The Ellis R. Lippincott Award is awarded annually to recognize "an individual who has made significant contributions to vibrational spectroscopy as judged by his or her influence on other scientists."Lippencott Award page at The Optical Society of America Website It was jointly established in 1975 by The Optical Society, The Coblentz Society, and The Society for Applied Spectroscopy. The award honors Ellis R. Lippincott, a vibrational spectroscopist who worked at the University of Maryland. Lippincott was one of the developers of the Diamond anvil cell, which is used in high pressure research.William A. Bassett,"Diamond anvil cell, 50'th birthday",High Pressure Research (2009) 29, pgs 163-186.

Past winners of the Lippincott Award

2026 Juergen Popp 2025 Yukihiro Ozaki 2024 Steven G. Boxer 2023 Peter R. Griffiths 2022 Martin Zanni 2021 Rohit Bhargava 2020 Volker Deckert 2019 Ji-Xin Cheng 2018 Peter Hamm 2017 Roberto Merlin 2016 Thomas Elsaesser 2015 2014 2013 Xiaoliang Sunney Xie 2012 Keith A. Nelson 2011 Isao Noda 2010 2009 Michael D. Fayer 2008 Richard P. Van Duyne 2007 Jonathan Tennyson 2006 Hai-Lung Dai 2005 2004 Richard A. Mathies 2003 Shaul Mukamel 2002 2001 Lester Andrews 2000 Donald Levy 1999 Mitsuo Tasumi 1998 Takeshi Oka 1997 Robin Hochstrasser 1996 1995 Giacinto Scoles 1994 Herbert L. Strauss 1993 1992 Richard Saykally 1990 Robert W. Field 1989 Marilyn E. Jacox 1988 Andreas C. Albrecht 1987 C. Bradley Moore 1986 Wolfgang Kaiser 1985 1984 Jon T. Hougen 1983 1982 1981 1980 George C. Pimentel 1979 E. Bright Wilson 1978 Bryce L. Crawford, Jr. 1977 1976 Richard C. Lord

See also List of physics awards

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