A History of ACA Award Winners

 

ACA is very pleased to honor the following scientists for outstanding work in their fields.

 

 

 Award Index

 

B. Warren Award

Magaret C. Etter Early Career Award

M. J. Buerger Award

Magaret C. Etter Student Lecturer Award

I. Fankuchen Award

Supper Award

A. Patterson Award

E.A. Wood Science Writing Award
K. Trueblood Award Past Poster Prize Winners


B. Warren Award Past Winners

  • 2009 Shih-Lin Chang
    Coherent Dynamical Interaction in X-ray Multiple Diffraction and Crystal Cavity Resonance
  • 2006  Charles Majkrzak
    Investigating the Structures of Thin Films and Multilayered Materials by Neutron Reflectometry

  • 2003 Takeshi Egami
    Democracy in the Imperfect World: Local Crystallography of Crystals with Disorde

  • 2000  Ian Robinson
    Crystal Truncation Rods, Ancient and Modern

  • 1997  David Long Price
    Order and Disorder in Condensed Matter

  • 1994  Michael Bedzyk
    X-Ray Standing Waves at a Reflecting Mirror Surface

  • 1991  James Jorgensen
    Structural Properties as a Probe of the Physics of Oxide Superconductors

  • 1988  Robert J. Birgeneau and Paul M. Horn
    Two-Dimensional Phases and Phase Transitions by Diffraction Methods

  • 1985  Bennett C. Larson
    X-Ray Studies using Pulsed-lasar Irradiation

  • 1982  Benjamin Post
    Direct Measurement of Phases of Diffracted Radiation

  • 1979  F.W. Lytle, D.E. Sayers and E.A. Stern
    Theory and Application of Fine Structure at Absorption Edge Effects

  • 1976  John M. Cowley and S. Iijima
    High Resolution Electron Microscopy of Crystal Structures

  • 1973  J.D. Axe and G. Shirane
    Lattice and Molecular Dynamics as Studied by Inelastic Scattering of Neutrons

  • 1970  U. Bonse and M. Hart
    X-Ray Interferometer and its Application to the Study of the Physics of Solids

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M. Buerger Award Past Winners

  • 2009 Michael James
    From Sillimanite to Structural Biology or Minerals to Macromolecules

  • 2006  Helen M. Berman
    A Personal Journey through Structure Space

  • 2003  Jim Ibers
    Less Difficult But Still Not Easy

  • 2000  Lyle Jensen
    Then and Now - Reflections of a Mature Discipline

  • 1997  Carroll K. Johnson
    Thermal Ellipsoid Analysis

  • 1994  Philip Coppens
    The New Synchrotron Radiation Crystsallography

  • 1991  Jack D. Dunitz
    Chemical Aspects of Phase Transitions in Molecular Crystals

  • 1988  George A. Jeffrey
    X-Ray and Neutron Diffraction of Carbohydrates and Clathrates

  • 1985  William P. Busing
    Theory and Practice of Accurate Data Collection and Analysis

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I. Fankuchen Award Past Winners

    • 2007  Frank H. Herbstein
      What Can We Learn From the Multiple Crystal Structures Reported for Pentacene, and for the Anthracene and Tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) Molecules in Their Various Guises?

    • 2004  Alexander McPherson
      Where are we Going? Where Have we Been?

    • 2001  James Stewart
      Response to Fankuchen Award 2001

    • 1998  E. Dodson
      Interdependence within Macromolecular Crystallography

    • 1995  Jenny Glusker
      Metal Ions in Proteins

    • Kenneth Trueblood
      On Crystallographic Education and on Internal Motion of Molecules in Crystals

    • 1992  Donald L D Caspar
      Protein Adaptability:  Quasi-Equivalence, Plasticity and Switching

    • 1989  David Sayre
      On the Possibility of Structure Determination of Specimens Consisting of One Large (1012) Dalton) Asymmetric Unit

    • 1986  Michael G. Rossmann
      Virus Structure Determination and Correlation with Function

    • 1983  Lyle H. Jensen
      Accurate Refinement and Analysis of Protein Structures

    • 1980  David Harker
      Heavy Atom and Direct Methods of Structure Determination, Boron and Protein Structure

    • 1977  Dorothy Hodgkin
      Crystallographic Studies of Hormones, Antibiotics, and Proteins

    • 1974  A. Guinier
      Fundamental Development and Teaching of the Theory and Applications of X-Ray Diffraction

    • 1971  Martin J. Buerger
      Crystal Structure Aspects of Phase Transformations

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    A. Patterson Award Past Winners
    • 2008 B.C. Wang
      Resolution of Phase Ambiguity in Macromolecular Crystallography: 25 Years Later

    • 2005  Alwyn Jones
      From Inter to O

    • 2002  Douglas Dorset
      Correlations, Convolutions and the Validity of Electron Crystallography

    • 1999  Gerard Bricogne
      Intensities, Phases and Structures:  The Role of Mathematics in Crystallography

    • 1997  Christer E. Nordman
      Travels in Patterson Space 

    • 1993  George Sheldrick
      Direct Attempts to Solve Protein Structures
       
    • 1990  Michael M. Woolfson
      Direct Methods and Macromolecular Structures 
    • 1987  David and Lieselotte Templeton
      Theory, Measurement, and Use of Anomalous Scattering  

