Eligibility
The nominee must be a young scientist or engineer who has contributed outstanding theoretical or experimental work, at least part of which must have been published in an AVS Journal. The nominee must be 35 years of age or less during the year the award is made. The nominee's thirty-sixth (36) birthday may not precede January 1 of the year in which the award is made. The award shall be granted without restriction except that current members of the Board of Directors and the Awards Committee are not eligible. Applicants for the 2010 Peter Mark Award must have been born in or after the year 1975.

Nature of the Award
The award consists of a cash award and a certificate setting forth the reasons for the award, and an honorary lectureship at a regular session of the International Symposium. Travel expenses of the awardee to the meeting at which the award will be presented shall be reimbursed.

Establishment and Support
This award is a memorial to Dr. Peter Mark, who served as Editor of the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology from 1975 until his death in 1979. It was established in 1979 with an initial endowment from the AVS Greater New York Chapter. Significant additional contributions were made at the time by Hans and Herman Mark, AVS Electronic Materials and Processing Division, the Physics of Compound Semiconductor Interfaces Conference, and several individuals.
 

Nomination Procedures

2009 - Beatriz Roldan Cuenya
"For pioneering contributions to the understanding of processes taking place in metal nanocluster-catalyzed chemical reactions."

2008 - Sergei Kalinin
"For pioneering work in the area of nanoelectromechanics and local properties at surfaces."

2007 - W.M.M. Kessels
"For pioneering work in the application and development of in situ plasma and surface diagnostics to achieve a molecular understanding of thin film growth."

2006 - Mark C. Hersam
"For outstanding contributions to the development of silicon-based molecular electronics."

2005 - Jane P. Chang
"For pioneering work in the synthesis, processing and characterization of novel materials for applications in microelectronics and optoelectronics."

2004 - Kathryn W. Guarini
"For development of novel devices and innovative techniques for nano-pattering using proximal probes and chemical self assembly."

2003 - Charles H. Ahn
"For pioneering work on epitaxial complex oxide thin film hetrostructures."

2001 - Eli Rotenberg
"For furthering our knowledge of nanophase and reduced dimensionality systems by creative use of angle-resolved photoemission."

2000 - Stacey F. Bent
"For seminal studies of Diels-Alder chemistry at semiconductor surfaces, and for contributions to a fundamental understanding of the reaction processes underlying semiconductor growth and functionalization."

1999 - Eray S. Aydil
"For pioneering work in the development and application of optical diagnostic techniques to understand the chemistry and physics associated with plasma deposition of dielectric thin films."

1998 - David G. Cahill
"For his seminal contributions to the atomic level understanding of thermal conductivity in thin films and surface roughening/smoothing mechanisms during film growth and etching."

1997 - Brian S. Swartzentruber
"For pioneering studies of atomic-scale, kinetic and thermodynamic aspects of the morphology of Si surfaces, and significant innovations in scanning tunneling microscopy that make such measurements possible."

1996 - Brian E. Bent
"For seminal research leading to molecular level understanding of the mechanisms and kinetics of surface chemical reactions relevant to heterogeneous catalysis and to materials deposition."

1995 - Emily Carter
"For her pioneering research in combining ab initio quantum chemistry with molecular dynamics in the study of important problems in heterogeneous catalysis and semiconductor processing.

1994 - Marjorie Olmstead
"For elucidating the nature of semiconductor surfaces and the heteroepitaxial growth of insulating materials on these surfaces."

1993 - Robert J. Hamers
"For outstanding contributions to the development of scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy as tools for quantitative analysis of the electronic properties of surfaces."

1991 - William J. Kaiser
"For innovative applications of electron tunneling techniques."

1990 - Stephen M. Rossnagel
"For contributions to understanding and applications of magnetron and ion beam sputtering."

1989 - Randall M. Feenstra
"For original applications of scanning tunneling microscopy to the study of atomic scale geometric and electronic structure of surfaces."

1988 - Jerry Tersoff
"For innovative approaches to the theoretical understanding of the electronic structure, properties, and measurement of surfaces and interfaces."

1987 - Raymond T. Tung
"For his research on the growth and properties of epitaxial silicides and for major contributions to the understanding of metal/semiconductor interfaces."

1986 - Richard A. Gottscho
"For his insightful applications of spatially and temporally resolved spectroscopic techniques to the diagnostics and modelling of processing plasmas."

1985 - Franz J. Himpsel
"For his contributions to the understanding of the electronic structure of materials through the use of angle-resolved energy band mapping, surface core level spectroscopy and inverse photoemission spectroscopy.

1984 - Barbara J. Garrison
"For developing computer models of ion-solid interactions to obtain fundamental insights into the collision processes; and to obtain analytical bonding, and structural information."

1983 - James Chadi
"For innovative, accurate models and theoretical techniques applied to surface structure determinations."

1982 - Charles W. Magee
"For imaginative developments of secondary ion mass spectrometry as a qualitative analytical tool for the solution of material problems."

1981 - Lawrence L. Kazmerski
"For demonstrating the correlation between the electrical and chemical properties of interfaces in polycrystalline photovoltaic devices."

1980 - Christopher R. Brundle
"For significant impact on the scientific and technological community in a wide range of activities, including pioneering research in the development and application of photoelectron spectroscopy to surface science and catalysis, publication and technical leadership."