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Ellis R. Lippincott Award
The Ellis R. Lippincott Award is awarded annually to recognize an individual that has made significant contributions to the field of vibrational spectroscopy. The award was jointly established in 1975 by The Optical Society (OSA), The Coblentz Society, and The Society for Applied Spectroscopy to honor the unique contributions of Professor Ellis R. Lippincott. Among other contributions, Professor Lippincott was one of the developers of the diamond anvil cell which is widely employed used in high pressure research, and because innovation was a hallmark of Lippincott's work, this quality must also be demonstrated by candidates for the award. For more information on the Lippincott Award, go to https://sites.google.com/a/coblentz.org/coblentz/awards/the-lippincott-award
2020 Recipient
Volker Deckert
Dr. Volker Deckert is Professor for Physical Chemistry at the Friedrich-Schiller University and jointly as a department head at the Leibniz IPHT both in Jena. He obtained his Diploma (1991) and his PhD (1994)from the University of Würzburg, working on Raman spectroscopy. After a postdoc at the University of Tokyo with Prof Hamaguchi working on time-resolved spectroscopy, he started his research on near-field optical spectroscopy, first at the ETH Zurich, then in Dresden and Dortmund before he finally came to Jena. Dr. Deckert is fellow of the Society of Applied Spectroscopy and the Royal Society of Chemistry, and furthermore adjunct faculty at the University of Nebraska, Omaha and guest researcher at Texas A&M University, College Station.
Dr. Deckert’s research focusses on Raman spectroscopy, near-field optical microscopy, and plasmon enhancement. The major goal is to extend the limits of spatial resolution for label-free techniques, particularly for methods based on tip-enhanced Raman scattering (TERS). His Research is driven by questions related to chemical and/or bio-related problems that require structural information at the highest possible resolution. These studies directly relate to the understanding of underlying theoretical concepts of the often surprising lateral resolution of near-field techniques.
Past recipients
2019 Ji-Xin Cheng SAS
2018 Peter Hamm OSA
2017 Roberto D. Merlin Coblentz
2016 Thomas Elsaesser SAS
2015 Dana D. Dlott OSA
2014 Andrei Tokmakoff Coblentz
2013 Xiaoliang Sunney Xie SAS
2012 Keith A. Nelson OSA
2011 Isao Noda Coblentz
2010 Martin Moskovits SAS
2009 Michael D. Fayer OSA
2008 Richard P. Van Duyne Coblentz
2007 Jonathon Tennyson SAS
2006 Hai-Lung Dai OSA
2005 Jaan Laane Coblentz
2004 Richard Mathies SAS
2003 Shaul Mukamel OSA
2002 Sanford A. Asher Coblentz
2001 W. Lester S. Andrews SAS
2000 Donald Levy OSA
1999 Mitsuo Tasumi Coblentz
1998 Takeshi Oka SAS
1997 Robin Hochstrasser OSA
1996 Giuseppe Zerbi Coblentz
1995 Giocinto Scoles SAS
1994 Herbert L. Strauss OSA
1993 John Rabolt Coblentz
1992 Richard Saykally SAS
1991 No Award Given
1990 Robert W. Field OSA
1989 Marilyn Jacox Coblentz
1988 Andreas Albrecht SAS
1987 C. Bradley Moore OSA
1986 Wolfgang Kaiser Coblentz
1985 Ira W. Levin SAS
1984 Jon Hougen OSA
1983 John Overend Coblentz
1982 Michael Delhays SAS
1981 Ian M. Mills OSA
1980 George C. Pimentel Coblentz
1979 E. Bright Wilson SAS
1978 Bryce L. Crawford OSA
1977 Lionel J. Bellamy Coblentz
1976 Richard Lord SAS