Awards & Recognition

Muon g-2 experiment receives prestigious Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

Argonne scientists contributed to the Muon g-2 experiment hosted at Fermilab, recognized with the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for delivering the world’s most precise measurement to date of the muon’s magnetic anomaly.

June 17, 2026 | Instrumentation, Sensors and Detectors, Physics

Blue circular particle accelerator in a scientific lab

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Argonne to lead $2.8M project to accelerate catalyst discovery

The Accelerated Catalyst Design Foundry will combine AI, autonomous laboratories and pilot plan testing to help move promising catalyst technologies more quickly toward industrial use.

May 28, 2026 | Chemical Engineering, Catalysis, Computer Science and Engineering

Robotics and automated lab equipment in an Argonne facility used for rapid synthesis and testing.

Awards and Recognition

Galiia Galimova receives 2026 American Chemical Society’s Astrochemistry Subdivision Outstanding Dissertation Award

Argonne postdoctoral appointee Galiia Galimova receives the honor for her dissertation on reactions between hydrocarbon radicals and unsaturated hydrocarbons and the strong impact of her work on the field of astrochemistry.

April 23, 2026 | Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Computational Science

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Awards and Recognition

Argonne physicist receives 2026 John Bardeen Prize for superconductivity research

The Argonne Quantum Institute director is recognized for work that has reshaped how scientists understand superconducting materials.

March 27, 2026 | Materials Science and Engineering, Physics, Semiconductors and Superconductors

Awards and Recognition

Three Argonne scientists elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Honorees cited for pioneering discoveries, transformative tools, materials innovation and leadership that have advanced research across disciplines.

March 26, 2026 | Crystallography, Instrumentation, Physics

Headshots of Brian Toby, Carlos Wagner and Seth Darling.

Awards and Recognition

Argonne graduate student wins Young Scientist Award for advances in X-ray spectroscopy

Argonne’s Kai Li has been chosen to receive the European X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) Young Scientist Award for his work on developing a novel approach to X-ray spectroscopy.

March 12, 2026 | X-Ray Science and Technology, About Argonne, Awards and Recognition

Awards and Recognition

Nanoscience trailblazer Ilke Arslan named 2026 Materials Research Society Fellow

Arslan “honored and humbled” by recognition.

March 02, 2026 | Materials Science and Engineering, Nanomaterials, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

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Two Argonne scientists receive 2025 DOE Early Career Research Awards

Two Argonne scientists selected for DOE early-career support for projects in catalysis and nuclear physics.

February 23, 2026 | Chemical Engineering, Catalysis, Surface Chemistry

PSE Awards & Recognition