AAPPS-DPP

Call for 2024 S. Chandrasekhar Prize Nomination
January 29, 2024, AAPPS-DPP Board of Directors

Any DPP members (excluding Chair, Chair-elect, CEO and members of selection committee)
may submit one nomination or a seconding letter for this prize in any given year. A nomination
should include a letter evaluating the nominee's qualifications in the light of the particular featuresof the prize and identifying the specific works to be recognized.
Use attached “Nomination Form” for the nomination, strictly following the template provided:Section 1: Nomination and Undertaking by Nominee: Fill in all requested details in section 1 in“Nomination Form”. Nominator’s nomination letter and seconding letters (<3pages) should be in attachment.
Section 2: Biographical details of nominee: Fill in all requested details in section 2 in “Nomination Form”.
No separate CV is needed.
Section 3: Scientific contributions of the Nominee: Fill in all requested details in section 3 in “NominationForm”. Copies of five best papers of nominee should be in attachment. Please provide link to WoS andGoogle scholar citation records.
Section 4: Full list of publication (including books): List should include WoS citation number for each
paper (for possible papers recorded in WoS) and Google Scholar citation (inc. Books). Use Web of Science(https://access.clarivate.com/login?app=wos). Information on published journal impact factor for importantpapers.
Attachments: Nominator’s nomination letter(<3pages), Seconding letters from four leading plasma
physicists each letter less than 3 pages, copy of five best papers of the nominee. Seconding letters are notlimited from DPP member.

Note: Winner(s) shall submit the review paper to RMPP in about 8 months after theAAPPS-DPP-annual conference.
Nomination is effective for two years but submission of updated package is welcomed in thesecond year. DPP shall not give the prize more than once of this prize to the same recipient. The
names of the Prize Selection committee members will be posted on the DPP homepage only after its
decision. The award ceremony will be held in AAPPS-DPP annual conference.
The nomination package shall be sent to the DPP CEO (aapps.dpp.ceo@gmail.com)
electronically using attached template and make it to pdf. The deadline for 2024 S. Chandrasekar
Prize nomination is April 30, 2024 in Japan time.
DPP calls for sponsorship for 2024 S. Chandrasekhar Prize. Medal will be contributed by PSSI.
Past Laureates (Web of Science records):

2014 : Prof. Setsuo Ichimaru
2015 : Prof. Predhiman Kaw
2016 : Prof. Donald B. Melrose (https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/1483866)2017 : Prof. C.Z. Cheng (https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/340456),
Prof. Lou C. Lee (https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/525633)
2018 : Prof. Toshiki Tajima (https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/1655688)
2019 : Prof. Liu Chen (https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/I-2297-2013),
Prof. Kazunari Shibata
2020 : Prof. Hyeun Park
2021 : Prof. Taik Soo Hahm
2022 : Prof. Arnab Rai Choudhuri (https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/1590418)
2023 : Prof. Katsumi Ida (https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/1447363)

