Davidson will be recognized for pioneering contributions to the theory of charged particle beams with intense self fields, including fundamental studies of nonlinear dynamics and collective processes. This is the highest award in the field of particle accelerator science and technology in the nation and is conferred biennially.

Dr. Davidson is a Professor of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University and the Deputy Director of the Virtual National Laboratory for Heavy Ion Fusion. Since his graduation from Princeton University with a Ph.D. in Plasma Physics in 1966, Professor Davidson has held a number of distinguished positions, including the Director of Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, the, Director of the Fusion Plasma Center of MIT and a professor at the University of Maryland, MIT and Princeton. Professor Davidson has made fundamental theoretical contributions to many areas of pure and applied physics, including nonlinear dynamics and collective interactions, physics of nonneutral plasmas, kinetic equilibrium and stability properties, intense charged particle beam propagation in high energy accelerators, beam-plasma interactions, and coherent radiation generation by relativistic electrons. He is the author of more than three hundred archival journal articles and books, including four advanced graduate-level texts and research monographs. Recently, he chaired the National Research Council Panel on High Energy Density Plasmas (2001 - 2003), and the National Task Force on High Energy Density Physics (2003 - 2004) commissioned by the President's Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Dr. Davidson can be reached at rdavidson@pppl.gov