The National Academy of Sciences has selected Princeton professor of chemistry Robert Cava to receive the 2005 John Carty Award for the Advancement of Science.
The award, which includes a medal and a prize of $25,000, is given
annually for distinguished accomplishment in any field of science and
was given this year in the area of materials science. The academy cited
Cava "for his outstanding contributions in the synthesis and
characterization of many new materials that display interesting and
important superconducting, dielectric, magnetic or thermal properties."
The award will be presented at a ceremony May 2 in Washington, D.C., at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences.
Cava, who earned his Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, came to Princeton in 1996 after 17 years at Bell
Laboratories and is currently chair of the Department of Chemistry. He also is a member of the Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials.