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Appendix

S. Chandrasekar Prize of Plasma Physics
AAPPS-DPP Board of Directors

1. Foundation of S. Chandrasekar Prize
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910-1995) was an IndianAmerican astrophysicist who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize forphysics for his theory of black hole. He worked in various areas
including plasma physics. Plasma physics community is benefited
from his works through his textbooks such as "Principles of stelar
dynamics (1942)", "Plasma Physics (1975)", "Hydrodynamics andHydromagnetic stability (1981)".
In 2014, we have established the Division of Plasma Physics underAAPPS. Asia-Pacific region is rapidly growing economically andscientifically. A large number of new programs on various fundamentaland applied aspects of plasma physics are emerging in several
countries of Asia and the Pacific regions. Young people taking up
careers in plasma science in these regions look forward to the prestigeof recognition by their peers and this becomes more equitable whenyour peers are intimately familiar with your work. This will also give a "sense of accomplishment" to theAsia-Pacific region as a whole because the body of significant work already pioneered by the Awardees
will be ascribed to this region. The executive committee of division of plasma physics after consultationto I-HAC (International Honorary Advisory Committee) decided to establish Plasma Physics Prize after S.
Chandrasekar to recognize seminal/pioneering works in this field.
2. Description of the S. Chandrasekar Prize
The Chandrasekhar Prize is awarded by the Division of Plasma Physics of the AAPPS torecognize outstanding contributions to experimental and/or theoretical research in fundamental
plasma physics and plasma applications in all fields of physics.
i) Rule: This Prize will be given to an AAPPS-DPP member who has made seminal / pioneering
contribution to any field of plasma physics or plasma applications as stated above.
ii) Nomination: Necessary documents and time schedule for nomination will be announced in theDPP home page. DPP seeks outstanding nominations worldwide and especially from theAsia-Pacific region.
iii) Selection: Selection will be made by the Chandrasekhar Prize Selection Committee annually.
iv) Selection Committee: DPP chair, Chair-elect and CEO will appoint Chair and members ofselection committee.
v) Award Ceremony: Certificate, Medal and a cash award will be bestowed to the awardees at theAAPPS-DPP annual conference.
vi) Obligations: Chandrasekhar awardee(s) should deliver invited/plenary talks in the AAPPS-DPP
annual conference as well as contribute review papers to the DPP journal (Reviews of Modern
Plasma Physics, https://link.springer.com/journal/41614).

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2024 Nomination form for the S. Chandrasekhar Prize of AAPPS-DPP

Note: Please carefully prepare all parts of the nomination form, including Section 1- 4. After completing andsigning the form, please make the pdf of the file and submit the pdf files only. Please arrange Section 2-4
starting from new pages.

Section 1: Nomination and Undertaking by Nominee
The Nominee

Name
Affiliation
Membership ID number

The Nominator*

NameAffiliation
Membership ID number

Nomination letter should be limited to maximum of three pages.

Seconding persons*Name #1
Affiliation
Name #2
Affiliation
Name #3
Affiliation
Name #4
Affiliation*Not limited to AAPPS-DPP members but must be from well-known experts in the field. Each seconding letter should be limited to maximum of
three pages, signed and on the letterhead of the expert seconding the nomination.

Proposed citation for the Award (less than 50 words):

Signature of Nominator:

Date:

Undertaking by NomineeI,, hereby agree that if selected for the S.
Chandrasekhar Prize, I will participate and present an invited talk at the AAPPS-DPP2024 annualconference. Furthermore, I agree to write a review article for the Reviews of Modern Plasma
Physics and submit it within a period of eight months after the conference (i.e. 10, July, 2025) withfollowing title.
Title of RMPP paper (tentative):
Date:
Date of Receipt:
Whether considered earlier: Yes/No
If Yes, years of consideration:

Signature of Nominee
For Office use

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Section 2: Biographical Details of Nominee#1234567Item
Full name:Title/current position:
Affiliation:e-mail ID:
Date and place of birth:
Nationality:
Education :Description

8Career History (in reverse
chronological order)e.g.*
1. Professor, University of XYZ, PQR (Present – 2008)
2. Associate Professor, University of XYZ, PQR (2008 – 2002)
3. Associate Professor, University of XYZ, PQR (2002 – 1996)

9Journal Services:(Editorships and Editorial
Board Memberships)

e.g.*
1. Associate Editor of RMPP
2. Associate Editor of XYZ
3. Editorial Board Member of XYZ

10Visiting Positions:e.g.*
1. Guest Professor, Kyoto University (1999-2002)
2. Visiting Professor, Chinese Academy of Science (2010-2012)11

Society Services:

12

Memberships:

e.g.*
1. President of XYZ Association of Physics (2012-2020)
2. Council member of XYZ, (2020-present)
3. XYZ committee member, US National Academy of Science (2014-2016)e.g.*
1. Member, Chinese Physical Society
2. Member, Division of Plasma Physics, AAPPS

13

PhD thesis advisor:

14

List of past scientific awards/recognitions of nomineee.g.*1. Elected member, TWAS (year)
2. XXX Medal, Australian Institute of Physics (year)
3. Young Researcher Ward (U40), AAPPS-DPP (year)

PhD
MasterBachelor

Present:
Year

Name, Affiliation, title, year
1.
2.
3.

