Springer editor Kari Dalnoki-Veress has been chosen as the 2008 John H. Dillon Medal recipient. He receives the prize "for significant and innovative experiments in glass formation and polymer crystallization at the nanoscale." The medal will be presented to Dalnoki-Veress at the meeting of the American Physical Society from 10 to 14 March 2008 in New Orleans, USA.
Kari Dalnoki-Veress is an experimental physicist interested in soft materials. He received his undergraduate degree (1992) and Ph.D. (1998) at the University of Guelph, Canada. After post-doctoral research at the University of Sheffield, UK, he moved back to Canada to join the Department of Physics & Astronomy at McMaster University in Ontario.
Dalnoki-Veress’ research group investigates the physical properties of soft materials at interfaces with a focus on polymeric and biological systems. The group’s primary, long term goal is to obtain a more fundamental understanding of the effects of confinement, surfaces, and interfaces in soft material systems. Dalnoki-Veress is an editor of Springer’s European Physical Journal E - Soft Matter, in which he has also published several papers.
The John H. Dillon medal was established in 1983 by the American Physical Society and the Division of Polymer Physics. Presented annually, it recognizes outstanding research accomplishments by young polymer physicists who have demonstrated exceptional research promise early in their careers.