
The Humboldt Award recognizes the outstanding impact that internationally recognized scientists and scholars have had on their area of study over their career. The Foundation was established in Berlin in 1860.