Junior Investigator Award

About the Award

The CIRMS recognizes the importance of supporting the careers of young investigators working in the fields of ionizing radiation measurements and standards—they are our future! As such, in 1999, CIRMS First Vice President X. George Xu initiated a Junior Investigator Award program to highlight the research accomplishments of young investigators. The program is open to any student from high school through postgraduate (i.e. within one year of terminal master’s or doctoral degree). The young investigators submit an essay describing their work and its relevance to the CIRMS mission which are scored by members of the CIRMS Executive Committee and the Caswell Fellows. The top-scoring abstracts are receive a monetary prize and may be invited to give an oral presentation at the annual meeting. This program is made possible in part by the gracious financial support received from our sponsors.

Applications for the Junior Investigator Award competition are accepted each year for the upcoming CIRMS annual meeting. Please visit the meeting website for details.

Junior Investigator Award Winners

2023

Ahtesham Ullah Khan, University of Wisconsin-Madison

John Stasko, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Fei Wei, University of Central Florida

2022

Islam El Gamal, Carleton University, Canada

Rodi Surensoy, Carleton University, Canada

Samuel Ward, Oakland University

2021

Alexandra Bourgouin, National Metrology Institute of Germany (PTB), Germany

Drew Carlton, University of Kentucky

Emily King, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2020

Daniel Alexander, Dartmouth College

Jacob Lambeck, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Felix Mathew, McGill University, Canada

Autumn Walter, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2019

Alexandra Bourgouin, Carleton University, Canada

Emily King, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Irwin Tendler, Dartmouth College

Xiaoya (Judy) Wang, McGill University, Canada

2018

Alexandra Bourgouin, Carleton University, Canada

Kevin Mecadon, University of Maryland

Mary Peters, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer

Natalie Viscariello, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2017

Manik Aima, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Alexandra Bourgouin, Carleton University, Canada

Susannah Hickling, McGill University, Canada

James Renaud, McGill University, Canada

2016

Manik Aima, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Khalid Gameil, Carleton University, Canada

Yvonne Roed, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer

Blake Smith, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Kejia Yang, The University of Texas at Dallas

2015

Mitchell Carroll, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer

Travis Dietz, University of Maryland, College Park

Jon Hansen, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Sameer Taneja, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2014/2013

Mitchell Carroll, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer

Kuan-Chih Huang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Cameron Maher, Texas A&M University

Dwayne Riley, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Séverine Rossomme, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Steven Shaffer, The University of Texas at Dallas

Anjali Srivastava, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Samantha Steele, State University of New York

Angela Weier, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Bennett Williams, University of Illinois

Yana Zlateva, McGill University, Canada

2012

Kevin Casey, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer

John Michael Briceno, UTexas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Olivia Huang, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer

Fahima Islam, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Lisa Meyers, University of Cincinnati

Joshua Reed, University of Wisconsin-Madison

James Renaud, McGill University, Canada

Dwayne Riley, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Vaibhav Sinha, Missouri University of Science and Technology

2011

Austin Faught, The University of Texas at Dallas

Adam Paxton, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Gina Paek, Chapman University

2010

Keith Hearon, Texas A&M University

Steven Horne, LLNL Nuclear Forensics Internship Program

Regina Kennedy, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Charlotte Rambo, Texas A&M University

2009

Marina K. Chumakov, University of Maryland

Ryan Grant, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer

Jessica R. Snow, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Walter Voit, Georgia Institute of Technology

2008

Regina Kennedy, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Matthew Mille, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

2007

Jianwei Gu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Arman Sarfehnia, McGill University, Canada

Sarah Scarboro, Georgia Institute of Technology

Zachary Whetstone, University of Michigan

2006

Kimberly Burns, Georgia Institute of Technology

Maisha Murry, University of Cincinnati

Karl Benjamin Richter, University of Minnesota

Reed Selwyn, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2005

Eric Burgett, Georgia Institute of Technology

Mark Furler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Andrew Jensen, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2004

Jennifer R. Clark, University of Kentucky

Stephen D. Davis, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Carlos Rolddan, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

2003

Sheridan L. Griffin, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Malcolm P. Heard, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer

Shannon Miller-Helfinstine, Kent State University

Baodong Wang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

2002

Wes Culberson, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Ramazan Kizil, Penn State University

Dickerson Moreno, University of Missouri

Michael Shannon, Georgia Institute of Technology

2001

Matt Buchholz, Oregon State University

Michael Czayka, Kent State University

Bridgette Reniers, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Kurt Stump, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2000

Lesley Buckley, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Peter Caracappa, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Scott Larsen, State University of New York

1999

Ahmet Bozkurt, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Ariel Drogin, University of Kentucky

Kurt Marlow, Idaho State University

Oleg Povetko, Oregon State University

Jennifer Smilowitz, University of Wisconsin-Madison