Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics

official
Organizer
American Physical Society
Why it counts
Awarded annually since 1977 by the American Physical Society (APS) for notable contributions to the field of molecular spectroscopy and dynamics; named after infrared spectroscopist Earle K. Plyler; sponsored by the AIP Journal of Chemical Physics
Held
annual, recipients announced by the APS in October of the preceding year, presented at the APS March Meeting / Global Physics Summit in March; year = prize year

Reigning winners

Plyler Prize recipient · 2026

YearPlyler Prize recipient
2026 Anne B. McCoy
2025 R. J. Dwayne Miller
2024 Anders R Nilsson
2023 Xiaoyang Zhu
2022 Arthur G. Suits
2021 Martin T. Zanni
2020 Anna Krylov
2019 Abraham Nitzan
2018 David M. Jonas
2017 Albert Stolow
2016 Donald Truhlar
2015 Majed Chergui