Livermore Lab Scientists Awarded Honors

Physicist Kennedy Reed was among five scientists at  recognized recently as fellows of major international scientific societies.

Reed was honored Saturday with appointment as a fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The honor from the AAAS membership recognizes Kennedy’s contributions to the understanding of atomic theory and long-term efforts to increase minority participation in the physical sciences in the United States and Africa. He is one of 503 AAAS members to receive the honor this year.

Reed has written more than 100 publications about high-energy physics and is considered an international leader advocating more opportunities in advanced science for minority students. He has been a visiting scientist in the west African countries of Senegal and Ghana and has been active in international scientific organizations involved with physical science programs in numerous African countries.

John Eggert, Hye-Sook Park, Ramona Vogt and Olgica Bakajin were selected as 2010 fellows of the American Physical Society (APS).

Eggert is a physicist in the LLNL Physical and Life Sciences Directorate. Park is a physicist in the inertial confinement fusion and high energy density physics lab of the National Ignition Facility. Vogt is a staff scientist in the physical and life science directorate, and Bakajin is a former LLNL chief scientist who practices in the ultra-small world of carbon nanotube technology.

APS fellowships are awarded to no more than one half of one percent of APS membership per year.