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Year
2010
Subject
Physics
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
Boulder, Colorado
Citation
With J. Ignacio Cirac and Peter Zoller, for their theoretical proposal and experimental realization of the first device that performs elementary computer-logic operations using the quantum properties of individual atoms.
Year
2006
Subject
Earth and Environmental Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland
Citation
With Luna B. Leopold, for advancing our understanding of how natural and human activities influence landscapes, especially for the first comprehensive explanation of why rivers have different forms and how floodplains develop. Their contributions form the basis of modern water resource management and environmental assessment.
Notes:
- "Franklin" Medals are not the same as "Benjamin Franklin" Medals. The Benjamin Franklin Medal was initiated in 1998 to represent the combined legacies of several historic medals, including the Franklin Medal.
- The Scott Medal is awarded by the City of Philadelphia. Prior to 1920, the Institute's Committee on Science and the Arts selected the medalists and the Scott Medals were presented on Awards Day at The Franklin Institute.
- For more information about The Franklin Institute Awards program, contact the Awards Program Director at awards@fi.edu.