{"626699":{"#nid":"626699","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Two Georgia Tech Physicists are APS Fellows","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe American Physical Society (APS) has elected Flavio Fenton and Carlos Silva to the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.aps.org\/newsroom\/pressreleases\/fellows2019.cfm\u0022\u003ESociety\u0026#39;s 2019 Fellows\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/flavio-fenton\u0022\u003EFenton\u003C\/a\u003E is a professor in the School of Physics. Silva is a professor in the Schools of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/Silva%20\/Carlos\u0022\u003EChemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E and of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/carlos-silva\u0022\u003EPhysics\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFenton and Silva are among 168 APS members named as fellows in 2019. Their election is prestigious peer recognition of their outstanding contributions to physics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFenton is recognized \u0026ldquo;for ground-breaking contributions to the nonlinear dynamics of cardiac arrhythmia.\u0026rdquo; He was nominated by the APS Topical Group on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESilva is recognized for \u0026ldquo;groundbreaking development of ultrafast laser techniques for probing the transient photophysics of electro-optical and excitonic materials leading to novel and unique insights into charge-separation and carrier generation in organic photovoltaic systems.\u0026rdquo; He was nominated by the APS Division of Chemical Physics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I am very honored to be elected to the APS Fellowship and am deeply grateful to my mentors, students, postdocs, and collaborators, past and present.\u0026rdquo; Silva says.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe APS Fellowship Program recognizes members who have made exceptional contributions to the physics enterprise in physics research, important applications of physics, leadership in or service to physics, or significant contributions to physics education.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEach year, no more than 0.5% of the APS membership is recognized by their peers for election to the status of Fellow in the American Physical Society.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Flavio Fenton and Carlos Silva have been elected as American Physics Society Fellows"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe American Physical Society (APS) has elected Flavio Fenton and Carlos Silva to the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.aps.org\/newsroom\/pressreleases\/fellows2019.cfm\u0022\u003ESociety\u0026#39;s 2019 Fellows\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/flavio-fenton\u0022\u003EFenton\u003C\/a\u003E is a professor in the School of Physics. Silva is a professor in the Schools of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/Silva%20\/Carlos\u0022\u003EChemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E and of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/carlos-silva\u0022\u003EPhysics\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Flavio Fenton and Carlos Silva have been elected as American Physics Society Fellows."}],"uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2019-09-24 19:50:38","changed_gmt":"2019-09-24 19:55:00","author":"A. 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