Personal or Institutional
web page (if any)
*Please replace light grey text by relevant information.
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DegreePast (if any):

University/Institution

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Section 3: Scientific Contributions of the Nominee

1

Critical summary of the most seminal/original contributions of the nominee in plasma physics (<200words).

2

Description of scientific accomplishments and its significance (Max 5 categories, <200 words each)e.g.*[1] Theory of XXX: He played pioneering role in theories of XXX [12, 18, 125]. Nature Paper [12] is seminar
paper based on gyro-fluid approximation and PRL paper [17] gave gyro-kinetic theory of XXX providing
accurate damping rate consistent with experimental observation.
[2] Theory of YYY:
[3]
[4]
[5]

3

Five best papers and description of its seminal/original contribution to plasma physics (each<200 words).

[In case of multi-authored publications the specific contribution of the nominee in each such paper should beindicated.]e.g.*[1] XXX YYY, et al., “Discovery of XXX”, Nature, VV, zzzz(YYY)
Significance: This paper reported theoretical prediction of XXX by the author. Later his prediction is confirmed
experimentally by SSS (PRL2000). It creates new field of plasma physics and attracted huge number of WoS
citations over 2000.Nowadays, more than 1000 scientists are working for application of XXX.
[2] XXX YYY, et al., “Kinetic theory of XXX”, Physical Review Letters, VV, zzzz(YYY)
Significance:[3]
Significance:[4]Significance:[5]
Significance:
4

Nominee’ Publication(total numbers only, details later)

Refereed Journal Papers

Books
5
Nominee’sCitation WoS Citation Count:
WoS H-index:
Summary (Inc. books)
Google Scholar Citations:
Google Scholar H-index:
6
Link to Nominee’s
Copy links below:* [example is 2018 laureate and replace to nominee’s link]
Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qwN3bpIAAAAJ&hl=en
Web of Science
https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/1655688*Please replace light grey text by relevant information.

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Section 4: Full list of publications (including books)

Format of entry: In order of higher citation number in Google scholar. Each paper in order of Authors,
Paper/Book/Book Chapters title, Journal/Publisher name, volume, pages, and year. Refer sample.
For each entry, all co-authors should be listed. We will use it to check COI with Selection Committee members.
Nominee’s name should be in bold. Put # mark if the nominee is the corresponding author or the co-first author.
For important 5 papers, Highlight the cell with light yellow colour for five best papers. Please mention theimpact factor (IF) and the DOI for these important papers.
Paper (authors, paper title, journal volume, year, page)/ Book (authors, book title, publisher, year) with candidate name in bold
A B First, C D Second, E Third#, and F G Fourth, Physical Review Letters xx, zz (YYY). IF – 7.6, DOI: https/…
A B First, E Third, C D Second and F G Fourth, Journal of Astro Plasma 37, 3337 (2021).

WoS
cites
450300Googlecites
600
450

Extend or delete the number of rows, as needed, to present the full list of publications. Replace the grey sample text
with actual information of the nominee.

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Attachments:
1. Nominator’s nomination letter of less than 3 pages.
2. Seconding letters from four leading experts in the field of less than 3 pages
each. The experts need not be AAPPS-DPP members.
3. Copy of the 5 best papers of the nominee as listed above.
The completed form with the above attachments should be submitted by email tothe DPP CEO at (aapps.dpp.ceo@gmail.com) in one pdf file before the deadline
stipulated in the announcement.