The first Katherine E. Weimer Award has been given to Professor Yu Lin
of Auburn University. This is a new early career award for Women in Plasma Science, bestowed by the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics.

In 2001, the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics Executive Committee established the Katherine E. Weimer award to "recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in plasma science research by a woman physicist in the early years of her career".

Dr. Katherine E. Weimer was a pioneering, research physicist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory at Princeton University. She made many important contributions to research advancements in magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium and stability theory for magnetically confined plasmas. Her obituary, written by John Johnson and John Greene, appeared in September, 2001 in PhysicsToday.
A list of her peer reviewed journal publications may be found at Publications.

The Division of Plasma Physics has a significantly lower representation of women in its ranks compared to other divisions, 4% vs. 8%. This award will play an important role in recognizing the contribution and potential of women in plasma science and will help to attract and retain talented women in this field.

The announcement of the first Katherine E. Weimer Award is given at Announcement
and the standard APS prize and award guidelines, which apply here, may be found at the www.aps.org webpage.

The Award endowment was funded with $15,000 from APS-DPP and $15,000 raised from generous contributions from friends and colleagues of Katherine Weimer and include contributions from discretionary funds of fusion/plasma science research laboratories.

Dr. Janardhan Manickam, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory     (manickam@pppl.gov;   609-243-2633)
Dr. Martha H. Redi, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory    (redi@pppl.gov,    609-243-3357)
Dr. William M. Tang, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory    (wtang@pppl.gov,   609-243-2612)