Two physics faculty members, C. J. Martoff and Svetlana Kotochigova, have been elected Fellows of the American Physical Society (APS). Fellowship in APS is limited to no more than one half of one percent of the society’s more than 46,000 members. They are the ninth and tenth Temple faculty members to be elected APS Fellows.

Election to APS Fellowship is recognition by peers of outstanding contributions to physics. Martoff was singled out by the APS for his many “innovative contributions to the development of detectors for dark matter, in particular for the invention of negative ion DRIFT,” while Kotochigova was recognized for her “insightful theoretical description of the formation and control of ultracold molecules in optical trapping potentials.”

Each fellowship nomination is evaluated by the fellowship committee of the appropriate APS division, topical group or forum. After review by the APS Fellowship Committee, the successful candidates are elected by APS Council.

Temple faculty members who were previously elected APS Fellows include Hai-Lung Dai, Eric Borguet, Theodore W. Burkhardt, Rober Levis, Marjatta Lyyra, Zein-Eddine Meziani, Raza Tahir-Kheli and Rongjia Tao.