Yodh Prize
{{Short description|Biennial physics award}}
The Yodh Prize, awarded every two years, honors a scientist for that scientist's outstanding career in cosmic ray research.
Background
The award ceremony takes place at the International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC). The recipient is selected by the Commission on Astroparticle Physics of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) on behalf of the University of California Irvine Foundation, which sponsors the prize. The prize winner gives a talk at UC Irvine's department of physics and astronomy.{{cite web|title=Yodh Prize|website=School of Physical Sciences, University of California, Irvine|url=https://ps.uci.edu/~yodhprize/}} In 1998 Gaurang Bhaskar Yodh (1928–2019){{cite web|author=Barwick, Steven W.|url=https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/in-memoriam/files/gaurang-yodh.html |title=In memoriam. Gaurang Bhaskar Yodh, Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy, UC Irvine, 1928-2019|website=University of California, Academic Senate }} and his wife Kanwal G. Yodh (1928–2015){{cite web | url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/kanwal-yodh-obituary?id=16635811 | title=Kanwal Yodh Obituary (2015) - Legacy Remembers | website=Legacy.com }} endowed the prize to the UC Irvine Foundation.
The inaugural winner of the Yodh Prize was Reuven Ramaty.{{cite web|url=https://ps.uci.edu/~yodhprize/recipients.html |title=Yodh Prize: Past Recipients |website=School of Physical Sciences, University of California, Irvine}} He was severely ill with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at the time in April 2001 of his selection by the IUPAP and died about one week after he was informed of the honor.{{cite journal|doi=10.1063/1.1428448 |title=Reuven Ramaty |date=2001 |last1=Cline |first1=Thomas L. |last2=Gehrels |first2=Neil |last3=Lingenfelter |first3=Richard E. |journal=Physics Today |volume=54 |issue=11 |page=80}}
Yodh Prize recipients
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|+ !Year !Recipient !Institution at time of award !Citation |
| 2001
|NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |For his significant and outstanding contributions to the field of cosmic ray astrophysics. |
| 2003
|National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore |For his significant and outstanding contributions to the field of cosmic ray astrophysics. |
| 2005
|For his significant and outstanding contributions to the field of cosmic ray astrophysics. |
| 2007
|Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |For his significant and outstanding contributions to the field of cosmic ray astrophysics. |
| 2009
|For his leadership in path-breaking experiments in cosmic ray astrophysics. |
| 2011
|For his outstanding contributions to balloon-borne cosmic ray and particle astrophysics experiments. |
| 2013
|For his pioneering leadership in the experimental study of the highest energy cosmic rays. |
| 2015
|Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg |For his outstanding leadership in the field of high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. |
| 2017
|For his outstanding leadership in the development of water Cherenkov instruments in high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. |
| 2019
|His leadership and landmark contributions cleared a path for the emergence of neutrino astronomy. |
| 2021
|His theoretical contributions led to a breakthrough in understanding the acceleration of cosmic rays by amplified magnetic fields. |
| 2023
|For his groundbreaking ideas and profound influence on the early development of neutrino astronomy. |