Student's Awards
GEC Student Award for Excellence
To encourage and recognize the important contributions students make to the Gaseous Electronics Conference, specifically, and to the plasma/atomic-molecular optical science fields, in general, the GEC Executive Committee will recognize one (1) student presenter with the GEC Student Award for Excellence. Finalists will be announced on the meeting website before the meeting and will present their work between Tuesday, October 6, 2020 and Thursday, October 8, 2020. The student award recipient will be announced during the Closing Ceremony, on Friday, October 9 (Session ZF1). The award consists of cash ($1,000 USD) and a certificate.
To be eligible for the award, the student must present a contributed talk (not a poster), provide a recommendation letter from the student’s research supervisor, a supporting letter from the student, a copy of the student’s abstract, and a curriculum vitae of the student and submit the application materials as a single PDF file before the application deadline. No more than one student may be nominated per supervisor.
The student application should contain:
- a copy of the student’s abstract
- a one-page supporting letter from the student including, among other aspects, a description of the motivation for doing the research, the relevance of the work to plasma/atomic-molecular optical science, a list of all collaborators on the project, and the scope of the student’s contribution to the project
- a two-page-maximum curriculum vitae of the student (including educational background, research experience, professional affiliations, publications, patents, presentations, and awards)
- a one-page recommendation letter from the supervisor including, among other aspects, the student’s creative contribution to the project, the duration of the student’s participation in the project, and unique project-related qualifications of the student
The application materials must be emailed as a single PDF file to Aranka Derzsi (derzsi.aranka@wigner.mta.hu) before 11:59 PM (Pacific Time) Tuesday, June 16 (Final).
Please contact Aranka Derzsi if you have any questions.
The GEC Student Awards Committee will review the nominations and select the finalists for the Student Award for Excellence. Members of the GEC Student Awards Committee will also serve as judges. Judges will attend the finalists’ oral presentations and select the award recipient.
Application Deadline: Tuesday, June 16 (Final)
GEC Student Poster Prizes
Three graduate student posters and up to three undergraduate posters will be selected by the GEC Executive Committee and recognized during the Closing Ceremony, on Friday, October 9 (Session ZF1). The GEC gratefully acknowledges the important contributions students make to GEC 2020. The GEC gratefully acknowledges support by Springer Publishing (springer.com) toward the recognition of important contributions students make to the Gaseous Electronics Conference.
To be eligible for the award:
- the student must present a poster as first author
- register for the poster judging before the application deadline (October 5, 2020)
More than one student from the same advisor may apply. At most one student per advisor will be awarded this Poster Prize.
The student application should contain:
- The title of the student’s abstract
- The name of the advisor
Student applications must be emailed to the chair of the GEC 2020 Student Poster Prize Committee, Shahid Rauf (shahid_rauf@amat.com), by 12:00 PM (Pacific Time) on Monday, October 5, 2020.
Application deadline: Monday, October 5, 2020