    • 1984  Jerome Karle and Herbert Hauptman
      Direct Methods of Crystal Structure Determination
       
    • 1981  Wayne A. Hendrickson
      Use of Anomalous Dispersion Effects in Phasing Protein Diffraction Data

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    K. Trueblood Award Past Winners

    • 2010  Anthony Spek - From Paper Tape Input to Forensic Crystallography. Forty years of Small Molecule Computing

    • 2007  Angelo Gavezzotti - Forty Years of Struggle With Computers Over Crystallography and Intermolecular Interactions

    • 2004  Richard E. Marsh - X-ray Diffraction through the Years: From One Structure per Year to One Structure Per Hour

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    Margaret C. Etter Early Career Award Past Winners

    • 2010  Raymond Trievel - Roles of Carbon-Oxygen Hydrogen Bonds in Methyl Group Recognition and Catalysis in Protein Lysine Methyltransferases and Demethylases
    • 2009 Svilen Bobev
      From Sillimanite to Structural Biology or Minerals to Macromolecules

    • 2008 Radu Custelcean
      Manipulating Hydrogen Bonds in Crystalline Solids: From Etter's Rules to Anion Recognition

    • 2007  Cora Lind
      Negative Thermal Expansion Materials: X-ray and Neutron Diffraction Adventures under Non-ambient Conditions

    • 2006  Carrie Wilmot
      X-rays, Action, Camera! The Joys and Heartaches of Making Movies of Redox Enzymes in Motion
    • 2005  Jennifer A. Swift
      Growth and Dissolution of Cholesterol Crystals

    • 2004  Leonard MacGillivray
      Linear templates: Tools for Constructing Molecules in the Solid State

    • 2003  Julia Chan
      Structure-Property Relationships of Superconducting and Heavy Fermion Intermettalics

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    Margaret C. Etter Student Lecturer Award Past Winners

    • 2010  Winners:  Bio Mac:  Krystle McLaughlin, Univ. of Rochester, NY - 07.12.6
      Fiber Diffraction:  William Wan, Vanderbilt Univ - 07.09.5
      Industrial:  Wei Ke, Case Western Reserve Univ. - 02.02.4
      Materials:  Catherine Hoel, Northwestern Univ. - 07.14.2
      Neutron Scattering:  Stacey Smith, Brigham Young Univ. - 07.05.5
      Powder Diffraction:  Fernando Uribe-Romo, Univ. of California LA - 07.25.6
      Service Cr:  Jason Porta, Univ. of Nebraska - 07.17.6
      Small Angle Scattering:  Ramnath Ramachandran, Univ. of Cincinnati - 04.02.7
      Small Molecules:  Brandon Mercado, Univ. of California Davis - 07.26.3
      Synchrotron Radiation:  Mark Hunter, Arizona State Univ. - 07.01.1
      Young Scientist:  Dayne West, Univ. of Florida - 02.02.1

    • 2009 Alaji Bah, (06.20.03), Jinsheng Wen, (06.18.03), Catherine Tupper, (06.04.02), Matt Beekman, (06.15.04), Partha P. Das, (06.08.04), Peter Gin, (04.01.04), Jesse Smith, (06.10.07), Ivan Campeotto, (SP.02.04)
    • 2008 Alexey Amunts (01.03.05), Olga Antipova (02.01.06), Matthew Hudson (06.01.06), Karen Mulfort (13.08.06), Clare Yannette (13.10.06), Sterling Cornaby (13.14.03), Xuerong Liu (13.15.05), Daniel Mitchell (13.15.06), Aruna Shankaranarayanan (AW.01.05)
    • 2007  Tali Lavy (AW.03.09), Da Jia (01.01.08), Ryan McAndrew (01.04.05), Amy Gindhart (05.01.05), Jae-Hyuk Her (07.01.11), Greg A. Hogan (10.03.11), Jan Lipfert (13.03.03)
    • 2006  Simon Jenni (01.03.04), Sayon Kumalah (13.12.06), Peng Wang (13.11.05), Katherine Page (13.13.06), Ryan Justice (T-P001 session 09.03), Yulia Sevryugina (13.02.04), Jean Jankoncic (11.01.05)
    • 2005  Rumana Rashid (01.07.06), Sohela Vaezeslami (04.03.11), Dugald MacDougall (06.01.08), Elinor Spencer (08.03.07), Yuan Lin (01.04.07), Tamara Hamilton (AW.02.03)
    • 2004  Lincoln Bickford (01.07.01), Carla Ferragina (06.02.01), Zhanhui Yuan (10.01.10), Mehmet Aslantas (08.01.01)
    • 2003  Monica Allain (08.02.03), Firas Awwadi (09.02.05), Peter Chupas (04.01.03), David Lodowski (01.04.05), Jennifer Padilla (03.04.05)

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     C.E. Supper Instrumentation Award Past Winners

    • 2004  Nguyen-Huu Xuong
      Advanced Area Detectors for Protein Crystallography and Electron Microscopy

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    E.A. Wood Science Writing Award Past Winners

    • 2007  Lisa Randall
    • 2004  Oliver Sacks
    • 2002  Ira Flatow
    • 2001  K.C. Cole
    • 1999  Robert Weinberg
    • 1998  Robert M. Hazen
    • 1997  Roald Hoffmann

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