# Edward Teller Award

The Edward Teller Award (or the Edward Teller Medal) is an award presented every two years by the American Nuclear Society for "pioneering research and leadership in the use of laser and ion-particle beams to produce unique high-temperature and high-density matter for scientific research and for controlled thermonuclear fusion". It was established in 1999 and is named after Edward Teller. The award carries a $2000 cash prize and an engraved silver medal.

## Recipients

| Year | Recipient | Citation |
| 1991 | Nikolai G. Basov | |
| 1991 | Heinrich Hora | |
| 1991 | John H. Nuckolls | |
| 1991 | Chiyoe Yamanaka | |
| 1993 | Robert Dautray | |
| 1993 | John D. Lindl | |
| 1993 | Sadao Nakai | |
| 1995 | E. Michael Campbell | |
| 1995 | Gennady A. Kirillov | |
| 1995 | Robert L. McCrory | |
| 1995 | George H. Miley | |
| 1997 | Michael H. Key | |
| 1997 | Jürgen Meyer-ter-Vehn | |
| 1997 | Guillermo Velarde [es] | |
| 1997 | George Zimmerman | |
| 1999 | Larry R. Foreman | |
| 1999 | Steven W. Haan | |
| 1999 | Dov Shvarts | |
| 2001 | Mordecai Rosen | |
| 2001 | Stefano Atzeni | |
| 2003 | Hideaki Takabe | |
| 2003 | Laurance J. Suter | |
| 2005 | Joseph D. Kilkenny | "for his many significant and seminal contributions to advancing inertial confinement fusion as an experimentalist, for his international leadership and initiative in encouraging collaboration in inertial fusion research, and for advising and mentoring many fine research scientists who are contributing to the growing field of high-energy-density science." |
| 2005 | Max Tabak | "for developing the Fast Ignition inertial fusion concept and for demonstrating key aspects of it in a series of experiments that have catalyzed the world-wide effort on the concept." |
| 2007 | Kunioki Mima | "in recognition of pioneering research and leadership in Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications." |
| 2007 | Brian R. Thomas | "in recognition of pioneering research and leadership in Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications." |
| 2009 | Edward I. Moses | "in recognition of pioneering research and leadership in Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications." |
| 2009 | Riccardo Betti | "for seminal contributions to the theory of hydrodynamic instabilities, implosion dynamics and thermonuclear ignition in inertial confinement fusion." |
| 2011 | Christine Labaune | "for seminal experimental contributions to laser fusion research, notably for her work to control and understand laser coupling and parametric instabilities." |
| 2011 | Bruce A. Remington | "in recognition of pioneering research and leadership in Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications." |
| 2013 | James Hammer | "in recognition of his engendering innovative techniques for pursuing inertial confinement fusion and studying high energy density science with lasers and pulsed-power drivers." |
| 2013 | Richard Petrasso | "in recognition of his leadership in implementing innovating nuclear-based diagnostics on OMEGA and the NIF resulting in multiple scientific breakthroughs." |
| 2015 | Hiroshi Azechi | |
| 2015 | Zhang Jie | "in recognition of his significant contributions to the study of generation and propagation of hot electrons in laser-plasmas relevant to ICF and the reproduction of astrophysical processes." |
| 2017 | R. Paul Drake | |
| 2017 | Vladimir Tikhonchuk [fr] | |
| 2019 | Xian-Tu He | |
| 2019 | Patrick Mora | |
| 2021 | Omar Hurricane | For "visionary scientific insights and leadership of National Ignition Facility (NIF) experiments resulting in the achievement of fuel gain, an alpha-heating-dominated plasma, and a burning plasma." |
| 2021 | Ryosuke Kodama | |