2015 Laureates

2015 Berkeley Lab Prize – Lifetime Achievement Award

Ulrich Dahmen

Director Paul Alivisatos presents the Lifetime Achievement Award to Uli Dahmen.

Peter Denes

Director Paul Alivisatos presents Peter Denes with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Ken Downing

Director Paul Alivisatos presents Kenneth Dowling's Lifetime Achievement Award to Eva Nogales, who accepts in Dowling's absence. — Director Paul Alivisatos presents Kenneth Downing’s Lifetime Achievement Award to Eva Nogales, who accepts in Downing’s absence.

2015 Director’s Award for Exceptional Achievement

Berkeley Lab Citation:

Eleanor Blakely Zizka

Director Alivisatos presents the Berkeley Lab Citation to Eleanor Blakely Zizka.

Lynn Rippe

Director Alivisatos presents the Berkeley Lab Citation to Lynn Rippe.

Michael Zisman

Director Alivisatos presents a posthumous Berkeley Lab Citation to Michael Zisman. Michael's wife Andrea accepts the award. — Director Alivisatos presents a posthumous Berkeley Lab Citation to Michael Zisman. Michael’s wife Andrea accepts the award.

Early Scientific Career: Corinne Scown

ALD Kathy Yelick presents the Director’s Award for Early Scientific Achievement to Corinne Scown. Tom McKone accepts on Corinne’s behalf.

Early Scientific Career: Alexander Hexemer, Cheng Wang, Eric Schaible

ALD Kathy Yelick presents the Director’s Award for Exceptional Early Career Scientific Achievement to Cheng Want and Eric Schaible (Alex Hexemer not present).

Scientific: Christoph Steier and Arnaud Madur

ALD Don DePaolo presents the Director’s Award for Exceptional Scientific Achievement to Christoph Steier and Arnaud Madur.

Scientific: Rich Celestre, David Kilcoyne, Stefano Marchesini, David Shapiro, Tolek Tyliszczak, Tony Warwick, Lee Yang

ALD James Symons presents the Director’s Award for Exceptional Scientific Achievement to Rich Celestre, David Kilcoyne, Stefano Marchesini, David Shapiro, Tolek Tyliszczak, Tony Warwick and Lee Yang.

Operations: Kim Williams, Lon Freeman, Jeff Blair, Glenn Kubiak, Ray Miskelley, Ken Reicher

Deputy Director Horst Simon presents the Director’s Award for Exceptional Achievement in Operations to Kim Williams, Lon Freeman, Jeff Blair, Glenn Kubiak, Ray Miskelley And Ken Reicher.

Operations: Eli Dart and Brent Draney

Deputy Director Horst Simon (right) presents the Director’s Award for Exceptional Achievement in Operations to Eli Dart (center) and Brent Draney (left) (2015)

Safety: Scott Taylor

Chief Operations Officer Glenn Kubiak presents the Director’s Exceptional Safety Achievement Award to Scott Taylor.

Service: James Sethian

ALD Kathy Yelick presents the Director’s Award for Exceptional Service Achievement to James Sethian. David Brown accepts on Jamie’s behalf.

Diversity: Deborah Agarwal

Director Alivisatos presents the Director’s Award for Exceptional Diversity Achievement to Deborah Agarwal.

Service: Steve Greenberg

Chief Operations Officer Glenn Kubiak presents the Director’s Exceptional Service Achievement Award to Steve Greenberg.

Outreach: Sarah Richardson

Chief Operations Officer Glenn Kubiak presents the Director’s Exceptional Outreach Achievement Award to Sarah Richardson.

The Director’s Awards program recognizes the significant achievements of Lab employees. Each year, these awards are given for accomplishments, leadership, collaboration, multi-disciplinary science, cross-divisional projects, and commitment to excellence in support of the Lab’s mission and strategic goals.

Each year, Berkeley Lab employees submit nominations of individuals and teams, which are then reviewed by a Lab-wide Director’s Awards committee.

Recognized achievements should have occurred or culminated in the past twelve months, with the exception of Lifetime Achievement Award and Berkeley Lab Citation.